Category Archives: Heirlooms
Pea Lincoln
Appropriately enough these peas were introduced in peacetime just after World War II. Lincoln quickly became a favorite with American gardeners thanks to its high yields and sweet tender flavor. Suited for eating fresh freezing or canning the 4-5″ pods are loaded with 6-9 sweet tender peas. Heat- and wilt-tolerant...
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Nasturtium Phoenix
This glorious re-birth of 1904 Burpee heirloom- Nasturtium Golden Gem. Phoenixs rarely-seen split-petal flower form is a marvel of plant breeding. Vigorous vine plants are soon arrayed with flaming-glowing-red-orange blooms (edible by the way) Great border plant. A hallelujah chorus of color....
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Pepper Sweet Golden California Wonder
Popular since the 1920s this is the golden version of the red California Wonder. Smooth blocky and blunt-ended 5″ x 4″ fruits are thick-walled very sweet and mild. Maturing from light-green to golden-yellow the peppers grow on 22-26″ sturdy upright plants that set continuously. Harvest in 62-73 days from transplant....
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Bean Kentucky Wonder Pole
HEIRLOOM. Kentucky Wonder is a brown-seeded bean noted for its exceptional flavor and its heavy crops of 9″ green pods borne in clusters. Pods are oval thick gently curved meaty and tender and they’re stringless when young. It’s been proven tops for productivity flavor and wide adaptability; it’s delicious fresh...
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Tomato German Pink
Here is one of the two Batavian heirlooms from Diane Ott Whealy’s family varieties that became the impetus for the compendious Seed Savers Exchange in Iowa. Nearly seedless the indeterminate potato leaf plants produce large meaty 1-2 lb. fruits with plenty of rich sweet flavor; ideal for slicing canning or freezing....
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Pepper Hot Tabasco
Originally from Mexico-and taking its name from a Mexican state-this small very hot pepper’s a favorite in the South and East where the plants can grow tall and are covered with the petite light yellow-green to red fruits. Best known as the pepper that lends the kick to the namesake hot sauce from Avery Island Louisiana. Harvest about 80 days after transplant....
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Melon Charentais
The definitive French melon. Originating in the Poitou-Charentes region around 1920 Charentais is considered the best melon ever developed because of its high sugar content smooth texture and ambrosial fragrance. Perfect for two servings the small round melons weigh just 2 lb. Gray in color with slight ribs the melons have rich salmon-orange flesh....
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Radish D’Avignon
Cook’s Garden Favorite. Our choice for the best non-hybrid French Breakfast type radish perfect for early Spring salads. Nearly cylindrical 3-4 inch roots are bright red with white tips. Ready in only three weeks from seeding!...
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Mustard Tatsoi
Tatsoi a long-time Asian staple forms dense rosettes of mild mustardy-flavored leaves. Enjoy the leaves raw or stir-fried. Crunchy and flavorful the midribs have a bright celeryesque taste. Extremely cold-hardy you can harvest the plants even under snow cover (mittens not included)....
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Pepper Sweet Banana
Even after more than 70 years this is still extremely popular pepper. Large pointed fruits measure 6-7″ long and 1 1/2″ across. The mild yellow peppers ultimately turn brilliant red. A favorite for pickling....
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Lettuce Four Seasons Organic
Heirloom. The name alludes to the remarkable cold hardiness of this very beautiful 6″ butterhead. It’s still one of the best lettuces both for early spring planting and for fall/winter harvests. Outer leaves are tinged with red. Inner leaves are creamy yellow. Certified Organic Seed....
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Tomato Hillbilly Regular Leaf
With lovely yellow-orange skin and flesh mottled and streaked with red this West Virginia heirloom beefsteak weighs in at 1-2 lb. Heavily ribbed fruits bring superb sweet low-acid flavor to salads and sandwiches....
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Bean Blue Lake 274 Bush
Blue Lake 274 is an all-time favorite bean that’s nearly fiber-free produces prolifically over a long season and has excellent flavor fresh or frozen. A heavy producer over a long season it’s excellent fresh or frozen. Plants yield early and need no support. One 2 oz. seed pack will sow a row of about 20′. Our seed is not treated....
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Squash Thelma Sanders Sweet Potato
A favorite at our Fordhook Farm test gardens this family heirloom squash from Missouri has a flavor that is distinctly sweet potatoesque. High-yielding vines produce a plentitude of cream-colored 6-8″ acorn-shaped fruits with a wondrously sweet chestnut flavor. This squash stores well....
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Lima Bean Jackson Wonder
Lovely and flavorful Jackson Wonder was introduced in 1888 quickly becoming an American favorite. A rich chestnut color speckled with maroon the beans have a bright nutty flavor. With a compact bush habit the prolific plants only grow 18-24″ tall...
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Onion Italian Torpedo
The most frequently used variety in Italian cooking Torpedo is beloved for its sweet mild and tender roots. This elongated torpedo-shaped onion has light rosy-red skin. The bulbs grow to about 4 to 6″ long. This onion is best suited to long-day areas....
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Pumpkin Galeux D’Eysines
This heirloom’s lovely French name translates prettily enough as “embroidered with warts from Eysines that being a small town in southwest France. This pumpkin’s random peanut” warts bedeck the flesh-colored outer skin. A unique decorative piece to be sure but also a richly flavored eating pumpkin. Harvest the 10-20 lb. fruits are mature in about 90 days....
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Bean Purple Queen
Easy to see and so very easy to pick the gorgeous beans turn green after cooking. Beautiful in a basket and tasty on the plate....
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Radicchio Variegated Chiogga
Hailing from the Italian fishing village of Chiogga this heirloom radicchio forms large firm round heads of lovely variegated leaves in pure white and rosy red. This rarely encountered variety imparts radicchio’s signature sparky bittersweet flavor....
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Pepper Hot Caribbean Red
This pepper has the same distinctive taste as habanero and it’s hotter. Productive 30″ plants and 1 1/2″ x 1″ fruits. Days to maturity are from time plants are set in garden. For transplants add 8-10 weeks. Space plants 18-24″ apart....
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