2017 ngb new varieties edibles/vegetables

Vegetables/Edibles

New Varieties For 2017

Basil Pesto Party• Abundance of leaves that offer

sweet Italian basil flavor

• Perfect for fresh pesto and salads

• Ocimum basilicum

W. Atlee Burpee & CO.

Beet Fresh Start F1• Grown only for the

leaves (it does not form a

root)

• Crunchy texture pairs

well with any kind of

dressing

• Beta vulgaris

Sakata

Beet Golden Boy• Mild beet that doesn't

stain like reds!

• Stunning golden-orange

• Sweetest and most tender

when young

• Beta vulgaris

Botanical Interests Inc

Beet Gourmet Blend• A mix of Detroit Dark Red,

Golden Detroit, White Albino

and Chioggia.

• Beta vulgaris

Terra Organics, LLC

Brussels Sprouts Dagan• Tall plants have firm,

smooth sprouts of excellent

quality

• Blue-green plants do not

easily lodge

• Beta vulgaris

Bejo Seeds

Carrot Rainbow Blend• A kaleidoscope of carrots,

colorful mixture of five

varieties of baby carrot

• Great for all specialty and

farming markets

• Daucus carota

Seeds by Design, Inc.

Chinese Cabbage Suzuko• Tall barrel-shaped heads

have a deep vibrant green

and white exterior and bright

yellow interior

• Texture is crisp with a

refreshing

• Brassica rapa

Bejo Seeds, Inc.

Corn Neon Pink• Filled with bright dark pink

kernels

• It is a great ornamental but

can be used for a popcorn

• Zea mays

Terra Organics, LLC

Cucumber Eversweet F1• Green slicing cucumber with

robust semi trailing vines

• Can be enjoyed at a

younger stage

• Cucumis sativus

Terra Organics, LLC

Fennel Antares F1• Luscious and fleshy bulbs,

healthy foliage

• Very pleasing anise flavor,

tender scales without

stringiness

• Foeniculum Vulgare

All-America Selections

Kale Prizm F1• Small leaves are tender

enough to enjoy in fresh

salads and can also hold up

to cooking

• Quick to re-leaf

• Brassica oleracea var.

sabellica

Syngenta Flowers Inc.

Kohlrabi Konan F1• Smooth, globe-shaped bulbs

that are the perfect size

• Sweet flavorful bulb that

has an excellent texture!

• Brassica oleracea

Bejo Seeds, Inc.

Lettuce Mottistone MTO• Crisp outer leaves before

forming its sweet, flavorful

heads

•Wide maroon speckles

decorate the deep green

leaves

•Lactuca sativa

Harris Seeds

Lettuce Sweet Valentine• Brilliant red on both sides of

the leaves

• Lower half of each leaf is

apple-green

• Lactuca sativa

Seeds By Design

Okra Candle Fire F1• Suitable for both fruit and

Ornamental usage

• Dry seed can be used as

coffee

• Abelmoschus esculentus

All-American Selections

Onion Blush F1• A unique long-day storage

onion with blush pink-tinted

skins

• Fairly easy onion to grow

• Allium cepa

Johnny’s Selected Seeds

Pea Patio Pride• Wonderful in containers or

planted as small low hedge

• Compact

• Pisum sativum


Pepper Mad Hatter F1• Produces many crunchy fruit

which have an unusual disc

shape with wings

• Can be eaten at any stage

• Capsicum baccatum


Pepper Nikita• Begin creamy yellow,

eventually developing coral-

colored streaks

• Sweet and delicious at any

stage

• Capsicum annuum

Territorial Seed Company

Pepper Takara F1• Mild but rich flavor

• Toss Takara with a tiny bit of

oil and cook on the grill or in

a pan

• Capsicum annuum

Sakata America

Radish Fiesta Blend• These radish varieties:

Hailstone, Scarlet Globe,

Sparkler, Purple Plum and

Golden Helios.

• Raphanus sativus

Seeds by Design, Inc.

Squash Honeybaby F1• Miniature dark orange

fleshed butternut squash

• Great tasting and healthy

Fall treat in container

• Cucurbita mushata


Squash Mashed Potatoes F1• Bright white rind and a low

sugar, low carbohydrate flesh

• Flesh when baked and

fluffed has the consistency of

mashed potatoes

• Cucurbita spp.

Harris Seeds/GardenTrends

Strawberry Delizz® F1• Abundant harvest during

whole growing season of

delicious strawberries

•Fragaria F. x ananassa

ABZ Seeds

Sweet Corn Inferno F1• Some of the best eating

quality you’ll find in an early

mid-season

• Dark green husks and

plentiful flags offer excellent

cover

• Zea mays

Harris Seeds/ GardenTrends

Tomato Braveheart F1• Very prolific and crack

resistant with excellent flavor

• Fruit are small and ripen to

a brilliant red

• Solanum lycopersicum

Sakata America

Tomato Damsel F1• Little to no pruning

• Flavor is comparable to pink

heirlooms, sweet and tangy

with slightly firmer texture


Johnny’s Selected Seeds

Tomato Chef’s Choice Yellow• Very Large yields of 12-14

ounce yellow beefsteak

tomatoes

• Perfect acid to sugar

balance



Tomato Giant Garden Paste F1• Cross between a Beefsteak

tomato and a Roma Tomato

• It is juicer than other Paste

varieties and very meaty!


Park Seed

Tomato Gladiator F1• Unbeatable armor of vigor,

flavor, aroma and yield

•Solanum lycopersicum

W. Atlee Burpee & Co.

Tomato Lady Bug F1• Small red-fruited cherry

tomato

• Excellent sweet flavor

• Lycopersicon esculentum

Terra Organics, LLC

Tomato Oxheart• An heirloom variety popular

because it is dense with few

seeds

• Star sliced fresh atop salad

greens or paired with

mozzarella


Botanical Interests

Tomato Patio Choice Red F1 • Great determinate tomato

for containers

• Produce generous

amounts of bright red

rounded fruit

• Lycopersicon esculentum

Seeds by Design Inc.

Tomato Patio Choice Yellow F1 • Perfect mild flavored cherry

tomato that sets over 100

fruit

• Beautiful tomatoes fresh or

sun dried

• Lycopersicon lycopersicum


Tomato Pink-a-licious F1• Perfect go-to "all purpose"

tomato

• A wonderful balance of

sugar to acid that brings a

juiciness to its great flavor

• Lycopersicon lycopersicum

Syngenta Flowers Inc.

Tomato Take 2• Ideal space savers

• A slicer and a cherry for

summer-long harvests from

one hardworking container!

•Solanum lycopersicum

W. Atlee Burpee & CO.

Watermelon Grandeur F1• If you are looking for a large

Crimson Sweet type look no

more

• Fruit weigh up to 30 pounds

•Citrullus lanatus

Seeds by Design Inc.

Watermelon Mini Love F1 • Personal-size, hybrid,

seeded watermelon

• Crimson Sweet type rind

pattern and a sweet, crisp,

red flesh that contains very

few seeds

• Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus


2017 ngb new varieties edibles/vegetables

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