HERITAGE VERSUS HEIRLOOM
From Bloody Butchers and Cream Sausage (tomatoes), from Lazy Housewife (French beans) to Bull’s Blood (beetroot) – the quirky names of the Heritage or Heirloom varieties of vegetable seed are fascinating. A Heritage vegetable, alternatively known as an Heirloom vegetable, is an old cultivar of a plant that was historically grown by gardeners and farmers […]