Category Archives: Heirlooms
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 bean for eating fresh and for canning. 68 days....
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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… and enjoy you will. Plants will yield five to nine 3-4 oz. fruits per cluster. Plants require staking and will produce until frost. Indeterminate....
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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....
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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....
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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 indeterminate plants produce oodles of 1 1/2-2 1/2″ fruits....
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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 to extend period of harvest. Certified Organic Seed....
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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 the first warm spell. Slightly milder in taste than others it is a great choice for braising or for tossing into a mild mesclun blend....
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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....
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Poppy Oriental Poppy Mix
The fragile beauty and shimmering colors of poppies are magical. They practically grow themselves which is why they were essentials in remote cottage gardens. Large flowers scarlet to pink with deep purple centers. Flowers May-June....
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Bean Early Bush Italian
HEIRLOOM. Early Bush Italian is a great Burpee exclusive variety that is easy to grow and quick to yield. The 16-18″ plants are erect so it’s easy to pick the 5 1/2″ long beans. The pods remain stringless and are excellent frozen. For robust bean flavor make this bean your first choice. Plants yield early and need no support....
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Ammi Majus Queen Anne’s Lace
HEIRLOOM. The Ammi blossom is a pure white and makes a striking flower that is domed on top rather than flat. Excellent for cutting....
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Bean White Half Runner
HEIRLOOM. With or without support White Half runner yields an early heavy crop of tender green pods 4 1/2″ long with white seeds and sweet flavor. One 2 oz. seed packet will sow a row of about 20 ft. Our seed is not treated....
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Nemophila Baby Blue Eyes
This versatile native American wildflower (also known as California Blue Bells) is perfect in beds and containers or as an annual groundcover. Growing only 6″ tall with a spread to 12″ nemophila often overwinters in mild climates (zone 7 and above) where it blooms in early spring. Farther north it flowers from early to midsummer. Grows best in partial shade. Must be kept moist if grown in full sun....
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Amaranthus Love Lies Bleeding
HEIRLOOM. Brilliant red seed heads dangle like shimmering ruby necklaces from the tops of sturdy 3-5 ft. plants. With long-lasting color they’re great in arrangements fresh-cut or dried. Amaranthus needs heat and a long season. Start in containers and set out 6-week plants after frost. The tiny seeds take 2 weeks to sprout....
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Basil Greek
Native to Southeast Asia basil has been used in cooking and for fragrances for centuries. Brought to Europe in the Middle Ages it thrived in the Mediterranean region as well as around the Caspian and Black Seas. Burpee first offered basil in 1908. This Greek basil has tiny leaves on dome shaped 8″ tall plants. Great with tomatoes in salads or sauces and it makes an admirable ornamental in containers and the garden too....
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Verbena Bonariensis
This tall very striking heirloom is a favorite in many cottage gardens. Stiff stems with open airy sprays of tiny violet-blue clusters and only a few leaves making this an excellent companion for many annuals. Very long blooming 3-4′ tall. Withstands drought....
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Bells Of Ireland Moluccella Laevis
HEIRLOOM. An attention-getter in the border. Stems are arrayed with spectacular green bell-shaped bracts that are straw- colored when dried. Grows best in full sun to partial shade in well-drained soil....
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Tomato Black Krim
This medium-sized very dark maroon beefsteak with wonderfully rich flavor originated in Crimea a peninsula in the Black Sea with perfect “tomato summers”. Extremely tasty....
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Tomato Brandywine Pink
Brandywine which dates back to 1885 is the heirloom tomato standard. One taste and you’ll be enchanted by its superb flavor and luscious shade of red-pink. The large beefsteak-shaped fruits grow on unusually upright potato-leaved plants. The fruits set one or two per cluster and ripen late-and are worth the wait. Brandywine’s qualities really shine when it develops an incredible fine sweet flavor....
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Corn Golden Bantam
This variety made yellow sweet corn popular. When Burpee introduced it in 1902 people only wanted white corn white signified refinement and quality. It was created by a skilled gardener in Greenfield Massachusetts who loved to have the earliest corn in town. Golden Bantam quickly rose to the top since it sprouted in cool soil better than all other corns of the time and growers could make big money with it. The stalks are only 5 ft. tall and often bear two 5 1/2 to 61/2″ long ears apiece. For old- fashioned corn flavor and early plantings it’s still outstanding....
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