Vegetable Seeds

Rouge d'Hiver is a French heirloom romaine dating to around 1840, with red and green leaves tipped in deep red that form semi-open heads with good ...

Parris Island Cos, introduced in 1952 and named after Parris Island, South Carolina, has steadily grown in popularity thanks to its resistance to t...

Luffa gourds are doubly useful: the young fruits make an excellent zucchini substitute when harvested at one inch in diameter or less, while mature...

Red Cherry (Old Fashioned Red) is a pre-1840 heirloom — specifically the small red cherry, not the large red cherry commonly used as a salad tomato...

Jaloro is a colorful yellow jalapeño developed at Texas A&M, and one of the best performers in the 2018 jalapeño trials. The 1½ by 2-inch fruit...

Ancho Poblano is the classic choice for chiles rellenos when harvested fresh and green, at which stage they are known as poblanos. After ripening t...

Introduced in 1902, Black Beauty is a dependable variety well adapted to the Mid-Atlantic and the South, producing dark purple fruits of high quali...

Azoychka is a prolific Russian heirloom tomato celebrated for its ability to produce an astonishing 40–50 fruits per plant — the medium-sized yello...

Ozark Pink (Solanum lycopersicum) was introduced by SESE in 1991 and developed by the University of Arkansas from a pedigree including Bradley, Ark...

Dating to 1947, Danvers 126 is a widely adapted, productive, and heat-tolerant variety with dark-orange roots 6 to 7 inches long and about 2 inches...

Introduced in 1928, this widely adapted variety is well-known and preferred by many market growers and gardeners. A smooth, blocky, mostly four-lob...

An All-America Selections winner, this variety produces sweet, crisp, and tender 7 to 9 inch orange-red roots that are coreless, with semi-blunt en...

Golden Acre produces compact 5 to 7 inch heads weighing 3 to 4 pounds, and its small size allows for closer spacing in the garden. The variety is r...

This variety produces attractive 6–12 inch light green, banana-shaped fruits on spineless plants that average 4 feet tall. Its mild flavor and appe...

A cherished heirloom that has maintained enduring popularity since its introduction, Kentucky Wonder pole beans produce 8-inch pods that are string...

Yellow Pear is an heirloom dating to before 1800, producing pear-shaped yellow tomatoes about 1½ by ¾ inches with a mild flavor. Plants are very pr...

Brought to the Americas from Africa during the slave trade and grown by Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, Whippoorwill was once the standard variety ...

Dark Orange Muscat Tomato is a striking heirloom cherry variety with deep, richly pigmented orange-to-amber fruits and a complex, slightly floral f...

Developed in 1917 from a cross between Marvel and Globe and released by the USDA in 1925, Marglobe has remained in demand for generations while oth...

Edmonson is a family heirloom from Kansas dating to 1913, and one of the hardiest cucumbers available, with good resistance to disease, insects, an...

West Virginia 63 (Centennial) was released in 1963 by West Virginia University Agricultural Experiment Station and produces 6–8 oz red fruits with ...

This Italian heirloom, known in France since around 1850, produces egg-shaped fruits 5 to 7 inches long in purple with irregular white stripes — a ...

Peace Vine Cherry Tomato is a prolific heirloom variety celebrated for its sweet, juicy flavor and remarkably abundant yield — the vigorous indeter...

Lemon Cucumber produces crunchy, round yellow fruits on vigorous 7-foot vines, with a flavor that is excellent, never bitter, and old-fashioned wit...

A Vates-type collard developed by the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, Champion features increased bolt-resistance, darker blue-green foli...

Long Purple produces long, slender fruits about 2 by 10 inches that are slightly bulbous on the blossom end. The dark-purple fruits are best harves...