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AMISH/MENNONITE VARIETIES

     I realized that the local heirlooms of this rich farmland in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where I live were fast being lost forever. So, I started searching for every seed I could find that linked with the rich farming heritage of my neighbors the Amish, Mennonite ( conservative religious sect similar to the Amish) and Pennsylvania Germans ( commonly referred to as Pennsylvania Dutch). These people are the descendents of the first settlers to William Penn's land in the late 1600's-early 1700's, that was offered to those willing to work hard to farm it. They came for religious freedom and stayed for the rich land. Amazingly, Lancaster County farmland , even to this day,( and often still worked by horse and mule ), is considered the most productive per acre in the entire world! I was asked, by editor Nick Pabst of Farm & Ranch Living magazine to write an article about Amish and Mennonite heirloom seeds. A much abreviated (ok, I admit I am wordy) but still two page article, using my photos, came out in their April/May 2007 spring planting issue. The response was absolutely overwhelming. I received phone calls, letters, packages with seeds, and emails from all over the country, and the world. Many "plain people" contacted me and chatted. They asked for seeds that they had fondly remembered and could no longer find. Some offered me their family's heirloom seeds, many of which I grew out this season.
      Then, later in that year, I was again contacted by another magazine. Mary Shepherd, the effervescent editor and publisher of a brand new publication Farmer's Markets Today.
     She asked me to write a special feature on Amishland Heirloom Seeds after seeing my website. The premier issue of that magazine had a lovely two page spread, also using my photos. She called it "Taste and History are Preserved in Heirloom Seeds- Every Seed has a Cultural and an Ethnic Story to Tell," which pretty much sizes up the philosophy of my seed business. So due to the many requests and questions which these two articles generated, I realized that consolidating all my Amish, Mennonite and Pennslyvania Dutch (PA German) heirlooms on one page of this website would be most helpful. I give as detailed information, background and history as I am able to with each seed description. So now my customers who want to grow this wonderful history can more easily find seeds of what I have grown out and am offering. I also have these same seeds on the website in their own respective catagories, like red tomatoes on the "Red Tomato Page" and so forth.
      I have tried to organize these seeds in some sort of order but please remember that all three groups may grow and eat these same varieties. Some of the history and culture does cross over. Also, I have gone futher afield than Pennsylvania in my search for genuine Amish, Mennonite and Pennsylvania Dutch heirlooms that travelled with these settlers and religious groups as they left PA to build new communities in various parts of the USA. Today, for example there are many much larger settlements of Amish people living in other states. Some of the Old Order Mennonites here, have been leaving Lancaster County and settling on farmland in upper state New York, and so forth. When farming folks move they always take their favorite seeds with them as well as share them amongst themselves. So, to find the seeds, you must follow the farmers.
      Have fun searching the past here , perhaps finding some seeds from your own past or geneology, to grow in your gardens wherever you may live.

TOMATOES:

BRANDYWINE TOMATO STRAINS:

**** FROM PINK PAGE:

AMISH MAYBERRY TOMATO New for 2009- Exclusive - Only commercial source in the USA

BRANDYWINE TOMATO-GLICK'S STRAIN ~ The Best of the Brandywines !~ LIMITED QUANTITES ORDER EARLY

BRANDYWINE PINK -SUDDUTH'S STRAIN - BACK FOR 2009

PINK BRANDYWINE TOMATO- BACK FOR 2009

BRANDYWINE OTV -LIMITED QUANTITIES-ORDER EARLY

****FROM RED PAGE:

RED BRANDYWINE TOMATO ~BACK FOR 2009-Scarce Local PA 1885 Heirloom~

***FROM OTHER COLORS PAGE:

BLACK BRANDYWINE TOMATO

OTHER TOMATOES:

****FROM RED PAGE:

RED POTATO LEAF TOMATO~NEW FOR 2009

AMISH RED OXHEART TOMATO ~ NEW FOR 2009

HOWARD GERMAN TOMATO ~VERY RARE~Local Pennsylvania Heirloom

RIESENTRAUBE TOMATO" - ( sometimes spelled "Riesenstraube" ) Heirloom Grape Type Tomato- NEW FOR 2009

GLICKS 18 MENNONITE TOMATO ~Genuine Mennonite Heirloom~ Scarce

MARTIN'S AMISH / MENNONITE TOMATO~Local Lancaster County Heirloom

****FROM PINK PAGE:

LARGE MENNONITE PINK TOMATO - NEW FOR 2009- SCARCE-Genuine Mennonite Heirloom

LANCASTER COUNTY BIG PINK TOMATO - - BACK FOR 2009

EVA'S SCHOENECK ( BEAUTIFUL CORNER) PINK TOMATO~~Exclusive Lancaster County Heirloom~Only Source~

AMISH POTATO LEAF TOMATO ~Scarce, hard to find Genuine Amish Heirloom

TODD COUNTY AMISH TOMATO- ~~Scarce, hard to find Genuine Amish Heirloom

AMISH SALAD TOMATO (Cherry Type tomato)-Genuine Amish Heirloom

TIFFEN MENNONITE TOMATO -Genuine Mennonite Heirloom

ROSE TOMATO-aka AMISH ROSE - Genuine Amish Heirloom

******FROM STRIPED/YELLOW PAGE:

AMISH ORANGE SHERBET HEIRLOOM TOMATO ~BACK FOR 2009! -EXCLUSIVE! - Order Early

AMISH YELLOWISH ORANGE OXHEART TOMATO - NEW FOR 2009-Very Limited Quantity -Order Early

HAHNSTOWN YELLOW TOMATO ~BACK FOR 2009~ LOCAL PA HEIRLOOM

EVA'S AMISH STRIPE TOMATO ~EXCLUSIVE FAMILY HEIRLOOM-ONLY USA SEED SOURCE

 

***** FROM OTHER COLORS PAGE:

GRANDMA JOSIE'S AMISH WHITE TOMATO" -NEW FOR 2009-EXCLUSIVE- Only USA Commercial Seed Source!-GENUINE AMISH HEIRLOOM

************ PEPPERS:

SWEET YELLOW STUFFING PEPPER~~Genuine Lancaster County Amish Heirloom~

SWEET RED STUFFING PEPPER~Genuine Lancaster County Amish Heirloom

RED CHICKENHEART HOT CHILE PEPPER ~ ROTE HINKELHATZ PEPPER VERY RARE ~Limited Quantities~Order Early! ~ONE OF ONLY 2 SOURCES

Rare YELLOW CHICKENHEART PEPPERS ~ GEELI HINKELHATZ PEPPERS-VERY RARE ~ONE OF ONLY 2 SOURCES

MARTIN'S CARROT HOT CHILE PEPPER - VERY RARE~EARLY 1800'S (PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN -PA DUTCH ) MENNONITE HEIRLOOM!- ONLY USA COMMERCIAL SOURCE

AMISH PIMIENTO SWEET PEPPER - RARE- GENUINE AMISH HEIRLOOM- LIMITED SUPPLY - ORDER EARLY

***************BEANS:

PRETZEL BEAN, aka RAM'S HORN BEAN- SCARCE -LIMITED QUANTITIES ORDER EARLY

EVA'S CHOW CHOW BEANS-150 YEAR OLD PA HEIRLOOM ~EXCLUSIVE~ONLY COMMERCIAL USA SEED SOURCE

AMISH GNUDDEL BEAN -RARE- NOTE: This is sometime spelled Knuddel, Knuttle, or Gnuttle Bean. In Pennsylvania Dutch there are many variations in spelling as this is really only a spoken language

ALMAS PA DUTCH PURPLE BURGUNDY LIMA BEAN~ VERY RARE~ VERY LIMITED QUANTITIES-ORDER EARLY

WEINLANDERIN SNAP POLE BEAN~VERY RARE SWISS (Possibly Mennonite) Heirloom

**************FLOWERS:

HEPLER FARM/ MAHANTONGO VALLEY HEIRLOOM SWEET PEA ~EXCLUSIVE~ ONLY USA SEED SOURCE

JOB'S TEARS~(Coix lacryma-jobi )~"KARRELL" or "FLUSSKARRELL" in PA Dutch

**************RARE VEGGIES:

EVA'S GROUND CHERRY~aka HUSK CHERRY, GROUND CHERRY, "JUDDEKAERSHE", WINTER CHERRY, STRAWBERRY HUSK TOMATO ~EXCLUSIVE~ONLY USA COMMERCIAL SEED SOURCE

PIERCE LESHER FARM GROUND CHERRY aka HUSK CHERRY, GROUND CHERRY, "JUDDEKAERSHE", WINTER CHERRY, STRAWBERRY HUSK TOMATO - RARE & EXCLUSIVE !ONLY USA COMMERCIAL SEED SOURCE

HORNING'S FARM GROUND CHERRY ( Physalis pruinosa) aka (in Pennsylvania dialect: "JUDDEKAERSHE" - WINTER CHERRY, HUSK CHERRY, STRAWBERRY TOMATO - ~RARE & EXCLUSIVE ! Local Mennonite Heirloom -ONLY USA COMMERCIAL SEED SOURCE

EVA'S BURGUNDY LETTUCE - 5 Generation HEIRLOOM - EXCLUSIVE- ONLY USA COMMERCIAL SEED SOURCE -LIMITED QUANTITIES-ORDER EARLY

SALSIFY aka OYSTER PLANT, "HAWWERWURTZEL" (OAT ROOT) Trapapogon porifolius - BACK FOR 2009

BLACK SALSIFY ( Scorzonera hispanica) aka black oyster plant, serpent root, viper's herb, viper's grass -BACK FOR 2009


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