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Parson's Archive Guide
to Recommended Vegetable Varieties
Revised by Drs. Jerry Parsons and Larry Stein, Texas Cooperative Extension, January, 2007
VEGETABLE VEGETABLE VARIETY POSSIBLE SOURCES
Source number opens in a new window.Asparagus Jersey Knight 5, 7, 8 Asparagus Jersey Giant 2, 9 Bean - Horticultural French Horticultural 1, 5 , 6, 7 Bean - Lima Butterpea, Dixie Speckled 1 Bean - Lima Butterpea, Dixie White 1 Bean - Lima Henderson Bush 1, 3, 7 Bean - Lima Jackson Wonder 1 Bean - Lima Thorogreen 1, 5, 7 Bean - Lima, Pole Florida Speckled 1, 2 Bean - Lima, Pole Sieva Carolina (early) 1 Bean - Snap, Flat Pod Greencrop Bush 2 Bean - Snap, Flat Pod Roma II 1, 5 Bean - Snap, Green Oval Pod Bush Blue Lake 274 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Bean - Snap, Green Oval Pod Contender 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 Bean - Snap - Green Oval Pod Derby 1, 9 Bean - Snap - Green Oval Pod Tendergreen 1, 3 Bean - Snap - Green Oval Pod Topcrop 1, 5, 7 Bean - Snap - Pole Blue Lake Pole 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Bean - Snap - Pole Jade 5, 7, 8, 9 Bean - Snap - Pole Kentucy Wonder 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Bean - Snap - Yellow Goldcrop 5 Bean - Snap - Yellow Improved Golden Wax 3, 5, 7 Beet Detroit Dark Red 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 Beet Ruby Queen 5, 7 Broccoli Lucky 9 Broccoli Green Magic (AAS) 15 Broccoli Packman 5, 6, 8, 9 Broccoli Premium Crop (AAS) 1, 6, 7 Broccoli Patron 10, 15 Broccoli Emerald Pride 10 Cabbage Bravo 6 Cabbage Blue Vantage 15 Cabbage Rio Verde 1 Cabbage Savoy King 5 Cabbage - Chinese Jade Pagoda 6 Cabbage - Chinese Michili 1, 3, 4, 7 Cantaloupe (Muskmelon) Ambrosia 2 Cantaloupe (Muskmelon) Israeli 4 Cantaloupe (Muskmelon) Cruiser 11 Cantaloupe (Muskmelon) Caravelle 11 Cantaloupe (Muskmelon) TAM Dew 11 Cantaloupe (Muskmelon) TAM Uvalde 11 Carrot - Fresh Imperator 58 3 Carrot - Fresh Nantes 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 Carrot-Fresh Purple/Maroon Dragon 3 Cauliflower Snow Crown (AAS) 1, 6, 7 Cauliflower Snowball YImproved 1, 3, 5, 6 Collards Georgia Southern 1, 2, 3, 4 Corn - Sweet Kandy Korn 1, 2, 5, 7 Corn - Sweet Silver Queen 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 Corn - Sweet How Sweet It Is 1, 5, 7, 9 Corn - Sweet Merit 11 Corn - Sweet G-90 16 Cucumber - Pickling Calypso 5, 7 Cucumber - Slicer Burpless 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 Cucumber - Slicer Dasher II 1 Cucumber - Slicer Poinsett 76 1, 3 Cucumber - Slicer Sweet Slice 5, 6, 7, 9 Cucumber - Slicer Sweet Success(AAS) 5, 6, 7 Eggplant Black Beauty 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 Eggplant - Oriental Ichiban 5 Kale Dwarf Curled Vates 1, 3, 4, 6 Kohlrabi Early White Vienna 1, 2, 3 Kohlrabi Grand Duke Hybrid(AAS) 6 Lettuce - Butterhead Buttercrunch(AAS) 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9 Lettuce - Leaf Red Sails 4, 5, 7, 9 Lettuce - Leaf Red Salad Bowl 6 Lettuce - Leaf Salad Bowl 2, 3, 5, 6 Lettuce - Romaine Paris Island 1, 3, 4 Mustard Tendergreen 1, 2 Okra Clemson Spineless 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 Okra Emerald 1, 3 Okra Lee 9 Okra Cajun Delight 3, 6, 7, 9 Onion...Bulbing, Short Day, Red Skin Red Burgundy 11 Onion...Bulbing, Short Day, WhiteSkin White Granex(PRR*) 9 Onion...Bulbing, Short Day, Yellow Skin Granex 1, 3, 7 Onion...Bulbing, Short Day, Yellow Skin Granex 33 (PRR*) 9 Onion--Bulbing, Short Day, Yellow Skin Texas Grano 1015Y (PRR*) 7, 11 Onion...Bulbing, Short Day, Yellow Skin Texas Grano 502(PRR*) 2 Onion...Bunching (Scallions) Evergreen Bunching 3 Onion Transplants Short, Immediate, Long 12 Pea - Edible Podded Dwarf Gray Sugar 1 Pea - Edible Podded Sugar Ann 5, 7 Pea - Edible Podded Sugar Bon 2 Pea - Edible Podded Sugar Snap (AAS) 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 Pea - English Little Marvel 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 Pea - English Wando 1, 6, 7 Pepper - Extremely Hot Small Serrano 3 Pepper - Extremely Hot Small Cayenne 4 Pepper - Hot Chile Anaheim Chili 3, 7 Pepper - Hot Chile Big Jim 7 Pepper - Hot Long, Smooth Cayenne Large Red Thick 3, 9 Pepper - Very Hot Habanero 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 Pepper - Hot Long, Smooth Hungarian Wax 2, 5 Pepper - Hot Short, Medium Hot Jalapa 2 Pepper - Hot short, Medium Hot Jalapeno 2, 5, 7 Pepper - Hot Short, Mild Pungency TAMU Mild Jalapeno 3, 6, 7, 9 Pepper - Mild Chile TAMU Mild Chile-2 11 Pepper - Pimento Pimiento 11 Pepper - Sweet Bell Bell Tower 1 Pepper - Sweet Bell Big Bertha 9, 11 Pepper - Sweet Bell Jupiter 1, 6 Pepper - Sweet Long Sweet Banana 2, 5, 6, 7, 9 Pepper - Sweet, Tapered, Yellow Gypsy (AAS) 2 Pumpkin Big Max or Big Mac 1, 2, 3, 5 Pumpkin Connecticut Field 1, 2, 5 Pumpkin Jack O'Lantern 2, 3, 4, 5 Pumpkin Jack-B-Little 1, 2, 4, 5 Pumpkin mall Sugar 1, 2 Pumpkin Spirit Hybrid (AAS) 5, 7 Radish Champion (AAS) 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 Radish White Icicle 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Rutabaga American Purple Top 6 Southern Pea California #5 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 Southern Pea Cream 40 11 Southern Pea Zipper Cream 11 Southern Pea Texas Pinkeye 7, 11 Spinach, Fall, Savoy, Home Garden Samish 6, 15 Spinach , Home Garden Malabar 9 Squash - Summer & Winter Sweet Mama (AAS) 7 Squash - Summer, Green Black Magic 5 Squash - Summer, White Patty Pan or St. Pat 1, 4 Squash - Summer, Yellow Sunburst 2, 7, 10 Squash - Summer, Yellow Crook or Semi-Crook Neck Dixie 1, 3 Squash - Summer, Yellow Straight Neck Multipik 5, 6 Squash - Summer, Yellow Straight Neck Cougar 6 Squash - Summer, Yellow Zucchini Type Gold Rush (AAS) 1, 3, 6 Squash - Winter Early Butternut(AAS) 1, 2 Squash - Winter Table Ace 1, 6, 7 Squash - Winter Table King 2, 4 Squash - Winter Vegetable Spaghetti 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 Squash - Winter Waltham Butternut (AAS) 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 Sweet Potatoes Beauregard 2 Swiss Chard Lucullus 1, 5, 7 Swiss Chard Bright Lights 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 Swiss Chard Rhubard Chard or Ruby 2, 6, 7 Tomato Early Bingo (VFFTASt) 3, 11 Tomato Early Carnival (VFNT) 11, 13, 14 Tomato Early Celebrity (VFNT) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15 Tomato Early Sunpride 13 Tomato Early Sunchief 10 Tomato Early SunLeaper 15, 13 Tomato Early Amelia & Solar Fire 11 Tomato Early Florida 47 & 91 10, 13, 15 Tomato Early Top Gun 17 Tomato Small to Medium Size Fruit Porter 13 Tomato Small to Medium Size Fruit Roma 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 Tomato Small to Medium Size Fruit Cherry & Grape 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 14, 15 Tomato Small Red Cherry - Large 3 Tomato Small to Medium Size Fruit Yellow Pear 1, 4, 8 Tomato Small to Medium Size Fruit Tomatillo 4, 8 Tomato - Large BHN444 8, 14, 15 Turnip Purple Top White Globe 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 Turnip Tokyo Cross 1 Watermelon Allsweet 2, 7, 15 Watermelon Black Diamond 1, 5, 7 Watermelon Charleston Gray 1, 2, 7 Watermelon Crimson Sweet 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15 Watermelon Jubilee 7, 11, 15 Watermelon Tendersweet, Yellow Flesh 11 Watermelon - Hybrid Jamboree 10, 15 Watermelon - Hybrid Sentinel 10, 15 Watermelon - Hybrid Ole 11 Watermelon - Small-fruited Mickeylee 3 Watermelon - Seedless Triple Crown 9 Watermelon - Seedless Tri-X 313 15 Watermelon - Seedless Millennium 10 Watermelon - Seedless Sweet Slice 11 Watermelon - Seedless Seedless SweetHeart 9
VEGETABLE SEED COMPANIES1. Bunton's Seed Co. http://buntonseed.com 2. Burpee Seed http://www.burpee.com/ 3. Ferry-Morse http://HomeHarvestSeeds.com 4. Garden Guides Seed http://www.gardenguides.com/seedcatalog/vegetables/vegetables.htm 5. Gurney's Seed & Nursery http://www.Gurneys.com 6. Harris Seeds http://www.harrisseeds.com 7. Henry Field's Seed & Nursery http://henryfields.com/ 8. Johnny's Selected Seeds http://www.johnnyseeds.com/ 9. Park Seed Company http://www.parkseed.com/ 10. Stoke's Seeds Ltd. http://www.stokeseeds.com/cgi-bin/StokesSeeds.storefront 11. Willhite Seed Company http://www.willhiteseed.com/index.php 12. Dixondale Farm http://dixondalefarms.com/ 13. Rachel's Tomato Seed Supply http://www.rachelssupply.com/Tomato.htm 14. Tomato Growers Supply Company http://www.tomatogrowers.com 15. Siegers Seed Company http:// www.siegers.com 16. MBS Seed, Ltd. http://www.mbsseed.com/initial_page.htm 17. Otis S. Twilley Seed Co., Inc. twilley@twilleyseed.com