Heirloom Vegetables and Herbs

A blend of heirloom leaf lettuce in a 9-cell tray

An old Japanese pepper from Nara Prefecture. Tapered black pods are highly ornamental and look deceptively like a fiery hot pepper. In fact, the beautiful fruit is totally heatless and sweet. Dark purple fruit and flowers, even the foliage has...

This incredibly fragrant heirloom from Macedonia is most commonly roasted. Fruits ripen from green to red and grow over 6" in length.

Type: PasteOriginating around 1900 in Hungary, this giant tomato can exceed one pound! Fruits are pink to red with firm and meaty flesh. Great production from this variety! Indeterminate. 

Type: Micro DwarfGrowing to only 6-8” tall, these tiny dwarf tomato plants can still produce in abundance with red 1 ounce fruit.  Ideal on the patio, balcony or any of the smallest of spaces.  Determinate.

Type: SlicingThis prolific Cherokee heirloom has been around at least since 1890. Well know for its sweet flavor and great texture, this colorful variety is well respected by heirloom growers. Large fruits and prolific plants! Indeterminate.  

Type: DwarfOne-of-a-kind dwarf tomato with very meaty orange flesh with olive undertones.  Stocky three-foot plants are quite prolific and somewhat early to produce

Perennial. This is the “secret ingredient” in the spice mix Herbs de Provence.

This Turkish heirloom is uniquely long and twisted, reaching lengths of up to 10". This pepper variety was found to be the most productive of all varieties tested in experiments at the University of California. 

This cold tolerant variety has reddish stems and attractive, frilled leaves. A great early season vegetable!

Type: Slicing Developed in the 1940's by M.C. Byles of West Virginia, this popular heirloom variety earned its unique name by providing Byles with enough funds to pay off his $6,000 mortgage at the time! Fruits are large, pink, and sweetly...

Capsicum annuum. The sweetest of all peppers is its claim to fame. These heart-shaped peppers ripen to a candy-apple red and may be just as sweet. The plants are stocky yet productive, making them a good choice for a small...