Newer Home Vegetable Cultivars

LSU AgCenter, 7A, 7B, 8A, 8B, 9A, 9B, 10A, 10B, 11

New cultivars are not always better than the old, but they are new.

Keeping up with the latest vegetable cultivars is about like keeping up with the latest pop hit. University research takes time and money, so cultivar evaluation is not always on top of things that the seed companies are promoting.

This is a list of home garden vegetable cultivars that are new for our VEGETABLE PLANTING GUIDE Pub. 1980. The choices recommended in the guide are good to excellent, but these are the latest additions to that list as recommended by several universities in this southern region. They are also selections that are more commonly available through major home gardening seed suppliers. Local availability is up to local merchants.

Snap Bean	Valentino, Ambra, Caprice, Dusky, Grenable, Lynx, Nash, Shade
Pole Snap	Volunteer, State
Beets	ScarletSupreme
Broccoli	Windsor, Patron, Triathlon, Greenbelt, Diplomat
Cabbage	GoldenDynasty, RoyalVantage, SilverDynasty, BlueDynasty, RedDynasty, PlatinumDynasty, BlueThunder, Thunderhead
Cauliflower	Freedom, Fremont, Graffiti (purple), Minuteman, Symphony
Collards	Champion, MorrisHeading, TopBunch
Corn	se type: WhiteOut, Avalon, SilverKing, Devotion and Temptation; sh type: XtraTender 372, 378, 270BC and 282BC, Accelerator, GSS 966, GoldQueen, IceQueen, Passion, HowSweet AAS, HoneyNPearl AAS
Cucumber	Daytona, Stonewall
Pickles	Jackson, Sassy, Vlasstar
Eggplant	Gretel AAS, Casper, GhostBuster, NightShadow, Rosita, PingtungLong
Garlic	GermanExtraHardy, N.Y.White
Okra	North&South, Lee, Burgundy AAS
Mustard	RedGiant
Lettuce	Head: MightyJoe, Summertime; leaf: GrandRapids, Tango, SaladBowl; Ideal cos; butterhead: Adriana, Bennett, Esmeralda, Ermosa, Nancy
Kohlrabi	Rapidstar
Onions, green	EmeraldIsle, WhiteSpear, BunchingStar, Ishikura
Onions, bulb	Century, YellowGranex
Cilantro	Jantar, Santo
Pea, English/garden	Novella II, Sparkle
Pea, Southern	TopPick brown crowder, TopPick pinkeye, Colossus crowder
Pepper, Bell	Declaration, Enterprise, Lafayette, PurpleBell; Tequila, PurpleBeauty
Pepper, Frying	Aruba
Pepper, hot	El Rey, Grande, Ixtapa, Mesilla, Nazas, ChillyChili AAS
Pumpkin, minismall	BabyBoo, Bumpkin, Gooligan, Prankster, Trickster, WeeBLittle AAS
Pumpkin, large	MammothGold, Phantom, NewMoon, GoldMedal, Merlin
Summer Squash	Medallion crookneck; Fortune and Lioness straight necks; the zucchinis of Cash Flow, JusticeIII and Leopard plus GreenTint patty pan
Winter Squash	HoneyBear AAS, ButternutSupreme, Ultra butternut
Tomatoes	BHN 640 or 669, Florida 47, Floralina, CarolinaGold, Mountain Fresh Plus, MountainGlory, SolarFire, Talladega, HeatwaveII, Marcelino cherry, SunGold cherry, Smarty grape, romas of Muriel, BHN 410 and Picus
Watermelon	Juliette, MardiGras, TopGun, GoldStrike; seedless types: Gypsy, Liberty, Matrix, Millennium, Imagination, CrunchyRed, TriX 212, Vanessa icebox and yellows of Buttercup or Amarillo

2/12/2009 1:56:07 AM

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