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Vegetable List 2012

1. BEANS
   
   • Blue Lake Bush - 56 days. Excellent fresh, frozen or for canning. 12 to 22-in plants are widely adaptable with heavy yields.
2. BROCCOLI
   
   • Premium Crop - 65 days   Single, textured 8-9” heads with small, firm buds on thick, tender stems.
3. BRUSSEL SPROUTS
   
   • Jade Cross - 80 days   Withstands the heat, always sets a bumper crop of very firm, tightly wrapped, blue-green “sprouts” with mild, sweet flavor. Vigorous plants are widely adapted.
4. CABBAGE
   
   • Copenhagen Market – 75 days
   • Danish Ballhead – 100 days
   • Golden Acre - 58 days.  Early, disease resistant variety bears solid, 3-4 lb. heads.  Sweet, green leaves are refreshing in salads.  Compact plants are great for small gardens.
   • Late Flat Dutch – 105 days   Good storage variety and one of the best for kraut.  Great for the home garden with flat/round, green heads reaching up to 30 lbs.
   • Ruby Perfection - 85 days   The 3.5-lb. heads have great flavor and are slow to burst.
   • Savoy King -  80 days    Out yields all other Savoy cabbages. It can produce a crop almost every season of the year.
   • Stonehead – 50 days   Nearly round heads have excellent holding.
5. CAULIFLOWER
   
   • Snow Crown - 53 days   One of the easiest cauliflowers to grow.  Vigorous, rapid  growth and long harvest.  Snow white, 2 lb. heads are  7-8” across and very flavorful.
6. CELERY
   
   • Utah 52-70. – 90-100 days.  This variety produces eleven to twelve inch stalks on plants that reach about 30 inches in height.
7. COLLARDS
   
   • Georgia – 80 days.  Popular high-yielding variety produces tender, moist greens on non-heading, 30-36 in. plants.
8. CORN
   
   • Incredible - 83 days  Sweet, yellow kernels make for superb eating.  One of the best varieties for freezing.
   • Peaches & Cream - 83 days  A popular home garden variety.  8" long ears filled to the tip with sweet, juicy white & yellow kernels.
9. A. CUCUMBER - SLICING
   
   • Burpless Supreme – 55 days  SLICING  A sweet, burpless slicer with no bitterness.  Dark green fruit grow up to 12” long with a high percentage of them being seedless.  Resistant to Watermelon Mosaic    Gynoecious.
   • Early Spring Burpless – 52 days  SLICING Prolific and early!  Creamy-spined dark green fruits. 12-15” long.  Bright white flesh is extra crisp and mild.  Monoecious
   • Eureka – 57 days.  PICKLING OR SLICING  Dark green fruit on vigorous plants.  Harvest for pickling at 5” lengths; good for slicing up to 7”. Monoecious
   • Fanfare – 63 days.  SLICING Compact plants bear excellent yields of dark green fruit, 8-9” long.  Good disease resistance. Monoecious
   • Marketmore – 66 days.  SLICING The non-fading, dark green fruit is 8” long. Disease resistant.  Monoecious
   • Salad Bush – Early  57 days.  Compact plants are good for small gardens and containers.  Uniform, cylindrical 8 in. dark green fruit.
   • Slicemaster – 60 days.  SLICING. An excellent producer of dark green fruit 7” long.  Monoecious
   • Straight Eight – 65 days.  SLICING Tip-top slicing cuke is perfectly straight!  Dark green, 8” fruits have a small seed cavity and crisp fine-grained flesh.  Monoecious
   B. CUCUMBER - PICKLING
   
   • Bush Pickle  45 days.  PICKLING Compact choice for small gardens or containers.  Bears early, white-spined, 5” cukes in half the space needed by most vines.  Cool, mild flavor.  Scab, mosaic-tolerant plants.  Monoecious
   • Eureka – 57 days.  PICKLING OR SLICING   Dark green fruit on vigorous plants.  Harvest for pickling at 5” lengths; good for slicing up to 7”. Monoecious
   • Homemade Pickles - 55 days - Excellent variety for pickling!  The semi-bush type plants produce solid, crisp, small white spined, 5½ inch fruits, with crisp flesh and firm skin.  Pick regularly to maintain production. Great disease tolerance. Monoecious
   Monoecious plants produce separate male and female flowers on the same plant. 
   Gynoecious plants produce only female flowers for higher and more concentrated yields.  You need to plant another variety nearby to ensure pollination.
   
   
10. EGGPLANT
    
    • Black Beauty – 80 days   Broad, egg-shaped fruit with dark purple skin.
    • Classic- 76 days   76 Days. Teardrop, glossy, deep purple-black colored, 8-9 in.  fruit are the size and shape well known in most markets.
    • Fairy Tale – 50 days   Elongated lavender fruit with white stripes is produced in clusters of 3 to 5.  Sweet, bitter-free fruit is best harvested at the gourmet baby stage, about 4 x 1.75”.
    • Fengyuan Purple – 65 days    This slender Asian eggplant is one of the longest available.  Its purple skin is so thin that peeling is unnecessary and creamy white flesh is reliably mild with no bitterness.  Plants produce an abundance of fruit that can grow well over a foot long.  Easy to grow and wonderful for grilling or adding to stir fries.
    • Gretel – 55 days.  Earliest white eggplant produces clusters of glossy white mini-fruit, about 3-4 in. long.  Petite, 3 ft. plants are great for containers.
    • Ghostbuster – 80 days.  Rated the #1 white eggplant.  Sweeter flavor than purple skinned varieties.  Deep oval shape, 6-7” in length.  Pick early before they mature.
    • Hansel – True miniature ideal for containers.  Finger-like clusters of 3-6 teardrop shaped, dark purple fruit.  Harvest from 2 to 10 inches long.
    • Ichiban – 61 days  F1. Upright , slender purple, high yield oriental type. 8 oz
    • Little Fingers – 68 days   These little eggplants are unique in that they grow in clusters of 3 or more slim fruit, and can be harvested when no longer than your little finger.  However, you can also let them grow longer at no sacrifice to their mild, sweet taste.  Dark purple fruit is produced in abundance, and is delicious stir-fried, grilled, or even pickled.
    • Rosa Bianca – 75 days   Prized by chefs and gardeners alike for its creamy, mild flesh and lovely appearance, this Italian heirloom eggplant has become very popular.  Well-filled, round to teardrop-shaped fruit is white with soft lavender streaks outside, and inside flesh white and sweet with no trace of bitterness.  Delicious for slicing, stuffing, or any eggplant use.
    • Satin Beauty – 65 days.  Very uniform, egg-shaped fruit with deep blackish purple skin.  Ripens up to 2 weeks earlier than Black Beauty.
11. GOURDS
    
    • Wings Blend – 100 days.  A blend of all the Autumn Wings…many colors with wings & warts, fruit shapes like spoons and swan/pears.
12. KALE
    
    • Red Russian – 50 days   Oak-shaped, gray-green, toothed leaves with deep-purple veins and stems. Very tender leaves turn dark green and have a sweet taste when cooked; also good raw. Harvest baby greens at 25 days. Heirloom. Also known as 'Ragged Jack' and 'Russian Red'. Tender,.  Very disease resistant.
    • Squire -   Produces heavy yields of finely curled blue-green foliage.  A very uniform short stemmed strain of Vates with better tolerance to bolting.   Heirloom
13. KOHLRABI
    
    • Early White Vienna – 55 days. Flattened globe-shape stem is pale green with white interior.
    • Winner – 45 days.  Fresh, fruity taste. Good holding quality. A medium, early  kohlrabi with large bulbs.
14. LEEK
    
    • Large American Flag – 120 days.   Hardy 15-18” plants, blue-green leaves with long, thick, well-blanched white stalks.  Good for fall and winter, grows very quickly.  The standard variety for home gardens.
15. LETTUCE
    
    • Black Seeded Simpson – Compact with light green, frilled leaves.  Crisp interior.  Popular home garden variety.
    • Buttercrunch – 65 days.  Very tender 4 ½” rosettes.
    • Deer Tongue Red -  Tongue-like red blushed leaves with a plant that is larger than green Deer Tongue.  Forms nice head, great in cool weather.  Amish Heirloom.
    • Great Lakes – 90 day   A head variety with large, erect outer leaves.
    • Red Oak Leaf - Burgundy oak leaf similar to Red Salad Bowl but with a more golden sheen. Forms a larger and more packed full-size lettuce than Red Salad Bowl and Oscarde.
    • Romaine Parris Island  - 65 days This popular Romaine has upright growth to 10 inches with large thick medium green slightly rumpled leaves with creamy white centers. Tender, crisp and sweet flavored. It is slow to bolt.
    • Salad Bowl Mix - 50 days.  This blend contains both light and dark green-leafed varieties, as well as some tangy reds!
16. MELON
    
    • Burpee Ambrosia – 86 days   Luscious, extra-sweet, juicy melons with unique distinctive flavor.  Extremely thick, firm flesh is delicious down to the rind.  Fruits ae medium size, 6 x 6”, average 4.5 – 5 lbs. each because the meat is so thick and the seed cavity is so small.  Resistant to powdery mildew.
    • Burpee Hybrid – 82 days   Improved to resist powdery mildew, this outstanding variety is still the growers’ choice.  High yields – excellent quality, not as “musky” tasting as the original.
    • Delicious – 83 days.   The 2.5 lb. muskmelons have very tasty, orange flesh.  The roughly textured rind has distinct ribs and sparse netting.
    • Earli-Dew – 80 days.   An excellent-flavored honeydew type with 2.5 to 3 lb. fruit.  A good choice for northern climates.
17. ONION
    
    • Borettana (Cipollini) – 60 days from transplant.  These Italian heirlooms have a flattened, spherical shape about 2” in diameter and 1” thick.  These ‘cipollini’ have firm, fine-grained flesh, good flavor, and satiny skins.  Excellent keeping quality.
    • Candy – 85 days  Huge, very early bulbs with golden brown skin, white interior, mild flavor.  Thick rings with mostly single centers.
    • Copra – 107 days.  Great long-term storage quality.  Round bulbs are uniform and medium-size with dark yellow skin and thin necks that dry quickly.  Ivory flesh has high sugar content and moderate pungency.  Onions stay rock hard for up to a year in storage without losing flavor.  Especially suited for the North.
    • Green Banner Bunching – 65-70 days.  Uniform, vigorous variety is more heat tolerant than others – slow to bolt and holds well.  Stems are glossy white, leaves are full and dark green, and the flavor is slightly pungent.
    • Red Zepplin  - 115 days.  Large and uniform, round bulbs are attractive dark red.  Stores up to six months.
    • Vidalia – 168 days. Big, firm bulbs. Sweet flavor. Great for the home garden.
    • Walla-Walla – 125 days.  Brown-skinned, mild, sweet onions.
    • White Sweet Spanish – 110 days   Midseason variety, tops for the North.  Mild, sweet flavor raw, sautéed or deep fried.
    • Yellow Sweet Spanish – 110 days   Flavor never fades.  Golden globes weigh up to a pound and keep well for their size.  
18. PAK CHOI
    
    • White – 60 days.  Thick, pure white petioles with smooth, round leaves.  Good for stir fry and soup.  Grows well in warmer climates.
19. PUMPKIN
    
    • Atlantic Giant – 125 days    This variety has produced the world’s largest pumpkin, with weights in excess of 600 lbs.   Suited primarily for exhibition, although the medium-orange flesh can be used for pies.  Plants should be started in pots and transplanted to insure adequate growing season.  Vines are very large and require a lot of space.
    • Gold Medal - A Rupp hybrid that is at the top of the class in appearance for the retail marketer. A large pumpkin with dark color and great, long handle.
    • Small Sweet Sugar Pie - 95 days  The Sugar Pie Pumpkin has a wonderful pumpkin flavor with sweet and fine grained texture. It is the best pumpkin for cooking.
    • Wee-B-Little – 85 days.  This is a true miniature pumpkin.  Same shape as a typical Jack-O-Lantern but is scaled down to decorative size, weighing about 1 lb.  Ripens to deep orange with smooth skin.  Spineless stems for sturdy handles.  Compact vines spread only 6-8’.
20. SQUASH - SUMMER
    
    • Summer Crookneck – Golden– 53 days.  Classic crookneck with bright yellow, bumpy skin.
    • Peter Pan – Summer Squash   49 days.  Uniform, light green, 2 1/2 to 3” scallop squash has deep, meaty flesh.  Compact with restricted runners.
    • Yellow Straightneck – Yellow Straight Neck – 55 days   Yellow-fruited Summer squash grows from 10-14” long.
    • Zucchini – Dark Green – 46 days.  Dark green, uniform, 8-10” fruit is easy to harvest on open, very productive bushes.
21. SQUASH – WINTER
    
    • Blue Hubbard – 110 days   Fruit is 12” by 7”, weight 7-10 lbs. globular seed cavity with points on each end, light blue-gray in color.  Rind is hard, thick warted with slight rib.  Flesh orange, fine texture with a sweet flavor.  A productive variety that has been popular for many years.
    • Buttercup  - Orange Dawn – 90 days.  Great chestnut taste, attractive bright orange skin, abundant fruit on a semi-bush plant and excellent storage qualities.
    • Buttercup – Sweet Mama – 85 days   Buttercup type with very dark green skin, weighing 2-3 lbs. each.  Moderately thick sweet yellow flesh is nutty and dry like winter squash.  Fruit sets similar to summer squash.  Distinct bush type with single vine, short internodes.  Excellent storage ability.
    • Butternut – Waltham – 95 days.   Cooks up sweet and tender.  Smooth 9-10” fruits, filled with orange flesh.  Huge yields.
    • Spaghetti – Vegetable Spaghetti – 100 days   Oblong, mid-size yellow fruits have a tasty interior that is a popular nutritious alternative for pasta.  Harvested in late Summer and Fall, the fruit can be stored for several months in a cool, dry location.
22. SWEET POTATOES
    
    • Centennial - America's most popular sweet potato, good for short-season areas. Dig sweet, tender "baby bakers" 90-100 days from setting out plants; or allow to mature before frost. Orange inside and out; moist texture.
    • Georgia Jet - Well-suited to the Northeast. Heavy crop of large tubers in just 90 days. Deep orange, moist flesh. Red skin. Sun.
    • Vardaman - Compact, bush type. Deep orange flesh and gold skin. The best sweet potato in a taste test. Sun.
23. SWISS CHARD  
    
    • Bright Lights – Tangy colorful leaves and stems are an excellent cooked vegetable for summer and a tremendous source of vitamins.  Tolerant of hot weather and extremely easy to grow.  Bright Lights stalks are shades of pink, crimson, orange, yellow, gold, purple and white.  All are delicious - they’re at their best harvested young for salads or used as summer spinach.
24. WATERMELON
    
    • Crimson Sweet – 80 days.  An award-winning round variety with sweet, dark red flesh.  Very widely adaptable and disease resistant.
    • Sugar Baby – 75 days.  Small “icebox” type with very sweet, fin-textured red flesh and few seeds.  Round, dark green fruits are very early.