Friday, February 18, 2011

Heirloom seeds

Here is a list of heirloom seeds.  I listed them in order of how easy they have been for me to find.  A lot of them are not listed on the packages as heirloom.  Many can be found in grocery stores that carry seeds.  The rest can be found in garden shops and nurseries.  Some of the tomatoes I have only found as plants. There are many many many more heirloom seeds out there. I have tried many of these, but not all and have tried others that are not listed here.  Some are favorites and some I am still experimenting with.
I would love to hear about your heirloom seed experiences and favorite seeds also.
Later in late spring or early summer I will post how to save seeds.


HEIRLOOM SEEDS
A.K.A.
OPEN POLLINATED or NON-HYBRID



                Asparagus (buy roots)                              Eggplant                                                    Squash, Winter
Mary Washington                                     Black Beauty                                             Waltham Butternut
Jersey Knight                                              Long Purple                                               Spaghetti
Purple Passion                                                                                                                 Banana
                                                                                      Lettuce                                        Delicata
                Bean, Bush                                  Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce      
Contender                                                    Buttercrunch                                                            Squash, Summer
Burpee’s Stringless                                    Red Romaine/Freckles                             Yellow Crookneck
Kentucky Wonder Bush                           Salad Bowl                                                  Black Beauty (Zucchini)
 (brown seeds or white seeds)                                                                                      Grey Zucchini
Royal Burgundy (Purple beans)                             Melon
                                                                      Hearts of Gold                                                            Turnip
              Beans, Pole                                   Hale’s Best Jumbo                                    Purple Top White Globe
Kentucky Wonder Pole                            Crenshaw
Blue Lake Pole                                                                                                                                  Tomato
                                                                                      Onion                                          Red Pear
                Broccoli                                       Walla Walla                                               Yellow Pear
Waltham 29                                                                                                                      Long Keeper
Atlantic                                                                        Pea, Garden                               Roma
De Cicco                                                      Little Marvel                                             Ace
Calabrese                                                    Green Arrow                                              Brandywine
                                                                                                                                          Green Zebra
                Beet                                                              Pea, Snap/Snow                       Amish Paste
Detroit Dark Red                                         Sugar Snap                                               Black Krim
Chioggia                                                      Oregon Sugar Pod
Cylindra                                                                                                                                          Watermelon
Early Wonder                                                             Pepper, Hot                               Moon and Stars
                                                                      Ancho                                                       Sugar Baby
                Brussels Sprout                          Anaheim Chili                                          Congo
Long Island Improved                              Habanero
                                                                      Hungarian Hot wax
                Cabbage                                      Jalapeno
Early Jersey Wakefield                             Long Red Cayenne
Copenhagen Market                                 Serrano
Golden Acre
Red Acre                                                                     Pepper, Sweet
All Seasons                                                 California Wonder
                                                                      Orange Bell
                Carrot                                           Sweet Chocolate
Danvers Half Long                                     Red Cherry Sweet
Chantenay Royal
Nantes Scarlet                                                             Pumpkin
Little Finger                                                 Small Sugar (Pie)
                                                                      Sugar Pie (Pie)
                Cauliflower                                  Big Max Pumpkin
Early Snowball                                           Dill’s Atlantic Giant
                                                                      Jack Be Little
                Corn
Golden Bantam                                                          Radish
Golden Bantam Improved                         Cherry Belle
Burpee’s Golden                                         Early Scarlet Globe
                                                                      White Icicle
              Cucumber                                      Watermelon
Armenian                                                      Easter Egg
Lemon                                                           Black Spanish
National Pickling
Straight Eight                                                             Spinach
                                                                      Bloomsdale Long Standing

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