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Heirloom

Variety of heirloom corn sold by Cal y Maíz.

Mexico City, Mexico

Cal y Maíz

Shop for superb tortillas at this homage to the ancient art of nixtamalization.

At farmers markets and other events, Brown displays a variety of apples to incite pomaceous conversations.

Meet the Appalachian Apple Hunter Who Rescued 1,000 'Lost' Varieties

Tom Brown's retirement hobby is a godsend for chefs, conservationists, and cider.

Eric J. Wallace June 3, 2021

Italian immigrants brought fig trees to the northeastern United States, where they surprisingly thrived.

The Italian Immigrants Who Grew Fig Trees in Unlikely Places

A grassroots group is creating a living library of these backyard gardens.

Reina Gattuso December 16, 2020

Community groups, or "delegations" to the Boston Tree Party, planted pairs of apple trees in public spaces around Boston.

400 Years After Its First Apple Farm, Boston Remains an Urban Orchard

Urban canners and tree-planting groups are maintaining an heirloom tradition.

Reina Gattuso July 8, 2020

Itanoní

In a quiet residential neighborhood, one restaurant fights to preserve heirloom corn, one tortilla at a time.

The Sake Master Reviving a Long-Forgotten Local Rice

Hiroshima's heirloom hattanso lay dormant for a century.

Reina Gattuso March 3, 2020

Stripey "Tigger" pocket melons have a powerful perfume.

Around the World in 125 Melons

It took nine years to grow and photograph all the melons in this book.

Anne Ewbank July 8, 2019

The volumes list over 16,000 apple varieties.

Meet the Man on a Quest to Document Every Apple in North America

And the mammoth book he wrote about it.

Rohini Chaki June 18, 2019

Siwi dates

Siwa Oasis Dates

Dates from this desert oasis have been sweetening Egyptian tables since pharaonic times.

James Boudreaux under his mirliton trellis.

After Hurricane Katrina, Home Gardeners Saved New Orleans' Iconic Squash

The Louisiana mirliton has survived revolution, industrial competition, and floods.

Reina Gattuso June 7, 2019

Belle of Georgia Peach

All but absent from supermarket shelves, this heirloom peach is a sweet secret in Southerners' backyard gardens.