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Vegetables

BEANS
     Royal Burgundy - burgundy bush bean
     Provider - green bush bean
     Rocdor - deep yellow bush bean
     Mascotte - green bush bean - nice for containers
     Red Swan - red bush bean
     Beurre De Rocquencourt -yellow wax bush bean
     Calima - bush bean with long slim pods
     Blue Lake - bush bean
     Blauhilde Bean - German heirloom, long vines.
     Chinese Red  Noodle Bean - long pole bean
     Taiwan Yard Long Bean - long pole bean
     Winged Bean Seed - Urizun Japanese
     Roma II - flat podded bean
​     Thai Solder - bush type tiger striped
     Moonshadow Hyacinth - ornamental & edible (young)


COLE CROPS
​ Broccoli, Brussel Sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Kale
     Broccoli - Marathon
              Green Magic
              Gypsy
               Natalina Di Fasano Cima Grande - Rabe
          Aspabroc - Broccolini
          De Cicco var. Italica
 Brussels Sprouts - Jade Cross
 Cabbage - Serpentine - Savoy type
            Stonehead
            Tete Noire - French, medium size, deep red
Cauliflower - Snowball Self-Blanching
             Snow Crown
              Romanesco Italia - Italian Heirloom
Kale - Red Russian, White Russian
                 Black Magic - 
                 Nero Di Toscana - Italian leaf Kale 

CUCUMBER
     Marketmore
     Regal
     Pic a Bushel
     Arkansas Little Leaf
     Eversweet 

     Bush Pickle
     Patio Snacker
     Sweet Slice
     Manny - a Beit Alpha type- small , 5-7" crisp textured. 
     Beit Alpha - Mediterranean, fine flavor, high yield,                    burpless, great shelf life, slicing or pickling.
     Indian Snake - India, crisp and delicious raw, cooked in curry, pickled, bigger and less bitter than Armenian cucumbers,  Fast growing, benefits from trellising.
EGGPLANT
     ​Little Fingers - narrow, straight, clusters, tender 4-5" long creamy white interior, few seed, tender skin.
     Picasso - dark purple, teardrop
     Ping Tung - Chinese Type, long and narrow up to 18" long 2" diameter.
     Patio Baby - container, high yielding, oval shaped
     Gretel - pure white fruit in clusters, slender with few seeds, harvest at 3-4", great for grilling or sautéing. 
     Hansel - Mini Oriental Purple - non bitter fruit, smooth and small, harvest 2-5". 
     Lis Tada De Gandia - striking elliptical egg shaped fruits 5-6" long with white and purple stripes, thin skin.
     Shikou - long Asia type, dark glossy fruit, 6-8" long, few seeds, tender skin and very white interior. 

GREENS
Komatsuna - mild mustardy flavor
Spinach - Bloomsdale, Green Beret, Lakeside, Nobel 
Swiss Chard -
       Fordhook - large green leaves, white stems
       Bright Lights - mix of yellow, red orange stems.
       Barese - delicate and tender, cut at 8" 

Tatsoi - mellow almost creamy flavor - tat chow,                    

BOK CHOY or Pak Choi
     Hedou Tiny - miniature bite size
      Shanghai Green Baby
      Hon Tsai Tai
      Pak Choi Bopak 
      Pak Choi Joi Choi.  

     
LETTUCE
​     Several varieties of leaf and loose head lettuce
       Black Seeded Simpson
       Red Salad Bowl
       Buttercrunch
​       Parris Island Cos


ONIONS
       New York Early - yellow, storage, heirloom
​       Akalama Salad Red
       Alisa Craig     
       Yellow Sweet Spanish
       Candy 
       Bunching Warrior
       Shallot - Creme Brûlée
       Leek - American Flag
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PEAS
    Norli  Organic
     Golden Sweet Snow 
     Sugar Snap
     Sugar Sprint
     Golden Sweet
     Sugar Magnolia
     Lincoln
     Little Purple
     Opal Creek
     Mammoth Melting Sugar
     Green Beauty

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SQUASH 
 Summer - Multipik
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 Zucchini - Black Beauty/Black Zucchini
                      Elite
Winter 
Honey Bear - Small Acorn

Honey Baby - Small Butternut
Honey Nut - Butternut
Orangette - 2# bright orange fruit with tan flecks.  Golden-orange interior, similar to spaghetti squash
Spaghetti - oblong fruit 8-10" yellow when ripe.


PEPPERS - red means hot, green means not.
     Anaheim Chili
     Carolina Reaper

     Cayenne Long Red Thin
     Cayenne Sweetness
     Cherry Pick
     Chiltepin Wild Chili
     Corno Di Toro Red
     Cubanelle
     Datil
     Early Sunsation
     Felicity
     Ghost
     Habanero Orange

     Hot Hungarian Wax
     Hot Portugal
     Jimmy Nardello
     Joe E Parker
     Jalapeno M
     King Arthur
     Large Red Cherry Hot
     Mucho Nacho

     Numex Easter - ornamental
     New Ace
     Orange Bell
     Pretty N Sweet
     Sureno Standard - Serrano chili type

     Sweet Banana
     Sweet Habanada
     Takara

     Thai Hot - ornamental but edible
     Thai Red Chili - 
      Time Bomb 
     Trident 

TOMATOES 
     Beefmaster - 80 days, beefsteak type
     Beef Steak - 90 days

     Big Beef - 73 days, 
     Big League - 65-70 days, Container gardens
     Brandywine - 90 - 100 days, heirloom w. flavor
     Celebrity - 70 days
     Early Doll - 55 days
     Fantastico - 50 days, grape, container garden, 
     Husky Red - 50 day,  container garden, large cherry
     Jet Star -  70 day, all round tomato, mid sized
     Mountain Merit -      
     Principe Borghese - 70 day, sun-dried tomatoes, 

     Red Robin Cherry - 55 day, extra sweet, dwarf, container
     Roma II - 75 day, paste type, pear shaped
     Rutgers - 80 day, HEIRLOOM, mild flavor, needs staking
     Sungold - 57 day, orange cherry,  sweet,  thin skinned
     Super Sweet 100 - 65 day,
red cherry, 

TOMATILLO - GROUND CHERRY
      Rio Grande Verde - large apple-green fruits 3-4oz. 
      Amarylla - ripe when yellow, firm and juicy
      Aunt Molly's - ground cherry, nice citrus flavor

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