Newer Home Vegetable Cultivars for 2009
[Image: veggies]Keeping up with the latest vegetable cultivars is about like keeping up with the latest pop hit. University research takes time and money, so cultivar evaluation is not always on top of things that the seed companies are promoting.
This is a list of home garden vegetable cultivars that are new for our VEGETABLE PLANTING GUIDE Pub. 1980. The choices recommended in the guide are good to excellent, but these are the latest additions to that list as recommended by several universities in this southern region. They are also selections that are more commonly available through major home gardening seed suppliers. Local availability is up to local merchants.
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Snap Bean |
Valentino, Ambra, Caprice, Dusky, Grenable, Lynx, Nash, Shade |
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Pole Snap |
Volunteer, State |
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Beets |
ScarletSupreme |
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Broccoli |
Windsor, Patron, Triathlon, Greenbelt, Diplomat |
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Cabbage |
GoldenDynasty, RoyalVantage, SilverDynasty, BlueDynasty, RedDynasty, PlatinumDynasty, BlueThunder, Thunderhead |
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Cauliflower |
Freedom, Fremont, Graffiti (purple), Minuteman, Symphony |
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Collards |
Champion, MorrisHeading, TopBunch |
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Corn |
se type: WhiteOut, Avalon, SilverKing, Devotion and Temptation; sh type: XtraTender 372, 378, 270BC and 282BC, Accelerator, GSS 966, GoldQueen, IceQueen, Passion, HowSweet AAS, HoneyNPearl AAS |
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Cucumber |
Daytona, Stonewall |
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Pickles |
Jackson, Sassy, Vlasstar |
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Eggplant |
Gretel AAS, Casper, GhostBuster, NightShadow, Rosita, PingtungLong |
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Garlic |
GermanExtraHardy, N.Y.White |
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Okra |
North&South, Lee, Burgundy AAS |
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Mustard |
RedGiant |
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Lettuce |
Head: MightyJoe, Summertime; leaf: GrandRapids, Tango, SaladBowl; Ideal cos; butterhead: Adriana, Bennett, Esmeralda, Ermosa, Nancy |
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Kohlrabi |
Rapidstar |
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Onions, green |
EmeraldIsle, WhiteSpear, BunchingStar, Ishikura |
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Onions, bulb |
Century, YellowGranex |
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Cilantro |
Jantar, Santo |
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Pea, English/garden |
Novella II, Sparkle |
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Pea, Southern |
TopPick brown crowder, TopPick pinkeye, Colossus crowder |
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Pepper, Bell |
Declaration, Enterprise, Lafayette, PurpleBell; Tequila, PurpleBeauty |
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Pepper, Frying |
Aruba |
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Pepper, hot |
El Rey, Grande, Ixtapa, Mesilla, Nazas, ChillyChili AAS |
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Pumpkin, minismall |
BabyBoo, Bumpkin, Gooligan, Prankster, Trickster, WeeBLittle AAS |
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Pumpkin, large |
MammothGold, Phantom, NewMoon, GoldMedal, Merlin |
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Summer Squash |
Medallion crookneck; Fortune and Lioness straight necks; the zucchinis of Cash Flow, JusticeIII and Leopard plus GreenTint patty pan |
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Winter Squash |
HoneyBear AAS, ButternutSupreme, Ultra butternut |
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Tomatoes |
BHN 640 or 669, Florida 47, Floralina, CarolinaGold, Mountain Fresh Plus, MountainGlory, SolarFire, Talladega, HeatwaveII, Marcelino cherry, SunGold cherry, Smarty grape, romas of Muriel, BHN 410 and Picus |
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Watermelon |
Juliette, MardiGras, TopGun, GoldStrike; seedless types: Gypsy, Liberty, Matrix, Millennium, Imagination, CrunchyRed, TriX 212, Vanessa icebox and yellows of Buttercup or Amarillo |
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