Garden

Cultivars I plan on growing in 2007:

Beans:

Case Knife Pole, 60 days. See my seeds page for info.
Burpee's Golden Pole, seed collected in 1971. 60 days. Pods wide, flat, yellow, 5.5 to 6 inches long. Stringless, meaty, fine flavor. White seeds. Breeder and vendor: W.A. Burpee Co. Parentage: plant selection from unknown European cultivar. Characteristics: early, completely stringless and fiberless at all stages, bears from bottom of plant and has exceptionally fine flavor and bright color. Similar: Golden Cluster Wax. Adaptation: wide. Burpee Catalog 1954.
Golden Lake Wax Pole, seed collected in1961. 60 days. Climbing wax bean for West of the Cascades. Smooth pods smaller in diameter than Blue Lake. White seeds, matures 7-10 days later than Blue Lake. Resistant to CBM and leaf rust. Better for canning than freezing. Breeder: State College of Washington, West. Washington Expt. Sta., Pullman. Vendor: various seed companies. Parentage: F7 of Puregold x Blue Lakes 65. Characteristics: pods golden yellow and considerably smaller in diameter than Blue Lake but about same length. Resistance: common bean mosaic. Similar: Blue Lake. Adaptation: Blue Lake area. Wash. State College Circ. 444.
Purple Podded Pole: Heirloom variety found by Henry Field's in an Ozark garden in the 1930's. Probably northern European origin. Plants climb vigorously to 6' and are extremely productive. High quality, meaty and stringless 1/2" x 5-7 inches long. Long purple pods blanch to light green. Seed Savers Exchange.
Gold Mine bush bean: Plants yield early and need no support. Gold Mine.55 days. Very high yields of crisp, ultra-sweet wax beans are borne on compact and unusually upright plants. The beans grow together in clusters that make harvest a snap. Beans are 5-5-1/2" long. Burpee.
Filet Bean, Fordhook Standard, the sweetest filet bean ever. 57 days. Let your search for a sweeter whole bean end here, this is the sweetest one we've ever developed. These sweet and crunchy gems produce slim, straight beans of variable size that are just good to eat. In the garden, it produces smaller leaves than many green bean varieties. Burpee.

Heavyweight II Like the original but more productive. We've added improved disease reistance to last year's best selling bean! Like the original, Heavyweight II is the most productive bush bean we have ever seen. Stocky plants are only 18" tall and produce huge handfuls of sweet tender pods fully 8" long. Ready to harvest in about 53 days. Burpee.

Dragon's Tongue Dutch wax bean that has large 6-8" cream-colored pods with thin purple stripes that disappear when blanched. Wide, extremely crisp and juicy stringless pods. Compact high yeilding plants. Bush habit, 55-60 days. SSE.

Fortex Pole Growing to over 11", Fortex has the longest pole bean pods, and they may be picked young at 7" in length for extra slender, tender, "filet" beans. Dark green, firm-textured, round pods are completely stringless and delicious at all lengths, even after the seeds enlarge. Walnut brown seeds.

Goldfield Delicious, fleshy bright yellow broad, flat podded, stringless waxpod, 25cm (10 inches) long and 25mm (1 inch) wide. Good early plant vigour and early to pod continuing throughout the summer. Decorative in both flower and vegetable gardens. *CBMV resistant.

Mantra An early prolific cropper, suitable for growing either under glass or outdoors. Producing sweet flavoured flat, mid green stringless pods up to 10in. long. Resistant to Bean Common Mosaic Virus.

Williams Family Alabama Cutshort, Uncle Steve's Italian Pinto, Kentucky Wonder 191, Williams River, Mennonite Purple Stripe.

Beets

: Cylindra. A unique long and cylindrical beet gives 3 to 4 times more uniform slices than round beets. Sweet, dark red roots are 8" long, 1-3/4" across. Burpee.

Tomatoes:

The list of tomatoes includes Black Pear,

Black Pearl,

Costa Luta de Marmande, Greenbush Italian,

Wisconsin 55 Gold - discovered by my Master Gardener instructor, Dr Raabe.

Wisconsin 55 Yellow/Gold is a yellow mutant of Wisconsin 55 (This splendid cultivar represents some of the last focused open pollinated tomato breeding done at the University of Wisconsin in the early 1950's. by J.C. Walker, who was actually a plant pathologist. Shortly after that time, breeding efforts shifted to F1 hybrids and this was among the varieties that were nearly forgotten.) that Dr. Robert Raabe, professor emeritus UC Berkeley, found growing in a field of the original Wisconsin 55 growouts in 1953/54 when he was a student tending fields and picking fruit for processing. Raabe saved some seeds as a curiosity. He's grown them for them 50 years since because he likes them but never thought there would be widespread interest in such a thing until Alison Stewart got excited about it and asked him for seeds. Raabe gave Alison some seedlings from which she got a supply of seeds some of which she sent to Martin Longseth, a champion of Wisconsin 55. This tomato grows hardy plants under harsh conditions in shallow soil and makes thick walled, dense tomatoes suitable for canning and slicing. WI-55 Gold seems tolerant to disease, heat, heavy rain, and survives bug infestations while producing relatively blemish free fruit without cracks that ripen to a very pretty yellow/gold color that is not orange.

Polish, Black Russian, Pruden’s Purple, Pink Brandywine, Siskiyou Plum, Bolivian Wonder,

Tomcat Hyb 69 days. This cluster type stores well on and off the plant, making it a good choice for home garden and fresh market. Bright red, 3-1/2 to 4 oz fruits are uniform, with excellent flavor, texture and appearance. Plants have an open habit with short intermodes for easy harvesting. Indeterminate,

Experimental 2000 Hyb,

Amish Paste, Very productive heirloom from Wisconsin that produces up to 1-pound, deep-red oxheart-shaped, meaty fruit. (Probably one of the largest paste tomatoes) Lots of sweet, tomatoey flavors from this coreless meaty fruit. A great slicing and sauce tomato.

Japanese Black Trifele The Japanese Black Trifele Tomato (Russian: Tomat Jaapani trüffel) features an absolutely wonderful flavor that possesses an extraordinary richness. Unlike many other black varieties, the tomatoes yielded are blemish free and are not subject to cracking. Black Trifele is one of the very darkest black tomato varieties available. Determinate. 80 days.

Red Lightning, Super Marmande, Pink Saladette, and Early Girl. Three of these are hybrids, the rest are OP.

Asian Vegetables from Kitazawa Seeds:

Early Mibuna; This traditional Japanese green is cultivated in Mibu, in the Kyoto prefecture. An early open pollinated mibuna variety, this vigorous grower is tolerant to both heat and cold. The leaves add a mild mustard flavor to a fresh green salad. They are delicious lightly steamed with a soy dressing, and are also commonly used for pickling. 30 days.

Red Noodle Yard Long Bean. The unusual red color of this yard long bean is familiar in southern China. The beans can grow up to 22" long. The plant is heat tolerant and grows vigorously. The bean will lose its red color when cooked. These beans are stringless, sweet and tender. Cut into 2" sections and deep fry, stir-fry, steam or add to soup.

Cabbage:

Earliana and Fast Ball, One of the earliest varieties. Small deep round green heads, up to 4.5 to 5 inches across. Superb flavor, weigh in at 2lbs. or more. Ready in 60 days after setting plants in garden. Burpee.

Cucumbers:

Early Pride Hybrid. 55 days. Bears huge crops of gorgeous cukes. Harvest starts early and keeps on producing for many weeks. Dark green fruits are 8-1/2" by 2", with crisp, juicy flesh. Plants are powdery mildew and mosaic tolerant. Burpee Bred.

Cocino F1
Cropping: Harvest June to October. Description: Perfect lunchbox snacks, these exciting little 'cucino' fruits can be eaten straight from the plant without peeling. Crisp, flavorsome mini-fruits are produced prolifically throughout the season indoors or in a sheltered position outdoors. Thompson &Morgan. I am dehybriding this one starting this year.

CUCUMBER INGEGNOLI LONG GREEN

(68 days) A nearly seedless Heirloom from the brothers Fratelli & Ingegnoli of Italy. Famous in the area of Milan where the brothers hail from. Known in Italy as 'Verde Lunghissimo d'Ingegnoli'.

Onions:

Purplette (OP) H 60 days. For an exciting new change in your onion bed, grow Purplette. This purple jewel is an eye catcher in so many ways. When harvested young, this unique purple-skinned mini onion is picture perfect for bunching or pickling. Allowed to mature it produces attractive main season size bulbs, with great eating qualities.

CIPOLLINI ONION BORETTANA (105 days) Gourmet yellow Italian cipollini onion, with classic button shape. A neutral day type with average storage ability of around 4 months. Mild well developed flavor making it our number one recommended and requested cippolini.

Okra:

Red Velvet, Organic
60-70 days. An abundant producer of scarlet red pods, leaves and stems. Plants yield tender, slightly ribbed 3-6" pods, best used in gumbos. Burpee.

Annie Oakley II Hybrid Early hybrid is adaptable, even for the North, Meaty pods are big, spineless and plentiful, with exceptional full-bodied flavor. 48 days.

Squash:

Summer Squash Scallop Mix A trio of miniature Patty Pan squash A value packed trio of miniature Patty Pan types, colorful and especially flavorful. You'll love growing and using Creamsicle, Peter Pan and Sunny Delight in your favorite recipes. 50 Days.

Zucchini Butterstick Hybrid Bright yellow zucchini with firm texture and sweet, nutty flavor. Bright yellow fruits have white flesh with firm texture and sweet, nutty flavor. Prolific plants with single-stem habit, have a long harvest period. Butterstick hybrid produces a yellow straight-neck squash on a zucchini type plant. Proven tops for performance, flavor and wide adaptability. Burpee bred. Ready to harvest starting in just 50 days.

Orange Dawn F1 Hybrid (Organic) Crops in:120 Days. Outstanding nutty flavor, 'orange kabocha' type packed with vitamin C. The grapefruit sized fruits on semibush habit plants, store extremely well. Use for baking and roasting.

Orange Sunshine Kabocha. New last year! 2004 AAS Winner. Stunning, scarlet fruit. Beautifully tender flesh is smooth, sweet, and bright orange for baking, mashing, and pies. Highly rated in official All-America Selections trials throughout the United States and Canada. Sunshine is destined to become a recognized, one-variety squash genre in the market. The fruit appearance, eating quality, and short-vined plants are superior to other orange squashes. Avg. yield: 3-4 fruits/plant.

Winter Squash Lakota Lakota is as colorful as an Indian blanket with the fine baking quality of Hubbard. 85 days. Plant breeders have recreated a stunning winter squash once prized by the Sioux but long lost to cultivation. Lakota is as colorful as an Indian blanket with the fine baking quality of Hubbard. Fine-grained orange flesh is sweet and nutty. Mature fruits are 8" x 9". Burpee exclusive.

Jarrahdale, small and large butternuts, and Kosovo Blue Pumpkin.

Peas

Mammoth Melting Sugar (edible pod) This is by far the largest and finest of the snow peas. The vines are vigorous, frequently 5', and produce enormous pods for a long time. Pods average 5-6" and are thick and fleshy. They remain stringless and sweet longer than most others. Burpee

Victory Freezer 1948 All-America Selections Winner! 65 days. Pisum sativum. This bush type plant produces good yields of flavorful large 3" ½ long sweet peas. This variety has 7 to 8 peas per pod and and does not require trellising. It has excellent flavor and retains the color during freezing which makes it an excellent freezer variety. Perfect for small home gardens.- Breeder and vendor: Rogers Brothers Seed Company, Idaho Falls, Idaho. Parentage: Pride x Giant Hamper, distinct cultivar. Characteristics.: midseason, pods 3-3.5", freezer and garden type. Resistance: common fusarium wilt. Adaptation: wide. Seed World, 7 February 1947.

Peppers

Hot Pepper False Alarm Hybrid Jalapeno Pepper. 62 days. This new beauty with only the slightest hint of the heat brings savory jalapeno flavor to non-heat lovers everywhere. Even better, False Alarm makes compact plants that are barely 18" tall, yet smother themselves with thick-fleshed, 3" peppers.

Mulato Isleno 76 days. A dark green pepper that matures to a rich chocolate color. Dried, they're called Anchos in Mexico. Mulato is mildly pungent. Fully ripe fruit typically measure 3 inches at the shoulder and 6 inches long. Roasted and peeled, they are an essential ingredient in chile rellenos. Try Mulato Isleno for an authentic taste of Old Mexico.

Black Hungarian(OP) 70-80 days. If you’ve grown or considered using pepper plants in the ornamental garden, Black Hungarian will deliver the desired eye appeal. Green foliage with distinctive purple veining, the plant throws beautiful purple flowers when in bloom. Cultivate this ornamental edible close to the kitchen as the sturdy 31-35 inch tall plant yields loads of 3-4 inch long peppers that are shaped like a jalapeno, but shiny black, ripening to red. Mildly hot fruit with good culinary flavor. Highly ornamental and useful in the kitchen. Green foliage is highlighted by purple veins and beautiful purple flowers. Sturdy plants grow 30-36" tall. Produces abundant yields of 3-4" fruits similar in shape to jalapenos, but shiny black ripening to red. Good flavor. 70-80 days from transplant. Heat Scale:Sweet...0-1-2-3-4-5...Hot.

Pumpkins

Cinderella, Triple Treat.

Carrots

Sweet Treat Hybrid. Ready to harvest in about 70 days. Superb carrot flavor and delicious crunch these 5" sugary spikes are one of the best salad carrots we've ever pulled from the ground. Burpee Exclusive.

Burpee's A#1. Ready to harvest in approximately 70 days. It's got more flavor and sugar than other carrots, plus twice the vitamin A. It's super-sized too 10-12" long yet still tender and juicy. Taste how good a carrot can be! Burpee Exclusive.

Celery

(OP) 85 days. Ventura produces much more celery per plant than older Utah strains and has stronger-than-average seedling growth. The huge plants are 24-26 inches tall with 6-8 bright green, 11-13 inch long stalks that are slow to pith. Territorial.

Melons

Cantaloupe Hale's Best Jumbo (Heirloom) 80 days. Developed by a Japanese market gardener in California around 1920, this muskmelon became widely popular because it combined excellent flavor with earliness. Hale's Best is a beautiful oval melon deep green skin with golden netting. The flesh is an appealing salmon color, aromatic and sweet. Burpee.

Cantaloupe SuperSun Hybrid 88 days. Weighing in at a hefty 6-8 lbs. each, these enormous cantaloupes are sweet, juicy and deliciously mellow. Such exceptional flavor is very unusual in melons this large. Light netting and thick salmon flesh. Burpee exclusive.

Kosovo Camp Bondsteel Ananas melon

Basil

Green Ruffles Large, serrated and quilted leaves. Developed by our breeders to have large, serrated and quilted leaves. Enhances the flavor of tomato dishes. Height 24". Start early indoors or outdoors after danger of frost. Grows best in full sun. Annual.

Corn

Item Photo Chires Baby Sweet Corn Rare Miniature corn, ubiquitous in Chinese cuisine. Up to 20 ears per multistalked plant. Harvest 5 days after silks appear for fresh stir-fry, or dry for popcorn. Add perfect touch in wreaths for fall decorating.

Dwarf Blue Jade SU sweet corn.

Here are some photos from my Spring garden from last year.

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