Eight Standout Vegetables From Spring Trials [Slideshow]
Reflecting the consumers’ passion for growing food, a number of breeders introduced attractive and flavorful vegetable varieties. Here are a few of my favorites.
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'Patio Baby' eggplant from PanAmerican Seed
'Patio Baby' boasts compact growth and fruit.
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'Spicy Slice' jalapeno from Sakata
Sakata bred this jalapeno to have an even circumference from tip to stem, creating evenly sized slices when cut.
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'Sweet 'n' Neat' table top tomato from Vegetalis
Vegetalis had a number of compact vegetable plants with flavorful fruit. 'Sweet 'n' Neat' looks almost like a bonsai tree when trained in a standard form.
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'Aspabroc' from Sakata
This delicate and tasty cross between asparagus and broccoli is well known by consumers under its trademarked name in grocery stores, broccolini.
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'Big League' tomato from Vegetalis
Vegetalis had a number of large tomato varieties, a break from other suppliers' race for patio-ready cherry tomatoes. The newest addition, 'Big League,' is tasty.
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'Emerald Frills' basil from Burpee Home Garden
'Emerald Frills' looks almost like an ornamental foliage plant, but it has a wonderful, strong basil flavor that calls for a good pesto recipe.
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'Heirloom Marriage' Genuwine from PanAmerican Seed
PanAmerican introduced what it is calling its "new heirloom" collection. The series is a result of crossing established heirloom varieties.
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'Indigo Fireball' tomato from Burpee Home Garden
This tomato is not only eye catching with its bright yellow hue and purple collar, it has a pleasing flavor as well.
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'Patio Baby' eggplant from PanAmerican Seed
'Spicy Slice' jalapeno from Sakata
'Sweet 'n' Neat' table top tomato from Vegetalis
'Aspabroc' from Sakata
'Big League' tomato from Vegetalis
'Emerald Frills' basil from Burpee Home Garden
'Heirloom Marriage' Genuwine from PanAmerican Seed
'Indigo Fireball' tomato from Burpee Home Garden
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Carol Miller is the former editor of Greenhouse Grower Retailing and is current editor of American Vegetable Grower. You can eMail her at [email protected]. See all author stories here.