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OUR 50 HEIRLOOM SEED PACK:

Due to inventory fluctuations, we reserve the right to swap out up to four of our seed varieties with another similar seeds.

	Rutgers Tomato - 25 seeds of this popular garden variety. Its flavor for slicing and cooking is unequaled.
	Marglobe Tomato - 25 seeds. Very early table variety, suitable for greenhouses or fields. Very vigorous and produces large, flat fruit that weighs about 200 g. Deep red flesh has a good consistency and flavor.
	Black Seeded Lettuce- 900 seeds - Large upright heads with a compact leaf-type, this lettuce is light green, wide, and has curled leaves. Very early, dependable, and productive. Very heat tolerant and slow to bolt. 45 days.
	Purple Plum Radish - 400 seeds - Firm white flesh, crisp, sweet and mild. This all season radish is never pithy or hot.
	Scarlet Nantes Carrot- 500 seeds - Fresh market, processing or finger carrots. Slow bolting, to give you a long harvest.
	White Sweet Spanich Onion-400 seeds - Mild, sweet and tasty. White fleshed, with a thin neck. Good Winter keeper. Produces fruits weighing 1 lb. 110 days.
	Copenhaugen Market Cabbage- 400 seeds- Introduced by H. Hartman & Company in 1909. Solid heads reach 6-8" in diameter, weigh 3-4 pounds and rarely burst. Medium-sized plants are ideal for small gardens. 63-100 days from transplant.
	Cocozelle Summer Squash-  300 seeds - Zucchini is the most popular type of summer squash. And for good reason, as it is easy to grow, producing a generous crop of delicately flavored fruits all season long. The fruit is delicious when baked, boiled, fried, steamed or raw and when used in a variety of recipes. Zucchini can be frozen.
	National Pickling Cucumber- 250 seeds - Medium-green fruits. Black-spined, pickling cucumber produces a very heavy yield. 55 days. 1,000/oz. 7 days, 72F. Saleable plants in 3-5 weeks. Sow direct into peat pots. Pots must be planted.
	Delicious Melon- 300 seeds - Sweet, juicy vine-ripened cantaloupes are a special treat from the summer garden. These delightful fruits require lot of heat and sunshine to mature to full sweetness and deep color. Cantaloupes are delicious alone, or they can be dressed up as well.
	The Clemson Spineless Okra-  300 seeds - Okra is grown for its slender, pointed pods that develop from attractive flowers in the leaf axils. The long, slender pods of this variety are heavily ribbed and deep green, and produce best in areas with lots of hot summer weather.
	Waltham Butternut-  75 seeds - This is a very popular and wonderful tasting winter or storage squash. The oblong, tan-skinned fruits grow about 8" (20cm) long and are bulbed at one end. The seed cavity is small, so there is lots of flesh with a sweet, nutty flavor. Excellent baked, steamed, or microwaved. Stores extremely well
	Bloody Butcher-  300 seeds - Ears are blood red with some darker red kernels intermixed. 8-10” ears. 110 days.
	Black and White Calypso-  300 seeds - One of the all time best for baking and soups. Strong 15" plants, round black and white seeds with contrasting eye. Averages 4-5 seeds per pod, extremely productive, adapts well to all types of production areas. Bush habit, 70-90 days.
	Painted Pony Bean- 300 seeds - A great dual-purpose bean. Long thin pods are stringless and good for snap beans. One of the best for soups retains markings. Very productive. Bush habit. 60 days for snaps, 80 days for dry beans.
	Imperator Carrot- 300 seeds - This beautiful large carrot. Sweet and tender carrot does best in loose soils. Measures 1-1 1/2” at the top and tapers 8-9” to a point. Flesh is deep orange color. 75 days.
	Mayflower Bean- 300 seeds - Brought over on the Mayflower in 1620, followed by a long history of being circulated in the Carolina's. Cut short-type, which are prized for great flavor, despite strings. Short pods are packed with small square seeds. Very productive, and good as a dry bean. This is a Pole bean. 100 days.
	Black Valentine Bean- 300 seeds - If you want the best black bean, the Black Valentine heirloom is it. All black beans turn purplish after cooking and have a meaty texture and rich, nutty flavor. This is a bush bean.
	Butterscotch Bean-300 seeds - These beans are white with a big light brown spot around the eye. They date back to the 1860's in New England, where they were famously used for "Boston Baked Beans". This is a bush bean.
	Red & White Calypso Bean- 300 seeds - This rare heirloom bean has survived many hardships. It is half-white and half-red with distinctive sharp boundaries that curve around the bean. Blends well with fresh corn. This is a bush bean.
	Speckled Roman - Indeterminate. Gorgeous, medium sized, oblong orange red fruits with wavy, yellow stripes and excellent flavor. Very crack resistant. Heavy production until frost. This is exceptional, probably the best salad tomato around, yet the excellent flavor, rich tomato sweetness and good texture make this ideal for creating sauces too. 75-85 Days. 25 seeds.
	Federle-  25 seeds - Beautiful, blemish-free 6-7" long paste tomato, rich full flavor unlike most other banana pepper-shaped tomatoes. Productive plants. Very few seeds, excellent for processing, especially good for salsa. Indeterminate, 85 days from transplant.
	Cherokee Purple- This variety has origins with the native American people of the Cherokee Nation. Very productive plants bear loads of 10 to 12 ounce dark rose/purple fruit with deep brick red interiors. Exhibits tolerance to mild drought and tolerance to common diseases.  Pleasantly sweet and rich flavor. 25 seeds
	Mortgage Lifter- Disease resistance, more uniform fruit, ripening to red rather than pink-red. Fruit is large, 10-14 oz.  It is one of our most productive and reliable tomatoes. Continues to bear until frost. 25 seeds.
	Brandywine Pink- Dates back to the mid 1880s from strong Amish stock. These tomatoes average about 12-ounces, but have often grown up to 2-pounds. The fruits are reddish-pink, the flesh is creamy and the taste is superb. 25 seeds
	Purple Top White Turnip- Widely used since before 1880. Uniform 6" smooth white globes are best for eating when 3-4" in diameter. Sweet mild fine-grained white flesh. Excellent quality, stores extremely well. 350 seeds.
	Golden Acre Cabbage- January - February. Grow 3-4 weeks at 60F then harden off one week. Sow directly or transplant into packs for sale in early Spring. 250 seeds.
	Waltham Broccoli- This old time New England variety is great for a fall crop. The 6-8” plant develops a large, mature head. 63 days. 300 seeds.
	Tendergreen Mustard- The best mustard for greens. Dark- green, shiny leaves with smooth edges. Heavy producer. 45 days. 300 seeds
	Bloomsdale Long Spinach- The large, 6”-8” long, dark-green, glossy leaves are not only delicious but high in vitamins. Produces a cool weather crop that resists bolting. 44 days. 80 seeds.
	Georgia Collord Green- Collards are not only big in their nutritional profiles; they also provide a powerful presence out in the vegetable garden. Collards are like an extroverted form of cabbage that grows outward instead of holding itself in.
	Giant Black Diamond Watermelon- Nearly round fruits weighing up to 40 lbs. Bright red, firm, sweet flesh. Very dark green and thick rind makes for good shipping. 90 days.
	Quattro Stagioni Lettuce- 25 seeds - Variety suitable for all seasons, with good resistance to the cold. Short leaves that are covered with blisters and rounded, red-brown color on the outside and green on the inside. The head is rather compact and is on the whole quite heavy. The yield is therefore quite considerable. Transplant when the seedlings have 4-5 leaves, in rows 30-40 cm apart leaving 30-40 cm between the rows.
	Chioggia Beet- 25 seeds - Heirloom. Beautiful Italian heirloom with alternating white and red rings. A true specialty item for road side stands. The mild flavored greens can be used raw or cooked. 60 days.
	Amber Globe Turnip- 25 seeds -Heirloom. The large, yellow roots of this good keeper have a small taproot. Mild yellow flesh is best if picked when 3 across. Crisp flavor and sturdy tops. Grows quickly. 55 days.
	Self Blanch Cauliflower- 25 seeds - 68 days. Brassica oleracea. Plant produces flavorful snow ball type cauliflower. Leaves curl upward and cover head to keep sun from ruining white color. Plant early as it stops growing when it gets hot.
	Laxton Progress Pea- 25 seeds -This early, all purpose variety produces long 4" (10cm) pods filled with 7-9 sweet, tender peas. Plants are very productive. Grows best in cool weather. Use fresh or cooked, good for freezing.
	Red Romaine Lettuce- 25 seeds - Useful, colorful tart addition to salad, gourmet variety crops. 70 days 15,000/oz. 7 days, 70F. Sow directly into sterilized soil. Grow plants cool, 55-60F. Saleable in 4-5 weeks.
	Howden Pumpkin- 25 seeds - (20-30 lb.) Howden pumpkin seed produces an excellent yield of medium to large deep-orange fruits. 115 days.
	Wapsipinicon- 25 seeds - Heavy producer of 2" peach-shaped fuzzy yellow fruits. Sweet excellent flavor. Our favorite “peach” tomato, from Dennis Schlicht, named after the Wapsipinicon River in northeast Iowa. Winner of SSE’s 2006 Heirloom Tomato Tasting. Indeterminate, 80 days from transplant.
	Bradley- 25 seeds - Heirloom. Semi-determinate short stake type. Features pink fruit with green shoulders. 80 days.
	Beefsteak- 25 seeds - Extra large, meaty and ribbed deep-scarlet fruit. 12 oz. 90 days.
	Green Zebra- 25 seeds - Heirloom 14 days. 70-75°F. Yellow-green with dark green stripes. This old favorite features a mild flavor and offers heavy production. 80 days.
	Golden Sunray- 25 seeds - Another great tomato from Ben Quisenberry. Golden-yellow fruits are uniform and virtually blemish-free. Fruits up to one pound, rarely crack. Excellent full tomato flavor. The finest yellow tomato that we offer. Indeterminate, 80-90 days from transplant.
	White  Lisbon Onion- 100 seeds - Smooth stalks, mild flavor. Popular bunching type.
	Golden Acre Cabbage- 250 seeds - (Yellow Resistant) Good, early round headed variety on short stems. 65 days.
	Mary Washington Asparagus- 50 seeds - Popular standard variety. 2 years to market.
	Cubanelle Sweet Frye Pepper- 100 seeds - Sweet Peppers are a favorite home garden vegetable. The attractive, compact plants compliment any garden. Peppers are green, turning red at full maturity when the flavor sweetens considerably. They are delicious raw or cooked.
	Yolo Wonder Pepper- 100 seeds - Firm, thick walls on blocky mostly four, lobed fruits. Fruits start out dark-green and mature to bright-red. Tolerant to tobacco-mosaic.
	All American Parship- 50 seeds - This delicious, cool weather vegetable is one of the hardest of all root crops. Plants are frequently grown with carrots, beets and salsify. Their delicate, sweet rutty flavor compliments any meal.
	Bloody Butcher Corn - 300 seeds - Grown in the U. S. since 1845. Plants grow 9-12' tall and have at least two ears per stalk, each ear is 8-12" long. Good drought tolerance. Good for flour, cornmeal or corn-on-the-cob when young.

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More gardeners today are turning to non-hybrid seeds used by earlier generations of gardeners. So, exactly what are heirloom seeds?

Heirloom seeds are collected from true-to-form plant varieties over the course of at least 40 to 50 growing seasons—and some for millennia. Hybrid seeds differ in that they are deliberately crossbred to mass-produce uniform fruits and vegetables suitable for mechanical harvest and long-distance transport.

Sadly, the natural taste of the original produce species often gets lost in the crossbreeding process.

“I like to explain hybrids and heirlooms this way: A hybrid is like a mixed-breed dog,” says John Lipscomb, president of Lipscomb Enterprises, a family-run heirloom seed supplier in Toronto, Kansas. “Heirlooms are like purebred dogs. They always produce exact copies of themselves. I love purebred vegetables and fruits. But I must admit, all my dogs are mutts, and I wouldn't have them any other way.”

Lipscomb launched his Internet heirloom seed business, www.survivalistseeds.com, on a shoestring three years ago. Today he has shipped more than 50,000 pounds of heirloom vegetable seeds to 12,000 loyal customers around the world.

Hybrid produce seeds were developed in order to address the spread of urbanization, consumerism and automobiles nearly a century ago, Lipscomb explains. “Grocers noticed that consumers were trending toward mass consumption of furniture, cars and food,” he says. “People wanted to have the same things as their neighbors.”

Supermarket managers worried that some of their fruits and vegetables were spoiling because shoppers tended to leave the ugliest or smallest ones in the bins. Rounder, more colorful and less unique fruits and vegetables sold the best. Hybrids were scientifically engineered first during the 1920s to standardize produce and reduce spoilage. Machinery could harvest hybrid crops with near-identical shapes and sizes, with traits like tougher skin and rounder surfaces. Harvest mechanization was cheaper than the manual labor required for heirloom varieties.

“This was a very profitable venture for the major grocery chains,” Lipscomb observes.

Ironically, the tradeoffs to hybridization’s success -- taste, natural disease resistance and uniqueness – today are driving the movement for a growing number of gardeners to return to heirloom seeds.

“Today, consumers are once again valuing handmade and unique products and foods, enabling heirloom vegetables to thrive as they did when our ancestors grew them,” Lipscomb says.

Lipscomb offers a 50-variety pack of 10,000 heirloom vegetable seeds. He says he landed on the bulk-seed concept for two reasons. First, new gardeners tend to be intimidated by hundreds of choices. Second, he can concentrate on buying only 50 varieties directly from farmers and pass on the savings to his customers. This year, he is introducing several new varieties including Amber Globe turnip, Self-Blanch cauliflower, Red Romaine lettuce, Lanton Progress pea, Howden pumpkin, and Chioggio beet. Call (620) 637-2978 or visit www.survivalistseed.com for information.

Lipscomb Enterprises Inc.,103 Main, Toronto Kansas 66777
www.survivalistseeds.com 

Yes, 50 variety pack, 10,000 heirloom vegetable seeds.

I created the concept of a multiple seed pack because most new gardeners are intimidated by all the hundreds of choices. Often, they end up not buying and planting a garden. It is also quicker for the customer and perhaps most importantly, by being able as a seed seller to concentrate on buying only 50 varieties rather than 500 varieties directly from the heirloom farmers, we can buy in larger quantity and then pass those saving on to our value driven customers. 

I started this heirloom seed business here in a dying little town of Toronto KS just three years ago (next Spring) with $2,000 worth of heirloom seeds that I purchased from a few farmers in Indiana. My only goal was to send out one or two orders per day and that is what I was able to do for about a month using the Internet. Then we started to advertise on the Internet and I began a radio show talking about how people might consider returning to a simpler lifestyle and grow and raise their own food. We have now shipped over 50,000 pounds of heirloom vegetable seeds all over the world. I now have a loyal customer base of 12,000 wonderful people, many have purchased from us on multiple occasions.

We look to change our list of 50 varieties every Spring. However, before doing so, we have a dozen committed customers test them out the previous year in different regions to make sure they grow well. In the Spring of 2011 we will be introducing -  Amber Globe Turnip, Self Blanch Cauliflower, Red Romaine Lettuce, Lanton Progress Pea, Howden Pumkin, and Chioggio Beet.

Hybrid vegetable seeds were developed in order to deal with the mass consumption beginning to happen in large grocery chains in the early 1900s as Americans moved to the larger cities. Grocers noticed that consumers were trending towards mass production in furniture, cars and food. People wanted to have the same thing as their neighbors. The grocers also noticed that some of their vegetables, which had always been heirloom varieties, were spoiled because people tended to avoid buying the ugliest or smallest of the group. People just selected the rounder, more colorful and less unique fruits and vegetables. Hybrids were developed to create fruits and vegetables that were identical to one-another, thus eliminating the oddly shaped and left behind food. This was a very profitable venture for the major grocery chains.
Hybrids were also developed to have a tougher skin and rounder, smoother surface to allow machinery to harvest the crop rather than manual labor. However, in the process, some attributes are lost such as taste, natural disease resistance and uniqueness. Today consumers are once again valuing handmade and unique products and foods, enabling heirloom vegetables to thrive as they did when our ancestors grew them.
Lastly, when hybrid seed is saved and replanted the following year, the seed reverts back to what the parent plants were. With heirloom seeds we can save the seed and replant them next year and we will get the exact same produce as the year before. I like to explain hybrids and heirlooms this way- a hybrid is like a mutt dog. It is a mix breed. Heirlooms are like pure bred dogs, they always produce exact copies of themselves. I love heirloom- "pure bred" vegetables and fruits. But I must admit, all my dogs are mutts and I wouldn't have them any other way.

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