Sesame Seeds – Monticello White

Description

Sesamum indicum

HEIRLOOM. This seed stock came from Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello where it was grown for seed to press for sesame oil. Seed growers the Utopian Seed Project have been growing and saving sesame seeds in Leicester, NC, for four years. Sesame is great for shading out weeds and is incredibly abundant. Beautiful white flowers on long spikes in summer.

SMALL FARM GROWN by the Appalachian Seed Growers Collective. A portion of proceeds from each packet benefits the Collective’s efforts to increase seed production capacity in Southern Appalachia and breed varieties that thrive in our region.