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Vegetables for the St. Louis Area - Recommended Varieties
Vegetable |
Cultivar |
Disease Resistance or Tolerance/Comments |
Asparagus |
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Jersey Supreme |
(R, FW) early, excellent yields, very tender |
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Jersey Giant |
(R, FW, CR) fine flavor, productive |
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Jersey King |
(R) highly productive |
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Purple Passion |
(FW) great flavor, very sweet purple sprouts
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Beans |
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Green Bush: Hybrids |
Provider |
(CBMV, DM, PM, C) buttery flavor, 50 days |
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Derby |
(CBMV, PM) little fiber, great taste, 55 days |
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Bush Blue Lake 274 |
(CBMV) good bean flavor, 58 days |
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Matador
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(CBMV, A, H) excellent flavor and yields, 60 days |
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Contender
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(CBMV, PM, H, C) tender and stringless, 40 days |
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Topcrop |
(CBMV), pods easy to pick, good flavor, 51 days |
Yellow Bush: Hybrids
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Cherokee
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(CBMV, R) tasty, stringless, productive, 48 days
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Eureka
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(CBMV, BBS) high yielding, 55 days |
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Indy Gold
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(CBMV, BBS, HB) tender with good flavor, 52 days |
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Gold Mine
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(CBMV, BBS, HB) sweet, high yielding, 53 days |
Pole
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Kentucky Blue (hybrid)
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(CBMV, BBS, HB) sweet, stringless, heavy yields, 65 days |
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Blue Lake (open pollinated) |
(CBMV) sweet, tender, 60 days |
Bean, Lima |
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Bush |
Burpee’s Improved |
Large yields, sugar sweet taste,
70 days |
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Fordhook 242 |
(H, DT) productive, nutty flavor, 65 days |
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Henderson’s |
Baby lima, tender, sweet beans,
65 days |
Pole |
King of the Garden |
Large bean, productive, 88 days |
Beets |
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Red Ace (hybrid) |
(CLS, H) early beet, 53 days |
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Pacemaker III |
(CLS, DM) round, 55 days |
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Detroit Dark Red (open pollinated) |
(CLS) all purpose beet, round roots, 60 days |
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Ruby Queen (open pollinated) |
Sweet, fine grained, solid, 52 days |
Broccoli |
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Premium Crop |
(DM) 8-9 in. heads, holds in prime condition well, 65 days |
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Arcadia |
(DM, BR, H) very firm dome head, 63 days |
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Gypsy |
(DM, H) well-domed, medium size heads, 58 days |
Brussels Sprouts |
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Jade Cross |
(H, Y) crisp, mild flavor, 82 days |
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Bubbles |
(R) adaptable, holds well, 90 days |
Cabbage |
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Stonehead |
(BR, Y) 3-4 lb., round, solid heads, resists cracking, 51 days |
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Early Jersey Wakefield |
(Y) solid, 2-4 lb. pointed heads, resists cracking, 65 days |
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Charment |
(Y) solid, 3-4 lb. heads, crack resistant, 66 days |
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Cardinal |
(BR, Y) round, deep-red heads, crack resistant, 80 days |
Cantaloupes |
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Ambrosia |
(DM, PM) very sweet, firm, juicy, 5 lb. fruits, 86 days |
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Burpee Hybrid |
(FW, PM) large, 6 lb. fruit, very productive, sweet, 82 days |
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Hale’s Best |
Very productive, 3-4 lb fruit, 80 days |
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Harper Hybrid |
(FW) heavy yields, 4 lb. fruit, 86 days |
Carrots |
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Short ‘n Sweet |
Petite, 4-in. roots, sweet, good in heavy or poor soil, 68 days |
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Danvers Half Long |
Fine-grained, sweet, 6-8 in. roots, 75 days |
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Kuroda |
Fine-texture, high moisture content, 90 days |
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Scarlet Nantes |
Sweet, tender, crisp, 6-7 in. roots, 62 days |
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Royal Chantenay |
Good for heavy or poor soil, broad, blocky shape, 70 days |
Cauliflower |
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Snow Crown |
Fully domed heads, 7-8 in. across, tolerant to heat and cold, 50 days |
Corn, Sweet |
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Sugar Enhanced (SE) |
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Yellow |
Bodacious |
(SW, NCLB, SCLB) tender, sweet, holds well, 75 days |
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Legend |
(SCLB) sweet, extra large kernels, 65 days |
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Kandy Korn |
(SCLB) red-striped husks, 89 days |
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Incredible |
(R, SCLB, SW) excellent taste, 85 days |
White |
Silver King |
(SW, NCLB, R) tasty, widely adaptable, 83 days |
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Silver Princess |
(NCLB, SW) sweet, 7 ½ in. ears, 74 days |
Bicolor |
Ambrosia |
(SW) great taste, early vigor, 75 days |
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Peaches & Cream |
(SW) sweet, large yields, 83 days |
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Delectable |
(R, NCLB, SCLB) adaptable, sweet and tender, 82 days |
Cucumbers |
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Slicing |
Bush Crop |
(SC) dwarf bush, tasty, 60 days |
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Salad Bush |
(CMV, SC, TLS) small compact plants, 57 days |
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Marketmore 76 |
(DM, PM, SC, CMV) picks for long time, 58 days |
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Sweet Slice |
(DM, PM, A, ALS) burpless, non-bitter, sweet taste, 62 days |
Pickling |
Bush Pickle |
(SC, CMV) good for containers, compact, 55 days |
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Homemade Pickles |
(ALS, A, CMV, DM, PM) very good for pickling, 56 days |
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County Fair |
(CMV, PM, A, ALS) almost seedless, 3 in. cukes, 52 days |
Eggplants |
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Black Bell |
(TMV) productive, early, 58 days |
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Dusky |
(TMV) pear shape, purple fruit,
56 days |
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Burpee Hybrid |
(DT) dark, medium size fruits,
70 days |
Lettuce |
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Leaf |
Black Seeded Simpson |
(H) adaptable, early, crisp tender leaves, 45 days |
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Oak Leaf |
(H) tender, tasty leaves, 45 days |
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Red Sails |
(H) bronze-red leaves, 45 days |
Bibb |
Buttercrunch |
(H) slow to bolt, compact head, tender leaves, 66 days |
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Tom Thumb |
(H) baseball size heads, good summer lettuce, 34 days |
Head |
Summertime |
(H, TB) firm heads, slow to bolt, 70 days |
Romaine |
Parris Island |
Tall, 8-12 in. heads, 50-70 days |
Okra |
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Cajun Delight |
Productive, 30 in. plants, 70 days |
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Annie Oakley |
Tender, rich flavor, compact and early, 48 days |
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Clemson Spineless |
Productive, pods without spines, 56 days |
Peas |
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Garden |
Spring |
(FW) Early, medium size pea, 22 in. vines, 52 days |
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Little Marvel |
(FW) 18 in. vines, 63 days |
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Green Arrow |
(DM, FW) big harvests, 24-28 in. vines, 70 days |
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Mr. Big |
(PM) large pods, indeterminate plants, 60 days |
Snap |
Sugar Sprint |
(PM) stringless, 26 in. vines, 62 days |
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Super Sugar Snap |
(PM) very sweet, 55-65 in. vines, 64 days |
Snow |
Dwarf Gray Sugar |
Sweet, crisp pods, 24-30 in. vines, 65 days |
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Oregon Sugar Pod II |
(PM) widely adapted, hardy, 30 in. vines, 64 days |
Peppers |
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Sweet |
Valencia Hybrid |
(TMV) orange color, blocky shape, 70 days |
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Karma Hybrid |
(TMV) red color, heavy yield, needs staking, 68 days |
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Purple Beauty |
(TMV) purple bell, crisp and sweet, 70-75 days |
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Golden Bell |
Yellow bell, easy to grow, 62 days |
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Giant Marconi |
(TMV, PVY) excellent for grilling, productive, 63 days |
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Gypsy |
(TMV) frying type, long, thick walled, sweet, 58 days |
Hot |
Big Red Hybrid |
Extra long, mildly hot cayenne,
70 days |
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Long Red Slim |
Very hot, bright red, 75 days |
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Cayenne |
Red hot, dries easily, 75 days |
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Jalapeno |
Medium hot, 3 in. pepper, red,
72 days |
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Garden Salsa Hybrid |
Medium heat, great for salsa,
73 days |
Potatoes |
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Early |
Irish Cobbler |
(PVA) light brown skin |
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Yukon God |
(PVA) yellow flesh potato, small to medium potato, 65 days |
Midseason |
Kennebec |
(LB, M) tan tubers, smooth creamy flesh, 80 days |
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Red Pontiac |
Red all-purpose potato, high yielding, 80 days |
Pumpkins |
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Small Sugar |
Pie pumpkin, deep orange, 7 lbs., 115 days |
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Jack-O-Lantern |
Carving or cooking, 18-24 lbs., 110 days |
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Howden |
(BR) deep orange, ribbed, 20-30 lbs., 115 days |
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Spirit Hybrid |
Short 4-5 ft. vines, carving or cooking, 10-12 lbs., 100 days |
Radishes |
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Cherry Belle |
Round, brilliant red, good keeper, 23 days |
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Easter Egg |
Rainbow of colors, 1 in. globes, 28-32 days |
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Champion |
Red globes, mild flavor, 25 days |
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French Breakfast |
Red tipped with white, 2 in. long, 25 days |
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Burpee White |
Milky-white globes, mild and crisp, 25 days |
Spinach |
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Bloomsdale Long Standing |
(CMV) good for over wintering, slow to bolt, 40-48 days |
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Melody |
(DM, CMV) semi-savoyed, resists bolting, 42 days |
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Tyee |
(DM, CMV, H) semi-savoyed, fast growing, 39 days |
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Teton |
(DM) slow to bolt, smooth oval leaves, 40-50 days |
Squash |
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Summer |
Black Beauty |
Dark green zucchini, open bush, early, productive, 45 days |
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Spineless Beauty |
(PM) Medium green zucchini, bears over a long period, 43 days |
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Zucchini Elite |
Prolific, dark green, 48 days |
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Gold Rush |
Yellow zucchini, small plants,
45 days |
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Early Prolific Straightneck |
Yellow fruits, heavy yields, 50 days |
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Early Golden Crookneck |
Bright yellow, bumpy skin, 53 days |
Winter |
Table Ace Hybrid |
Black-green acorn squash, 2 ½ lb fruits, semi-bush, 70 days |
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Early Butternut Hybrid |
Compact vines, sweet orange flesh, 2 lbs, 95 days |
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Bush Delicata |
(PM) semi-bush, sweet-potato flavor, 1 ½ lbs., 100 days |
Tomatoes |
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Slicing |
Better Boy |
(FW, VT, GL) prolific, adaptable, flavorful, 12 oz., 75 days |
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Celebrity |
(FW, TMV, VT, GL) crack resistant, flavorful, 7-10 oz.,
70-75 days |
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Jet Star |
(FW, VT) crack free, productive, 6-8 oz., 72 days |
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Big Beef |
(FW, GL, TMV, VT) flavorful, productive, 9-12 oz., 73 days |
Paste |
Big Mama Hybrid |
Large 6 oz. tomatoes, few seeds, 80 days |
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Roma VF |
Plum-shaped, few seeds, meaty, 76 days |
Cherry |
Super Sweet 100 |
Small, sweet, 70 days |
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Sweet Million |
Grape-like clusters, sweet, 1 ½ in. fruit, 65-75 days |
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Sun Gold |
Small orange fruits, sweet tomato flavor, 65 days |
Watermelons |
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Crimson Sweet |
(A, FW) adaptable, sweet, 25 lbs., 80 days |
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Charleston Gray |
(A, FW) crisp red flesh, 30-35 lbs., 85 days |
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Sangria |
(A, FW) sweet dark red fruit, 10 ½ lbs., 87 days |
Disease Resistance and Tolerance Abbreviation List
| A |
Anthracnose |
PM |
Powdery mildew |
| ALS |
Angular leaf spot |
PRSV |
Papaya ring spot |
| BBS |
Bacterial brown spot |
PVA |
Potato virus A |
| BR |
Black rot |
PVY |
Potato virus Y |
| C |
Cold tolerant |
R |
Rust |
| CBMV |
Common bean mosic virus |
S |
Corn smut |
| CMV |
Cucumber mosaic virus |
SC |
Scab |
| CLS |
Cercospora leaf spot |
SCLB |
Southern corn leaf blight |
| CR |
Crown rot |
SEMP |
Stem pylium |
| DM |
Downy mildew |
SW |
Stewart's wilt |
| DT |
Drought tolerant |
TB |
Tip burn |
| FW |
Fusarium wilt |
TLS |
Target leaf spot |
| GL |
Gray leaf spot |
TMV |
Tobaco mosaic virus |
| H |
Heat tolerant |
VT |
Verticilium wilt |
| HB |
Halo blight |
WMV2 |
Watermelon mosaic virus |
| LB |
Late blight |
Y |
Yellows resistant |
| M |
Mosaic |
ZYMR |
Zucchini yellow mosaic |
| NCLB |
Northern corn leaf blight |
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Bibliography
Fizzel, James. Guide to Illinois Vegetable Gardening. Cool Springs Press, 2007
Cornell University. “Vegetable MD Online: Vegetable Resistance Table.”
http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/Tables/TomatoTable.html
North Carolina University. “Vegetable Cultivar Descriptions for North America.”
http://cuke.hort.ncsu.edu/cucurbit/wehner/vegcult/vgclintro.html
University of Illinois Extension. “Watch your Garden Grow.” Recommended vegetable cultivars. http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/veggies/directory.html
University of Missouri Extension. “Disease Prevention in Home Vegetable Gardens.” A list of vegetables with disease resistance/tolerance. http://extension.missouri.edu/explore/agguides/hort/g06202.htm
2008 Catalogs Consulted:
Burpee
W. Atlee Burpee & Co.
Warminster, PA 18974 |
Harris Seeds
355 Paul Road
P.O. Box 24966
Rochester, NY 14624 |
Territorial Seed Company
P.O. Box 158
Cottage Grove, OR 97424 |
Vermont Bean Seed Company
334 W. Stroud St.
Randolph, WI 53956 |
Stokes Seeds Inc.
Box 548
Buffalo, NY 14240 |
Park Seed
1 Parkton Ave.
Greenwood, SC 29647 |
Johnny’s Selected Seeds
955 Benton Avenue
Winslow, MA 04901 |
J. W. Jung Seed Co.
335 S. High St.
Randolph, WI 53956 |
Henry Field’s Seed and Nursery Co.
PO Box 397
Aurora, IN 47001 |
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