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About Kitazawa Seed Company
Gijiu Kitazawa worked many years as an apprentice for a seed company in Japan prior to starting Kitazawa Seed Company in 1917. The business operated in a large warehouse with a storefront located in downtown San Jose, California. At this time, America's vegetables reflected a homogenous national palate yet Kitazawa Seed Company sold all kinds of seeds from domestic and foreign sources. This was also when the Company began selling and promoting their own line of packaged seeds of Asian vegetables.
The Asian vegetable seeds were sold primarily to customers who wanted to grow Asian vegetables in order to prepare traditional Japanese dishes. The seeds were sold in the familiar manila packets with green ink that we use today. Gijiu also built a thriving bulk seed business in the developing farming areas of California and Oregon selling to predominantly Japanese-American farmers.
Below: founder Gijiu Kitazawa and bookkeeper Mr Kenji Sera
From 1942 to 1945 Kitazawa Seed Company was forced to abandon the business due to WWII. The Kitazawa family, along with all other Japanese-Americans, were moved and put into Relocation Camps during that time. Gijiu restarted the business after the war. Many of his customers had relocated due to land ownership changes. This is when Kitazawa Seed Company began selling and shipping seeds across the United States.
Kitazawa Seed Company celebrated its centennial, and American taste buds and produce now reflect the diversity of our population. Once exotic sounding vegetables like eda mame, nappa, daikon and kabocha have become a part of our kitchens and gardens.
In 2021 True Leaf Market became the steward of the Kitazawa Seed Company brand. We plan to honor this iconic brand by expanding the offering of premium quality Asian seeds, and making them available to an ever wider audience.
Kitazawa Seeds proudly continues to offer the highest quality Asian seeds to delight the diverse palates of our customers. We offer over 500 seed varieties that produce dento yasai or traditional heirloom vegetables of Japan, to the Asian vegetables popularly found in farmers' markets, specialty grocery stores and restaurants. Now you can grow them in your kitchen garden, sell them at your garden center and grow them commercially.
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Yu Choy Sum Seeds - Jung Green
Yu Choy Sum Seeds - Jung Green. Heirloom, Non-GMO. Brassica rapa var parachinesis. 40-45 days. Warm season annual. Flowering Brassica is a fast growing green that can be harvested as...
Mustard Seeds - Misome - Hybrid
Mustard Seeds - Misome - Hybrid. Non-GMO. Brassica campestris Narinosa group. Alt names: Japan green, komatsuna, tasai, tatsoi. 30 days. Warm season annual. A fairly recent hybrid between Komatsuna and...
Cabbage Seeds - Pak Choi - Dwarf White Stem
40-45 Days to maturity. Brassica rapa Chinensis group. Dwarf White Stem, Pak Choi (Bok Choy) Seeds. Non-GMO Annual, Heirloom. This ‘Baby Bok Choy’, is the famous Asian green. It grows...
Kale Seeds - Ethiopian
50 to 60 Days to maturity. Brassica carinata. Ethiopian Kale Seeds. Annual, Heirloom. This leafy green originated in Ethiopia, in East Africa. It is known by various names, including Ethiopian...
Mustard Seeds - Tokyo Bekana
21 to 45 days. Asian brassica somewhat like Pak Choi, but with narrower petioles and larger ruffled, light green leaves. Wonderful addition to salads or baby green mixes, or grow...
Chrysanthemum Greens Seeds - Oasis
40-50 Days to maturity. Glebionis coronaria var. oasis. Oasis Chrysanthemum Greens Seeds. Cool-season annual heirloom. Non-GMO. Oasis has small, deeply serrated, dark-green aromatic leaves that are more productive, vigorous, and...
Chinese Mustard Seeds - Shuidong
35 to 45 Days to maturity. Brassica juncea. Shuidong Chinese Mustard Seeds. Non-GMO, Heirloom, non-GMO, Cool Season Annual. Shuidong mustard is named after the town where it was first cultivated,...
Catmint Seeds - Blue Moon
Blue Moon Catmint Flower Seeds. Non-GMO, Perennial, Open Pollinated. Large flower spikes consisting of lavender flowers with a hint of white on the lip, rise above the aromatic foliage of...
Spinach Seeds - Seaside - Hybrid
Spinach Seeds - Seaside - Hybrid. Non-GMO. Spinacea oleracea. 25-30 days maturity for baby leaf, 40-60 days to full maturity. Cool season annual. Seaside is a very uniform baby leaf...
Chinese Celery Seeds - Kintsai Dark Green
50-60 Days to Maturity, 30 days for microgreens. Apium graveolens var. secalinum. Kintsai Dark Green Chinese Celery Seeds. Heirloom, Non-GMO. The Kintsai Dark Green variety delivers a nice celery flavor...
Mustard Seeds - Mizuna - Lime Streaks
45 Days. Brassica rapa var. japonica. Non-GMO. Annual. Heirloom. Wonderfully serrated and ornamental heirloom baby-leaf mustard greens, Lime Streaks mizuna garden seeds grow a tangy and popular green for many...
Basil Seeds - Lemon - Organic
Organic Lemon Basil Seeds. 60 days to maturity. Can be grown in containers. Can be grown as microgreens. Ocimum basilicum. Non-GMO, Lemon Basil Herb Seed from True Leaf Market. Ocimum...
Shiso Seeds - Red (Organic)
80-85 Days to maturity. Perilla frutescens. Red Shiso Herb Seeds. Non-GMO, organic, annual. Shiso is grown as an annual herb with a distinct flavor often described by people as similar...
Mustard Seeds - Wasabi
45 days. This mustard has large green leaves with wavy edges and a fun wasabi-like bite. Easy to grow, this mustard is also cold hardy and vigorous. Don't be mistaken,...
Mustard - Wasabi (Organic)
Wasabi Mustard Seeds. Certified Organic by Oregon Tilth. Non-GMO. 45 days. This mustard has large green leaves with wavy edges and a fun wasabi-like bite. Easy to grow in your...
Chrysanthemum Seeds - Broad Leaf, Edible
This Chrysanthemum (also called garland daisy) can be grow to a maturity with yellow and white blooms, but also popular as edible greens. Chrysanthemum coronarium. Non-GMO, Annual. A popular Green...
Yu Choy Sum Seeds - Early Green
Yu Choy Sum Seeds - Early Green. Heirloom, Brassica rapa var parachinesis. Non-GMO. Warm season annual. 30-40 days. Flowering Brassica is a fast growing green that can be harvested as...
Cabbage Seeds - Pak Choi - Wa Wa Qing -...
30-35 Days to maturity. Brassica rapa Chinensis group. Wa Wa Qing, Pak Choi (Bok Choy) Seeds. Hybrid Non-GMO Annual. This is a “Shanghai baby” pak choi variety. Plants grow upright,...
Mustard Seeds - Red Tatsoi
40 days. Brassica Rapa, Narinosa Group. Non-GMO Red Tatsoi makes a lovely microgreen as well as a terrific full size cool season Asian green. As a microgreen, the cotyledons open...
Broccoli Seeds - Chinese Broccoli - Late Jade - Hybrid
60-70 days to maturity. Brassica oleracea var alboglabra ‘Late Jade’. Late Jade Chinese Broccoli Seeds. Non-GMO, Hybrid, Cool-season Annual. Originating in the Mediterranian, Chinese Broccoli was introduced to China in...
Chinese Cabbage Seeds - Kyoto No. 3
Chinese Cabbage Seeds - Kyoto No. 3. Heirloom, Non-GMO. Brassica rapa Pekinensis group. 80 days. Cool season annual. A Japanese heirloom or dento yasai variety of Japan, this cabbage has...
Chinese Celery Seeds - Yellow Stem
55-65 Days to maturity. Apium graveolens. Yellow Stem Chinese Celery Seeds. Non-GMO, Heirloom. This unique celery variety has hollow, delicate stalks which are less fibrous than other celeries. The open-pollinated...
Chinese Celery Seeds - Light Green
50-60 Days to Maturity. 30 days for microgreens. Apium graveolens var. secalinum. Light Green Chinese Celery Seeds. Non-GMO Heirloom. Similar to other varieties of Chinese celery, the light green variety...
Lettuce Seeds - Summer 38 Celtuce
75-85 day maturity. Lactuca sativa var. asparagina ‘Summer 38 Celtuce’. Summer 38 Celtuce Lettuce Seeds. Non-GMO, cool-season annual heirloom. This variety of Chinese stem lettuce has pointed, light green leaves....
Chinese Leek Seeds - Flowering
65-75 days to maturity. Allium tuberosum ‘Flowering’. Flowering Chinese Leek Seeds. Non-GMO, cool-season perennial heirloom. This popular Chinese specialty herb is a vigorous perennial. It is grown for its young...
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