heirloom variety

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• Heirloom plant — An heirloom plant, heirloom variety, or (especially in the UK ) heirloom vegetable is a cultivar that was commonly grown during earlier periods in human history, but which is not used in modern large scale agriculture. Many heirloom vegetables… …   Wikipedia

• Heirloom tomato — An heirloom tomato (also called heritage tomato in the UK) is an heirloom plant, an open pollinated (non hybrid) cultivar of tomato. Heirloom tomatoes have become increasingly popular and more readily available in recent years.RequirementsThe… …   Wikipedia

• heirloom seed — (AYR.loom seed) n. A type of seed that has been passed down through a number of generations; a type of seed that is traded between individual gardeners rather than through a seed catalog. Example Citation: Cohill points to the Moon and Stars… …   New words

• heirloom pork — (AYR.loom pohrk) n. Pork that comes from a relatively rare breed of pig that has been raised in humane and environmentally friendly conditions for a number of generations. Example Citation: The French inspired menu will change often, as Slone and …   New words

• heirloom — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ family ▪ precious HEIRLOOM + VERB ▪ be passed down, come down ▪ The brooch is a family heirloom which came down to her from her grandmother …   Collocations dictionary

• heirloom — /air loohm /, n. 1. a family possession handed down from generation to generation. 2. Law. property neither personal nor real that descends to the heir of an estate as part of the real property. adj. 3. being an old variety that is being… …   Universalium

• heirloom — heir•loom [[t]ˈɛərˌlum[/t]] n. 1) a family possession handed down from generation to generation 2) law Law. property neither personal nor real that descends to the heir of an estate as part of the real property 3) being an old variety that is… …   From formal English to slang

• heirloom — noun Etymology: Middle English heirlome, from heir + lome implement more at loom Date: 15th century 1. a piece of property that descends to the heir as an inseparable part of an inheritance of real property 2. something of special value handed on …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• heirloom — noun /ˈɛə.luːm,ˈɛɹ.lum/ a) A valued possession that has been passed down through the generations. b) A crop variety that has been passed down through generations of farmers by seed saving and cultivation …   Wiktionary

• heirloom — /ˈɛəlum / (say airloohm) noun 1. any family possession transmitted from generation to generation. –adjective 2. (of a plant variety) grown from older stock which is not hybridised, the fruit of which retains a distinctive shape, colour and… …  

• Fourth of July (tomato variety) — Tomatobox headercolor = pink name = 4th of July image width = 66px image caption = Brandywine fruit type = Heirloom maturity = 49 days height = 9 feet weight = 4 oz vine = Indeterminate leaf = regular leaf resist = color = Red (pink) shape =… …   Wikipedia