Heirloom Classics
Time-tested heirloom pumpkin and squash varieties that have been grown for generations. These are open-pollinated seeds you can save, share, and replant year after year, which means every packet is the start of your own seed line, not a one-season purchase.
What makes an heirloom
An open-pollinated variety with a history, typically passed down for fifty years or more. The seeds come true to type, so you can save them from your best fruit and grow the same pumpkin next season. That is how the Long Island Cheese survived from before the Civil War, and how the Seminole has fed the American South for centuries.
Classics worth saving
Seminole heat tolerant, vine borer resistant
Long Island Cheese the heirloom pie pumpkin
Dickinson the original Libby's canning pumpkin
Waltham Butternut the award-winning standard
Most of these are Cucurbita moschata, the vine borer resistant species at the heart of our Kansas garden. If borers are your nemesis, start with the vine borer resistant collection. Free shipping on US orders over $25.
Not sure which heirloom to grow? Read our Kansas guide to the best heirloom pumpkin varieties for Midwest gardens.
