HL
– Heirloom variety
Artichokes
Imperial Star – P, 4’ Ht., standard green
variety, typically 6-8 mature buds
Romanesco –
P, 5-6’ Ht., large, violet, tender fruits, gray-silver leaves
Romagna Italian – P, 5-6’ Ht., medium-sized violet heads
Beans
Blue Lake Bush – pods average 6” long, very high yields
Kentucky Wonder Pole – heavy producer of round thick meaty pods
Maxibel French Filet – very slender 7” round green beans, long
& stringless
Rocdor Yellow Wax – early &
productive, meaty firm texture, deep yellow color
Royal Burgundy
Bush – 5” dark purple pods turn green when cooked
Premium Crop Broccoli –
broad heads, excellent garden variety
Jade Cross Brussel
Sprouts – firm oval sprouts 1” across, early yields in cool season
All Season Blend Cabbage – mixture of several different varieties
Cardoon – P, 6’ Ht., Sun, silver-toothed
leaves, young blanched stalks edible
Cauliflower
Amazing – late season, white
heads, dense curds
Snow Crown – 7-8” heads,
pure white, sweet and mild flavor
Utah Green Celery – tall, green, compact heads on 11”
stalks
Five Color Silverbeet Chard–
HL, colors of red, orange, pink, white, yellow
Collard
Greens – dark blue green with long wavy broad tender leaves, compact habit
Corn
Fleet Bi-Color – early sugar enhanced variety
Silver
Queen White – late maturing white corn with creamy sweet flavor
Sugar
Buns Yellow – sugar enhanced hybrid, with melts in your mouth tenderness
Cucumbers
Armenian – pale green color, thin ribbed skin, very mild
Boothby’s Blonde – HL, creamy yellow, crisp sweet flavor, heavy
producer
English Hybrid – crisp, sweet bright
green, small/few seeds, burpless
General Lee –
HL, large yields of straight dark green slicers, sweet salad flavor
Little Leaf Pickling – compact vine, blocky medium length fruit for fresh eating/pickling
Lemon Cucumber – small, rounded, yellow, lemon-like
cukes, excellent in salads, sandwiches
Miniature White
– small yellowish-white eating cukes, sweet flavor
Eggplants
Black Beauty – classic big-fruited black eggplant, well shaped
Orient Express – slender 8-10” long glossy black fruits
Kale
Red Russian – purple stems, tooth-edged deep grey-green leaves
Toscano/Lacinato – HL, dark green, blistered leaves
Leeks – mild, sweet onion flavor, great in soups or sliced
on salads.
Lettuces
Gourmet Blend – a variety of leaf lettuces that are edible at any stage
Mottistone – wavy, baby leaf lettuce of green with red splashes
Red Sails – loose-leaf variety, crinkled bronze-red leaves
Romaine – tall, dark green, smooth ribs, great for Caesar salad
Walla Walla – large globe shaped yellow onion, mild flavor
Peas
Green Arrow – shelling variety, heavy yields of slim straight pods, 28” vines
Oregon Giant – snow pea variety, sweet flavored large pods, 2-3’
vines
Sugar Snap – snap variety, 6’ vines
with 3” pods, long harvest period
Pumpkins
Big Max – 10-18 lbs. great for
carving.
Rouge
Vif D’Etamps – HL, bright red, flat shape, very sweet flesh
Rhubarb
Crimson
Red – bright red tender stalks, good balance of seet & tart
Olympia Spinach–
dark green leaves, slow to bolt, very productive
Summer Squash
Magda
- Mid-east, blocky tapered fruit, sweet nutty flavor, best when picked small
Ronde
de Nice Zucchini – HL, round light green fruits with creamy, nutty flavor
Spineless Beauty Zucchini – few or no spines on stems, medium green fruit
Sunburst Patty Pan – bright deep yellow skin with
scalloped edges
Sunray Straightneck – bright
yellow, tender “straightneck” fruits
Yellow Crookneck – yellow, slightly bumpy skin, best when picked small
Zephyr
– Slender yellow fruits with green blossom ends, nutty taste, firm texture
Squash, Winter
Amish Pie – HL, firm, moist flesh for pies, pale orange
flesh, 60-80 lbs.
Delicata – 7-9” long
cream with green stripe, sweet orange flesh, excellent baked/stuffed
Gold
Hubbard – HL, hard-skinned, deep orange fruit, 8-12 lbs., dry, sweet flesh
Spaghetti - tan, tasty spaghetti-like pulp when cooked
Sweet Meat – large dark green-grey fruit, good
winter storage, sweet flavor
Table Ace Acorn –
dark green fruit, golden flesh, good winter storage
Waltham
Butternut – light tan skin, small seed cavities, smooth, sweet flesh
Tomatillos
Tomatillo Toma Verde – round green fruits in a
papery husk used in Mexican dishes