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Recommended Garden Vegetable
Varieties
New
varieties are constantly being introduced so it is impossible to
determine in one list such as this the latest best varieties for all
gardens. I suggest that you periodically try new varieties and compare
them with these and other lists prepared by experienced gardeners. Their
criteria for selection of a variety may differ greatly from yours so
their choices may also vary. Additionally, their test garden may have
far different soil and climate conditions. Keep an open mind and keep
records of what you have grown and what you wish to grow. You may wish
to share your choices with your friends and also get feedback from your
friends before making the final decision of what to grow. If you would
like to share your selections with me please send it via email to
webmaster. We can change the list as recommended by our visitors and
by other specialists. Thank you.
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Asparagus |
Jersey Giant, Mary Washington, U.C. 157,
Jersey Knight |
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Beans, Bush |
Blue Lake Bush, Contender, Blue Lake 274,
Greensleeves, Kentucky Wonder 125, Tendercrop, Topcrop |
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Beans, Bush (Wax) |
Gold Crop Wax, Cherokee, Imp. Golden Wax,
Sunrae |
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Beans, Pole |
Blue Lake, Kentucky Blue, Kentucky Wonder |
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Beans, Lima |
Fordhook 242, Baby Fordhook, Henderson Bush,
Jackson Wonder |
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Beans, Lima, Pole |
Large Speckled Christmas, King of Garden |
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Beans, Other |
Fava or Broadbeans, Garbanzo or Chickpea,
Pinto, Luna, Pinto Navajo, |
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Beets |
Detroit Dark Red, Early Wonder, Golden Beet,
Cylindra, Ruby Queen, Perfected Detroit |
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Broccoli |
Bonanza Hybrid, Green Goliath, Green Comet
Hybrid, Emperior, Green Valient, Preemium Crop, Hybrid
Packman |
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Brusssels Sprouts |
Prince Marvel Hybrid, Hybrid Jade Cross |
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Cabbage |
Colden Acre, Red Acre, Early Jersey Wakefield |
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Cantaloupe (Muskmelon) |
Delicious 51, Hales Best, Ambrosia Hybrid,
Luscious Plus Hybrid |
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Carrots |
Imperator, Red Core Chantenay, Danvers Half
Long, Nantes Coreless |
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Cauliflower |
Snowball (types), Snow King, Snow Crown
Hybrid, Snowball Self-Blanching |
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Chard, Swiss |
Fordhook Giant, Rhubarb, Lucullus Light
Green, Ruby Chard, Bright Lights. |
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Collards |
Georgia, Vates |
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Corn, Sweet (regular, SU) |
Merit, Early Sunglow, Golden Jubilee, Iochief,
Silver Queen (White), Golden Cross Bantam |
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Corn, Sweet (sugary Enhancer, SE) |
Kandy Korn EH, Hybrid Double Delicious,
Hybrid Bodacious, Miracle |
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Corn, Sweet (Super Sweet, SH2) |
Early Xtra-Sweet, Illini Xtra-Sweet, How
Sweet It Is, Honey-‘N Pearl |
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Cucumber, Slicing |
Armenian (long, ribbed), Bush champion,
Hybrid Slicemaster, Hybrid Burpless, Spacemaster (bush),
Straight Eight, Streamliner, Sweet Success Hybrid, Sweet
Slice Hybrid |
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Cucumber, Pickling |
National Pickling, West India Gherkin |
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Eggplant |
Black Beauty, Dusky, Easter Egg, Orient
Express, Ichiban Hybrid |
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Garlic |
Spanish Roja, Carpathian, Inchelium Red,
California Early, Silverskin (S&H) |
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Kohlrabi |
Early Purple Vienna, Early White Vienna,
Grand Duke |
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Leek |
American Flag, Titan |
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Lettuce, Head |
Great Lakes Strains, Iceberg |
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Lettuce, Leaf |
Black Seeded Simpson, Oak Leaf, Ruby, Salad
Bowl, Red Sails, Prizehead |
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Lettuce, Romaine |
Paris Island Cos, Rosalita, Valmaine Cos |
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Lettuce, Butterhead |
Bibb, Buttercrunch |
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Mustard |
Tendergreen |
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Okra |
Clemson Spineless, Annie Oakley Hybrid |
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Onions, Fall Planted |
Early New Mexico Grano, Temprano Grano 502,
Hybrid White Bermuda, Texas Grano 1015Y, Granex Hybrid |
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Onions, Spring Planted |
White, Yellow & Red Globe, White & Yellow
Sweet Spanish, Walla Walla Sweet |
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Parsnips |
All American, Hollow Crown |
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Parsley |
Italian Dark Green Plain Leaf, Forest Green,
Paramont |
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Peas, Snap Pea |
Sugar Daddy, Sugar Ann, Sugar Bon, Sugar
Snap, Supper Snappy |
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Peas, Snow |
Oregon Sugar Pod II, Dwarf Gray Sugar |
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Peas, English |
Alaska, Green Arrow, Little Marvel, Wando,
Lincoln |
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Peas, Cowpeas |
California Black-eye, Purple Hull |
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Peppers, Bell |
Bell Boy, Gypsy Hybrid, California Wonder |
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Peppers, Chile |
Española Improved (hot), Hungarian Wax (hot),
NuMex R Naky (mildd), New Mexico 6-4 (mild), NuMex Big Jim
(mild to medium), Sandia (hot) |
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Potato, Irish |
Irish Cobbler (white), Kennebec (white), La
Rouge (red), Norgold (russet), Pontiac (red), Viking (red) |
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Potato, Sweet |
Caromex, Jewel, Oklamex Red |
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Pumpkin |
Big Max, Jack-O-Lantern, New England Pie,
Small Sugar, Spirit, Hybrid Autumn Gold, Jack-Be-Little,
Ghost Rider |
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Radish |
Cherry Belle, Easter Egg, French Breakfast,
Sparkler, White Icicle, Champion, German Giant |
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Spinach |
America, Longstanding (Bloomsdale), Melody,
Winter Bloomsdale, Hybrid Tyee, Hybrid Avon, Giant Nobel |
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Spinach, Summer |
New Zealand |
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Squash, Summer |
Dixie (crookneck, yellow), Early Prolific (straightneck,
yellow), Gold Rush (zucchini, yellow), Hybrid Jackpot
(zucchini, green), Black Magic (zucchini, green), Grey
Zucchini, Peter Pan (scallop), Sunburst Hybrid (scallop) |
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Squash, Winter |
Blue Hubbard, Buttercup, Jersey Golden,
Acorn, Sweet Mama Hybrid, Table King Acorn, Table Queen
Acorn, Vegetable Spaghetti, Waltham Butternut, Delicata,
Ponca, Table Ace |
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Tomatoes, Plum, small types |
Red Cherry, Sweet100, Tiny Tim, Yellow Pear |
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Tomatoes, Regular |
Beefmaster VFN, Better Boy VFN, Early Girl,
Early Pick VF, Extra Early VFNT, Fantastic, Homestead 24,
Delicious, Celebrity VFFNT Hybrid, Super Beefsteak VFN |
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Tomatoes, Paste |
Roma VF, Viva Italia Hybrid |
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Turnips |
Purple Top White Globe, Hybrid Tokyo Cross |
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Watermelon |
Black Diamond, Charleston Gray, Crimson
Sweet, Bush Sugar Baby, Sweet Favorite |
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Melons, other |
Casaba, Golden Beauty, Crenshaw, Early
Hybrid, Honey Dew Type, Hybrid Earli-dew, Honey Dew Type,
Venus |
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