Vegetable Seeds

Vit Mâche is a premium variety of the prized French salad green with succulent, crisp leaves that have a delicate, mild flavor reminiscent of spina...

Introduced in 1893 and improved by Gill Brothers Seeds by 1917, this heirloom Cucurbita pepo is prized for its deep orange, slightly netted skin an...

Golden Acre is a compact, early-maturing heirloom cabbage with tight, round heads of pale-green leaves and a sweet, mild flavor more refined than l...

Snowball Cauliflower is a classic heirloom variety producing large, brilliant white heads with tight, smooth curds that are as visually stunning as...

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...

Discovered in 1885 growing along a Virginia roadside, this lima bean variety is known for its early maturity and wide adaptability. The bushy 2-foo...

A purslane relative, this native of parts of the South and the Caribbean produces elegant panicles of 3/8-inch pink flowers alongside mild, succule...

This flavorful Hungarian heirloom produces sweet, stout parsnips measuring 5 to 7 inches long with smooth white skin. The short, thick roots are es...

Pompeii Onion is a uniquely versatile pearl onion cultivated from a short-day variety to grow successfully in long-day zones — producing uniformly ...

Tokyo Bekana Mustard is a beautiful and delicious Japanese variety with light green, frilly leaves, a mild peppery kick, and an impressive nutritio...

Shungiku — Edible Chrysanthemum — is a beloved Asian culinary green with a mildly bitter, slightly herbal flavor that's a staple ingredient in Japa...

Prized for its distinctively flavorful fruit and highly rated in taste trials, Brandywine has achieved a national reputation as the flavor standard...

This pre-1880 Southern heirloom is a longtime favorite for its large, bright green leaves with attractively curled edges. Cold tolerant and with go...

Verdil Spinach is a robust and versatile semi-savoy variety with deep green, tender leaves and an exceptional, rich flavor that's more developed an...

This looseleaf variety produces very attractive large oakleaf-shaped leaves with reddish-brown tips. It offers high yields, cut-and-come-again harv...

Red Giant Mustard is a beautiful and bold Asian green with large, deeply colored red-purple leaves and a pleasantly peppery, slightly bitter mustar...

This rainbow-colored Cherokee Long Ear Small popcorn, a blend of several strains passed down through generations, offers both beauty and flavor. It...

This Italian heirloom, grown by Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, produces pale green fruits up to 36 inches long, though they are best harvested at ...

Tatsoi Mustard is one of the most elegant vegetables in the garden — the dark green, glossy, spoon-shaped leaves grow in beautiful, symmetrical ros...

Early Prolific Straightneck is a 1938 All-America Selections winner bearing straight, lemon-yellow, slightly club-shaped fruits of excellent flesh ...

Costata Romanesca is an Italian heirloom zucchini favored for its exceptional flavor, with heavily ribbed fruits striped in alternating light and d...

Detroit Dark Red is a widely adaptable beet with a rich, dark red color that extends even to its dark green foliage. It has excellent flavor, is su...

An English heirloom and longtime favorite for home gardeners, Green Arrow produces loads of 4 to 5 inch pods filled with plump, sweet, dark green p...

Texas Early Grano is a Vidalia-type onion and a good choice for the Mid-Atlantic and the South, best started in fall or winter and transplanted in ...

Yellow Crookneck is an heirloom dating to around 1700, producing yellow, bulb-shaped fruits with a narrow, curved neck; skin becomes bumpy and wart...

Black-Seeded Simpson is an old standard dating to around 1850 and one of the earliest loose-leaf lettuce types, well suited to early spring plantin...

Straight Eight is a highly dependable, high-yielding slicer that won an All-America Selections award in 1935. Fruits are very uniform, deep green, ...

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

Georgia Green collards are resistant to both heat and frost and grow well even on poor soil. The open, loose heads are best harvested after frost, ...

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 ...

Tom Thumb is a pre-1850 miniature butterhead lettuce whose apple-sized heads are perfect for individual salads and make excellent use of limited ga...

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...

Early Wonder Tall Top features tall tops ideal for harvesting as nutrient-rich greens, along with small to medium-sized dark red roots excellent in...

Amish Paste is one of the largest sauce tomatoes available, with indeterminate, tall plants producing heavy yields of coreless, top-shaped fruits t...

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...

An Italian heirloom selected by Italian gardeners and introduced to the seed trade between 1914 and 1918, Calabrese Green Sprouting broccoli produc...

Mizuna Mustard is a light, feathery Japanese green with deeply serrated, delicate leaves and a mild, subtly sweet flavor with just a hint of mustar...

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 ...

This Danish heirloom produces rich red beets celebrated for their tender sweetness in a distinctive 6 by 2 inch carrot-shaped form. Their unique cy...

Black Spanish Round is a very hardy fall and winter radish with firm white flesh and thin, nearly black skin. The flesh is crisp and pungent, and t...

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...

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

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...

Bull's Blood is best known for its mild, dark leaves, typically harvested young for vibrant salad mixes even before the roots fully mature. The lea...

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...