2015 NGB New Varieties: vegetables

Vegetables

New Varieties For 2015

ARUGULA DRAGON’S TONGUE

Botanical Interests

•Delicious, bold, spicy flavor enjoyed in

salads, stir-fries, pasta dishes, pizzas…

•Beautiful scalloped leaves accented

with striking red veins and midrib

•Full-sized leaves in about 6 weeks

•Ideal for containers

•Diplotaxis tenuifolia

BASIL DOLCE FRESCA

PanAmerican Seed

•Sweet tender leaves with great

Mediterranean taste

•Maintains an attractive ornamental

compact shape perfect for containers,

borders or as a focal point

•Drought tolerant healthy 12-14” plants

•Harvest 60-80 days from sowing seed

•Ocimum basilicum

BASIL ROMANESCO

SEEDS BY DESIGN, INC.

•Glossy leaves have bright sweet flavor

•Tall bushy plants reach up to 26 inches

tall when flowering

•Leaves are slightly puckered/savoyed

•Harvest 65 days from sowing seed

•Attracts pollinators to your garden

•Ocimum basilicum

BRUSSELS SPROUTS HESTIA F1

Bejo Seeds, Inc.

•AAS Regional Winner (SE, M/SW)

•Erect plant maintains nice habit

•Up to 100 sprouts per plant

•Harvest 100 days from transplant

•Flavor improves deliciously when

temperatures dip into the 30’s

•Brassica oleracea

CABBAGE GREEN EXPRESS

TERRA ORGANICS, LLC

•Very sweet flavor

•Early 60 days from sowing seed

•Light green cabbage with white interior

•6 to 7 inch head weighs 3-3.5 pounds

•Best planted in spring season or over-

wintered in warm climates

•Brassica oleracea

CUCAMELON MOUSE MELON

Botanical Interests

•Also called Mexican Sour Gherkin

•Fruits taste similar to cucumbers with a

hint of tartness

•May be eaten fresh or pickled

•Long vines can be grown on a trellis, in

a container or hanging basket

•Melothria scabra

CUCUMBER PARISIAN GHERKIN F1•AAS 2015 Regional Winner (NE, M/SW)

•Crisp and sweet flavored

•Large yields process into pickles well or

enjoyed fresh in salads and slaws

•Semi-vining plants can be grown in the

garden or staked patio containers

•Harvest 50 days from sowing seed

•Cucumis sativusTerra Organics, LLC

LETTUCE SANDY•Organic sweet tasting oakleaf type

•Adds abundance of interesting texture

to patio containers

•Exceptional disease resistance to

powdery mildew and is slow to bolt

•Harvest baby leaf in 30 days, or in 50

days for loose salad heads

•Lactuca sativaTerra Organics, LLC

MUSTARD GARNET RED

•Very deep red leaves right from the

first true leaf stage

•Excellent in mixes like shown in photo

•Best planted in spring and fall

•Sow in garden or in containers

•Harvest in 40 days from sowing seed

•Brassica japonica

Terra Organics, LLC

PAK CHOI BOPAK F1

•AAS Regional Winner (NE, GL, M/SW)

•Tender leaves and crisp sweet stalks

taste great raw or cooked

•Classy 8-inch plant makes an attractive

“thriller” for patio pots

•Early - 60 days from sowing seed

•Brassica rapa chinensis

Bejo Seeds, Inc.

PEA BLUE SHELLING•Purple pods can be eaten as snow peas

•After vines are dry, harvest the grey

brown peas for soup/dry peas

•Lovely flowers can cover a trellis and

attract pollinators

•Plant in either spring or fall for a

wonderful multi use pea crop

•Pisum sativumTERRA ORGANICS, LLC

PEA PARSLEY PEA GARNISH

•Specially bred for its leafy tendrils

•Bold-beautiful tendrils for garnish/salads

•Harvest a few days after tendrils form

•Don’t allow to become over mature or

they will become tough

•Pisum sativum

JOHNNY’S SELECTED SEEDS

PEA TOM THUMB

•Exceptionally sweet heirloom snow pea

that has been planted since 1920

•Dwarf 6-8” bush snow pea can be

grown in either the spring or fall

•Can be grown in a pot or garden space

•Very early maturing in just 44 days

•Pisum sativum

TERRA ORGANICS, LLC

PEPPER JUPITER

•Large blocky 4 lobed 4.5 x 4.5” fruit

•Thick green walls ripen red and sweet

•Dense leaf canopy protects peppers

from sunburn

•Stocky 20 inch plant

•TMV disease tolerance

•Capsicum annuum

TERRA ORGANICS, LLC

PEPPER EMERALD FIRE F1

•Hot and tasty (2,500 Scoville units)

extra large jalapeno pepper

•Glossy, thick walled, very little cracking

•Prolific fruit set on 2-foot tall compact

plants with large leaf cover

•Harvest 90 days from transplant

•Capsicum annuum

SEMINIS

PEPPER FLAMING FLARE F1•Sweeter tasting Fresno type pepper

ideal for chili sauces

•Heat depends on how late in the

season the peppers are harvested

•Consistently produces larger fruits and

more peppers per plant

•Early maturing 75 days from transplant

•Capsicum annuumSEMINIS

PEPPER HOT SUNSET F1

•AAS Regional Winner (SE, HL, GL)

•Hot wax pepper (650 Scoville units)

•Thick-walled delicious and spicy fruits

•Large, healthy, vigorous plants produce

attractive fruits 85 days from transplant

•Xanthomonas Campestris Race 1-3,

(X3R) and TSWV disease resistance

•Capsicum annuumSEMINIS

PEPPER MALBEC F1

•Crisp thick walled heavy fruit

•4 lobed green to red bell peppers

•Very sweet at full mature red color

•Compact plants

•Try roasting for soups and spreads

•TMV disease resistance

•Capsicum annuum

SEEDS BY DESIGN, INC.

PEPPER PATIO FIRE AND ICE

•In 70 days produce super sweet, small,

yellow, orange, scarlet and red peppers

•Short compact plants under 10” tall

•Attractive ornamental edible

•Harvest 70 days from sowing seed

•Disease resistant to TMV

•Capsicum annuum

SEEDS BY DESIGN, INC.

PEPPER PRETTY N SWEET F1•First pepper that can be grown both as

an ornamental and edible “ornamedible”

•Harvest 1-ounce red, yellow and

orange peppers off the same plant

•Excellent in containers, kitchen garden

or annual beds mixed with flowers

•Harvest 105 days from sowing seed

•Capsicum annuumSEEDS BY DESIGN, INC.

PEPPER SWEET SUNSET F1•AAS Regional Winner (SE, HL, W/NW)

•Attractive colorful banana pepper tastes

great fresh or canned

•High yield of 15-20 fruits per plant

•Compact upright plants do not require

staking and can be grown in containers

•Harvest 85 days from transplant

•Capsicum annuumSEMINIS

PEPPER TASTY HABANERO SABROSO

•The leader in heat! Between 250,000-

350,000 Scoville heat units

•1-2” fruit ripens to a brilliant orange at

85-95 days on plants 32” tall

•Can be used in salsa, chili, or dried and

crushed for dish toppings

•Capsicum annuum

Grimes Horticulture, Inc.

PUMPKIN CINNAMON GIRL PMR F1

•Beautiful ornamental with excellent

eating quality as a sweet pie filling

•Short vines produce 3-4 fruits per plant

with only 24-30” between plants

•Pumpkins average 3-6 pounds

•Moderate resistance to powdery mildew

•Cucurbita pepo

Johnny’s Selected Seeds

PUMPKIN JARRAHDALE LARGE

•Attractive extremely uniform fruit

•Superb eating qualities

•Fruits weigh from 12-18 pounds

•Long shelf life

•Yield 2-3 fruits per plant

•Cucurbita maxima

JOHNNY’S SELECTED SEEDS

PUMPKIN KANDY KORN PLUS

•Small but mighty!

•Attractive 1-pound fruit with handles

sturdy enough for kids to carry around

•Bushy plants show intermediate

resistance to powdery mildew

•Plants are early (85 days from seed)

•Cucurbita pepo

Sakata America

RADISH ROXANNE F1

•Great tasting with no pithiness or

bleeding even at larger size

•Stays firm and solid, and holds well in

the garden

•Nice shape, color, size and uniformity

•Harvest 27 days from sowing seed

•Raphanus sativus

BEJO SEEDS, INC.

SQUASH BOSSA NOVA F1

•Sweet mild taste and smooth texture

•Beautiful dark and light green mottled

zucchini is easier to see during harvest

•Compact plants produce fruits earlier in

the season and produce three weeks

longer than comparison varieties

•Cucurbita pepo

SEMINIS

SQUASH BUTTERSCOTCH F1

•Small-fruited 1.25 lb. butternut with

unusually sweet taste

•Compact space saving vine resists

powdery mildew

•Suitable for container growing

•Harvest 100 days from sowing seed

•Cucurbita moschata

JOHNNY’S SELECTED SEEDS

SQUASH ITALIANO F1

•Italian zucchini with sweet firm flesh

•Holds its texture even after cooking or

grilling

•Bush plant produces a huge crop of

striped zucchini 7-8 inches long

•Flowers are very tasty when cooked

•Cucurbita pepo

SEEDS BY DESIGN, INC.

SQUASH Z’ORO

•Early maturing zucchini with uniformly

colored rich yellow fruits 6-8” long

•Extremely straight blocky fruits

•Prolific yielder well adapted to all

growing areas

•Harvest 45 days from sowing seed

•Cucurbita pepo

SAKATA AMERICA

STEVIA HEALTH PLUS SWEET HERB

•Perennial zones 11 and up

•Overwinter indoors in cold climates

•About 2 feet high at maturity

•Leaves are sweeter than sugar

•Harvest before flower buds open

•Stevia rebaudiana

Grimes Horticulture, Inc.

SWEET POTATO MAHON YAM

•Superior eating quality - extra sweet,

deep orange, stringless flesh

•Very good yields of uniform roots

even in Northern climates

•Excellent storage potential

•Certified organic

•Ipomoea batatas

JOHNNY’S SELECTED SEEDS

TOMATO CHEF’S CHOICE PINK F1•AAS 2015 Regional Winner (SE and GL)

•Very large yields of 12-14 ounce pink

beefsteak tomatoes

•Perfect acid to sugar balance make it a

must for any home chef

•Multiple Disease resistances

•Harvest 110 days from transplanting

•Solanum lycopersicumSEEDS BY DESIGN, INC.

TOMATO FIREWORKS

•Largest of the super-early red tomatoes

•One of the deepest red tomatoes

•Excellent flavored 6-9 oz. fruits

•The tasty sauce has a beautiful color

•Tall determinate healthy vines

•Staking required to support huge yield

•Solanum lycopersicum

SEEDS BY DESIGN, INC.

TOMATO HEIRLOOM

MARRIAGE GENUWINE

•Distinctive heirloom look and flavor

•Better garden performance

•Earlier and high yields, fewer blemishes

•Genuine is a cross between heirlooms

Costoluto Genovese and Brandywine

•Solanum lycopersicum

PANAMERICAN SEED

TOMATO KORALIK

•Vigorous semi-determinate cherry type

•Excellent sweet flavored bright red fruit

with a brix of 7-8%

•Produces surprisingly high yield with all

fruit on a truss ripening together

•Shows some tolerance to Late Blight

•Solanum lycopersicum

PRO-VEG SEEDS LTD.

TOMATO SUPERSAUCE

•This tomato wants to be tomato sauce!

•Large-fruited paste tomato

•Super-easy to peel - makes homemade

sauce a quick and easy meal

•Meaty, nearly seedless

•Packed with flavor

•Solanum lycopersicum

BURPEE HOME GARDENS

TOMATO SUPREMO

•Extra-large, mild, tasty, firm, bright red

•Wonderful fresh, easy to peel for

sauces, canning and freezing

•Hybrid sets loads of 5-6 ounce fruit

•Compact, determinate, highly disease

resistant plants

•Solanum lycopersicum

SAKATA AMERICA

WATERMELON TRIPLE BABY F1

•Personal sized icebox type

•Average weight of 8-9 pounds

•Sweet and juicy flavor

•Deep red flesh, very dark striped rind

•Seedless triploid melon

•Vines spread 32-36 inches

•Citrullus lanatus

SEEDS BY DESIGN, INC.