Breeders at California Spring Trials presented edibles in container gardens, urban gardens and mixed combos with ornamentals. They presented tons of useful ideas for how growers and retailers can present veggies for premium sales. New colors, sizes and flavors make these featured edibles a fresh tastebud experience. Here are 10 new varieties to pump up the flavor power.
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Indigo Tomato Collection (Burpee Home Gardens)
The Indigo Collection tastes great and has unique-colored fruit, plus exceptionally high levels of anthocyanins.
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‘Patio Baby’ Eggplant (PanAmerican Seed)
From the HandPicked Vegetables collection, new ‘Patio Baby’ is a compact plant that produces baby-size, easy-to-pick eggplants early and often.
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‘Sugar Gloss’ Tomato (Vegetalis)
A new indeterminate variety, ‘Sugar Gloss’ packs a flavor punch with a Brix rating of 12 percent. Long, high-yielding trusses produce up to 60 glossy red fruits each weighing ¾ ounce.
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‘Carmello’ Tomato (Syngenta Flowers)
This classic French hybrid was developed especially for eating fresh off the vine. Indeterminate vines produce sweet, juicy medium-large fruit weighing 5 to 7 ounces with non-cracking skins.
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Savour Basil Tree (Hishtil Nursery via Pacific Plug & Liner)
Not a new concept but an increasingly popular one, the Savour basil tree has been developed to stay outside on the balcony or patio during summer, or placed inside on a window during winter. With extra vigor from grafting, it develops a woody trunk and massive, crowned head.
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Capsicum ‘Conga’ (American Takii)
This ornamental pepper features dark purple foliage with fruit that starts purple and finishes red. With vigor between the Mambo and Salsa series, ‘Conga’ is good for 4- and 6-inch pots and quarts, and can be sold two weeks early.
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Rainbow Beet Beetroot (Thompson & Morgan)
This visually stunning, five-variety mixture offers sweet flavor for raw eating, steaming or pickling. Sliced young roots can be peeled and sliced raw into salads for color, and the stems and leaves make excellent salad ingredients as alternatives to spinach or chard.
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SwissChard 'Peppermint' (Sakata Home Grown)
The only chard with two-toned stems, these highly ornamental plants boast pure white petioles with vibrant pink streaks, topped by dark green, glossy leaves. A great choice for specialty produce or mixed with ornamentals, ‘Peppermint’ performs well across seasons.
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‘Hula Berry’ Strawberry (Pacific Plug & Liner)
‘Hula Berry,’ a new white strawberry with the taste of pineapple, is the latest edibles introduction from Pacific Plug & Liner. It requires a pollinator and is ideal planted in containers.
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Supermint Series (EuroAmerican Propagators)
The new ‘Midnight Mojito’ and ‘Sunrise Mojito’ varieties from the Supermint series is a hesperozgis hybrid with mint-scented foliage and flowers and bloom coverage from spring through fall. Bicolor flowers blend well in any setting, making this mint great for early summer sales.
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Indigo Tomato Collection (Burpee Home Gardens)
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‘Patio Baby’ Eggplant (PanAmerican Seed)
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‘Sugar Gloss’ Tomato (Vegetalis)
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‘Carmello’ Tomato (Syngenta Flowers)
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Savour Basil Tree (Hishtil Nursery via Pacific Plug & Liner)