heirlooms

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Heirlooms are created to be desirable, unlike their mass market counterparts, which are grown primarily for availability and consistency.

From Salon • Jun. 29, 2025

Heirlooms were split up as different branches of the family moved into their pown individual homes.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2022

Crescent Farm: Heirlooms, a class at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden’s Crescent Farm from 10 a.m. to noon about the advantages and disadvantages of growing heirloom fruit and vegetables.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2022

Heirlooms: See the treasured items that connect Black families with their history.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2022

What will be left of good or worshipful, Of spiritual secrets, mysteries, Of fair religion's guarded heritage, Heirlooms of soul, passed downward unprofaned From eldest Ind?

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell