GARDEN LEADER
Vegetable Seeds SQUASH, SUMMER
NEW Tasty Savoy Leaf DAYS TO HARVEST: 36 KEY FEATURE: Traditional Eastern U.S. style leaf FRUIT: Savoy leaves, deep green color. PLANT: Semi erect TOLERANCE: downey mildew 1-4, bolt resistant TYPE: F-1 USE: Late spring and summer crop for home garden and fresh market.
SPINACH
Spinacia oleracea 60-65 F., 7-14 Days CROP TIME: PACK: 2 weeks
Soil pH for a spinach crop should be 6.5 – 7.5
NEW Bloomsdale DAYS TO HARVEST: 45 KEY FEATURE: Bloomsdale Long Standing Green FRUIT: Savoy leaves, deep green color. PLANT: Semi erect TYPE: OP USE: Late spring and summer crop for home garden and fresh market.
NEW Giant Noble Green DAYS TO HARVEST: 45 FRUIT: Smooth leaf, slow bolting, deep green. PLANT: Semi-erect TYPE: OP USE: Spring and summer crop
NEW Melody Green DAYS TO HARVEST: 42 KEY FEATURE: AAS Winner FRUIT: Savoy thick round leaves, deep green color. TOLERANCE: downey mildew, cucumber mosaic TYPE: F-1 USE: Early spring crop, late fall crop for home garden and fresh market.
GARDEN LEADER
NEW Tasty Smooth Leaf DAYS TO HARVEST: 36 KEY FEATURE: Your Western U.S. style leaf. Easily rinsed for baby greens plus good steaming caliper when mature FRUIT: Smooth large leaves, deep green color. PLANT: Semi erect TOLERANCE: downey mildew 1-7, bolt resistant widely adapted TYPE: F-1 USE: Late spring and summer crop for home garden and fresh market.
Aristocrat DAYS TO HARVEST: 43 KEY FEATURE: AAS Winner FRUIT: Zucchini. Color: glossy dk green; Shape: cylinder; Size: 7” PLANT: Habit: compact bush; Size: 2’ TYPE: F-1 USE: Home garden, fresh market
Black Beauty Black Beauty (certified organic)
USDA ORGANIC
DAYS TO HARVEST: 60 KEY FEATURE: Still the most appealing zucchini in the garden with a nation wide following. FRUIT: Zucchini 6” – 8” long with shiny green-black skin
PLANT: Medium size spreads 3’. TYPE: OP USE: Home garden, fresh market
Dark Green Zucchini DAYS TO HARVEST: 50 FRUIT: Zucchini 6” – 8” long with shiny green-black skin with faint stripes. PLANT: Medium size spreads 3’. COMPARISON: Black Beauty TYPE: OP USE: Home garden, fresh market
SQUASH
Cucurbita species 70°, 7 days CROP TIME: PACK: 2 weeks
MORE SUMMER SQUASH FAVORITES DESCRIPTION
Squash Summer Flying Saucer Pan Squash Summer Lioness Yellow Squash Summer Sunray Straightneck Squash Summer Yellow Sunburst Pan Squash Summer Zucchini Felix Squash Summer Zucchini Leopard Squash Summer Zucchini Reward
Squash Summer Zucchini Round Eight Ball Squash Summer Zucchini Spineless Beauty 50 Squash Summer Zucchini White Barq
49
DAYS TYPE 50 50 50 50 50 52 49 50
sallop straightneck
MORE WINTER SQUASH FAVORITES DESCRIPTION
Squash Winter Acorn Royal Ace Squash Winter Blue Magic
Squash Winter Blue Sweet Meat
Squash Winter Buttercup Autumn Cup Squash Winter Buttercup Bonbon Squash Winter Butternut Chieftain Squash Winter Butternut Waltham Squash Winter Striped Confetti
Squash Winter Striped Sweet Dumpling DISEASE CODES
A. Papaya ringspot virus
100 103 95 85 80 97 80
100 D. Cucumber mosaic virus
straightneck 5-7 in scallop zucchini zucchini zucchini zucchini zucchini zucchini
2.5 in 7 in 8 in 8 in
7-8 in 6 in
SIZE COLOR SHAPE HABIT TOLERANCE USE green ylw yellow yellow yellow green green green green green
scalloped bulb
slim bulb dish
cylender cylender cylender cylender
light green blocky
DAYS TYPE 85
acorn blue blue
buttercup buttercup butternut butternut striped striped
4-6 lb
8-19 in 8 in
8-10 in 1-2 lb 4 in
SIZE COLOR SHAPE HABIT TOLERANCE USE dark green blue-green blue-green green
orange yellow yellow
ribbed round round round round
cylender cylender
yellow/green round ivory/green round
F. Syngentitus resistant
B. Watermelon mosaic virus (race 2) E. Powdery mildew tolerant G. Rimshoe Glaucoma blight C. Zucchini yellows mosaic virus
Vegetable Seeds 51
PLANT semi-bush
semi-vine full vine 3-4 fruits semi-bush bush
full vine bush
semi bush semi vine full vine
semi bush semi bush bush veins
stored easy compact vine stored easy
semi-bush none bush bush
scalloped south bush bush bush
long cylinder bush
PMV ZYMV PM,.DM
papya virus spots
ZMV,WMV none none
PLANT
garden garden garden garden
market garden
Early Prolific DAYS TO HARVEST: 42 FRUIT: Straight neck. Color: smooth yellow rind; Size: 6” PLANT: Moderate bush, 30” spread TOLERANCE: mosaic virus TYPE: F-1 USE: Home garden, fresh market
Early Summer DAYS TO HARVEST: 55 FRUIT: Crookneck Color: warted yellow rind; Size: 8” PLANT: Bush habit spreads 3’
KEY FEATURE high tolerence
good quality good young southern
easy harvest easy harvest high yeild
nutty flavor
garden garden
garden garden garden
KEY FEATURE small
sweet meat sits upright PMT
creamy skin orange flesh sweet
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