Category Archives: Heirlooms
Bean Red Swan
The late Robert Lobitz (1941-2006) was a man with a lifelong passion for bean breeding. This beautiful snap bean is one of his triumphs. A cross between a purple snap bean and a pinto bean Red Swan’s dusty rose-red color is unique in the land of beans. The plants with a bush habit offer up a plentitude of long delicious 4-5″ beans....
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Gourd Tennessee Spinning
In an earlier simpler time kids would carry these 3-5″ green striped gourds in their pockets to play with at school where they’d contentedly spin them on their desks. Hard-shelled when dried this ornamental gourd is a natural for use in crafts making jewelry and who knows...
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Tomato Patty’s Yellow Striped Beefsteak
Cook’s Garden Favorite. We are working closely with breeders to improve upon some of the heirloom tomatoes available today. This striking beauty is reminiscent of ‘Big Rainbow’ but with higher yields larger more colorful fruits and most importantly richer fuller flavor. Try slicing the 10-16 oz. fruits and garnishing with a basil mayonnaise. Indeterminate....
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Tomato Persimmon
An heirloom originally from Russia this beefsteak type has very large persimmon-colored 1 lb. fruits. Uniform and blemish-free the tomatoes have high flavor low acidity and a small seed cavity. Performs well in short-season areas. Indeterminate....
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Tomato Green Grape
A favorite heirloom of farm markets and restaurants thanks to its unique tart flavor and attractive presentation. Originally created by crossing Yellow Pear with Evergreen Green Grape produces clusters of 6-8 yellow-green 1″ fruits....
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Squash Italiano Largo Hybrid
Cook’s Garden Favorite. Hybrid. Deeply ribbed zucchini type summer squash with robust nutty Italian flavor. Fruits are long and thin with a slight curve and few seeds even if allowed to get large — which they will do. For a real delicacy harvest small with the flowers still attached slice lengthwise and sautee in a bit of olive oil and garlic. No problem…plenty more will follow!...
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Pumpkin Jarrahdale
Lovely and decorative this pumpkin with stunning blue-green skin comes to us from the town of Jarrahdale in New Zealand. Weighing in the 8-10 lb. range and 10″ tall the flattened firm-ribbed fruits have mild slightly sweet almost fruity golden-yellow flesh that’s highly aromatic...
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Spinach Bloomsdale Long Standing
Popeye’s favorite heirloom variety! Bloomsdale Long Standing is an old standard. It’s a large spreading spinach has dark green savoyed curled leaves. The yield is good and it is slow to bolt. For first crop sow in spring. Plant again in late summer. In mild winter areas fall plantings yield in early spring. One packet contains 300 seeds and will sow a 30′ row....
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Pepper Hot Thai Hot
Originally from Thailand this seriously hot pepper makes a lovely impression in a patio container. The ornamental 8-12″ plants are bedecked with up to 200 small conical 1/2-1″ fruits that ripen to bright red. Extremely hot the peppers can be used fresh or preserved in oil or vinegar. Harvest about 85 days from transplant....
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Pepper Sweet Friggitello
Generations of Italian families have savored this crispy sweet pepper. This family heirloom variety is used in salads or sauteed with the extras pickled or dried. Large 3′ plants bear large crops of 3-4″ long tapered fruits that turn bright red when ripe. Ready to harvest about 70 days from transplant....
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Chrysanthemum Tricolor Daisy
This “painted daisy” was introduced from Morocco 200 years ago. The plants are about 2 ft. tall and bushy topped in midsummer with bright daisies in a riot of colors;red white or yellow ringed with scarlet mahogany orange or rust. Flowers 3″ across. Excellent cut flowers....
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Okra Clemson Spineless Organic
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Strawberry Alpine Alexandria
One of the better known heirloom alpine strawberries Alexandria has thimble-sized luscious dark red berries. Top-rated for flavor vigor and yield these runnerless everbearing plants produce more fruit when allowed ample space. Grow in full sun to part shade. Plant at least 18″ apart in the garden or in large containers....
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Tomato Principe Borghese
An excellent heirloom grape tomato revered for its drying qualities and use in sauces. This determinate variety originally from Tuscany has fruits with few seeds and a relatively dry meat perfect for paste....
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Lettuce Four Seasons
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....
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Tomato Amana Orange
This huge orange heirloom tomato takes its name from Iowa’s Amana Colonies one of America’s longest-lived communal societies where it has been a long-time favorite. With a mild sweet tropical flavor this beefsteak variety’s fruits are light orange and fluted growing up to 1-2 lb. on indeterminate vines....
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Tomato Mr. Stripey
Mr. Stripey’s mild sweet-tasting fruits have a high sugar content and grow to over 1 lb. each. Pretty and luscious this tomato has rich yellow undertones covered with pinkish-red striping. Indeterminate....
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Melon Early Silverline
Unique elongated oriental melon. White crisp flesh sweet and fragrant. Yellow skin lined with silvery furrows so thin it can be peeled like an apple. GARDEN HINTS: For early fruiting and to overcome a short growing season start seeds in a warm well-lighted indoor area 3 to 4 weeks before last spring frost. Before transfer to garden accustom plants to outdoor conditions by moving to a sheltered area outside for a week. Grow on plastic mulch to control weeds...
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Tomato Jaune Flamme
This beautiful and especially flavorful heirloom comes to us from Norbert Perreira of Helliner France. A perfect fruity blend of sweet and tart Jaune Flamme (or Yellow Flame in French) excels whether dried or roasted the slices retaining their deep orange color. An early producer ample crops of apricot-colored 3-4 oz. fruits are borne on elongated trusses....
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Bean Trionfo Violetto
Translated from Italian this bean’s name means “purple triumph.” This treasured heirloom is a crisp flavorful treat. Displaying lavender flowers against the bright green leaves with purple veins and stems the very productive 6-8′ vines are highly ornamental. When cooked the rich purple 7-10″ pods turn bright green....
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