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Sunday, September 22, 2013

Heirlooms and Hybrids

Have you noticed that the word 'heirloom' has become very popular on seed packets, in seed catalogues and on seed-company web sites?  But when can seeds be called 'heirloom' and why do seed-companies create the impression that heirloom is better than hybrid?