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