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ARUGULA ‘WILD ARUGULA’
Terra Organics, LLC
•Crisp spicy flavor
•Annual plant for sun or shade
•Low growing plants perform
wonderfully in containers
•Harvest 45 days from sowing seed
•Diplotaxis tenuifolia
ARUGULA ‘WILDFIRE’
The Cook’s Garden
•Infuses salads with a big spicy kick
•Puree the leaves for a spicy green
sauce or add pizzazz to a pizza
•Annual grows in full to part sun
•Harvest 35-49 days from sowing seed
•Eruca sativa
BEAN ‘FURANO’
Syngenta Seeds Inc.
•Soon to become the next standard for
Romano-type beans
•Exceptional eating quality enhanced
by low fiber
•Upright bush habit for ease of harvest
•Phaseolus vulgaris
BEAN ‘JADE II’
Syngenta Seeds Inc.
•Vigorous bush habit
•Huge yields of straight, 5-7” long pods
•Produces quality dark green pods later
in the season than other beans
•Staking not required
•Phaseolus vulgaris
BROCCOLINI ‘ASPIRATION’
Sakata Seed America, Inc.
•Now available to home gardeners!
•Tender and mild from stem to top
•Harvest central shoot first and the
plant will set 3-5 side shoots
•Matures 60 days from transplant
•Brassica oleracea
CELERY ‘PEPPERMINT STICK’
Seeds By Design, Inc.
•True culinary delight
•Long stalks stay red when cooked
•Slow to bolt
•Let plants bolt to use seed for spice
•Matures 80-90 days from transplant
•Apium graveolens
Chive ‘Cha Cha Chive’
The Cook’s Garden
•Chic and fanciful striking chive
•Remarkably cold hardy plants
•Harvest by plucking the lovely
leafette flower head
•Sun loving perennial herb
•Allium tuberosum
CORN ‘ON DECK HYBRID’
W. Atlee Burpee & Co.
•Phenomenal container sweet corn
•Sets 2-3 ears even in containers
•Delectably sweet 8-inch long yellow
and white bicolor ears
•Grows a maximum of 5 feet tall
•Zea Mays
CUCUMBER ‘EXCELSIOR’
Johnny’s Selected Seeds
•High-yielding pickling cucumber
•Excellent flavor
•Deep green, blocky, 4-5” long fruit
•American-style spines
•Vigorous, balanced plant with
consistent fruit setting
•Cucumis sativus
CUCUMBER ‘MANNY’
Harris Seeds
•Gourmet quality mini cucumber with
light sweetness and tender skin
•Plants set fruit without pollination
•Try it in a large patio pot with trellis
•Powdery Mildew protection
•Cucumis sativus
EGGPLANT ‘OPHELIA’
Johnny’s Selected Seeds
•Round to egg-shaped fruits average
2.5 to 3” long by 1.75 to 2.25” wide
•Sometimes produced in clusters of 3
•Sturdy plants have compact growth
habit with few spines
•Adaptable for garden and container
• Solanum melongena
LETTUCE ‘RELIC’
Harris Seeds
•Improved Red Deer Tongue variety
•Gorgeous deep reddish-maroon leaf
•Mild flavor and buttery texture
•Resistant to Downy Mildew
•Latuca sativa
LETTUCE ‘SANTA FE’
Terra Organics, LLC
•Small ruffled heads surrounded by
green outer leaves tinged bronze-red
•Extra crunchy
•Selected in the desert Southwest
•Excellent heat tolerance
•Latuca sativa
LETTUCE ‘TRI COLOREDROMAINE BLEND’
Terra Organics, LLC
•Popular color blend of ‘Freckles,’
‘Silvia’ and ‘Vivian’ romaine lettuces
•Vigorous growth
•Sow every two weeks for continuous
fresh salad greens
•Harvest in 50 days from sowing seed
•Latuca sativa
MELON, CANARY ‘TWEETY HYBRID’
Botanical Interests, Inc.
•Deliciously sweet with undertones of
cantaloupe and tropical fruit
•Early maturing, 60-70 days from seed
•Disease resistance to Fusarium Wilt,
Gummy Stem Blight and Alternaria
•Fruit stores well after harvest
•Cucumis melo
MUSTARD ‘PURPLE WAVE’
Terra Organics, LLC
•Pleasantly hot and spicy flavor
•Adds texture and color to any salad
•Excellent in a braising mustard blend
•Open pollinated cultivar
•Harvest 70-80 days from sowing
•Brassica juncea
ONION ‘TEXAS LEGEND’
Dixondale Farms
•Large uniform bulb up to 3 pounds
•Sweet and mild flavored
•Enhanced healthful compounds
•Harvest in 107 days
•Available only at Dixondale Farms
•Allium cepa
PEA ‘AVALANCHE’
Johnny’s Selected Seeds
•Fancy, dark green snow peas
•Harvest at 2.5 inches for extra fancy
•Vines averaging 36 inches produce
more tendrils than typical peas
•Tendrils make excellent garnishes
•May be grown with or without support
•Pisum sativum
PEA ‘BLUE BANTAM DWARF’
The Cook’s Garden
•Burpee exclusive introduced in 1902
•Deliciously flavored heirloom variety
•Bountiful blue-green 6-inch pods with
8 berries per pod
•Packed with vitamins A, C and folate
•Pisum sativum
PEPPER ‘BELLINA’
Floranova Ltd/Vegetalis
•Ornamental and edible
•Perfectly suited to containers and
hanging baskets
•Abundance of sweet, mild, snack
sized 1-2oz red bell peppers
•Harvest 75-80 days from transplant
•Capsicum annuum
PEPPER ‘HUNGARIANCHEESE HYBRID’
The Cook’s Garden
•Tasty thick-walled, flat oblate fruit
•Great for stuffing or as a serving dish,
Hungarian recipe stuffs with cheese
•Extremely long-storing on the shelf
•Perfect for preserving, canning, jarring
•Capsicum annuum
PEPPER ‘LUNCHBOX’
Johnny’s Selected Seeds
•Colorful lunchbox snack peppers
•Remarkably sweet
•Intensely flavorful
•Immediate hit in salads and as a snack
•Tall strong plants
•Capsicum annuum
PEPPER ‘MAMA MIA GIALIO’ F1
Seeds By Design, Inc.
•Sweet flavored golden Marconi-type
•Great yield – 20 to 25 per plant
•Elongated shape - up to 15 inches long
•Harvest 80-90 days from transplant
•Capsicum annuum
PEPPER ‘RIGHT ON RED’
Sakata Seed America, Inc.
•Thick walled Hungarian cheese pepper
holds any filling deliciously
•Sweet flavor - enjoy raw or baked
•Prolific plant will produce 12 peppers
•Harvest mini-sized 2 to 3-inch peppers
55 days from transplant
•Capsicum annuum
PEPPER ‘SWEET PETITE COLOUR BLEND’
Geo. W. Park Seed Co., Inc.
•Rainbow mix of brilliant colored
fun shaped mini sized peppers
•Firm, crunchy deliciously sweet
raw or cooked – kids love them!
•For eye-catching canapés, salad
accents, kebabs and stuffed treats
•Capsicum annuum
PEPPER ‘SWEETY’
Harris Seeds
•Exceptionally sweet and fruity tasting
miniatures just 4 inches long
• Harvest up to 25-50 peppers per plant
•Medium sized, space-saving, generous
yielding plants for garden or patio pot
•Tasty raw, roasted, grilled, or stir-fried
• Capsicum annuum
PUMPKIN ‘CINDERELLA’S CARRIAGE’ F1
Seeds By Design, Inc.
•Hybrid Cinderella type
•Flattened shiny red/pink smooth fruits
are a decorative fairytale treat
•Nutty tasting 40 pound fruit
•In 110 days harvest 2-4 pumpkins from
vines spreading 3-4 feet
•Cucurbita pepo
PURSLANE ‘GOLDEN’
Botanical Interests, Inc.
•Expand your salad greens selection with
this mild lemony domesticated purslane
•Highly nutritious - rich in vitamins A and
C, minerals and omega-3 fatty acids
•Begin harvesting tender shoots and
leaves when plants are 3-4 inches tall
•Portulaca oleracea sativa
RADISH ‘BUTTER GLOBE’
Seeds By Design, Inc.
•Unique ultra sweet, mild almost
creamy texture
•Slow to bolt
•Roots can be harvested from 2
inches to 6 inches
•Harvest 30 days from sowing seed
•Raphanus sativus
SQUASH ‘AMERICAN TONDO’
Seeds By Design, Inc.
•Novelty colored vining pumpkin
•100 days to maturity
•Large 9-15 pound 10” globe shape
•Yellow/orange rind with green
stripes between the big ribs
•Cucurbita pepo
SQUASH ‘HOPI ORANGE’
Terra Organics, LLC
•Attractive autumn squash with
dark orange fruit
•Tasty, deep yellow-orange fibrous
flesh good for baking and roasting
•Fruits weigh 10-15 pounds
•Resists squash bugs
•Cucurbita maxima
SWISS CHARD ‘PEPPERMINT’
Sakata Seed America, Inc.
•Uniform, highly ornamental plants give
appearance of peppermint candy
•Fast growing – 60-65 days to maturity
•Glossy, savoyed green leaves
•Ideal as edible or ornamental bedding
plants
•Beta vulgaris
TOMATO ‘MIGHTY SWEET’
Burpee Home Gardens
•Small-sized, flavorful grape tomato
•Highly nutritious – has 45% more
lycopene which helps fight disease
•“Snackable” 1.5 oz. sweet red fruit
•High yielding plants require staking
•Harvest in 65 days from transplant
•Solanum lycopersicum
TOMATO ‘MOUNTAIN MAGIC’
Bejo Seeds Inc.
•Vigorous semi-indeterminate tomato
•Produces in abundance for an
extended period of time
•High sugar, great flavor stands in
comparison to heirloom types
•Excellent disease resistance
•Long shelf life
•Solanum lycopersicum
TOMATO ‘ORANGE FIZZ/SCARLET FIZZ’
Territorial Seeds Inc.
•Vigorous indeterminate plants with
mini-plum shaped fruits
•Burst of sweet flavor followed by a
rich tomato finish
•Heavy yields of crack-resistant fruit
•Lycopersicon lycopersicum
TOMATO ‘SUN PEACH’
Johnny’s Selected Seeds
•Very sweet with excellent flavor
•Deep pink, shiny cherries are borne
on long trusses
•Vigorous, healthy, high-yielding
indeterminate plants
•Resistant to leaf mold and cracking
•Solanum lycopersicum
TOMATO ‘SUPER SAUCE HYBRID’
W. Atlee Burpee Co.
•At 2 lbs, one tomato can fill a
sauce jar all by itself!
•Luscious red, meaty, nearly
seedless - jam-packed with flavor
•5.5’ tall super-prolific plants
•Harvest 70 days from transplant
•Lycopersicon esculentum
TOMATO ‘WINDOW BOX YELLOW’
Seeds By Design, Inc.
•Compact yellow cherry tomato
with sweet mild flavor
•Great for containers or planted
with other annual ornamentals
•Harvest 50 days for sowing seed
•Lycopersicon esculentum
WATERMELON ‘YELLOW SWEET GEM’
Terra Organics LLC
•Beautiful sister to ‘Crimson Sweet’ has
a tough light green rind with small dark
green stripes
•Blocky oval melon weighs 25 pounds
•Bright yellow flesh with high sugars
•Harvest 80-95 days from sowing seed
•Citrullus lanatus