Category Archives: Varieties to Grow

Marabel Cabbage

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

Lariat Cabbage

Details Open-Pollinated Type: very late season Shape: ? Color: white cabbage Maturity: 125 days from seed Size: 5-8 lb heads Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: best long-term keeper (A-Z) still high quality after several month’s storage (A-Z) Sources: Results from My Garden: haven’t tried this variety yet  SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS […]

La Rossa Tomato

Details Open-Pollinated: No – hybrid Type: determinate Shape: plum or pear shaped roma or paste tomato Color: red Maturity: 75 days Size: 2.25 oz tomatoes Yield: pretty productive Taste: “simply the best-tasting” (PSC) unimpressive to me Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Resistant to Verticillium Wilt Resistant to Fusarium Wilt races 1 & 2 Sunscald was […]

Kootenai Tomato

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: determinate Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: heat tolerant Notes: recommended by The Kitchen Garden Sources: Results from My Garden: haven’t found this variety to grow yet  SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE   […]

Johnny’s 361 Tomato

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: beefsteak Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: “yum” (TKG) Disease Resistance: ? Notes: Recommended in “The Kitchen Garden” as a yummy early beefsteak, “new compact variety” Sources: Results from My Garden: Haven’t grown this variety yet…  SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG […]

Julius Cabbage

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance: ? Notes: Recommended by Grow Vegetables for a winter cabbage Sources: Results from My Garden: Haven’t tried growing this variety yet…  SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE       […]

January King Cabbage

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance: ? Notes: Recommended by Grow Vegetables for a fall or winter crop Sources: Results from My Garden: haven’t tried this variety yet  SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE     […]

Imperial Black Beauty Eggplant

Imperial Black Beauty Eggplant from 2014 harvest

Details Solanum melongena Open-Pollinated Heirloom Type: ? Shape: slightly lobed globe eggplant Color: purple-black Maturity: 80-85 days Size: 4-5″ diameter Yield: ? Taste: “rich flavored” Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: flea beetles don’t seem to like this eggplant as much as other varieties that I grow susceptible to root-knot nematode Notes: store well heirloom was introduced […]

Holly Cabbage

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: winter cabbage Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance: ? Notes: Grow Vegetables recommends this cabbage variety for winter crop Sources: Results from My Garden: haven’t tried this one yet…  SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE     […]

Heatwave Tomato

Details Open-Pollinated: No – F1 hybrid Type: determinate Shape: ? Color: red Maturity: 68 days Size: 7 oz tomatoes Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: “disease resistant” tolerates high temperatures, even up to 100°F Notes: Sources: Results from My Garden: have not grown this variety yet  SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY […]