What are heirloom seeds?

[Edit]

seeds from varieties which are no longer protected by patent laws or owned by a specific company, similar to open pollinated varieties

Improve Answer Discuss the question "What are heirloom seeds?" Watch Question

First answer by Zaf. Last edit by Zaf. Contributor trust: 522 [recommend contributor]. Question popularity: 1 [recommend question]

Research your answer:

Answers.com > Wiki Answers > Categories > Home and Garden > Farm Crops > What are heirloom seeds?

Our contributors said this page should be displayed for the questions below. (Where do these come from)
If any of these are not a genuine rephrasing of the question, please help out and edit these alternates.
What is heirloom?  What are heirloom tomoatos?  What is the meaning of heirloom seeds?  Can you perserrve heirloom tomato seeds?