Hello Gardening Friend!

I’ve been vegetable gardening since I was

a kid and have tried a lot of different vegetable varieties. This list represents the ones I have tried and liked, and some others that I have been told about by better gardeners than myself. I hope this helps you select your seed this season, and that your garden is a giant success as a result. Remember that good seed is only a start. A properly prepared garden soil is the key to good plant growth and high yields. Enjoy!

For answers to your gardening questions tune in to AM 740 and FM 102.3, NEWSTALK KRMG every Saturday morning from 10am to 1pm.

Best regards and happy gardening!

- Allan Storjohann

Asparagus

• Mary Washington
• Jersey Giant
• Jersey Knight

Beans

• Kentucky Wonder (pole)
• Blue Lake
• Contender
• Provider
• Top Crop

Beets

• Detroit Dark Red
• Red Ace
• Early Wodner Green Top

Broccoli

• Calabrese
• DiCicco
• Emperor
• Green Comet
• Pack Man

Brussel Sprouts

• Jade
• Prince Marvel

Cabbage

• Golden Acre
• Emerald Cross
• Stonehead
• Early Flat Dutch
• Savory Ace
• Red Ace
• Ruby Ball

Cantaloupe

• Bush Musketeer
• Ambrosia
• Burpee Hybrid

Carrot

• Gold Pack
• Imperator
• Danvers Half Long
• Chantenay
• Scarlet Nantes Half Long

Cauliflower

• Burpee Early White Hybrid
• Early Snowball
• Snow Crown

Chard

• Fordhook Giant
• Lucullus

Corn

• Early Sunglow (63 days)
• Early Xtra-Sweet (85 days)
• Jubilee (85 days)
• Kandy Corn (SE) (89 days)
• How Sweet It Is (SS) (87 days)

Collards

• Champion
• Georgia

Cowpea

• Purple Hull
• Black Eye Pea
• Crowder

Cucumber

• Marketmore 80
• Straight Eight
• Victory
• County Fair
• Burpee Hybrid II
• Spacemaster
• Suyo Long Burpless

Eggplant

• Black Beauty
• Burpee Hybrid
• Ichiban Improved Long

Kale

• Red Russian
• Blue Vates

Kohlrabi

• Early White Vienna
• Early Purple Vienna

Lettuce

• Salad Bowl
• Buttercrunch
• Grand Rapids
• Ruby Red
• Little Gem Romaine

Orka

• Clemon Spineless
• Annie Oakley
• Dwarf Green Long Pod
• Blondy
• Lee

Onion

• Candy
• 1015Y Texas Super Sweet
• Sweet Spanish, White, and Yellow
• Red Burgundy
• White Bermuda
• Granex, White, and Yellow
• Vidalia
• Texas Grano

Peas

• Little Marvel
• Alaska
• Wando
• Sugar Snap (edible pod)

Peppers

• California Wonder (Sweet)
• Yolo Wonder (Sweet)
• Lady Bell (Sweet)
• Bell Boy (Sweet)
• Sweet Banana (Sweet)
• Hungarian Wax (Hot)
• Jalapeno (Hot)
• Anaheim (Mildly Hot)

Potatoes

• Norland (Red)
• Red Pontiac (Red)
• Kennebec (White)
• Irish Cobbler (White)
• Yukon Gold (Yellow)
• Red La Soda
• Red Gold

Pumpkin

• Autumn Gold
• Lack O Lantern
• Small Sugar Pie

Radish

• Champion
• Scarlett Globe
• Cherry Belle
• White Icicle

Spinach

• Bloomsdale Long Standing

Summer Squash

• White Patty Pan
• Early Prolific Yellow Straight Neck
• Pic N Pic Yellow Crook Neck
• Sundance Yellow Crook Neck
• Parks Green Whooper Zucchini
• Black Zucchini

Winter Squash

• Bush Table Queen Acorn
• Jersey Golden Acorn
• Butter Cup (Turban shaped)
• Waltham Butternut (Bottle Shaped)
• Early Butternut Hybrid
• Vegetable Spaghetti

Sweet Potato

• Centennial
• New Golden Jewell
• Vardaman

Tomatoes

• Sungold (57)
• Glacier (58)
• New Girl (62)
• Early Girl (62)
• Sweet One Million (65)
• Super Sioux (70)
• Crimson Fancy (75)
• Parks Whooper (75)
• Brandywine (78)
• Celebrity (80)
• Big Rainbow (90)
• Lucky Cross (90)
• Cherokee Purple (80)
• Big Boy (80)
• Beef Master (80)

Turnip

• Purple Top White Globe
• Seven Top (greens)
• Tokyo Cross

Watermelon

• Crimson Sweet
• Royal Sweet
• Burpee’s Sugar Bush
• Sugar Baby
• All Sweet
• Black Diamond
• Charleston Gray
• Jubilee or Royal Jubilee

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