Category Archives: Heirlooms
Radicchio Red Treviso
You may know this radicchio’s sister Early Treviso: both are beloved varieties in Italy. In summer the long upright 10-14″ heads begin green; when cooler weather comes around they turn deep red with white midribs and veins. The tender ever
Squash Summer Cocozelle
You can harvest the fruits of this delicious Italian heirloom when it’s young or at full maturity. Growing on bush-type plants the long 10-12″ cylindrical fruits are dark green striped with light green. Delicious fried sauteed or baked the fruits
Lettuce Forellenschluss
We love this heirloom not just for its bright flavor but for the name which translates as “speckled like a trout’s back”. This aptly describes the look of the brilliant tasty green leaves speckled with burgundy-red spots from base to
Lettuce Red Grenoble
The French have long fancied this variety for its crisp texture and lovely presentation. A Batavia type whose shiny deep-green leaves can be cut loose or allowed to form a loose central head. The vigorous grower matures to 12-16″ across
Lettuce Oak Leaf
This easy-to-grow American heirloom thrives whether it’s hot or cold. Dating back to at least the 1770s it makes a fine ornamental choice for containers and kitchen gardens. The flavor is mild and free of bitterness over a long season
Tomato Amish Paste
A multitalented heirloom paste tomato from Wisconsin well-suited for paste or as a slicing tomato. Acorn-shaped the very large 8-12 oz. fruits are deep red thick-fleshed and nearly seedless. Indeterminate vines. Harvest 74-85 days after transplant.
Tomato Omar’s Lebanese
This old variety a favorite in tomato taste trials comes from a farming hill town in Lebanon. Growing to 1 1/2 lb. the large pink flattened fruits delight with their sweet rich
Bean Triomphe de Farcy Bush
HEIRLOOM. Triomphe de Farcy produces slender crunchy pods that have a distinct rich flavor. It bears very early and very heavily needs no support and should be harvested often when the pods are 3 to 6″ long. One 2 oz.
Nasturtium Double Dwarf Jewel Mix
An abundance of 2-3″ double spurred flowers bloom in a harmony of color. Superb for bedding or containers.
Bean Purple Podded Pole
Discovered in an Ozarks vegetable garden in the 1930s the striking deep purple pods grow in abundance on 6′ tall pole habit vines over a long season. Tender and round the 5-7″ stringless pods turn green when cooked. A delectable
Tomato Bloody Butcher
Sensational general use fruits have a rich heirloom flavor and a deep red color inside and out. If it’s hard for you to wait for ordinary tomatoes to ripen try these. In less than 8 weeks they’re ready to enjoy…
Squash Italian Ribbed Zucchini
Known and beloved by Italians as “Costata Romanesco” this Italian heirloom offers up a distinctive nutty flavor. The 6-8″ medium-green fruits have pale green ribs and flecks. The prominent ribs create star-shaped slices which are lovely sauteed or roasted.
Tomato Red Pear
A bright red pear-shaped heirloom with an American pedigree that goes back to Colonial times. Attractive and tasty the 1-2″ long fruits are delicious in salads or roasted in the oven. Indeterminate.
Tomato Green Zebra
Green Zebra is actually the result of four heirlooms bred together. Whatever it’s a beauty with exquisite emerald green skin dark green vertical stripes and gently flavorful green flesh. Ready to be eaten fresh or canned and enjoyed year-round. High-yielding
Lettuce Salad Bowl Green Organic
Crisp and tender with a sweet flavor. Large deeply lobed green leaves. Slow to bolt non-heading. All-America Selections winner. Ready 45 days after sowing. GARDEN HINTS: Lettuce grows best in cool weather. Thinnings make delicious extra-early salads. Make successive plantings
Arugula Myway
Cook’s Garden Favorite. This quality Danish strain is the earliest of the arugulas to mature in our salad garden. The deep green serrated leaves show good disease tolerance and even though they mature early do not stretch or bolt with
Tomato Gardener’s Delight
This old German heirloom boasts many clusters of 6 to 12 cherry tomato all summer long. It’s indeterminate crack resistant and very prolific. Proven tops for performance flavor and wide adaptability.
Tomato Burpee’s Jubilee
Bred right here Burpee’s Jubilee is the outstanding result of a stabilized six-generation selection from a cross between Tangerine and Rutgers tomatoes. Jubilee was an All-America Selections winner in 1943 and you can taste and see why. Up to 3″
Onion Cippolini White
120-150 days. Cippolini (Italian for little onion) boasts outsize gourmet flavor. Rarely found in groceries cippolinis small size and flat shape make them perfect for roasting. Once roasted and caramelized this white varietys full sweetness and flavor will astonish and
Eggplant Rosa Bianca
Rosy-lavender with white shading the fruits of this beautiful Italian heirloom are large round and 5-6″ long. With a mild non-bitter flavor the fruits’ robust shape is ideal for slicing baking or roasting. Plants grow 24-36″ tall. 70-85 days.
