Root Crops

Allium fistulosum - Hardy perennial scallion. They overwinter happily for us outdoors, growing into dense clumps. Can be harvested spring through f...

Heart shaped, short season red onion. Excellent fresh, thin them for delicious spring onions. When mature they're excellent in storage, keeping wel...

Medium sized yellow storage onion. One of the most popular open-pollinated onions for good reason; they're vigourous, flavourful and extremely good...

The best beet for winter storage. Large and slightly lumpy, with very fine red flesh. The solid green leaves (no purple) are especially good as sum...

Delicious deep-red roots that never seem to go woody. Their long shape is easier to cut and peel when they grow large, compared to round beets. Ide...

This French heirloom is a favourite for winter storage. Blue-green leaves and thick stalks. 60+ seeds (0.25g)-Grown by Yonder Hill FarmYonder Hill ...

Sium sisarum - Traditional root crop, well-loved in ancient and medieval Europe (it was a favourite of emperor Tiberius) but fallen out of favour i...

Allium fistulosum - A true scallion: perennial and never bulbing. Succession plant in the vegetable garden for green scallions all season long or e...

Very productive and an excellent keeper. Newburg was developed by seed breeder Alan Kapuler, stabilized from a European hybrid specifically for org...

Golden outsides with lighter interiors. Most have golden rings. Not a fully stable variety, lots of variation among the population. Selected last s...

B. rapa - Round white turnips with purple tops. The leaves are delicious fresh or steamed. The crisp roots are at their finest while golf ball size...

Arctium lappa - Gobo is the cultivated Japanese form of wild burdock. Grown for their long slender roots, which are delicious as a fall root veget...

Brassica napus - Rare heirloom from Lithuania, this variety came to us through Seeds or Diversity. An excellent winter keeper, with creamy light-ye...

Delicious and hardy winter leek well loved by northern gardeners and market farmers. Uniform, medium length white shafts and dark green leaves. The...

B. napus - Historic Nova Scotia heirloom. Once a commonly grown variety, this seed hasn't been commercially available since the mid-1900s. I'm hono...

A tall and fast growing "summer" leek. King Richard matures earlier in the season than other varieties but is still very hardy and thrives in the c...

Petroselinum hortense - We've become big fans of Root Parsley around here lately! Easy to grow biennial, they grow just like regular parsley and th...

There is a marketing board for everything in England, even one to hustle celeriac. This crew of marketing magicians were responsible for trying to ...

Scorzonera hispanica - Lightly harvest the lettuce-like greens over the spring and summer and you can harvest the remarkable roots at the end of th...

B. rapa - Smooth yellow skin and golden flesh. A true turnip, best planted in late-Summer/early Fall as they can bolt pre-maturely during the long ...

B. napus - Green-shouldered heirloom from Newfoundland, with yellow flesh and full, sweet flavour. A very good keeper that lasts through the winter...

Brassica rapa - Rare variety back from the brink, this turnip is a favourite for winter storage. Thin gold skin with finely textured golden flesh. ...

New for 2025 - Allium fistulosum - Hardy and prolific perennial bunching onion. Grown for the leaves rather than the roots. You can harvest them th...

New for 2025 - B. oleracea - Sweet, crispy, medium-sized orbs, 3-4" across. Dark purple skin with white flesh. They stay succulent even as they get...