2018 NGB New Varieties of Edibles/Vegetables

Vegetables/Edibles

New Varieties For 2018

Basil Holy Basil• Striking with long green leaves,

jagged edges and purple stems.

• Perfect for pesto, pizza, oils,

bruschetta, salads and cocktails.

• Ocimum tenuiflorum

Bonnie Plants

Bean, pole Seychelles• Produces long (5-6”)

straight stringless pods

• Grows 7-9 feet tall in the

garden or container

• Phaseolus vulgaris

All-America Selections

Cabbage Red Dragon• Full-size, red Chinese

cabbage

• Great for use in salads, stir-

fries and kimchee.

• Boosts a slightly punchier

flavor than green types.

• Brassica rapa pekinensis

Johnny’s Selected Seeds

Corn, Sweet American Dream

• Excellent germination, very

tender, super sweet kernels

• Perfect fresh, roasted,

grilled, canned or frozen

• Zea Mays


Cucumber Bush Hog

• Plants are short and

compact

• Medium sized cucumbers

that are not bitter

• Cucumis Sativus

Seeds by Design, Inc.

Cucumber Goliath Hybrid• Nearly spineless fruit up to

8 inches long

• Fruit has a pleasant texture

and holds well in the field

• Cucumis sativus

J W Jung Seed Co

Cucumber Max Pack

• Produces huge yields of

attractive fruit

• Ideal for pickling and

preserving.

• Cucumis sativus


Dill Teddy

•Productive slow-bolting dill

with full, dense leaf shape

• Compact spirals of thick

leaflets surround each stem

• Anethum graveolens


Fennel Green Leaf

• Non-bulbing variety

• Sweet-tasting, feathery

leaves that add fresh flavor

to salads, slaws, dressing,

and flavored butters.

• Foeniculum vulgare

Bonnie Plants

Kale Darkibor F1

• Improved yields and

excellent color

• Plants resist bolting and

yellowing

• Available as organic seed

• Brassica oleracea

Bejo Seeds, Inc.

Lettuce Optima

• Darkest green Boston lettuce

on the market

• Excellent heat tolerance and

resistance to bolting, downy

mildew, bottom rot & tip burn

• Lettuce sativa

Terra Organics

Carrot Malbec

• Red Carrot

• Fun to grow and can be

used in carrot blends or on

it’s own

• Daucus Carrot

Seminis Home Garden

Melon Vine Peach

• The fruit is the size of a

peach with a yellow rind and

white flesh

• Best used for making sweet

pickles, pies and preserves.

• Cucumis melo

Seeds By Design Inc

Mizuna Miz America F1

• Striking beautiful red

mizuna mustard

• Pleasant, mild taste, neither

bitter nor spicy

• Brassica juncea

Harris Seeds

Okra Star of David

• An Israeli variety

• Grows up to 8-10’ with

unique purple colorations on

the leaves

• Abelmoschus esculentus

Terra Organics, LLC

Onion Blush F1

• Unique pink variety

• Strong skin for storing well

over winter

• Allium cepa

Bejo Seeds, Inc.

Pak Choi Asian Delight F1

• Very slow to bolt- forms 5-7

inch heads

• Tasty, tender white rib and

dark green textured leaves

•Brassica rapa


Pepper Candy Cane Red F1• Snack pepper with unique,

eye-catching variegated

foliage and fruit

• Sweet and delicious at any

stage

• Capsicum annuum

Harris Seeds

Totally Tomatoes

Pepper Habanada

• Unique habanero flavor

WITHOUT the heat

• Traditional open-pollinated

techniques

• Capsicum chinense

Botanical Interests, Inc

Pepper Lunchbox Red Sweet Snacking

• Sweet flavor, crunchy

crispness, and small size

• Grow in containers and kid’s

gardens

• Capsicum annuum

Bonnie Plants

Pepper Mexican Sunrise F1

• Add full spectrum of colors

• Thick-walled conical pendant

shaped peppers

• Capsicum annuum


Pepper Park’s Whopper II Hybrid

• Big blocky bells are thick-

walled, sweet, crunchy bite

• Fruit ripens continuously all

summer to deep red

• Capsicum annuum

Park Seed Co

Pepper Red Ember F1

• Produces a large number of

rounded end fruits

• Add some spice to your life

• Capsicum annuum


Pepper Roulette

• Resembles a traditional

habanero except NO HEAT!

• Produces up to 100 fruits

• Capsicum chinense

Seminis Home Garden


Pumpkin Corvette PMR Hybrid

• Easy-to-grow pumpkin great

for small gardens

• Semi-bush plants with

bright orange-gold pumpkins

• Cucurbita pepo

J W Jung Seed Co

Pumpkin Cushaw Orange Striped

• Pear shaped with crookneck

• Creamy white with

gold/orange stripes, hard thin

smooth rind, excellent for

baking or pies

• Cucurbita Mixta

Terra Organics, LLC

Pumpkin Pepitas F1

• Named for its hulless or

naked seeds (pepitas) that

lack the tough outer hull

• Uniform medium sized (9-

12 lb) pumpkins

• Cucurbita Pepo

Seeds by Design Inc

Radish Rudolf

• Grows to be 1 1/2in. round

• Deep red color and full of

flavor – crisp, sweet and mild

• Nice uniform shape and

color

• Raphanus Sativus

Terra Organics, LLC

Shallot F1 Nero Shallots

• A traditional shaped shallot

with slightly higher shoulders

like French Shallots

• Add to any dish for great

flavor

• Allium Onion

Dixondale Farms

Squash Honeybaby F1

• 1-2 lb flavorful butternuts

• Shorter vies grow 2-3 feet

in a semi-bush habit

• Delicious steamed, baked or

made into soups and stews

• Cucurbita mushata

Seeds by Design Inc

Squash Honeynut

• Convenient, personal-sized

fruit

• ½-1 lb each with sweet, rich

flesh and an unusual, smokey

tan skin

• Cucurbita moschata

Territorial Seed Company

Squash, Butternut Waldo

• Fruit 3-3.5 pounds

• Excellent flavor on vigorous

plants and strong powdery

mildew resistance

• Cucurbita moschata


Squash, Summer Peter Pan F1

• Meatier patty pan type

containing a sweet, delicious

flavor.

• 1-3 in fruits that can be

picked through the season

• Cucurbita pepo

Terra Organics, LLC

Squash, Summer Tempest

• Traditional yellow crookneck

with a twist: vibrant color,

gourmet flavor & eye-

catching ridges

• Cucurbita pepo


Swiss Chard Rhubarb Supreme

• Exceptional resistance to

bolting for a red chard variety

• Boasts a beautiful bunch,

with rich red petioles

• Beta vulgaris


Tomato Bonnie Centennial

• Exclusive variety to

celebrate their 100th

anniversary

• Perfect for sandwiches,

burgers and salads

• Lycopersicon esculentum

Bonnie Plants

Tomato Chef’s Choice Red F1

• Firm-fleshed with just the

right balance of acid to sugar

• Harvest 30 or more fruits

per plant

• Solanum lycopersicum


Tomato Giant Garden Paste F1

• Wonderful sweet and acidic

balance

• 8-10 ounce fruit that are

bright red ruffle boat shaped


Seeds by Design Inc.

Tomato Mountain Vineyard F1

•Excellent sweet and acidic

balance, high lycopene,

intense red color

• Indeterminate grape

tomato


Bejo Seeds Inc.

Tomato Organic Braveheart Cherry

• Meaty, juicy cherry

tomatoes with a rich flavor

• Prolific plants

• Good disease resistance


Bonnie Plants

Tomato Red Racer F1

• Cocktail tomato with a

good sweet/acid balance

• Uniform fruit mature in

clusters

•Solanum lycopersicum

Harris Seeds


Tomato Sweet Valentines F1 • Stays compact 12-16

inches in height

• Produces tasty heart-

shaped fruits

• Use in hanging baskets or

in combination planters


Hem Genetics

Tomato Valentine F1

• Sweet, firm flesh meaty

resembles a Roma but in a

smaller, grape-type fruit

• Takes the summer heat

and keeps producing



Zucchini Green Griller

• Broad, blocky shape makes

it ideal for slicing and flipping

on the grill

• Fruits mature quickly and

are easy to harvest

• Cucurbita pepo

Bonnie Plants

2018 NGB New Varieties of Edibles/Vegetables

Food