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1 Vegetables HORTICULTURAL MU Guide PUBLISHED BY MU EXTENSION, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA muextension.missouri.edu Vegetable Planting Calendar Lewis W. Jett Department of Horticulture Planning and Planting Guides Min. Row Inches Days from Approx. Planting Space (in.) Between Depth Planting Vitamin Content* per Person per Year Seed for Hand Field Plants to Plant to Eating A C Vegetable Fresh Process 100 ft row Cultiv. Imple. in Row (inches) Stage l.u. /100 g mg RICH IN VITAMINS A & C Spinach 5 10 ft ft 1 ounce , Turnip greens 5 10 ft ft 0.5 ounce , Kale 5 10 ft ft 0.5 ounce , Collards 5 10 ft 0.5 ounce , Mustard greens 5 10 ft ft 0.5 ounce , Cantaloupe 3 5 hills 3 5 hls 0.25 ounce , Broccoli 5 10 plants 5 10 pl 0.5 ounce** , RICH IN VITAMIN A Carrot 5 10 ft ft 0.25 ounce ,500 5 Swiss chard 5 10 ft ft 2 ounces , Sweet potato pl , Winter squash 3 5 hls 0.5 ounce ,190 7 RICH IN VITAMIN C Tomato 3 5 pl 5 10 pl ounce** ground , staked Pepper 2 3 pl 0.5 ounce** Cabbage 3 5 pl 3 5 pl 0.25 ounce** Chinese cabbage 5 10 ft 0.5 ounce Cauliflower 3 5 pl 5 10 pl 0.25 ounce** Kohlrabi 3 5 ft 0.25 ounce Trace 37 OTHER GREEN VEGETABLES Asparagus roots rts 1 ounce years 1, Peas ft ft 1 pound Green beans, bush ft ft 1 pound pole 3 5 hls 3 5 hls 0.5 pound Okra 3 5 ft 5 10 ft 2 ounces STARCHY VEGETABLES Potato ft 10 pounds Sweet corn ft ft 0.25 pound Lima beans, bush ft ft 1 pound pole 3 5 hls 3 5 hls 0.5 pound Crowder peas ft ft 0.5 pound Peanuts pl 0.5 pound OTHER VEGETABLES Beans, wax ft ft 1 pound Beets 5 10 ft ft 2 ounces Cucumber 2 3 hls 3 5 hls 0.25 ounce Eggplant 2 3 pl 2 3 pl 0.5 ounce** Endive 3 5 ft 0.5 ounce , Lettuce, head 5 10 ft 0.25 ounce** Lettuce, all other 5 10 ft 0.25 ounce , Onions, dry ft 0.5 ounce Onions, green ft sets or plants Parsnips ft 0.5 ounce Pumpkin 3 5 hls 1 ounce ,400 Radish 5 10 ft 1 ounce Rhubarb 2 3 rts 2 3 rts years 20 6 Salsify ft 1 ounce ?? Squash, summer 2 3 hls 0.5 ounce Turnip ft 0.5 ounce Trace 18 Watermelon 3 5 hls 1 ounce * Vegetables are primary sources of vitamins A and C. They also are good sources of other vitamins and minerals. In addition, they provide important bulk to our diets. The figures for vitamin content were taken from USDA Handbook 8, Composition of Foods. Figures indicate amounts of vitamins per 100 gram sample (about 1 5 pound) for cooked vegetables unless vegetable is normally eaten raw. The average active adult needs about 5,000 international units (I.U.) of vitamin A and 75 milligrams (mg) of vitamin C daily. ** For direct seeding. Normally these vegetables are planted in the garden as plants. $1.00 G 6201 Printed on recycled paper

2 What variety should I plant? The varieties listed below represent the cream of the crop. They do not include all of the good ones. In selecting varieties, we primarily consider yield, quality and disease resistance as experienced under conditions. When should I plant? This depends on where you live. Find your county on the map to the right. Note which planting region you are in. In the table below, use the dates given for your region. If you live in the Ozark plateau area, note that you use north planting dates. This is because the higher elevation in your area brings later spring and earlier fall frosts. Some vegetables may be planted for a fall crop. When this is possible, a second set of dates is listed. Recommended vegetable varieties and planting dates ASPARAGUS BEANS bush, green pole, green half-runner types bush, yellow bush, lima pole, lima Jersey Giant Jersey Knight Jersey Gem Jersey King Jersey Prince Jersey Supreme Atlas UC157 F2 Mary Washington Provider Contender Hialeah Derby Strike Tendercrop Topcrop Royal Burgundy Kentucky Wonder Blue Lake Mountaineer State Striped Gold Crop Slenderwax Gold Mine Gold Rush Eureka Henderson Bush Fordhook 242 King of the Garden Speckled Christmas Page 2 G 6201 Buy 1-year-old crowns. May sow seed and grow plants. Cut lightly for first 2 years. Do not harvest the same year that you plant. UC157 F2 and Atlas can be grown in southern. Mosaic res., white seeded Mosaic res., heat tolerant, high yield Mosaic res., high yield Mosaic res., early high yield Mosaic res. Mosaic res., dark green, tender pods Mosaic res., stringless, high yield Pods turn green when cooked Standard pole bean with distinctive flavor Good eating quality Good yield. Pods light green Pods slightly curved. Some drought tolerance Vigorous, can be interplanted with corn Excellent quality Good yield, heat tol. White seed, mosaic res. Good yield Good yield Good yield Popular baby lima Reliable large seeded lima. Sets pods well in hot weather. Large seeded lima; good quality Large, speckled, full flavor planting regions 3/15 4/5 4/1 20 4/5 25 4/5 5/10 4/15 5/20 7/25 8/10 4/25 5/30 4/20 5/15 5/1 20 5/ /15 5/10 4/5 5/10 4/15 5/20 7/25 8/10 4/15 5/20 7/25 8/10 4/25 5/30 4/25 5/30 4/25 5/ / /1 15 5/ /15 25 bush, Italian Roma II Large, flat, distinctive flavor 4/15 5/15 5/1 20 5/10 25 soy, edible Hakucho, See comment Varieties not standard, use those available 4/25 5/20 5/5 20 5/10 25 dry, shelled Dwarf Horticultural Red Kidney Small, dry, white bean Red, kidney-shaped 4/25 5/15 5/5 20 5/10 25 BEETS Detroit Dark Red Wonder Tall Top Ruby Queen Crosby Greentop Red Ace Asgrow Wonder Rosette Formanova (Cylindra) Standard table beet, excellent quality Bright green tops for bunching Heat tolerant, high sugar content Hybrid, holds size well Dark red, cylinder-like shape 3/1 25 3/15 4/15 8/1 10 4/1 15 7/25 8/1

3 BROCCOLI BRUSSELS SPROUTS CABBAGE CARROT CAULIFLOWER CHINESE CABBAGE COLLARDS CORN, SWEET Yellow, sugar-enhanced Bi-color, sugar-enhanced Premium Crop Leprechaun Regal Green Comet Emperor Packman Green Valiant Goliath Arcadia Marathon Triathlon, large center heads, few side shoots, large beads, slightly domed, medium to small beads, firm domed head, side shoots, excellent center heads, large side shoots -mid, few side shoots, large heads, few side shoots small beads, firm head, large tight heads Late, tight head; Bacterial soft rot resistance Medium-late; excellent quality Late maturing; excellent quality 3/10 30 Jade Cross Hybrid, good quality 3/ /1 10 Stonehead Golden Acre Bravo Market Prize Savoy Ace Head Start Charmant Conquest Gourmet Green Cup Cheers Rio Verde Red Ace Royal Regal Red Ruby Perfection Nantes Improved Royal Chantenay Thumbelina Amina Sugarsnax 54 Bolero Snow Crown Snow Ball Andes White Sails Silver Streak Jade Pagoda Sumiko Georgia Vates Blue Max Hi Crop Legend Sweet Riser Incredible Bodacious Kandy Korn Tuxedo Sugar Ace Seneca Arrowhead Argent Trinity Sweet Chorus Temptation Sweet Symphony Lancelot Delectable Wizard White, sugar-enhanced Sweet Ice Seneca Sensation Alpine Silver King Very early, small head excellent quality Mid to late season; excellent quality Blue-green, widely adapted Good quality savoy type, medium size head, small head, medium size head, medium-large head, medium-large head Late-season, large head Late-season, large head Red, firm head Red, stores well Late, deep red color Stump root, best adapted to soils Blocky roots, adapted to heavy soil Round carrot for heavy soil Baby carrot, harvest at 3 in. High in beta carotene Excellent for fall carrots ; good for spring and fall Uniform, weather tolerant Open pollinated, internal black speck resistant/tolerant Late, for fall harvest spring, fall planting 50-day compact Napa type Used for cooking greens Used for cooking greens Blue-green leaves Blue-green leaves ; isolate from other sweet corns. ; isolate from other sweet corns. ; isolate from other sweet corns. ; isolate from other sweet corns. ; isolate from other sweet corns. 3/5 4/5 3/5 25 3/5 4/5 3/20 4/10 3/20 4/10 7/ /20 4/20 7/20 8/5 3/15 4/5 7/ /20 4/20 7/20 8/5 3/25 4/5 7/ /25 4/5 7/ /1 20 7/ /25 4/10 7/ /1 20 7/ /5 4/5 3/20 4/20 4/1 20 3/ /15 4/10 3/20 4/10 4/15 8/15 4/25 8/1 5/1 7/20 G 6201 Page 3

4 Yellow, supersweet Bi-Color, supersweet White, supersweet CUCUMBER Slicing Pickles Bush types EGGPLANT ENDIVE KALE KOHLRABI LETTUCE Leaf Challenger Saturn Endeavor Bunker Hill Flagship II Morning Star Primetime Zenith Candy Corner Everprime Festival Candy Store Crisp n Sweet 710A Phenomenal Summer Sweet 8102 Ice Queen SummerSweet 781 Ultra Vail Silver Xtra Sweet Even Sweeter Dasher II Marketmore 76 Superset Sweet Slice Sweet Success General Lee Revenue Poinsett 76 Lightning Speedway Thunder Calypso Carolina Francipak M Green Spear 14 Homemade Pickle Bush Pickle Little Leaf (H-19) Salad Bush Dusky Black Bell Beauty Classic Epic Ichiban Kiko Caspar Rosita Green Curled Full Heart Batavian Blue Armor Blue Knight Dwarf Curled Scotch Dwarf Siberian Grand Duke Hybrid Eder Tango Black Seeded Simpson Salad Bowl Tiara Glossy Green Green Wave New Red Fire Vulcan Sierra -Mid, dark green; concentrated set Dark green, dark green Sweet, burpless Grows seedless without pollination Very early Very early Very early to mid-season to mid-season Concentrated set Compact vine Slicer Extra-early; pear-shaped Deep purple Late, Black Beauty-type hybrid ; long, slim, tapered ; oval ; long, slender, oriental type -mid-season White, cylindrical ; lavender, long, cylindrical Deeply cut leaf margins, green ribs Also known as escarole, buttery texture Use when 2 2.5" in diameter, high yield Excellent for early spring Slow bolting; red leaves 4/15 8/15 4/25 8/1 5/1 7/20 4/25 5/30 5/5 30 5/ /1 20 5/ / /15 4/5 3/25 4/15 4/1 15 3/ /20 4/5 3/25 4/5 3/15 4/5 3/10 5/1 3/25 4/15 3/15 5/10 4/1 15 7/ /1 5/15 Page 4 G 6201

5 Butterhead Romaine Head MINT Peppermint Spearmint MUSKMELON (Cantaloupe) MUSTARD Buttercrunch Sangria Esmeralda Jericho Parris Island Great Lakes Summertime Ithaca Black Mitcham Robert s Mitcham Todd s Mitcham Murray Mitcham Scotch Spearmint Native Spearmint Athena Eclipse Legend Burpee Hybrid Supermarket Saticoy Ambrosia Starship Superstar Green Wave Savana ern Giant Curled Tendergreen 3/10 4/20 3/15 4/20 8/1 10 4/1 20 7/25 30 Heat tolerant 3/10 4/20 3/15 4/20 4/1 4/20 Medium net, oval shape; early-midseason Heavy net, round shape; mid-season Medium net, oblong shape; mid-season Large fruit; productive Musky flavor; productive Very good quality Peach colored; sweet Good size and netting Very large fruit Excellent quality; slow to bolt; medium green maturing hybrid, smooth leaves Curly leaf, heat tolerant Large, smooth leaf 3/ /20 4/25 3/25 4/5 4/5 5/10 4/15 5/20 4/25 5/30 4/20 5/15 5/1 20 5/ /10 5/1 3/15 5/1 3/25 5/1 NEW ZEALAND SPINACH New Zealand Hot-weather spinach substitute 3/10 5/1 3/20 4/20 4/1 20 OKRA Annie Oakley II Lee Clemson Spineless Hybrid Long spineless pods on dwarf plants Dark green 4/20 5/10 5/1 5/25 5/10 25 ONION Bulb Green PARSLEY PARSNIPS PEANUTS PEAS English (shell peas) Snap peas (edible-podded) Yellow Sweet Spanish White Sweet Spanish Sweet Sandwich Hybrid Copra Red Hamburger Norstar Cavalier Comanche Spano Beltsville Bunching Moss Curled Forest Green Dark Moss Curled Perfection All America Hollow Crown Spanish Jumbo Virginia Little Marvel Green Arrow Spring Knight Bolero Green Arrow Lincoln Sugar Bon Sugar Ann Cascadia Supersnappy Oregon Giant Snowflake Super Sugar Pod Late Seed slow to germinate, finely cut leaves Dark green, semicurled Surly leaf Flat leaf Large, tapered roots Seed slow to germinate Small, sweet, early Large, rich flavor Plants small but productive, early High yield, disease resistant, short vines Mid Mid to late, long holding in field Mid to late, very sweet Mid Mid, large pods Mid to late, large pods Late, dark green Late, long vines 3/ /15 4/15 3/25 4/15 3/20 4/10 4/1 20 4/ /20 4/10 4/1 20 4/ /25 5/15 5/5 25 5/ /1 30 3/15 4/10 3/25 4/10 3/1 30 3/15 4/10 3/25 4/10 G 6201 Page 5

6 ern peas (cowpea) PEPPER Sweet (bell) Hot POTATO (IRISH) White skin Red skin Russet skin PUMPKIN Mississippi Silver Pink Eye Purple Hull Marengo Gypsy King Arthur Paladin Golden Bell Acapulco Merlin Sentinel Vidi Boynton Bell Bell Captain Commandant Bell King Camelot X3R Enterprise Jupiter Ranger X3R Aladdin X3R Red Knight X3R Wizard Hungarian yellow Jalapeno Habanero Charleston Hot Scotch Bonnet Jalapeno Mitla Long Thick Red Ring of Fire Copacabana Irish Cobbler Kennebec Red Norland Dark Red Norland Redsen Red Pontiac Norgold Russet Russet Burbank Russet Norkotah Howden Biggie Jack-O-Lantern Jack-Be-Little Lumina Small Sugar Spirit Oz Spookie Connecticut Field Gold Rush Howden Jackpot Mother Lode Pankow s Field Wizard Pro Gold 500 maturing, brown crowder; use green or dry Bushy, vining to semi-vining plant, white with small purple eye Yellow at maturity, thick walls, yellow-green fruits, blocky green and red Excellent for green or red bell peppers Blocky, thick, sweet yellow, blocky, vigorous plant, blocky -mid-season, blocky; resistant to strains 1, 2 bacterial spot -mid-season, 4 lobes, long, Good for red peppers, blocky; resistant to strains 1, 2, 3 bacterial spot, long blocky; resistant to strains 1, 2, 3 bacterial spot, long blocky, long blocky; resistant to strains 1, 2, 3 bacterial spot, long blocky, blocky, blocky Excellent yellow bell pepper Excellent red bell pepper Resistance to bacterial spot Long, tapering Heart shaped; green to red color Late, very hot Nematode resistant, hottest Cayenne type Small round fruit, extremely hot Late, excellent, resistant to late blight, skins easily Very early, smooth, shallow eyes, resistant to scab Very early, good scab resistance; dark, deep red, smooth skin, shallow eyes, attractive red, round, smooth potato Late, good quality and yield Best russet, yield and quality good, good appearance with good baking quality Connecticut Field type, large Good for Halloween, Novelty minature for decoration White with orange flesh Small pie pumpkin, stores well Semibush type, hybrid Semibush plant produce 3 5 lb fruit lb fruit lb fruit lb fruit lb fruit lb fruit lb fruit lb fruit lb fruit 4/ /25 5/15 5/1 15 5/1 25 5/ / / /20 4/10 4/1 15 5/1 15 5/ /20 30 Page 6 G 6201

7 RADISH RHUBARB (crowns) SPINACH SQUASH Summer zucchini Summer yellow straightneck Summer yellow crookneck Summer patty pan types Winter acorn Winter butternut Winter buttercup Winter - hubbard Winter spaghetti SWEET POTATO SWISS CHARD Cherry Belle Champion Easter Egg Comet Red Prince McDonald Sutton Valentine Canada Red Victoria Bloomsdale Long Standing Melody Tyee Decatur Revenue Dividend Spineless Beauty Jaguar Puma Goldfinger Independence II Senator Lemondrop L Multipik General Patton Monet Dixie Prelude II Sunburst Scallopini Peter Pan Table Ace Seneca Autumn Queen Taybelle Table Queen Mesa Queen Butternut Supreme Nicklow s Delight Zenith Waltham Butternut Butterboy Buttercup Burgess Autumn Cup Blue Hubbard Vegetable Spaghetti Tivoli Beauregard Hernandez Jewel Centennial Lucullus Rhubarb Chard Small, globular, uniform, scarlet root Large, globular, mild Novelty, purple, pink, red, white Produces fewer seed stalks than McDonald Stalks dark red throughout, vigorous Stalks red, lighter than Canada Red Thick, crumpled (savoy), dark green leaves, best grown in spring, open pollinated Round, thick leaves, excellent quality Semi-savoy, excellent quality, heat tolerant, spring or fall Bush plant, medium green Open bush plant, medium green Medium green, good for late plantings Dark green, open bush plant Medium green Golden zucchini Good virus resistance Good producer Precocious yellow Precocious yellow Lemon yellow, highly curved fruit Good resistance to powdery mildew and certain viruses Dark, lemon-yellow fruit Dark green fruit Lime green fruit Light red skin, orange flesh; good sprout producer, high yields; early Copper skin, orange flesh Copper skin, orange flesh, orange flesh Light green, moderately crumpled leaves Crumpled, dark green leaves, red stem 3/10 5/10 3/15 5/1 8/1 25 3/25 5/1 3/ /1 20 4/ /10 5/1 3/20 4/20 4/1 20 7/20 8/10 5/1 30 5/ / /1 6/15 5/10 6/10 5/15 6/5 3/15 5/15 4/1 5/30 4/15 5/20 G 6201 Page 7

8 TOMATO TURNIP WATERMELON Seeded Seedless (triploid) Avalanche (F) 70 days* Beefmaster (VFN) 80 days Better Boy (VFN) 70 days Big Beef (VFFNT) 73 days Celebrity (AVFFNTSt) 70 days Florida 91 Florida 47 Floralina Jet Star (VF) 70 days Mountain Delight (VFF) Mountain Fresh (VFF) Mountain Spring (VFF) Mountain Supreme (VFF) Show-Me (F) 72 days Carolina Gold Just Right Hybrid Purple Top White Globe Royal Crown Seven Top All Top Carnival Crimson Sweet Fiesta Matador Regency Royal Jubilee Royal Sweet Sangria Sultan Summer Flavor 500 Crimson Trio Freedom Genesis Millionaire Nova Revolution Tri-X-Shadow SummerSweet 5544 SummerSweet 5244 Tri-X-313 Fandango Yellow Baby Med.-large, crack resistant, productive Large red beefstake type Med.-large, very popular Large fruit, smooth, indeterminate Mid-early, determinate vine, smooth; fair cracking resistance ; excellent quality ; heat set ; excellent quality Productive, smooth, low acid ; good cracking resistance ; good cracking resistance Midseason; excellent cracking resistance ; early blight tolerance Medium-large; crack resistant, productive Yellow fruit, grey wall resistance Flattened globe shape, all white Standard variety for root and greens Vigorous for root or greens Good for greens, root is not edible High greens producer. Does not produce roots Blocky, light green, striped, lb fruit Blocky round, green, striped, lb fruit Blocky, dark green, striped, lb fruit Long oval, dark green, lb fruit Dark green, striped, blocky oblong, lb fruit Light green, striped, long oval, lb fruit Light green, striped, blocky oval, lb fruit Dark green, striped, long blocky oval, lb fruit Light green, striped, oblong, lb fruit Medium green, striped, blocky oblong, Medium green, striped, globe-shaped, lb fruit Light green, striped, blocky long, lb fruit Dark green, striped, round shape, lb fruit Light green striped, oblong, lb fruit Dark green, striped, round, lb fruit Light green, striped, round oval, lb fruit Dark green, striped, round oval, lb fruit Light green, striped, oblong, oval, lb fruit Light green, striped, round oval, lb fruit Light green, striped, round oval, lb fruit Dark green, striped, oval, lb fruit Light green, striped, round, 9 12 lb fruit 4/20 5/10 5/ / /10 5/1 3/20 5/1 7/20 8/15 3/25 5/1 7/20 8/5 4/20 5/15 5/1 20 5/10 20 NOTE (tomatoes): F Fusarium wilt (race 1) resistant T Tobacco mosaic virus resistant * days from transplanting to harvest FF Fusarium wilt (race 1 and 2) resistant N Root knot nematode resistant A Alternaria stem canker resistant V Verticillium wilt resistant St Gray leaf spot (stemphylium) resistant OUTREACH & EXTENSION UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI COLUMBIA Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension Work Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture. Ronald J. Turner, Director, Cooperative Extension, University of and Lincoln University, Columbia, MO University Outreach and Extension does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability or status as a Vietnam era veteran in employment or programs. If you have special needs as addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act and need this publication in an alternative format, write ADA Officer, Extension and Agricultural Information, 1-98 Agriculture Building, Columbia, MO 65211, or call (573) Reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate your special needs. Page 8 G 6201 Revised 3/00, Reviewed and reprinted 5/03/20M

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