Category Archives: Vegetables
Pepper Hot Fish
You may have encountered (and savored) this heirloom pepper in the oyster and crab houses around the Chesapeake Bay. One of the prettiest peppers ever to grace our test gardens this African-American heirloom predates the 1870s. Boasting handsome variegated foliage
Tomato SteakHouse Hybrid
Big news in the tomato patch! Meet the biggest tomato ever bred. And its not just bigger but better. Tipping the scales at up to three lbs. plus broad-shouldered tomato titan is bigger than Big Daddy and loaded with true
Tomato Black Cherry
An heirloom too rarely encountered this delectable variety fully merits a place in the garden and on the dinner table. Yields plentiful clusters of perfectly round 1″ true cherry tomatoes that are deep red with a blackish hue. The flavor
Broccoli Waltham 29
Known for producing large heads and long stalks this longtime favorite is excellent for cooking fresh or freezing. The 4-6″ dark blue-green heads are arrayed with side shoots. Developed to withstand cold it performs outstandingly in the fall.
Cucumber Spacemaster
This compact cucumber is ideal for containers or hanging baskets. Its short hardy vines produce slender dark green fruits 7 1/2″ long. It’s prolific and great in salads or plain. Resistant to Cucumber mosaic virus and scab.
Eggplant Black Beauty
Over 100 years old this 1902 Burpee introduction was an immediate hit because the plants ripened perfect fruits dramatically earlier than other varieties. It became the common market eggplant of today. Harvested fresh however makes all the difference.
Potato Russet Norkotah
High-yielding and delicious the perfect potato for small gardens. Russet-skinned potatoes for baking or boiling. Matures early.
Garlic Shilla
Shilla is a beautiful early harvesting very rich flavored and moderately pungent Turban garlic from Korea. Straw-colored clove covers and parchment-like bulb wrappers occasionally have thin stripes and a little color to them. Earliest harvesting garlic that wants to be
Pumpkin Jack O’ Lantern
Excellent for Halloween carving and cooking. Pumpkins are 18-24 lbs. with a round to elongated shape. It has a fine taste as well.
Garlic Kettle River Giant
Called “Giant” for a reason these big garlic bulbs can grow up to 4″ across! This variety boasts the long storage characteristics of a softneck but the complex flavor of a hardneck. Originating in the Pacific Northwest it does well
Garlic Italian Late
Softneck variety that is medium in size with a short and round bulb. The skin is very tight which is a little hard to work but the tight coarse tunics keep cloves fresh in storage for up to 8 months.
Garlic California Early
A subtle mild tasting garlic variety developed for the California garlic industry this is the very popular garlic that many people enjoy. This variety is very adaptable and grows in a variety of climates. Its tight coarse tunics make for
Lettuce Little Gem
Cook’s Garden Favorite. The small robust green heads are perfect for individual salads and its firm upright habit makes it great for sandwiches as well. Little Gem is the one to grow for Hearts of Romaine.
Artichoke Imperial Star Hybrid
Attractive plants with grey-green foliage grow 4 ft. tall with a similar spread. High yields of sweet mild tasting flower buds 4 1/2″ in diameter are very slow to open when mature and are produced the first year.
Kale Blend
Cook’s Garden Favorite. Just add color. Mix includes four different kale varieties: 25% ‘Lacinato’ 25% ‘Winterbor’ 25% ‘Redbor’ and 25% ‘Dwarf Curled Vates’. Kale is just about the most nutritious thing you can eat and can be prepared in an
Tomato Super Beefsteak
Delicious flavorful meaty fruits have smooth shoulders not as rough and ridgy as Beefsteak and the blossom end scars are smaller. Prolific vigorous plants produce luscious red fruits averaging 17 oz.
Pumpkin Early Sweet Sugar Pie
The fine orange flesh of this favorite is the best for rich pumpkin pies. Easy to handle at only 6-7 lb. each.
Shallots French Red
Prolific plants produce an abundance of 1-2″ diameter bulbs that are sweet and similar to a green onion flavor. Very mild in flavor never overpowering. French Red is naturally sweet and adds color to your favorite recipes.
Spinach Space Hybrid
Cook’s Garden Favorite. Hybrid. This is a true three season spinach: heat tolerant and slow bolting yet also resistant to the mildew that makes fall spinach so chancy. Quick growing — ready in 40 days or less. Upright habit with
Arugula Rocket (Roquette)
Tender smooth leaves with robust peppery flavor. Cook mature leaves with other greens. GARDEN HINTS: Grows best in cool weather. Can also be grown as a fall crop. Sow early in spring. Protect from heat with shade cloth. Likes fertile
