Nearly Lost

Cultivars that have nearly left cultivation, kept alive through scionwood exchanges and a few collections. Each is propagated from a documented source and labeled with the record we could find.

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  • This seed is sold out for now. New lots go on sale when they are packed. Each packet lists its lot and harvest year. Merch ships year round.
  • Abyssinicum pea, Pisum sativum Abyssinicum group, herbarium specimen with pods collected in Ethiopia in 1969. Naturalis, Leiden, CC0
    Sold Out, returning in 2027

    Abyssinicum Ethiopian Pea

    Ethiopia

    Abyssinicum Ethiopian Pea
    From $9.00

    Ethiopian heirloom pea subspecies
  • Altaiski Sweet apples, whole and in section, USDA germplasm collection, Geneva NY. USDA ARS, public domain
    Pickup returns April 1

    Altaiski Sweet Apple

    Russia

    Altaiski Sweet Apple
    From $66.00

    Small, very sweet Siberian-type apple
  • Amanishiki apples on the branch
    Pickup returns April 1

    Amanishiki Apple

    Japan

    Amanishiki Apple
    From $66.00

    Japanese dessert apple from the Aomori station
  • Ames heirloom tomato, fruit
    Sold Out, returning in 2027

    Ames Heirloom Tomato

    United States

    Ames Heirloom Tomato
    From $7.00

    USDA Ames heirloom provenance tomato
  • Three large yellow Antonovka apples on a white plate, grown on old trees near Kursk, Russia. Representative photo, not this variety. Photo by Radioaktive, CC0.
    Pickup returns April 1

    Antonovka Polutorafuntovaya Apple

    Russia

    Antonovka Polutorafuntovaya Apple
    From $77.00

    Large-fruited Antonovka from the Kursk region of Russia
  • Aromat de Vară apples, whole and in section, USDA germplasm collection, Geneva NY. USDA ARS, public domain
    Pickup returns April 1

    Aromat de Vara Apple

    Romania

    Aromat de Vara Apple
    From $66.00

    Romanian heritage apple, sharp and aromatic
  • Pepper plant with elongated, blocky, pale cream sweet peppers among green leaves. Representative photo, not this variety. Photo by George Chernilevsky, CC BY 4.0.
    Sold Out, returning in 2027

    Babura Prodologovata Pepper

    Serbia

    Babura Prodologovata Pepper
    From $7.00

    Balkan elongated sweet babura pepper
  • Batjarka pear, fruit on the tree
    Pickup returns April 1

    Batjarka Pear

    Serbia

    Batjarka Pear
    From $77.00

    Serbian wild-type Balkan heritage pear
  • Baya Marisa apples, two shown in cross section with the red flesh that characterizes the cultivar, photographed against a color scale. Photo by joergens.mi via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA
    Pickup returns April 1

    Baya Marisa Apple

    Switzerland

    Baya Marisa Apple
    From $89.00

    German red-fleshed dessert apple
  • Pear-shaped yellow Bereczki quince hanging in the leaves
    Pickup returns April 1

    Bereczki Quince

    Hungary

    Bereczki Quince
    From $77.00

    Large Hungarian quince named for Máté Bereczki
  • Beurre Madame Henre Lamy Pear, photo not yet available
    Pickup returns April 1

    Beurre Madame Henre Lamy Pear

    France

    Beurre Madame Henre Lamy Pear
    From $77.00

    Old French butter pear
  • Bietigheimer apples, whole and halved, beside a measuring scale
    Pickup returns April 1

    Bietigheimer Apple

    Germany

    Bietigheimer Apple
    From $77.00

    Very large German cooking apple
  • Dark purple Black apricots, whole and halved, showing orange-red flesh
    Pickup returns April 1

    Black Apricot

    Black Apricot
    From $77.00

    Dark-skinned apricot with plum-like tartness
  • Small fuzzy gray-purple Black peaches ripening on a leafy branch
    Pickup returns April 1

    Black Peach

    France

    Black Peach
    From $77.00

    Blood peach, crimson flesh under dusky purple skin
  • Wooden box of thick, freshly harvested white asparagus spears. Representative photo of the species, not this variety. Photo by H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
    Sold Out, returning in 2027

    Blanco de Navarra Asparagus

    Spain

    Blanco de Navarra Asparagus
    From $7.00

    White asparagus from La Rioja, Spain
  • Long pink-blushed Blutbirne pear hanging on the tree
    Pickup returns April 1

    Blutbirne Pear

    Blutbirne Pear
    From $89.00

    Red-fleshed European blood pear
  • Pink-red Bonkers apple hanging on the tree among leaves
    Pickup returns April 1

    Bonkers (NY-35) Apple

    United States

    Bonkers (NY-35) Apple
    From $66.00

    New York experimental sweet crisp apple
  • Botanical plate of Brazil Rio Grande do Sul Corn
    Sold Out, returning in 2027

    Brazil Rio Grande do Sul Corn

    Brazil

    Brazil Rio Grande do Sul Corn
    From $9.00

    Southern Brazilian landrace corn, race being confirmed
  • Byler's Amish Dent Corn, shelled seed
    Sold Out, returning in 2027

    Byler's Amish Dent Corn

    United States

    Byler's Amish Dent Corn
    From $7.00

    Amish heirloom yellow dent corn
  • Round red medium sized tomatoes ripening in clusters on staked garden vines. Representative photo, not this variety. Photo by Mhmd.abdrzg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
    Sold Out, returning in 2027

    Campbell 1943 Tomato

    United States

    Campbell 1943 Tomato
    From $7.00

    Processing tomato from the Campbell Soup Company breeding program
  • Orange-red Caney Fork Limbertwig apple hanging among leaves
    Pickup returns April 1

    Caney Fork Limbertwig Apple

    United States

    Caney Fork Limbertwig Apple
    From $66.00

    Limbertwig apple from the Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee
  • Botanical plate of Carchi Rocoto Pepper
    Sold Out, returning in 2027

    Carchi Rocoto Pepper

    Ecuador

    Carchi Rocoto Pepper
    From $9.00

    Rocoto pepper from Carchi, Ecuador
  • Carrick pear on the tree, USDA pear collection, Corvallis OR. USDA ARS, public domain
    Pickup returns April 1

    Carrick Pear

    United States

    Carrick Pear
    From $77.00

    Tennessee fire-blight-resistant Seckel cross
  • Catawba Treasure persimmons, orange fruit with dark calyxes lined up on a table
    Pickup returns April 1

    Catawba Treasure Weeping Persimmon

    United States

    Catawba Treasure Weeping Persimmon
    From $77.00

    Weeping ornamental cold-hardy persimmon