- August 28, 2026
Cucumbers
Pickling Varieties
Liberty Hybrid
Saladin
County Fair 83
Suitable for Containers
Bush Champion
Parks Bush Whopper
Pickle Bush
Potluck
Slicing (Salad) Variety
Dasher 11
Sweet Success
Sweet Slice (burpless)
Eggplant
Standard Type
Black Beauty
Dusky
Early Bird
Oriental Type
Ichaban
Tycoon
White Type
Easter Egg
Summer Squash
Scallop Type
Scallop (Patty Pan)
Peter Pan hybrid (bush)
Sunburst (bright yellow)
Scallopini (bush)
Early White Bush (white)
Yellow Summer Squash
Early Prolific Straight neck
Sundance (crookneck compact)
Early Golden Summer Crookneck
Dixie (crookneck compact)
Zucchini
Aristocrat
Greyzini (compact)
Ambassador (compact)
Gold Rush (golden fruit)
Burpee Fordhook
Winter Squash
Acorn
Butternut
Spaghetti
Table King
Jersey Golden
Sweet Mama
Waltham
Burpee Butterbush
Asparagus
Mary & Martha Washington
Jersey Giant
Brock Imperial
Purple Passion
UC 72 and UC 157
Peppers
Bell Type (sweet)
Sweet Bell
California Wonder
Yolo Wonder
Early Pimento
Sweet Yellow or Cubanelle
Sweet Banana
Gypsy
Hy-Fry
Cubanene
Hot Peppers
Cayenne Pepper Group
Cayenne Long Red Slim
Anaheim
Serrano Chili Pepper
Jalapeno
Tomatoes
Ace
Medium determinate plants with
medium to large fruit.
Big Beef (Beefsteak)
Large, indeterminate plants, large
beefsteak type fruit
Celebrity
Medium semi-determinate plants,
large firm fruit
Champion
Large indeterminate plants, large
fruit
Early Girl
Produces fruit early in the season,
large indeterminate plants, and
continuous crop of small to medium
size fruit.
Mini (cherry) Tomatoes
Sweet 100
Sweet Baby
Sweet Cherry
Patio Type Mini Tomatoes
Patio
Toy Bush
Better Bush
Other Recommended Varieties
Big Pick
Jack Pot
Early Bush
Yellow Fruited
Lemon Boy
Yellow Pear
Spinach
Ferry Morse’ Teton Hybrid
Sweet Corn
Types:
(SU) Standard Sweet Corn
Traditional Variety – will tolerate
low temperatures at planting.
(SE) Sugary Enhanced
Sweeter than SU Standard, retains
its sweetness longer, tolerates
lower temperatures at planting
(Sh2) Super Sweet
Sweeter than all the other types.
At planting time, it needs soil
temperatures of 65°. Texture is
drier and sugar converts to starch
rapidly.
Colors:
Yellow (y)
White (w)
Bicolor (bi)
Recommended Varieties
Standard Sugary:
Butter and Sugar (bi)
Golden Cross Bantam (y)
Jubilee(y)
Silver Queen (w)
Sugary-enhanced
How sweet it is (w)
Breeder’s Choice (Light yellow)
Kandy Corn (y)
Concord (bi)
Super Sweet
Maxim (y)
Early Xtra Sweet (y)
Butterfruit (y)
Okra
Anne Oakley II
Lee
Emerald
Clemson Spineless
Dwarf Green Longpod (dwarf plant)
Snap Beans
Bush Green: Tendercrop
Bush Yellow: Goldencrop Wax
Pole Green: Kentucky Wonder
Lettuce
Romaine
Parris Island
Loose Leaf
Salad Bowl
Oak Leaf
Red Sails
Royal Green
Butterhead
Boston