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Classic Canadian Seed Catalogues

Our on-line library of classic seed catalogues

Heritage Wheat

These historic wheat handbooks document the classification, distribution, and qualities of hundreds of varieties of heritage wheat.

Classification of American Wheat Varieties (1922-23)

U.S. Dept of Agriculture Bulletin No. 1074, Issued November 8, 1922; revised August, 1923
39Mb pdf, 293 pages
Our thanks to the University of Alberta Library for making this document available

Milling and Baking Experiments with American Wheat Varieties (1924)

U.S. Dept of Agriculture Bulletin No. 1183, February 7, 1924
6Mb pdf, 97 pages

Distribution of the Varieties and Classes of Wheat in the United States in 1934

U.S. Dept of Agriculture Circular No. 424, April 1937
3Mb pdf, 70 pages

Classification of Wheat Varieties Grown in the United States (1935)

U.S. Dept of Agriculture Technical Bulletin No. 459, April 1935
19Mb pdf, 212 pages

Classification of Wheat Varieties Grown in the United States in 1949

U.S. Dept of Agriculture Technical Bulletin No. 1083, March 1954
17Mb pdf, 175 pages

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Resources

Resource List of Seed Suppliers

Reading List

Books, magazines, videos about seed-saving, heritage seeds and gardening.

Canadian Tomato Project

Canadian Bred Tomatoes

by Christene Rafuse. Originally published in Heritage Seed Program magazine August 1990.

Genetic Diversity Conservation

Fruit Cultivars Sought by the Canadian Clonal Germplasm Collection

by Margie Luffman, curator, CCGC. Excerpts from an article published in Seeds of Diversity magazine Winter/Fall 2005.