Vegetable Seeds

Calabrese is the original Italian broccoli — a hardy heirloom producing beautiful, deep blue-green heads with a clean, sweet flavor and satisfying ...

Evergreen Bunching Onion is the original scallion — a clump-forming, non-bulbing variety producing tall, slender, dark-green stalks with a mild, fr...

Champion Collard Greens is a vigorous, upright variety producing large, smooth, blue-green leaves with a robust, hearty flavor that mellows and swe...

Snowball Cauliflower stands out with its fluffy, fine-textured florets and exceptionally clean, mild flavor that makes it one of the finest varieti...

Iceberg Superior is the classic crisphead lettuce — forming large, dense, tightly packed heads with extraordinarily crisp, pale-green leaves and a ...

Self Blanching Cauliflower takes the most tedious step out of growing cauliflower — no tying or folding required — because the large outer leaves n...

Napoli is a Nantes-type carrot with beautiful, smooth, cylindrical roots and a reliably sweet, well-balanced flavor and tender, fine-grained textur...

Dragon Carrot is a strikingly beautiful heirloom with vivid red-purple skin concealing a bright orange interior streaked with hints of red — a cont...

Homegrown Iceberg Lettuce is a revelation compared to store-bought — the tightly bound heads release fresh, crisp, clean flavors with a wonderful c...

Waltham 29 Broccoli is a cold-resistant heirloom developed at the University of Massachusetts that excels at fall planting — producing large, firm,...

Black Nebula is one of the most dramatic carrots ever grown — its long, slender roots are so deeply pigmented they appear nearly black on the outsi...

Purple of Sicily Cauliflower is a striking Italian heirloom with large, 2–3 lb heads in a vivid, brilliant purple that's entirely natural and looks...

Golden Boy Celery is a striking and unusual variety with brilliant golden-yellow stalks that are as visually appealing as they are delicious — mild...

An OSSI variety developed from a stable cross of King Richard and Siegfried leeks by grower Beth Rasgorshek, King Sieg produces short, thick shanks...

Hanson Improved Crisphead Lettuce is an old Maryland family heirloom with large, firm heads that are crunchier and more refreshing than standard ic...

Mammoth Red Rock Cabbage produces beautiful, deep red-purple heads with a unique color that's as stunning in a summer slaw as it is braised with ap...

This indeterminate heirloom originating from the Black Forest region of Germany was introduced in 1994 by SESE, passed down through Joe Bratka's gr...

Mountaineer Delight (Solanum lycopersicum) is a large red beefsteak tomato bred in 2017 by West Virginia University, offering a sweeter flavor than...

This beautiful purple carrot, bred by John Navazio, has a bright orange or yellow interior and a sweet, almost wild, spicy flavor. It can be used j...

Large fruits up to 2½ inches — about the size of a golf ball — make this tomatillo easy to harvest and process, and the plants are highly productiv...

Oxheart Carrot is a stout, heart-shaped French heirloom specifically bred for heavy clay soils where long, tapered carrots are impossible to grow —...

The Red Mortgage Lifter (Solanum lycopersicum) is an improved version of the classic Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter, with increased disease res...

This popular northern heirloom, thought to have been developed by Jacob Trout in Virginia, features large, kidney-shaped beans with maroon markings...

Bianca Di Maggio is a beautiful Italian cipollini onion with distinctive flattened, ivory-white bulbs that are equally prized for their sweet, tend...

Stupice Tomato (pronounced stu-peach-ka) is a beloved Czech heirloom celebrated for its exceptional cold tolerance and rich, complex flavor — one o...

Sweet Siberian Watermelon is a cold-tolerant heirloom developed for short-season growing conditions with sprawling, vigorous vines that produce sub...

Large Red is an heirloom with roots documented before the Civil War, appearing in the 1843 Shaker seed catalog from New Lebanon, NY as one of the m...

This exceptional beet variety offers delightful sweetness and rich flavor, developed before the days of refrigeration. It is a superb keeper, holdi...

Introduced by SESE in 1994, Sugar Cherry (Solanum pimpinellifolium) is an indeterminate variety producing large currant-type tomatoes about half an...

Introduced around 1947, Snowball Y produces large, smooth, white heads that are uniform, solid, and well-shaped. This widely adapted variety is par...

Red Acre produces round, 5 to 7 inch reddish-purple heads weighing approximately 3 pounds, adding a festive splash of color to coleslaw and fresh e...

Spaghetti Squash produces 9-inch pale yellow fruits whose flesh breaks up into spaghetti-like strands when cooked — simply boil the whole fruit for...

Table Queen Bush is a space-saving 1948 bush-type version of the classic Table Queen acorn squash, averaging five fruits per plant in a more compac...

De Cicco produces a central head ranging from 3 to 6 inches in diameter, followed by side sprouts that extend the harvest period considerably. Medi...

Tokyo Long White is a Japanese heirloom bunching onion producing slim white shafts with upright blue-green tops that quickly grow up to 12 inches a...

Cherokee Purple is a pre-1890 Tennessee heirloom reportedly of Cherokee origin, introduced by SESE in 1993, and included in Slow Food USA's Ark of ...

Principe Borghese (Solanum lycopersicum) is an Italian heirloom specifically bred for sun-drying, retaining more flavor when dried than most other ...

An heirloom fava bean well suited to the Mid-Atlantic and further south, Broad Windsor grows on 2 to 3 foot tall plants that yield 6 to 8 inch pods...

This 1934 All-America Selections winner is a classic escarole with large, broad, dark-green outer leaves enclosing round, deep 12–16 inch heads tha...

German Johnson is a popular heirloom from Virginia and North Carolina, long a favorite at farmers markets, and is one of the four parent lines of t...

An improved strain introduced before 1920, this variety has long been the standard for home and market use. The flesh is mild, yellow, fine-grained...

Tropic VFN was developed by the University of Florida and is exceptionally well suited to hot, humid, disease-prone areas, particularly where bligh...

Green Zebra was developed in 1985 by Tom Wagner and chosen by Alice Waters for the famous California restaurant Chez Panisse. The 3–5 oz fruits rip...