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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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Beet - Varieties Sold in Canada

Albina Vereduna
La Societe des plantes
Albino / White
Cottage Gardener Heirloom Seed,  Heritage Harvest Seed,  Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  Prairie Garden Seeds,  Seeds of Creation,  Tree and Twig Heirloom Vegetable Farm
Aviv
William Dam Seeds
Bassano
Heritage Harvest Seed
Boldor
Vesey's Seeds Ltd.
Boltardy
Halifax Seed Company Inc.
Boro
West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Bull's Blood
Cottage Gardener Heirloom Seed,  Cubit's,  Eagle Ridge Seeds,  Ecogenesis Inc.,  Eternal Seed,  Ferme Fleur de Laurier,  Full Circle Seeds,  Greta's Organic Gardens,  Harmonic Herbs,  Hawthorn Farm Organic Seeds,  Heartland 1850,  Heritage Harvest Seed,  Hope Seeds and Perennials,  Incredible Seed Company,  Les Jardins de l'Écoumène,  OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  Prairie Garden Seeds,  Richters Herbs,  Sage Garden Herbs,  Salt Spring Seeds,  Soggy Creek Seed Co.,  Stokes Seeds Ltd,  Sugar Shack Seeds,  T & T Seeds Ltd.,  Terra Edibles,  Tree and Twig Heirloom Vegetable Farm,  Urban Harvest,  Vesey's Seeds Ltd.,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
Burpee's Golden/Golden
Alberta Nurseries & Seeds Ltd.,  Eternal Seed,  Halifax Seed Company Inc.,  Harmonic Herbs,  Heritage Harvest Seed,  La ferme coopérative Tourne-Sol,  Omega Blue Farms,  OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  Sage Garden Herbs,  Seeds of Creation,  Stokes Seeds Ltd
Carillon
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Chioggia
Cottage Gardener Heirloom Seed,  Cubit's,  Eagle Ridge Seeds,  Eternal Seed,  Florabunda Seeds,  Greta's Organic Gardens,  Halifax Seed Company Inc.,  Harmonic Herbs,  Hawthorn Farm Organic Seeds,  Incredible Seed Company,  La ferme coopérative Tourne-Sol,  Les Jardins de l'Écoumène,  Les Jardins du Grand-Portage,  Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd,  Mountain Grove Seed Company,  Mountain Seed Company,  OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  Richters Herbs,  Seeds of Creation,  Solana Seeds,  Terra Edibles,  Tree and Twig Heirloom Vegetable Farm,  Urban Harvest,  Vesey's Seeds Ltd.,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Chioggia Guardsmark
Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron),  Early's Farm & Garden Centre Inc.,  Matchbox Garden and Seed Co.,  Sage Garden Herbs,  Stokes Seeds Ltd,  William Dam Seeds
Crapaudine
Heritage Harvest Seed,  La Societe des plantes,  Les Jardins de l'Écoumène
Crosby's Egyptian
Cottage Gardener Heirloom Seed,  Eternal Seed,  Heritage Harvest Seed,  Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.
Cylindra Formanova
A'bunadh Seeds,  Aimer's Organics,  Alberta Nurseries & Seeds Ltd.,  Cottage Gardener Heirloom Seed,  Early's Farm & Garden Centre Inc.,  Eternal Seed,  Greta's Organic Gardens,  Harmonic Herbs,  Hawthorn Farm Organic Seeds,  Henry Field's Seed & Nursery,  Incredible Seed Company,  Le Jardin de Julie,  Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd,  Mountain Seed Company,  OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  Prairie Garden Seeds,  Sage Garden Herbs,  Salt Spring Seeds,  Solana Seeds,  Sugar Shack Seeds,  Tatiana's Tomato Base,  Tree and Twig Heirloom Vegetable Farm,  Urban Harvest,  Vesey's Seeds Ltd.,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
Cylindra Formanova Improved
Halifax Seed Company Inc.
Cylindra Formanova, Yellow
Halifax Seed Company Inc.,  Mountain Seed Company,  Soggy Creek Seed Co.
Cyndor
Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.
Deacon Dan
Heritage Harvest Seed
Deep Cylinder
T & T Seeds Ltd.
Detroit Dark Red
A'bunadh Seeds,  Alberta Nurseries & Seeds Ltd.,  Cottage Gardener Heirloom Seed,  Early's Farm & Garden Centre Inc.,  Eternal Seed,  Ferme Fleur de Laurier,  Florabunda Seeds,  Greta's Organic Gardens,  Halifax Seed Company Inc.,  Hawthorn Farm Organic Seeds,  Heartland 1850,  Hope Seeds and Perennials,  Incredible Seed Company,  La ferme coopérative Tourne-Sol,  Le Jardin de Julie,  Les Jardins du Grand-Portage,  Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  Matchbox Garden and Seed Co.,  McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd,  OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  Prairie Garden Seeds,  Richters Herbs,  Salt Spring Seeds,  T & T Seeds Ltd.,  Urban Harvest
Detroit Dark Red Supreme
Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron),  Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  Omega Blue Farms,  Stokes Seeds Ltd,  Tatiana's Tomato Base,  Vesey's Seeds Ltd.,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
Detroit Dark Red, Perfected
Henry Field's Seed & Nursery
Detroit II
Halifax Seed Company Inc.
Eagle
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Early Blood Turnip
Cottage Gardener Heirloom Seed,  Heritage Harvest Seed
Early Wonder/Early Wonder Tall Top
Aimer's Organics,  Alberta Nurseries & Seeds Ltd.,  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.,  Hawthorn Farm Organic Seeds,  Heritage Harvest Seed,  Hope Seeds and Perennials,  Incredible Seed Company,  Les Jardins de l'Écoumène,  Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd,  OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  Prairie Garden Seeds,  Pumpkin Moon Farm,  Sage Garden Herbs,  Salt Spring Seeds,  Tree and Twig Heirloom Vegetable Farm,  Urban Harvest,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
First Crop
Vesey's Seeds Ltd.
Flat of Egypt
Heritage Harvest Seed,  Mountain Seed Company
Golden Grex
Hope Seeds and Perennials
Green Top Bunching
Eternal Seed,  McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd,  Stokes Seeds Ltd
Harrier
Henry Field's Seed & Nursery
Kestrel
Early's Farm & Garden Centre Inc.,  Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  Stokes Seeds Ltd,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
MacGregor's Favourite
Eternal Seed,  La Societe des plantes
Mangel Colossal Long Red
Heritage Harvest Seed,  Incredible Seed Company,  Prairie Garden Seeds,  Tree and Twig Heirloom Vegetable Farm
Mangel Golden Eckendorf
Heritage Harvest Seed
Mangel, Mammoth Red
Cottage Gardener Heirloom Seed
Mangel, Yellow
Cottage Gardener Heirloom Seed,  Incredible Seed Company
Merlin
Early's Farm & Garden Centre Inc.,  Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  Stokes Seeds Ltd,  Vesey's Seeds Ltd.,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Moneta
Vesey's Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
Munchkin
McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd
Nobel
Aimer's Organics
Pablo
Vesey's Seeds Ltd.
Pacemaker
Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.
Red Ace
Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron),  Early's Farm & Garden Centre Inc.,  Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  OSC Seeds (Ontario Seed Company),  Stokes Seeds Ltd,  T & T Seeds Ltd.,  Vesey's Seeds Ltd.,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
Rodina
Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  Stokes Seeds Ltd,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Ruby Queen
Alberta Nurseries & Seeds Ltd.,  Early's Farm & Garden Centre Inc.,  Halifax Seed Company Inc.,  Henry Field's Seed & Nursery,  Heritage Harvest Seed,  Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd,  Stokes Seeds Ltd
Soldier
Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron)
Solo
Stokes Seeds Ltd
Sugar
Incredible Seed Company
Sweetheart
Prairie Garden Seeds
Taunus
Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron),  Vesey's Seeds Ltd.,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
Three Root Grex
Tree and Twig Heirloom Vegetable Farm
Titan
Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.
Touchstone Gold
Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron),  Early's Farm & Garden Centre Inc.,  Ferme Fleur de Laurier,  Greta's Organic Gardens,  Halifax Seed Company Inc.,  Hawthorn Farm Organic Seeds,  La ferme coopérative Tourne-Sol,  Les Jardins de l'Écoumène,  Les Jardins du Grand-Portage,  Matchbox Garden and Seed Co.,  Sage Garden Herbs,  Stokes Seeds Ltd,  Urban Harvest,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.,  William Dam Seeds
Vulture
Dominion Seed House (W.H.Perron)
Winter Keeper / Lutz
Eternal Seed,  Full Circle Seeds,  Green Space Design,  Heritage Harvest Seed,  Les Jardins de l'Écoumène,  Les Jardins du Grand-Portage,  Stellar Seeds,  Terra Edibles,  Urban Harvest,  West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Yellow Detroit/Golden Detroit
Cottage Gardener Heirloom Seed,  Cubit's,  Incredible Seed Company,  Lindenberg Seeds Ltd.,  McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd,  Richters Herbs,  T & T Seeds Ltd.,  Terra Edibles,  Tree and Twig Heirloom Vegetable Farm,  Urban Harvest
Yellow Intermediate
La Societe des plantes