Category Archives: Varieties to Grow

Purple Calabash Tomato

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: indeterminate Shape: Squashed beefsteak with pleats or ribs Color: skin is pink-purple-bronze (?) juice is green, but the flesh is deep purple and red Maturity: ? Size: medium-sized Yield: ? Taste:  “ugliest but best tasting tomato” sharp taste Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: looks a lot like tomatoes drawn […]

Protovoy Cabbage

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: winter cabbage Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: recommended by GV for a winter cabbage variety Sources: Results from My Garden:  SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE           […]

Pixie Cabbage

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: spring Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: recommended by Grow Vegetables for a spring cabbage Sources: Results from My Garden:  SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE             […]

Pierette Red Cabbage

Details Hybrid Type: ? Shape: round Color: red Maturity: midseason Size: large Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: tolerates splitting Notes: recommended by A-Z for a midseason red cabbage Sources: Results from My Garden:  SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE             […]

Paul Robeson Tomato

Details Rare Open-Pollinated Type: indeterminate Shape: oval, slightly flattened, mildly pleated tomatoes Color: black skin, red flesh Maturity: 85-90 days Size: 8-10 oz Yield: ? Taste: “earthy flavor with a perfect acid-sweet balance” I did like the taste of this tomato Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: susceptible to wilt (V or F) Notes: according to […]

Patio Hybrid Tomato

Details F1 hybrid Type: determinate? Shape: slicer Color: red Maturity: main crop Size: small Yield: “pretty abundant” Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: very compact; great for containers Notes: Sources: Results from My Garden: was rather productive, but seemed to be especially tasty to the little green web-spinning worms – and the compact nature […]

Oregon Spring Bush Tomato

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: indeterminate Determinate! Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: 55-70 days early season tomato Size: 4-6 oz fruit Yield: ? Taste: sweet, juicy flesh Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: early season = good for cool areas cracking and misshapen in Redding full sun doesn’t like the heat! Notes: this tomato was spoken highly […]

Orange King Tomato

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: semi-determinate, according to one vendor, determinate according to another Shape: lightly pleated oblate shape Color: vivid orange color, both inside and out Maturity: main season tomato 85 days Size: large 2.5 – 3 inches 4-11 oz tomatoes Yield: ? Taste: “taste compares to a good red, but not as sweet as […]

Red Baron Bunching Onion

Details Day Length Requirement: not applicable Type: bunching onion Shape: ? Color: red stalk Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Storage: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: Recommended bunching onion cultivar (RIEOG-355) Sources: Results from My Garden:  SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE       […]

White Lisbon Bunching Onion

Details Day Length Requirement: not applicable Type: bunching onion Shape: ? Color: white stalk Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Storage: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: Recommended bunching onion cultivar (RIEOG-355) Sources: Results from My Garden:  SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE     […]