Vegetables New Varieties For 2013

1. VegetablesNew Varieties For 2013

2. Crisp spicy flavor • Annual plant for sun or shade • Low growing plants perform wonderfully in containers • Harvest 45 days from sowing seed • Diplotaxis tenuifolia Terra Organics, LLC Arugula ‘Wild Arugula’

3. Infuses salads with a big spicy kick • Puree the leaves for a spicy green sauce or add pizzazz to a pizza • Annual grows in full to part sun • Harvest 35-49 days from sowing seed • Eruca sativa The Cook’s Garden Arugula ‘Wildfire’

4. Soon to become the next standard for Romano-type beans • Exceptional eating quality enhanced by low fiber • Upright bush habit for ease of harvest • Phaseolus vulgaris Syngenta Seeds Inc. Bean ‘FuranO’

5. Vigorous bush habit • Huge yields of straight, 5-7” long pods • Produces quality dark green pods later in the season than other beans • Staking not required • Phaseolus vulgaris Syngenta Seeds Inc. Bean ‘Jade II’

6. Now available to home gardeners! • Tender and mild from stem to top • Harvest central shoot first and the plant will set 3-5 side shoots • Matures 60 days from transplant • Brassica oleracea Sakata Seed America, Inc. Broccolini ‘Aspiration’

7. True culinary delight • Long stalks stay red when cooked • Slow to bolt • Let plants bolt to use seed for spice • Matures 80-90 days from transplant • Apium graveolens Seeds By Design, Inc. Celery ‘Peppermint Stick’

8. Chic and fanciful striking chive • Remarkably cold hardy plants • Harvest by plucking the lovely leafette flower head • Sun loving perennial herb • Allium tuberosum The Cook’s Garden Chive ‘Cha Cha Chive’

9. Phenomenal container sweet corn • Sets 2-3 ears even in containers • Delectably sweet 8-inch long yellow and white bicolor ears • Grows a maximum of 5 feet tall • Zea Mays W. Atlee Burpee & Co. Corn ‘On Deck Hybrid’

10. High-yielding pickling cucumber • Excellent flavor • Deep green, blocky, 4-5” long fruit • American-style spines • Vigorous, balanced plant with consistent fruit setting • Cucumis sativus Johnny’s Selected Seeds Cucumber ‘Excelsior’

11. Gourmet quality mini cucumber with light sweetness and tender skin • Plants set fruit without pollination • Try it in a large patio pot with trellis • Powdery Mildew protection • Cucumis sativus Harris Seeds Cucumber ‘Manny’

12. Round to egg-shaped fruits average 2.5 to 3” long by 1.75 to 2.25” wide • Sometimes produced in clusters of 3 • Sturdy plants have compact growth habit with few spines • Adaptable for garden and container • Solanum melongena Johnny’s Selected Seeds Eggplant ‘Ophelia’

13. Improved Red Deer Tongue variety • Gorgeous deep reddish-maroon leaf • Mild flavor and buttery texture • Resistant to Downy Mildew • Latuca sativa Harris Seeds Lettuce ‘Relic’

14. Small ruffled heads surrounded by green outer leaves tinged bronze-red • Extra crunchy • Selected in the desert Southwest • Excellent heat tolerance • Latuca sativa Terra Organics, LLC Lettuce ‘Santa Fe’

15. Popular color blend of ‘Freckles,’ ‘Silvia’ and ‘Vivian’ romaine lettuces • Vigorous growth • Sow every two weeks for continuous fresh salad greens • Harvest in 50 days from sowing seed • Latuca sativa Terra Organics, LLC Lettuce ‘Tri ColoredRomaine Blend’

16. Deliciously sweet with undertones of cantaloupe and tropical fruit • Early maturing, 60-70 days from seed • Disease resistance to Fusarium Wilt, Gummy Stem Blight and Alternaria • Fruit stores well after harvest • Cucumis melo Botanical Interests, Inc. Melon, Canary ‘Tweety Hybrid’

17. Pleasantly hot and spicy flavor • Adds texture and color to any salad • Excellent in a braising mustard blend • Open pollinated cultivar • Harvest 70-80 days from sowing • Brassica juncea Terra Organics, LLC Mustard ‘Purple Wave’

18. Large uniform bulb up to 3 pounds • Sweet and mild flavored • Enhanced healthful compounds • Harvest in 107 days • Available only at Dixondale Farms • Allium cepa Dixondale Farms Onion ‘Texas Legend’

19. Fancy, dark green snow peas • Harvest at 2.5 inches for extra fancy • Vines averaging 36 inches produce more tendrils than typical peas • Tendrils make excellent garnishes • May be grown with or without support • Pisumsativum Johnny’s Selected Seeds Pea ‘Avalanche’

20. Burpee exclusive introduced in 1902 • Deliciously flavored heirloom variety • Bountiful blue-green 6-inch pods with 8 berries per pod • Packed with vitamins A, C and folate • Pisumsativum The Cook’s Garden Pea ‘Blue Bantam Dwarf’

21. Ornamental and edible • Perfectly suited to containers and hanging baskets • Abundance of sweet, mild, snack sized 1-2oz red bell peppers • Harvest 75-80 days from transplant • Capsicum annuum Floranova Ltd/Vegetalis Pepper ‘Bellina’

22. Tasty thick-walled, flat oblate fruit • Great for stuffing or as a serving dish, Hungarian recipe stuffs with cheese • Extremely long-storing on the shelf • Perfect for preserving, canning, jarring • Capsicum annuum The Cook’s Garden Pepper ‘HungarianCheese Hybrid’

23. Colorful lunchbox snack peppers • Remarkably sweet • Intensely flavorful • Immediate hit in salads and as a snack • Tall strong plants • Capsicum annuum Johnny’s Selected Seeds Pepper ‘Lunchbox’

24. Sweet flavored golden Marconi-type • Great yield – 20 to 25 per plant • Elongated shape - up to 15 inches long • Harvest 80-90 days from transplant • Capsicum annuum Seeds By Design, Inc. Pepper ‘Mama Mia GialiO’ F1

25. Thick walled Hungarian cheese pepper holds any filling deliciously • Sweet flavor - enjoy raw or baked • Prolific plant will produce 12 peppers • Harvest mini-sized 2 to 3-inch peppers 55 days from transplant • Capsicum annuum Sakata Seed America, Inc. Pepper ‘Right On Red’

26. Rainbow mix of brilliant colored fun shaped mini sized peppers • Firm, crunchy deliciously sweet raw or cooked – kids love them! • For eye-catching canapés, salad accents, kebabs and stuffed treats • Capsicum annuum Geo. W. Park Seed Co., Inc. Pepper ‘Sweet Petite Colour Blend’

27. Exceptionally sweet and fruity tasting miniatures just 4 inches long • Harvest up to 25-50 peppers per plant • Medium sized, space-saving, generous yielding plants for garden or patio pot • Tasty raw, roasted, grilled, or stir-fried • Capsicum annuum Harris Seeds Pepper ‘Sweety’

28. Hybrid Cinderella type • Flattened shiny red/pink smooth fruits are a decorative fairytale treat • Nutty tasting 40 pound fruit • In 110 days harvest 2-4 pumpkins from vines spreading 3-4 feet • Cucurbita pepo Seeds By Design, Inc. Pumpkin ‘Cinderella’s Carriage’ F1

29. Expand your salad greens selection with this mild lemony domesticated purslane • Highly nutritious - rich in vitamins A and C, minerals and omega-3 fatty acids • Begin harvesting tender shoots and leaves when plants are 3-4 inches tall • Portulaca oleracea sativa Botanical Interests, Inc. Purslane ‘Golden’

30. Unique ultra sweet, mild almost creamy texture • Slow to bolt • Roots can be harvested from 2 inches to 6 inches • Harvest 30 days from sowing seed • Raphanus sativus Seeds By Design, Inc. Radish ‘Butter Globe’

31. Novelty colored vining pumpkin • 100 days to maturity • Large 9-15 pound 10” globe shape • Yellow/orange rind with green stripes between the big ribs • Cucurbita pepo Seeds By Design, Inc. Squash ‘American Tondo’

32. Attractive autumn squash with dark orange fruit • Tasty, deep yellow-orange fibrous flesh good for baking and roasting • Fruits weigh 10-15 pounds • Resists squash bugs • Cucurbita maxima Terra Organics, LLC Squash ‘Hopi Orange’

33. Uniform, highly ornamental plants give appearance of peppermint candy • Fast growing – 60-65 days to maturity • Glossy, savoyed green leaves • Ideal as edible or ornamental bedding plants • Beta vulgaris Sakata Seed America, Inc. Swiss chard ‘peppermint’

34. Small-sized, flavorful grape tomato • Highly nutritious – has 45% more lycopene which helps fight disease • “Snackable” 1.5 oz. sweet red fruit • High yielding plants require staking • Harvest in 65 days from transplant • Solanum lycopersicum Burpee Home Gardens Tomato ‘Mighty Sweet’

35. Vigorous semi-indeterminate tomato • Produces in abundance for an extended period of time • High sugar, great flavor stands in comparison to heirloom types • Excellent disease resistance • Long shelf life • Solanum lycopersicum Bejo Seeds Inc. Tomato ‘Mountain Magic’

36. Vigorous indeterminate plants with mini-plum shaped fruits • Burst of sweet flavor followed by a rich tomato finish • Heavy yields of crack-resistant fruit • Lycopersiconlycopersicum Territorial Seeds Inc. Tomato ‘Orange fizz/Scarlet fizz’

37. Very sweet with excellent flavor • Deep pink, shiny cherries are borne on long trusses • Vigorous, healthy, high-yielding indeterminate plants • Resistant to leaf mold and cracking • Solanum lycopersicum Johnny’s Selected Seeds Tomato ‘Sun Peach’

38. At 2 lbs, one tomato can fill a sauce jar all by itself! • Luscious red, meaty, nearly seedless - jam-packed with flavor • 5.5’ tall super-prolific plants • Harvest 70 days from transplant • Lycopersicon esculentum W. Atlee Burpee Co. Tomato ‘Super Sauce Hybrid’

39. Compact yellow cherry tomato with sweet mild flavor • Great for containers or planted with other annual ornamentals • Harvest 50 days for sowing seed • Lycopersicon esculentum Seeds By Design, Inc. Tomato ‘Window Box Yellow’

40. Beautiful sister to ‘Crimson Sweet’ has a tough light green rind with small dark green stripes • Blocky oval melon weighs 25 pounds • Bright yellow flesh with high sugars • Harvest 80-95 days from sowing seed • Citrulluslanatus Terra Organics LLC Watermelon ‘Yellow Sweet Gem’

41. True gourmet zucchini predominately used in the Mediterranean region • Prized for superior flavor, texture and cooking quality – taste the difference! • Harvest 55-65 days from sowing seed • Cucurbita pepo Tozer Seeds America LLC Zucchini ‘Alfresco’