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Vegetable Seeds


TOLERANCE: fusarium wilt TYPE: OP heirloom USE: Home garden


Hales Best DAYS TO HARVEST: 87 FRUIT: Color: deep salmon-orange, small seed cavity; Size: 3 to 5 lb., thick netting, slightly oval PLANT: Aggressive trailing vine TYPE: OP USE: Home garden, drought tolerant


Sweet Delight DAYS TO HARVEST: 83 FRUIT: Green honeydew type flesh; Size: 4 lb. PLANT: Demure trailing vine TYPE: OP Honeydew USE: Home garden


GARDEN LEADER


NEW Monster Melon DAYS TO HARVEST: 86 KEY FEATURE: Fast seller at roadside stands FRUIT: Orange 6 – 10 lbs, sutured with finely netted rind. Rich, heady muskmelon aroma. PLANT: Aggressive, rambling vines TOLERANCE: fusarium wilt 2 TYPE: F-1 USE: Home garden, fresh market


GARDEN LEADER


NEW Tasty Green Honeydew DAYS TO HARVEST: 85 KEY FEATURE: Highest in sugar of all the roadside types FRUIT: Green smooth flesh. 3 – 4 lb fruit. PLANT: Demure vine TOLERANCE: fusarium wilt TYPE: F-1 Honeydew USE: Fresh market, home garden


GARDEN LEADER


Tasty Hybrid DAYS TO HARVEST: 80 FRUIT: Color: light orange sherbet, firm and sweet; Size: 4-5 lb., medium net, shallow rib PLANT: Moderate trailing vine TYPE: F1 USE: Home garden


TYPE: E-1 chantenay USE: Good for juice


NEW Kuroda Hybrid DAYS TO HARVEST: 73 KEY FEATURE: High moisture, juicy. FRUIT: Broad top to tapered tip, 5” x 2”. PLANT: 12” TOLERANCE: Alternaria Leaf Blight TYPE: F-1 Chantenay USE: Heavy clay soil. juicing.


CARROT


Dacus carota sativus 78°, D, 10 days CROP TIME: 3 weeks


Amish Prime


DAYS TO HARVEST: 65 days KEY FEATURE: Beautiful ‘Scarlet Nantes’ type. This one has been enjoyed on rural dinner tables for decades. FRUIT: Root is sweet in flavor and tender in texture. Color is deep orange. 6 –7” tapering to a pointed end TYPE: OP heirloom USE: Lends an attractive and tasty addition to soups, stews or served boiled.


NEW Chantenay Royal DAYS TO HARVEST: 70 KEY FEATURE: Very sweet. FRUIT: Broad top to tapered tip, 4-6”. PLANT: 12” TOLERANCE: Freezing, sun blanching TYPE: Chantenay USE: Heavy clay soil.


NEW Danvers 126 DAYS TO HARVEST: 80 KEY FEATURE: Produces well in heavy soil FRUIT: Roots are 6 –7” tapering to a blunt end. Deep orange to the medium size core. TYPE: OP USE: Fresh sliced and cooking


Discovery DAYS TO HARVEST: 80 KEY FEATURES: AAS Winner FRUIT: Color; Dark orange; Shape: tapered cylinder; Size 7” full size, wide shoulder with tapered end


MORE CANTALOPE/ MELON FAVORITES DESCRIPTION


Cantalope Amy White Hybrid Cantalope Diva Hybrid


Cantalope Earli Dew Green Hybrid Cantalope French Orange Hybrid Cantalope Goddess Hybrid Cantalope Harper Hybrid


Cantalope Lambkin White Hybrid Cantalope Lil Lope Hybrid Cantalope Mavrick Hybrid


Cantalope Passport Green Hybrid Cantalope Riviera Pink Hybrid Cantalope Rockstar Hybrid


Cantalope Sensation White Hybrid Cantalope Wrangler Hybrid


DISEASE CODES


A. Brown Bead tolerant D. Downey Mildew resistant G. Tip Burn resistant B. Black Rot tolerant C. Bacterial Soft Rot


E. Downy Mildew tolerant 34 Vegetable Seeds F. Fusarium Yellows resistant I. Tip Burn tolerant H. Mosaic virus tolerant


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REL DAYS TYPE 75


canary


cantaloupe honeydew charentais cantaloupe cantaloupe Piel de Sapo cantaloupe cantaloupe galia


cantaloupe cantaloupe unique


cantaloupe


FRUITE SIZE 3-4 lbs.


6-8 lbs. 2-3 lbs. 2-3lbs. 4-6 lbs. 4-5 lbs. 2-4 lbs. 2 lbs.


4-6 lbs. 5-7 lbs. 2-3 lbs. 2 lbs.


5-6 lbs. 4-5 lbs.


FRUITE SHAPE oval


oval


round round oval


round oval


round oval


round round oval


round oval


Primo DAYS TO HARVEST: 52 KEY FEATURES: AAS Winner KEY FEATURE: Very sweet and versatile FRUIT: Color; good interior orange color even when young, no green shoulders; Shape: slightly tapered cylinder blunt end. Size 3-4” reaches a full 7” when not harvested early. TYPE: F-1 nantes USE: Recommend as baby carrots in all areas, full size in short season areas.


NEW Purple Haze DAYS TO HARVEST: 70 KEY FEATURE: AAS Winner. Unique color. FRUIT: 7” - 8”. Purple with bright orange core. PLANT: 12”, TOLERANCE: Not bolt resistant, plant when weather warms to avoid bolting. TYPE: Nantes USE: Fresh sliced.


NEW Scarlet Nantes DAYS TO HARVEST: 52 FRUIT: Orange with small core. 5 – 6” fully grown but can be harvested at 3” for baby carrots TYPE: OP nantes USE: Fresh market full size or baby carrots.


NEW Sweet Baby Jane DAYS TO HARVEST: 50-65 KEY FEATURE: Small roots. FRUIT: 1” – 3”, dark orange. PLANT: 8”, TYPE: Baby USE: Fresh market, whole baby carrots.


Sweetness 2 DAYS TO HARVEST: 75 KEY FEATURE: Possibly the sweetest, best tasting, fresh carrot of the new millennium FRUIT: Roots grow 6 to 8 inches long and are rich in


NET none


medium none slight


coarse fine


none


medium coarse fine


slight


medium slight


coarse FLESH


yellow white orange


light green deep orange orange


deep orange white


orange orange


medium green deep orange orange


green to white orange


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DISEASE


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