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"Preserving the future,
one seed at a time."

All of our rare and heirloom seeds are open-pollinated, non-hybrid and are not treated with chemicals.

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Informational Links

We do rely on the sale of seeds to fund our work, but our primary mission is to protect seeds. One of our tools for doing this is through education and dissemination of information.

The following links are to tools and information located on our Web site. In some cases, the links will lead you to other sites.

• Glossary of Terms

• Seed Topics

• Simple Seed Germination Test
• Seed Germination Rate Standards

• The Effects of Temperature on Germination Rates

• Historical Germination Rate Information

• Seed Germination Rate Standards
• Seed Storage and Its Affects on Quality, Viability, and Germination
• Seed Saving Tips

• Tomato Seed Saving Step-By-Step Pictorial
• "The Need For Seed" by Brook Elliott

• Climate & Weather Topics

• Find Your U.S. Frost Dates
• Find Your Canadian Frost Dates
• Learn Your Plant Hardiness Zone
• Victory Seed Company Current Weather Conditions - Check out the actual weather on our farm. Data updates every five minutes.

• Detailed Recent Weather Data
• Satellite Imagery Page
• Selected Weather Related Links
• Selected Space & Environmental Related Links
• The Moon In Lore and Science
• Weather Calculator / Unit Conversion Page
• Oregon Travel & Web Cam Links
• Weather System Specifications Page

• Rain Gauge Accuracy Modification Project

• Victory Field & Weather Camera - Current view of the field.

• Camera System Specifications Page

• Gardening Topics

• Successfully Starting Plants from Seeds

• "Damping-off" - Description, causes and controls.

• General Garden Planting Guide
• U.S. Agriculture Extension Sites Organized by State
• U.S. Gardening Resource Links Organized by State
• Gardening with Kids! - An overview and resource page.
• Gardening Almanac Pages - What to do this month.

• April Almanac
• May Almanac
• June Almanac
• July Almanac
• August Almanac

• September Almanac

• Why Grow Heirlooms - FAQ
• "A Case for Gardening with Heirlooms" by Mike Dunton
• Tomato Specific Information

• Basic tomato seed saving tips
• Step by step tomato seed saving pictorial.
• Tomato basket instructions
• Why Grow Heirloom Tomatoes?
• Red Stuffing Tomato Information
• Craig LeHoullier Information Page
• "Brandywine and Company: What We Know and What We Don’t (One Person’s Opinion)" by Craig LeHoullier
• Blossom End Rot (BER) in Tomatoes

• Historical Topics

• Vegetable Historical Origins
• A History of Victory Gardening in W.W. II-era America
• Victory Horticultural Portal - A Community for Historical Research
• Seedsman Hall of Fame - Want to know more about the people who introduced various seed varieties and built the seed industry in America? This is a site created and sponsored by us to promote agricultural history.
• A. W. Livingston Tomatoes - Learn about this pioneering tomato seedsman.
• Agricultural Reference Material Links - Online books, journals and old seed catalogs. Part of the Seedsmen.org project (see below), these historic materials are critical in seed preservation work.
• Links to Sites Maintaining Period Specific Gardens

• Nutritional & Processing Information

• Average Vegetable Nutritional Values
• Favorite Recipes

• Miscellaneous Information

• General Informational Links
• Scoville Units Explained
• Unit of Measurement Conversion Tools
• Victory Garden Site Award Winners

3/6/12 - The typical spring "busy time" is now starting. We are currently shipping orders in 2 to 5 business days. Please plan accordingly.

Mini FAQ

Every year, people from all over the world send us their interesting and prized seed varieties.

Although our grow out schedules are tight, we do fit in quite a few "new" varieties each year.

We eventually trial them and make as many as possible available to gardeners.

Catalog Info

After a lot of thought, we decided to stop producing a printed catalog in 2009. Click here for more information.

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