2014 ngb new varieties vegetables

VegetablesNew Varieties For 2014

BASIL ‘BAM’

W. Atlee Burpee & Co.

•Burpee Exclusive

•Flowerless plants never bolt

•Deliriously fragrant & flavorful

•Produces all season - just won’t quit

•Tolerates warm temperatures

•Harvest 60-120 days from transplant

•Ocimum basilicum

BASIL ‘DOLLY’

Johnny’s Selected Seeds

•High-yielding Genovese basil

•Upright, somewhat compact plants

•Large cupped 4-inch leaves

•Very uniform plant habit & leaf shape

•Somewhat lighter leaf color

•Choose organic or nonorganic seeds

•Ocimum basilicum

BEAN ‘ASPARAGUS RED PODDED’

Terra Organics, LLC

•Red podded bean up to 24 inches long

•Tender and very tasty, best used fried

•Small seed with a very good yield

•10 to12 foot vines

•Harvest 75 days from sowing seed

•Vigna unguiculata spp. sesquipedialis

BEAN ‘MASCOTTE’ 2014 AAS WINNER

Harris Seeds

•Compact plant perfect for window

boxes, containers & small gardens

•Disease resistance makes for reliable

growing & strong garden performance

•Slim, stringless, crisp textured,

flavorful pods for snacking or cooking


•Phaseolus vulgaris

BEAN ‘SAVANNAH’

Harris Seeds

•Robust yield, strong disease package

and truly outstanding flavor

•Dark green, straight pods with slight

sweetness, excellent tenderness

•Seeds develop slowly within the pods

so beans stay tender and “snap-able”

for a longer harvest


BEAN ‘RED SWAN’

Terra Organics, LLC


BEET ‘BABYBEAT’

Johnny’s selected seeds

•A true baby beet well-proportioned

even when young

•Nice round taproot and smooth skin

•Small, attractive tops help to form a

well-proportioned bunch

•Perfect for cooking or steaming whole

•Beta vulgaris

BEET ‘BOLDOR’

Bejo Seeds, Inc.

•Gold exterior, deep rich color interior

•Sweet and mild 2-inch round fruit

•Tops are tender & sweet when young

•Perfect for fall and winter salads

•Very tolerant to foliar diseases

•Beta vulgaris

CARROT ‘ADELAIDE’

Johnny’s selected seeds

•‘Adelaide’ is a true baby carrot

•Has an early maturity, forming a

blunt root tip at 3-4 inches long

•Great for bunching & marketing as

true baby carrots

•Daucus sativus

CARROT ‘ANTHONINA’

Seminis home garden

•Vigorous deep purple standard carrot

•Can grow a very large root 10” long

•Very little core when given proper

time to mature

•Average maturity is 125-145 days

•‘Anthonina’ is perfect for juicing

•Daucus carota

COLLARD ‘TIGER’ F1

Sakata Seed America, Inc.

•Exciting new high yielding, early,

Georgia type hybrid

•Wavy, lightly savoyed blue-green

leaves regrow quickly after cutting

•Upright plant has high ratio of blade

to stalk, meaning more usable leaf

per plant

•Brassica oleraecea

CUCUMBER ‘BABY HYBRID’

Botanical Interests

•Snack-size 4-inch gourmet type

•Thin skinned non-bitter fruit

•Crisp, firm fruits can be eaten

without peeling

•High-yielding - starts producing and

keeps producing for many months

•Cucumis sativus

CUCUMBER ‘IZNIK’


•Mini 3-4 inch spineless, seedless

dark green snack cucumber

•Excellent flavor

•Pick daily for best quality

•Parthenocarpic and gynoecious

•Vining, requires staking

•Cucumis sativus

CUCUMBER ‘SILVER SLICER’

Harris Seeds

•Prolific creamy white slicing cucumber

was a favorite of taste testers

•Remarkably uniform 7-8 inch fruits are

consistently straight and abundant

•Distinctive white color, tender skin,

fresh sweetness, and pleasant crunch

•Vigorous vines resist Powdery Mildew

•Cucumis sativus

EGGPLANT ‘RAJA’ & ‘SURAJ’


•‘Raja’ is white, ‘Suraj’ is light purple

•Heavy-yielding Indian types have

round to egg-shaped fruits

•Compact sturdy plants produce high

yields of fruits 2.5-3 inches long

•Great fruit shape for stuffing

•Solanum melongena

KALE ‘WHITE RUSSIAN’

Seeds By Design, Inc.

•Sweet, mild tasting semi-savoy kale

•Wonderful in salads and stir-fries

•Leaf color similar to ‘Red Russian’ but

with white midrib and veins

•Cold tolerant and hardy

•Harvest 50-60 days from sowing seed

•Brassica oleracea

LEEK ‘RALLY’

Bejo Seeds Inc.

•When cooked, has a creamy texture

and is sweet like an onion

•Edible, mild flavored stem resembles

a long, fat green onion

•Upright 2-3 foot tall fan shaped fruit

•Requires plentiful and even moisture

for good yields

•Allium porrum

LETTUCE ‘SUSAN’


•Frilly loose salad heads 8 inches tall

•Used for baby leaf, cut and come

again, or grown to full maturity

•Very sweet leaves and typically not

bitter when heat stressed

•Well adapted to container gardens or

raised beds

•Lactuca sativa

MELON ‘HAOGEN’

Terra Organics, LLC

•Thick medium green flesh tinged with

salmon around seed cavity

•Unique spicy flavor

•Vigorous vines bear 10 or more 3-5

lb. round melons with smooth skin


•Cucumis melo

MICROGREENS ‘PEAS FOR SHOOTS’

Botanical Interests

•Exceptionally tender shoots impart

the sweet taste of fresh peas to

salads and cooked dishes

•Easy to grow in the garden or

indoors in a shallow tray

•Best cut at 4-6” tall for fresh use

•Psium sativum

OKRA ‘JING ORANGE’


•An okra from Asia

•Reddish orange color

•Produces pods 6 to 7 inches

•Harvest at an early stage for most

tender 50-75 days from sowing seed

•Grow in full sun or shade

•Hibiscus esculentus

ONION ‘RED RIVER’

Dixondale Farms

•Considered a long “intermediate day”

or a short “long day” variety

•Sweet flavor dark red 1 pound onion

•Boasts a strong root system

•High yield & good storage potential

•Resistant to pink root, fusarium &

bolting

•Allium cepa

PEA ‘BLUE PODDED’

Terra Organics, LLC

•Blue podded soup pea

•Spectacular 5-6 foot tall plant is so

beautiful it can be grown as an

ornamental

•Requires staking


•Pisum sativum

PEPPER ‘AURA’ & ‘GLOW’


•New specialty sweet peppers golden

yellow ‘Aura’ and bright orange

‘Glow’ are shown with red ‘Lipstick’

•Sweet, juicy, and thick-fleshed

•Delicious in salads, salsas or roasted

•Attractive 4-5 inch long tapered

•Capsicum annuum

PEPPER ‘LIGHTNING BOLT HYBRID’


•Burpee Exclusive

•Big beautiful sweet Marconi pepper

•Bushy upright plants produce

plentiful yields of 13-inch beauties

that transition from green to red

•Harvest 65-80 days from transplant

•Capsicum annuum

PEPPER ‘MOSQUETERO’


•Poblano (ancho) pepper with mild

to moderate heat

•Nice for stuffing, grilling,

chopping, salsa, or chili

•High yields of uniform, smooth,

dark green 2-lobed 6”x3” fruit that

turn red if left on the plant longer

•Capsicum annuum

PEPPER ‘RED BELT’

Syngenta Seeds Inc.

•Beautiful elongated sweet bell

pepper – harvest when bright red –

about 60 days from sowing seed

•Culinary must have – sweet, juicy,

crispy crunch, smooth, firm & glossy

•Consistent size and fruit quality

•Capsicum annuum

PEPPER ‘WIZARD (WITH X3R®)’

Seminis Home Garden

•High yields of sweet dark green fruit

•Well adapted for spring and summer

throughout the United States

•Blocky, smooth attractive fruit mature

from green to red

•Resistant to Bacterial Leaf Spot 0-3

•Capsicum annuum

RADISH ‘DRAGON’ F1

Pro-Veg Seeds Ltd.

•Oriental radish hybrid

•Mildly spicy, good fresh or stir fried

•2.5-3 inches long

•Bright pink skin, white flesh

•45 days to harvest

•Raphanus sativus

RADISH ‘HALLOWEEN MIX’


•Beautiful festive blend of black,

white, yellow and purple radishes

•Round fruits 2 to 2½ inches

•Adds spicy flavor and abundant

color to your salad or relish tray

•Harvest in 23-30 days

•Raphanus sativus

SQUASH ‘HONEYNUT’

Terra Organics, LLC

•A small butternut that is an orange

buff color

•Grows 4-5 inches and weighs 5-8 oz.

•Vining plant spreads 30-50 inches


•Some resistances to Powdery Mildew

•Cucurbita moschata

SQUASH ‘PRIMAVERA’ F1


•High-yielding hybrid spaghetti squash

•Mild, slightly nutty taste

•Similar size (2.5-3 pounds) to the

standard OP variety

•Excellent uniformity in size and shape


•Curcurbita pepo

SQUASH ‘SHOKICHI GREEN’ & ‘SHOKICHI SHRIO’


•Personal sized Kabocha winter squash

•Great ornamental and delicious edible

•‘Shokichi Shrio’ is gray

•‘Shokichi Green’ is green

•Small single-serving size ½-1¼ lbs.

•High yielding 6-10 fruits per plant

•Cucurbita maxima

SQUASH ‘TAHITIAN BUTTERNUT’


•Highest sugar content of any winter

squash, gets sweeter during storage

•Huge club-shaped fruit 8-40 pounds

•Harvest 100 pounds or more per

vigorous mildew resistant vine

•Needs long warm growing season of

160-200 days from sowing seed

•Cucurbita moschata

TOMATO ‘ARTISAN ’ ASSORTMENT


•Exclusive to Johnny’s - new group of

small-fruited (25-30 grams) striped

tomatoes with exceptional flavor

•Shapes are elongated, round, mini-

plum and julienne

•Colors are yellow, green, pink,

purple, blush with varied striping

•Solanum lycopersicum

TOMATO ‘BABY BOOMER HYBRID’


•Burpee Exclusive

•Prolific red cherry tomato

•Great big flavor packed into 1 ounce

•Patio-ready bushy determinate

plants produce right into frost

•Bumper crop of 300 little sweeties

•Solanum lycopersicon

TOMATO ‘HOMESLICE’

PanAmerican Seed Co.

•Exceptional slicer tomato 5-6 oz.

•Compact, vigorous determinate plant

•Mounded, spreading habit

•Early yields (63 days from

transplant) of bountiful harvests

•Perfect for patio containers and small

gardens


TOMATO INDIGO ‘SUN’ F1BUMPER CROP GRAFTED TOMATO

PanAmerican Seed Co.

•Yellow cherry tomato with indigo

anthocyanin pigmentation

•Exceptional flavor, ideal balance of

sugars and acids

•Can have 8 fruit per cluster

•Harvest 1 oz. cherries 80 days from

transplant


TOMATO ‘MOUNTAIN MERIT’

Bejo Seeds, Inc.

•10-14 ounce firm round beefsteak with

good sugar and acid balance

•Deep red color inside & out

•Vigorous tall bushy determinate plant

•Disease resistance to fusarium 123,

verticillium, TSWV, Late Blight,

moderate early blight and nematode


TOMATO ‘STEAKHOUSE HYBRID’


•Burpee Exclusive - biggest tomato

ever bred - up to 3 pounds

•Loaded with true heirloom tomato

flavor and head-spinning fragrance

•Indeterminate plants produce

gorgeous, humongous fruits 75-80

days from transplant


TOMATO ‘SUMMER GIRL HYBRID’


•Burpee Exclusive

•Early - 49-52 days from transplant

•Round 5-6 ounce sweet juicy fruits

•Disease tolerance to Verticillum and

fusarium

•Indeterminate – requires staking


WATERMELON ‘TRIPLE BABY’ F1


•Icebox type, has round shaped fruit

•Personal sized triploid with average

weight of 5-8 lbs.

•Sweet flavored deep red flesh

•Dark rind, almost black


•Citrullus lanatus

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