2017 Vegetable Varieties

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1 2017 Vegetable Varieties BEAN- BLUE LAKE BUSH: Get improved flavor and tenderness in a virtually stringless bean. It s a heavy producer over a long season, and is excellent fresh or frozen. We find the beans to be at their peak when 6.5 in. long. Enjoy a bountiful and extended harvest by picking daily. BROCCOLI- DESTINY: This mid-early, compact, heat-tolerant broccoli variety features medium-small green beads, a smooth dome and a round shape. A flavorful source of vitamins A and C. Suited for Fall harvest when planted in Summer. BRUSSEL SPROUT- JADE CROSS: A fine hybrid that produces high yields of deep green, flavorful 1/4 to 1 round sprouts on 28 plants. The plants are more compact than other varieties, which makes them less subject to wind damage. Its early maturity allows for later planting when cooler growing conditions are more favorable. CABBAGE- CHEERS: Cheers is very uniform and has a large frame with good wrap. This variety is moderately tolerant to heat and exhibits a high resistance to Fusarium Yellows and intermediate resistance to Black Rot. CABBAGE- RUBY PERFECTION: Ruby Perfection has strong tolerance to both heat and cold. Very late to burst, this variety produces solid heads with good uniformity. It has light resistance to Black Rot. Recommended for early to late CAULIFLOWER- SNOW CROWN: Offers quick growth and strong vigor, and it produces big yields of fully domed white heads up to 8 in. across, weighing 1 to 2 lbs. May be eaten raw, cooked, pickled or frozen. Snow Crown holds its eating quality for up to 10 days in the garden. May show a light pink blush when it matures in Summer s heat. CORN- HONEY N PEARL: 76 days to maturity; 9 in. yellow/white color.

2 CUCUMBER- BURPLESS: Sweet, dark green fruit, many seedless. Resists Watermelon Mosaic. CUCUMBER- BUSH PICKLE: Compact choice for small gardens or containers! Bears early, whitespined, 5-in. cukes in half the space needed by most vines. Cool, mild flavor. Scab and mosaic-tolerant plants. CUCUMBER- MARKETMORE: Prolific vines produce large, dark-green and non-bitter fruits. Produces consistently until frost. Resistant to viruses and disease. CUCUMBER- PATIO SNACKER: Produces an abundance of dark green cucumbers with great, bitter-free flavor and nice crunch. LETTUCE- BUTTERCRUNCH: Top-quality, Bibb-type variety with a buttery texture and 4 to 5-in. heads that are dark green outside, creamy yellow inside. Best picked minutes before your meal, this All-America Selections Winner is easy to grow. It prefers moderately moist, well-fertilized soil. Plant a few at two-week intervals for a continuous supply. LETTUCE- GREAT LAKES: This heritage, medium to large hearted Iceberg lettuce produces crisp, bright green leaved heads in 90 days. Lettuce Great Lakes stands well without bolting during hot summer weather. Sow successionally for continuous crops throughout summer. LETTUCE- MESCLUN MIX: Tasty, attractive blend of herbs and greens includes arugula, mizuna, tatsai, endive, chervil, radicchio and kale. You can harvest the leaves at baby stage days after sowing. LETTUCE- PARRIS ISLAND: Crunchy, sweet leaves, buttery-green heart, and vigorous growth are a few ways to describe Parris Island romaine. Developed by the USDA and Clemson University, this nutritional, lettuce with upright, dark green leaves will soon be a favorite in your garden. Heat tolerant and mosaic virus tolerant. LETTUCE- RED SALAD BOWL: This leaf lettuce grows large, upright plants with long, deeply lobed, burgundy-red leaves which form a large rosette for an early harvest. The inner leaves have a bronze glow. Red Salad Bowl is mild and not bitter. Plant it in spring, summer, and fall. LETTUCE- ALFRESCO MIX: Red and green leaf lettuces with arugula, endive and radicchio. Makes a delicious and nutritious salad.

3 LETTUCE- CITY GARDEN MIX: Mix of red and green lettuces makes a delicious and nutritious salad. LETTUCE- GLOBAL MIX: Red and green leaf lettuces with spicy Asian greens. LETTUCE- PICNIC MIX: A season extender! Heat-resistant, late-bolting mix of red and green lettuces. PEPPER- BANANARAMA: If you like tasty banana peppers, you ll love this whopper, which produces much bigger, meatier peppers on much smaller plants. These giant peppers start yellow and mature orange-red, so you can pick them at any stage you like. Great for pickles, salads or grilling. PEPPER- BARON: The aristocrat of bell peppers, bright red Baron is distinguished by high yields of blocky, 4-in. long fruits. Thick-walled, with heavy flesh, Baron is excellent for eating fresh, roasting and stuffing. PEPPER- BETTER BELLE II: Better Belle II yields plenty of shiny, 4.5-in. (11-cm) fruit that ripens from green to red. Thick-walled and tasty, it s perfect for slicing, stuffing or baking. PEPPER- CAYENNE LONG THIN: Very hot, tapered fruit with a twisted shape is thin-walled and twocelled days to maturity; 4-6 in. x 0.75 in. Green and red colors. PEPPER- CUBANELLE: Cubanelle is a thin-walled, long, tapered pepper with more flavor and a lower water content than other bell peppers. It s best picked when yellow-green for use in roasting or frying but can also be left to mature when it will turn orange-red. PEPPER- GOLDEN BELL: Large, bell shaped, golden fruit. Ideal for use in the home vegetable garden or large containers. Reaches full color in 80 days. Perfect for use in salads, sandwiches, savory snacks or cooked in a stir fry. PEPPER- HOT LEMON: This heirloom from Ecuador produces 3 to 4-in. fruits that ripen to yellow, but are also very flavorful when green. The skin is tender and the aroma is spicy with a hint of pine woods. As hot as any Cayenne, these peppers are best used fresh in sauces, or for drying. The more you harvest, the more your plants will produce!

4 PEPPER- HABANERO: One of the most potent hot peppers 100 times hotter than Jalapeño! Great for hot sauces and basting. PEPPER- HUNGARIAN HOT WAX: In about three months, you can begin harvesting these versatile, 6 to 8-in. long, yellow-to-red peppers. These hot, tapered fruits are great for pickling or drying, using in salsa or adding spice to any recipe. PEPPER- JALAPENO: I Enjoy big harvests of hot peppers that mature from green to dark red in about 75 days. Pungent, sweet-hot peppers deliver flavor and heat! PEPPER- PURPLE BEAUTY: Colored a rich, deep purple, they have terrific sweet bell flavor to go with their good looks. Peppers start green, shift to white, and then develop purple stripes that eventually cover the whole fruit. The purple skin contrasts beautifully with lime green flesh. PEPPER- RED CHERRY HOT: Hot Red Cherry peppers offer full-bodied flavor and moderate heat with sweet undertones. Plants bear profusely, yielding cherry-shaped green fruits that ripen to red if left unpicked. Cooks consider the small, fleshy peppers to be extremely good for pickling, preserving, and eating out of hand. PEPPER- SALSA GARDEN: Heavy yields of thick-walled, medium-hot peppers from a hybrid that was developed for making salsa. Great for adding a zesty kick to homemade salsas, but also chili and other dishes. Turn red as they mature. Resistant to tobacco mosaic virus. PEPPER- SUPER CHILI: Very productive, semi-compact plants produce upward-facing, cone-shaped chili peppers with a spicy flavor. Also good for ornamental use. 75 days to maturity; 2.5 x 1.5 in. Green and red colors. PEPPER- SWEET BANANA: Named for its banana-like shape, this variety bears sweet, mild banana peppers that mature from yellow, to orange, and then to crimson red. Plants fruit prolifically, easily producing up to 25 to 30 pods per plant. Banana peppers are great for frying and pickling, and are an excellent choice for making pepper rings for sandwiches. Great for containers. PEPPER- TIBURON: Tiburon produces extra-large fruit for stuffing or drying. This variety s fruit are shiny, dark green maturing to red and are mildly pungent. Tiburon has a large plant with continuous fruit setting for extended harvest.

5 PUMPKIN- BABY BEAR: Eight to nine pumpkins per vine. Long stems make good handles. 105 days to maturity; lb. PUMPKIN- HOWDEN: If you want to carve big pumpkins this Fall, plant Howden, one of the most traditional old-time favorites. Intense, bright orange pumpkins with defined ribs and strong handles grow from 10-ft. vines. These vigorous, spreading pumpkins provide high yields of attractive 20 to 30-lb. fruit expect to harvest four or five from each plant. SQUASH- EARLY BUTTERNUT: Medium-sized fruit are tan in color and have a blocky shape, with sweet, dark orange flesh. Early Butternut s compact, semi-bush plant produces excellent yields. SQUASH- GOLDEN CROOKNECK: Meaty fruits with small crookneck have bright yellow, bumpy skin. Delicious flavor and fine texture. SQUASH- TABLE ACE: The finest, tastiest acorn squash you ll ever grow. Color is excellent, and the thick, bright orange flesh is smooth and delicious. The rind is a real black-green and holds its color well in storage. Its semi-bush vines are quite compact and produce a lot of delicious squash in a limited space. Stores well all winter. SQUASH- YELLOW STRAIGHT NECK: This early, prolific straightneck summer squash produces creamy yellow, tender fruit of excellent quality early in the season. Plants continue bearing if kept picked and cared for. It has a tapered, straight neck, not curved like Crookneck, making it perfect to slice into lengths for grilling. SQUASH- ZUCCHINI DARK GREEN: Early, vigorous zucchini bears abundant yields of straight, smooth, dark green mottled, 6 to 8-in. fruits. Pale greenish-white, firm flesh. Bush habit. TOMATO- BABY BOOMER: Perfect for the patio, each wildly prolific plant yields 300 or more little sweeties bursting with great-big flavor. Compact, whorled plants produce 1-in. (2.5-cm) tomatoes right up until frost. This one offers great Verticillium and Fusarium resistance. TOMATO- BEEFMASTER: This huge red beefsteak produces large, meaty, classic beefsteak-type tomatoes on indeterminate vines until frost. Fruit is tolerant of cracking. Great for sandwiches and big, fat slices. Flavor is mild and sweet. Grow it in a tall cage or tie to a stake for support.

6 TOMATO- BETTER BOY: One Better Boy plant once yielded more than 340 lbs. of fruit, earning it a Guinness World Record! You may not pick that much from your own plant, but plan on growing plenty of bright red, 16-oz. fruits, perfect for slicing, canning and sauces. TOMATO- BIG MAMA: Plum-shaped and enormous, Big Mama Hybrid tomatoes grow up to 5 in. long and 3 in. across. Easy to peel and core, and perfect for sauces and soups, this incredibly meaty variety sets a new standard for paste tomatoes. TOMATO- BRANDY BOY: This is one of the tastiest tomatoes you can grow! A hybrid of the classic Brandywine, Brandy Boy has the benefits of an heirloom incredible taste, smooth and thin skin without any drawbacks. Producing loads of large, 5-in. pink fruits, this tomato is best eaten fresh in salads. TOMATO- BUMBLE BEE PINK: So pretty to look at you won t want to eat them but such excellent sweet flavor that you can t resist! Crack-resistant, round cherry tomatoes are great for fresh snacking. TOMATO- BUMBLE BEE PURPLE: So pretty to look at you won t want to eat them but such excellent sweet flavor that you can t resist! Crack-resistant, round cherry tomatoes are great for fresh snacking. Plants produce all season long, tolerating cool nights and hot days. TOMATO- BUMBLE BEE SUNRISE: So pretty to look at you won t want to eat them but such excellent sweet flavor that you can t resist! Crack-resistant, round cherry tomatoes are great for fresh snacking. Plants produce all season long, tolerating cool nights and hot days. TOMATO- CHAMPION II: Get big, meaty fruits on compact plants, perfect for container gardening. Bush Champion II matures extra-early, bearing fruits with a beautiful, bright red color and full flavor. TOMATO- CHERRY PUNCH: Tiny red tomatoes are bursting with flavor and healthy eating Cherry Punch delivers 30% more vitamin C and 40% more lycopene than the average garden tomato.** Early with high yields, the indeterminate plants are perfect for the garden or patio. Fruit size: 1 in.

7 TOMATO- EARLY GIRL: This variety starts bearing fruit earlier and produces longer than other medium-sized tomatoes. Early Girl bears bright red, meaty tomatoes with incredible flavor and aroma earlier than other varieties. Its globe-shaped fruit is perfect for slicing on sandwiches and for salads. TOMATO- FOURTH OF JULY: Be the first on your block with fresh tomatoes! Producing small, luscious fruits, Fourth of July is one of the earliest-producing varieties you can grow. You can continue to harvest until late Summer or early Fall. TOMATO- FRESH SALSA: Chop this tomato into tiny cubes that remain perfectly firm and solid in salsa recipes. Plum-shaped and dripless, Fresh Salsa is all meat, perfect for bruschetta and light sauces. TOMATO- HUSKY CHERRY RED: Different from most cherry tomato plants that grow tall and lanky, this one is tidy and compact, making it perfect for a pot. The fruit is sweet and delicious, too, with a touch of acidity for true tomato flavor. This indeterminate, but dwarf, plant bears fruit until the first fall frost. TOMATO- JET STAR: Jet Star s tasty, mild-flavored red fruit matures early with tremendous yields. Home gardeners will enjoy large, attractive, globe-shaped tomatoes with very few scars or cracks. This versatile slicer is delicious on sandwiches and in salads great for canning, too. TOMATO- LA ROMA III RED: n excellent roma tomato known for its vigor and uniformity. Bright red, meaty fruits are large, 5 to 8 ounces, and full of flavor. Disease resistant plants are very vigorous and produce fruit abundantly throughout the growing season. The perfect variety for any home gardener who enjoys canning or making their own pastes and sauces. Determinate. TOMATO- LEMON BOY: Lemon Boy is as unique a tomato as you ll ever grow. These plants produce beautiful, lemon yellow-skinned tomatoes with wonderful flavor. Lemon Boy is perfect for slicing to reveal the delicious, lemon-colored flesh.

8 TOMATO- MIGHTY SWEET: Mighty Sweet has 45% more lycopene* making it a healthy snack and big tomato taste makes it a delicious one! Tall, vigorous plants yield an abundance of deep red grape tomatoes, and they produce fruit right up until frost. TOMATO- NAPA GRAPE: Independent taste tests confirm that ithis variety maintains a higher sugar content than any other grape tomato and the sweetness doesn t fade in late Summer. Shiny red, 1 in. elongated globes are produced in abundance on vigorous vines. TOMATO- POWER POPS: Produces 55% more lycopene and 40% more carotenoids than the average garden tomato.* These indeterminate plants produce ripe fruit up to two weeks earlier than others of this type! Excellent for garden or patio baskets and containers. TOMATO- RED GRAPE: These tasty, baby grape tomatoes may not ever make it into your kitchen it s just too tempting to pop the super-sweet fruits right into your mouth, fresh off the plant! This high-quality variety produces long clusters of 20 or more bright red, crack-resistant tomatoes. TOMATO- STEAK SANDWICH: Vigorous but compact, the plants load up with dozens of fruits at a time. Harvest the large fruits Summer through Fall and enjoy them on sandwiches and burgers or in salads. TOMATO- SUPERSONIC: Supersonic produces heavy yields of large, meaty tomatoes of excellent quality. Fruit are deeply oblate in shape, smooth and quite crack free. Use ground or stake culture for this indeterminate plant. TOMATO- STEAK SANDWICH: Vigorous but compact, the plants load up with dozens of fruits at a time. Harvest the large fruits Summer through Fall and enjoy them on sandwiches and burgers or in salads. TOMATO- SAN MARZANO: The best-known paste tomato! Long, blocky, 4 to 6-oz. fruits are easy to seed, leaving plenty of meat for a first-class paste or sauce. San Marzano is also delicious canned or TOMATO- SWEET 100: Bursting with flavor, garden-favorite Sweet 100 produces 100 or more scarlet, cherry-sized fruits in long clusters right up to frost. Stake or cage these vigorous climbers to keep the fruit off the ground and avoid pests and diseases.

9 WATERMELON- CRIMSON SWEET: Crimson Sweet produces round melons averaging 25 lbs. each, with light green and dark green stripes. This melon is even prettier on the inside, with firm, exceptionally deep red flesh. Crimson Sweet vines need room to grow, spreading up to 10 ft. long. Your watermelons are ready to harvest when the fruit has grown to full size. WATERMELON- SUGAR BABY: Sugar Baby saves space in the garden and in the refrigerator. The only thing oversized is its rich and incredibly sweet taste. The compact vines produce plenty of 8 to 10-lb. fruits packed with fine-textured, red-orange flesh. Perfect for any small-space garden!

2018 Spring Plant Sale

Congregation Sha are Shalom/United Synagogue Youth 2018 Spring Plant Sale Plant Descriptions All plants are in 2 ½ pots @$3.00 each for pre sale orders only. A limited number of additional plants may be