1. Heirloom Seeds An open-pollinated cultivar or plants that are non hybrid and originated and persisted under cultivation.

2. Types of Heirloom Seeds Brandywine tomatoes Early Wakefield Cabbage Golden Bantam Corn Improved Long Green Cucumber Tennis Ball Lettuce Cow Horn Okra Bull Nose Peppers

3. Why Are These Seeds Special? Taste wonderful Look beautiful Are easy to grow They are dying out. There are many different types of vegetables that are heirloom seeds.

4. Usefulness They can be used to pollinate other plants They taste very good so we can eat them

5. Extra information for our garden Brandywine tomatoes have become well- known among gardens Heirloom Vegetables have their own unique genes coded in their DNA Tennis Ball Lettuce is native to Virginia Heirloom seeds were used in W W 2 victory gardens

6. Pictures Brandywine Tomatoes

7. Pictures(2) Lots of Heirloom Seeds

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