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Canadian Seed Catalogue Index

Looking for seeds?

This is a list of vegetable and fruit seeds that were sold in recent years by Canadian seed companies.

Click on a section in the list below to see the varieties available, and the companies that sold them. Visit these companies, buy their seeds, and enjoy a beautiful, diverse garden this summer!

Amaranth ()
Artichoke ()
Arugula (84)
Asparagus (36)
Asparagus Bean ()
Asparagus Pea ()
Barley (35)
Bean (1065)
Bean, Adzuki ()
Bean, Fava ()
Bean, Hyacinth ()
Bean, Lima ()
Bean, Mung ()
Bean, Runner ()
Bean, Soy ()
Bean, Tepary ()
Beet (293)
Broccoli (151)
Broccoli Raab (30)
Brussels Sprouts ()
Buckwheat (6)
Cabbage (225)
Carrot (400)
Cauliflower (90)
Celery/Celeriac ()
Chick Pea/Garbanzo ()
Citron ()
Collards ()
Corn (389)
Cowpea ()
Cress (75)
Cucumber (543)
Eggplant (180)
Endive/Escarole/Chicory/Radicchio ()
Fennel, Florence ()
Flax (8)
Garlic (2)
Garlic, Artichoke ()
Garlic, Asian ()
Garlic, Asiatic ()
Garlic, Creole ()
Garlic, Glazed Purple Stripe ()
Garlic, Marbled Purple Strip ()
Garlic, Marbled Purple Stripe ()
Garlic, Porcelain ()
Garlic, Purple Strip ()
Garlic, Purple Stripe ()
Garlic, Rocambole ()
Garlic, Silverskin ()
Garlic, Turban ()
Garlic, Weakly bolting ()
Garlic, unknown ()
Gourd (41)
Grass Pea/Chickling Pea (Lathyrus sativus) ()
Grass Pea/ChicklingPea (Lathyrus sativus) ()
Horseradish (4)
Jerusalem Artichoke ()
Kale (172)
Kamut ()
Kohlrabi ()
Leek (86)
Lentil (16)
Lettuce (898)
Millet ()
Muskmelon (281)
Mustard (166)
Oats (12)
Okra (36)
Onion (422)
Orach (26)
Oriental & Specialty Greens & Vegetables ()
Parsley, Root ()
Parsnip (52)
Pea (499)
Pepper (1042)
Potato (197)
Quinoa (20)
Radish (350)
Rhubarb (3)
Rye (4)
Salsify/Scorzonera ()
Spelt (3)
Spinach (133)
Spinach, Malabar ()
Spinach, New Zealand ()
Spinach, Red Aztec (Chenopodium nuttal)  ()
Spinach, Strawberry ()
Squash, Zucchini & Pumpkins ()
Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) ()
Swiss chard (157)
Teff ()
Tomatillo/Ground Cherry/Husk Tomato ()
Tomato (4359)
Tomato, Currant ()
Tomato, Lichti ()
Tomato, Litchi ()
Triticale (4)
Turnip, Summer ()
Turnip, Winter (Rutabaga) ()
Watermelon (193)
Wheat (82)
Wheat Cross ()
Thank you to the donors who helped make this list possible:

Agrohaitai
Memoriam gifts in the name of Marnie McIntosh
Karyn Wright, Terra Edibles
Twin Meadows Organics
Greta's Organic Gardens
Harmonic Herbs
Jaraka Farm
 

Please note: Seeds of Diversity has no store, and no mail order seed sales. We collect back-up seed samples for conservation of endangered varieties, and recruit volunteers to help grow fresh seeds. This list is here to help you find commercial sources, and to help us set our conservation priorities.

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Onion - Varieties Sold in Canada

Ailsa Craig
Early's Farm & Garden Centre Inc.,  Heritage Harvest Seed,  Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  Salt Spring Seeds,  Stokes Seeds Ltd,  T & T Seeds Ltd.,  Tree and Twig Heirloom Vegetable Farm,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Alpine
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Ambition Shallots
Vesey's Seeds Ltd.,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
Apache
West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Aruba
Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron)
Australian Brown
Eternal Seed,  Seeds of Creation
Barletta Pearl
William Dam Seeds
Bello Blanco
Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron)
Bennie's Red
Hope Seeds and Perennials
Bianca Di Maggio
Tatiana's Tomato Base
Borettana Red (aka Cipollini)
Cottage Gardener Heirloom Seed,  Richters Herbs,  Urban Harvest
Borettana Red Marble (aka Cipollini)
West Coast Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
Borettana White (aka Cipollini)
Solana Seeds
Borettana Yellow (aka Cipollini)
Cottage Gardener Heirloom Seed,  Les Jardins de l'Écoumène,  Sage Garden Herbs,  Tree and Twig Heirloom Vegetable Farm,  Urban Harvest,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
Bunching
Early's Farm & Garden Centre Inc.,  Richters Herbs
Calibra
West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Camelot Shallot
William Dam Seeds
Candy
Early's Farm & Garden Centre Inc.,  Halifax Seed Company Inc.,  Henry Field's Seed & Nursery,  Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  Stokes Seeds Ltd,  T & T Seeds Ltd.,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
Chives
A'bunadh Seeds,  Aimer's Organics,  Berton Seeds,  Brother Nature Organic Seeds,  Cottage Gardener Heirloom Seed,  Cubit's
chives
Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron)
Chives
Early's Farm & Garden Centre Inc.,  Ecogenesis Inc.,  Eternal Seed,  Full Circle Seeds,  Green Space Design,  Greta's Organic Gardens,  Halifax Seed Company Inc.,  Heartland 1850,  Heritage Harvest Seed,  Hope Seeds and Perennials,  Incredible Seed Company,  La ferme coopérative Tourne-Sol,  Le Jardin de Julie,  Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  Matchbox Garden and Seed Co.,  McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd,  Mountain Grove Seed Company,  Omega Blue Farms,  OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  Prairie Garden Seeds,  Ravenhill Herb Seeds,  Richters Herbs,  Sage Garden Herbs,  Salt Spring Seeds,  Seeds of Creation,  Seeds of Victoria,  Solana Seeds
chives
Sunshine Farm
Chives
Terra Edibles,  Two Wings Farm,  Urban Harvest,  Vesey's Seeds Ltd.,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
Chives, Broadleaf
Vesey's Seeds Ltd.
Chives, Chinese
Halifax Seed Company Inc.
Chives, Garlic
A'bunadh Seeds,  Cottage Gardener Heirloom Seed,  Cubit's,  Early's Farm & Garden Centre Inc.,  Ecogenesis Inc.,  Eternal Seed,  Green Space Design,  Greta's Organic Gardens,  Halifax Seed Company Inc.,  Heartland 1850,  Heritage Harvest Seed,  Hope Seeds and Perennials,  Le potager ornemental de Catherine ,  Les Jardins de l'Écoumène,  Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  Manhattan Farms,  McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd,  Mountain Grove Seed Company,  Mumm's Sprouting Seeds,  Omega Blue Farms,  OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  Richters Herbs,  Sage Garden Herbs,  Seeds of Victoria,  Solana Seeds,  T & T Seeds Ltd.,  Terra Edibles,  Urban Harvest,  Vesey's Seeds Ltd.,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds,  Yuko's Open-Pollinated Seeds
Chives, Garlic, Kobold
Richters Herbs
Chives, Garlic, Mauve
Richters Herbs
Chives, Garlic, Shiva
McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd
Chives, Grolau
Richters Herbs
Chives, Nelly
Richters Herbs
Chives, Polyvit
William Dam Seeds
Chives, Profusion
Richters Herbs
Chives, Staro
Richters Herbs
Clear Dawn
Ferme Fleur de Laurier
Conservor Shallots
Vesey's Seeds Ltd.,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
Copra
Early's Farm & Garden Centre Inc.,  Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
Cortland
Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  Sage Garden Herbs,  Vesey's Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
Countach
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Crimson Forest Bunching
Eagle Ridge Seeds,  Tatiana's Tomato Base
Crystal Wax
Alberta Nurseries & Seeds Ltd.,  Early's Farm & Garden Centre Inc.,  Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  Solana Seeds,  Vesey's Seeds Ltd.
Deep Purple Bunching
Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  Omega Blue Farms,  Richters Herbs
Dutch Red
Omega Blue Farms,  T & T Seeds Ltd.
Early Harvest
Alberta Nurseries & Seeds Ltd.
Early Yellow Globe
Early's Farm & Garden Centre Inc.,  Eternal Seed,  Heritage Harvest Seed,  OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  William Dam Seeds
Egyptian
Eagle Ridge Seeds,  Green Space Design,  La Societe des plantes,  Perfectly Perennial Herbs and Seeds,  Potager d'Antan,  Richters Herbs,  Yuko's Open-Pollinated Seeds
Eiffel Scallion
West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Emerald Isle
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Evergreen Hardy
Ferme Fleur de Laurier,  Sage Garden Herbs
Evergreen White Bunching
A'bunadh Seeds,  A'bunadh Seeds,  Aimer's Organics,  Alberta Nurseries & Seeds Ltd.,  Cottage Gardener Heirloom Seed,  Eternal Seed,  Harmonic Herbs,  Henry Field's Seed & Nursery,  Hope Seeds and Perennials,  Incredible Seed Company,  La ferme coopérative Tourne-Sol,  Matchbox Garden and Seed Co.,  McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd,  Prairie Garden Seeds,  Richters Herbs,  Richters Herbs,  Stellar Seeds,  T & T Seeds Ltd.,  Urban Harvest
Evergreen White Nebuka
Stokes Seeds Ltd,  William Dam Seeds
Feast
Stokes Seeds Ltd
First Edition
Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.
Fortress
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Franz Bunching
Sunshine Farm
Frontier
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Gabriella
Richters Herbs
Gallop
McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd,  Stokes Seeds Ltd
Genesis
T & T Seeds Ltd.
Giant Red Hamburger
Henry Field's Seed & Nursery
Globo
Vesey's Seeds Ltd.
Gourmet Shallots
T & T Seeds Ltd.
Greek Salad, Red
T & T Seeds Ltd.
Green Banner
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Green Parade
Sage Garden Herbs
Guardsman
William Dam Seeds
Hamlet
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Hardy White Bunching
Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  Stokes Seeds Ltd
He Shi Ko Bunching
Eagle Ridge Seeds,  Stellar Seeds
Hendrix
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Highlander
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Home Run
A'bunadh Seeds
Ishikura
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Italian Red Torpedo
Eternal Seed
Jaune Paille des Vertus
Eagle Ridge Seeds
Kelsae Sweet Giant
A'bunadh Seeds,  Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron),  Early's Farm & Garden Centre Inc.,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Kincho Scallions
Salt Spring Seeds,  Sugar Shack Seeds,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.
La Salle
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Long of Tropea
Heritage Harvest Seed,  Solana Seeds
Long Red Florence
Halifax Seed Company Inc.,  Tatiana's Tomato Base,  Tree and Twig Heirloom Vegetable Farm
Long White Tokyo
Vesey's Seeds Ltd.
Mammoth Improved
West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Marenge
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Mercury
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Milestone
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Mini Purplette
Urban Harvest
Montero
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Mountaineer
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Multiplier Onion (Potato Onion)
A'bunadh Seeds,  Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron),  T & T Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
Nebula
Stokes Seeds Ltd
New York Early
Hope Seeds and Perennials,  Les Jardins du Grand-Portage,  Salt Spring Seeds
Nodding
Salt Spring Seeds
Norstar
OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  Stokes Seeds Ltd,  Vesey's Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
North Holland Blood Red
Halifax Seed Company Inc.
Omega Blue Farms Red Bulb
Omega Blue Farms
Pacific 22
West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Parade
Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron),  Hawthorn Farm Organic Seeds,  Les Jardins de l'Écoumène,  Vesey's Seeds Ltd.,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Paris Silverskin
Halifax Seed Company Inc.
Perennial Bunching
Eagle Ridge Seeds,  Early's Farm & Garden Centre Inc.
Picador Shallot
Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron)
Pieta De Bergamo
Naramata Seed Company
Pink Echallion
Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron)
Prince
Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.
Prisma Shallot
Henry Field's Seed & Nursery
Ramrod
Halifax Seed Company Inc.,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
Ranier
Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.
Red Baron
Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron),  La ferme coopérative Tourne-Sol,  Vesey's Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
Red Bassano
Berton Seeds
Red Beauty
Vesey's Seeds Ltd.
Red Bull
Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron)
Red Canada #1
Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron)
Red Catawissa
Potager d'Antan
Red Creole (Pearl)
William Dam Seeds
Red Globe
Halifax Seed Company Inc.,  OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  Salt Spring Seeds
Red Man
Les Jardins du Grand-Portage
Red of Florence
Solana Seeds,  William Dam Seeds
Red Purple Bunching
Florabunda Seeds
Red Tropeana Lunga
William Dam Seeds
Red Wethersfield
Heritage Harvest Seed,  Sage Garden Herbs,  Seeds of Creation,  Tree and Twig Heirloom Vegetable Farm
Red Wing
Sage Garden Herbs,  Vesey's Seeds Ltd.,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
Red Zeppelin
Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  Stokes Seeds Ltd,  Vesey's Seeds Ltd.,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Redman
Salt Spring Seeds
Ricochet
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Riverside Sweet Spanish
Matchbox Garden and Seed Co.,  Stokes Seeds Ltd
Rossa di Milano
Cottage Gardener Heirloom Seed,  Hawthorn Farm Organic Seeds,  Hope Seeds and Perennials,  Les Jardins de l'Écoumène,  Matchbox Garden and Seed Co.,  Pumpkin Moon Farm,  Sage Garden Herbs,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Round of Tropea
Solana Seeds
Ruby Ring
Early's Farm & Garden Centre Inc.,  Stokes Seeds Ltd,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
Sainte-Anne Shallot
Potager d'Antan
Sedona
Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron)
Shallot, Dutch
Richters Herbs
Shallot, French
Richters Herbs
Shallot, Frog's Leg
Richters Herbs
Shallot, Grey
Richters Herbs
Shandong # 1
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Sherman
Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron)
Shimonita Negi
Eagle Ridge Seeds
Sierra Blanca
Stokes Seeds Ltd,  William Dam Seeds
Siji
AgroHaitai Ltd.
Siskiyou Sweet
Hawthorn Farm Organic Seeds
Solstice
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Southport Red Globe
Eternal Seed,  Heartland 1850
Southport White Bunching
OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company)
Southport White Globe
Eternal Seed,  Florabunda Seeds,  Stokes Seeds Ltd
Spanish
Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron),  McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd
Spanish, Yellow
Berton Seeds
Sperling Toga
Eagle Ridge Seeds
Sturon
Les Jardins du Grand-Portage,  McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd,  Vesey's Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
Stuttgarter
Two Wings Farm,  Vesey's Seeds Ltd.
Summer Isle
William Dam Seeds
Super Star
T & T Seeds Ltd.,  Vesey's Seeds Ltd.
Superior Bunching
Seeds of Victoria
SV4643NT
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Sweet Spanish Utah
Alberta Nurseries & Seeds Ltd.,  Halifax Seed Company Inc.,  Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  Solana Seeds,  William Dam Seeds
Talon
Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron),  Vesey's Seeds Ltd.
Tokyo Long White
Halifax Seed Company Inc.,  Stokes Seeds Ltd,  Urban Harvest
Trailblazer
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Trekker
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Tropeana Tonda
Heritage Harvest Seed
Verrazano
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Vision
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Walla Walla
Cottage Gardener Heirloom Seed,  Early's Farm & Garden Centre Inc.,  Eternal Seed,  Greta's Organic Gardens,  Hawthorn Farm Organic Seeds,  Heartland 1850,  Henry Field's Seed & Nursery,  La ferme coopérative Tourne-Sol,  Matchbox Garden and Seed Co.,  McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd,  Metchosin Farm Seeds,  OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  Richters Herbs,  Stokes Seeds Ltd,  Urban Harvest,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Welsh
Brother Nature Organic Seeds,  Green Space Design,  Sunshine Farm
White Canada #1
Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron)
White Gem
OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  Stokes Seeds Ltd
White Green Spanish
Stokes Seeds Ltd
White Lisbon
Halifax Seed Company Inc.,  McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd
White Lisbon Bunching
Stokes Seeds Ltd
White Sweet Spanish
Alberta Nurseries & Seeds Ltd.,  Early's Farm & Garden Centre Inc.,  Green Space Design,  Heartland 1850,  Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  Mountain Grove Seed Company,  OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company)
White Welsh
William Dam Seeds
White Wing
West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Yellow Canada #1
Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron)
Yellow Dutch
Halifax Seed Company Inc.,  William Dam Seeds
Yellow Globe
Green Space Design,  Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.
Yellow Globe Danvers
Prairie Garden Seeds
Yellow Granex
Henry Field's Seed & Nursery
Yellow of Parma
Heritage Harvest Seed,  Pumpkin Moon Farm,  Solana Seeds
Yellow Sweet Spanish
Early's Farm & Garden Centre Inc.,  Eternal Seed,  Henry Field's Seed & Nursery,  William Dam Seeds
Yellow Sweet Spanish Utah
Florabunda Seeds,  Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.