Seed for Victory Gardens - The Victory Garden Seed Collection

The Victory Garden

The seed varieties listed on this page are documented in period sources (see references below) and appropriate for planting in a W.W. II-era themed Victory Garden. Our seed is fresh for the current planting year.

Click on the seed variety name for plant descriptions and ordering information.

Victory Seeds^™ Varieties for a WWII-era Victory Garden
Kentucky Wonder Bean ^2,3	Hollow Crown Parsnip ⁴
Scarlet Runner Beans ⁴	Little Marvel Pea ⁴
Crosby Egyptian Beet ^{2, 4}	Long Red Cayenne Pepper ⁴
Detroit Dark Red Beet ^{1, 4}	Connecticut Field Pumpkin ⁴
Early Wonder Beets ⁴	Early Scarlet Radish ^1,4
Copenhagen Market Cabbage ^2,4	White Icicle Radish ^{2, 4}
Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage ⁴	Salsify, Mammoth Sandwich Island ⁴
Golden Acre Cabbage ⁴	Early Prolific Straightneck Squash ^1,4
Danvers Carrot ¹	Table Queen Squash ^1,4
Chantenay Red Cored Carrot ^1,2	Fordhook Swiss Chard ^2,3,4
Georgia Collards ^{1, 4}	Lucullus Swiss Chard ^2,4
Golden Bantam Sweet Corn ^1,2	Earliana Tomato ^2,3
Straight Eight Cucumber ⁴	Marglobe Tomato ^1,3
Black Beauty Eggplant ⁴	Rutgers Tomato ²
Dwarf Blue Curled Kale ⁴	Purple Top White Globe Turnip ^1,2,3
Early White Vienna Kohl Rabi ⁴	Kleckley's Sweet Watermelon ⁴
Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce ¹	Tom Watson Watermelon ⁴
Mignonette Lettuce ⁴

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Documentation Sources:

"Ferry's Victory Garden Plan", Ferry-Morse Seed Co., 1942
"Your Victory Garden Work Sheets", Beech-Nut Packing Company, 1943
"The New Garden Encyclopedia - Victory Garden Edition", Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1945
"Henderson's Everything for the Garden", Peter Henderson & Co., 1943

Victory Seeds™

Victory Seeds^™