Vegetables Recommended for Virginia
ID
426-480
| Vegetable Variety | Remarks | Resistant to the Following |
|---|---|---|
| Asparagus | ||
| Jersey Giant F1 (2-3 years) | furasium crown and root rot, rust | |
| Jersey Gem F1 (2-3 years) | ||
| Bean, Bush | ||
| Roma II (59) | mosaic, mildew mosaic | |
| Dwarf Horticultral (65) | shell beans | |
| Derby (55) | NY 15 and common mosaic | |
| Slenderette (55) | canning | mosaic |
| Kentucky Wonder 125 (60) | bush, with pole bean flavor | mosaic, mildew |
| Beans, Lima | ||
| Bridgeton (65) | downy mildew | |
| Jackson Wonder (65) | heat and drought | |
| Fordhook 169 (75) | downy mildew (races A,B,&D) | |
| Beet | ||
| Ruby Queen (65) | ||
| Detroit Dark Red (60) | ||
| Broccoli | ||
| Packman (60) | for early crop | heat |
| Windsor (66) | for fall crop (and spring in mtns) | heat - downy mildew |
| Green Goliath (80) | bears over long period | |
| Brussels Sprouts | ||
| Jade Cross (110) | ||
| Cabbage | ||
| Gourmet (70) | yellows | |
| Stonehead (75) | yellows | |
| Dynamo AAS (68) | longstanding | bacterial spot (2# dwarf heads) |
| Guardian (80) | black rot | |
| Two Season (85) | Chinese cabbage | |
| Carrots | ||
| *Gold King (72) | nearly coreless | |
| Danvers (72) | ||
| Imperator (78) | ||
| Cauliflower | ||
| Candid Charm (65) | early spring or fall, self blanching (wrapper leaves protect head) | more heat tolerant |
| White Sails (55) | more heat tolerant | |
| Corn, Sweet | ||
| Silver Princess (73) | early maturing | |
| Breeders Choice (68) | good husk protection | |
| Silver King (82) | earlier white, tough husk | birds |
| Argent (86) "Improved Silver Queen" | ||
| Golden Queen (95) | ||
| Cucumber | ||
| Dasher II (60) | slicing | anthracnose, leaf spot, mosaic mildew, scab |
| Everslice (60) | slicing | same as Dasher II |
| Bush Whopper (68) | slicing | anthracnose, leaf spot, mildew |
| Sweet Slice (65) | slicing | mosaic, downy mildew |
| County Fair (55) | pickling and slicing | anthracnose, leaf spot, mosaic, scab, mildews, cucumber beetles/bacterial wilt |
| Eggplant | ||
| Mission Bell (95) | oval shape | |
| Black Knight (110) | ||
| Little Fingers | slender, oriental type | |
| Kale | ||
| Vates Dwarf Blue (55) | spring or fall | |
| Dwarf Siberian (80) | overwinter | |
| Lettuce | ||
| Salad Bowl (50) | leaf | |
| Summer Time (72) | head, heat tolerant | |
| Mission (80) (Trial) | ||
| Dark Green Boston (70) | loose heading, heat tolerant | |
| Parris Island Cos (75) | Romaine, heat tolerant | |
| Buttercrunch (65) | Bibb-type | |
| Muskmelon | ||
| Ambrosia (82) | fine flavor | powdery and downy mildew, fusarium wilt |
| Apollo | tolerates powdery mildew & fruit spot | |
| *Short'n Sweet (85) | very dwarf vines | |
| Athena (87) | unique sweet taste, good keeper, large, p. mildew tolerant | fusarium wilt |
| Mustard | ||
| Tendergreen F1 (40) | ||
| Southern Giant Curled (45) | ||
| Okra | ||
| Annie Oakley (50) | spineless | |
| Clemson Spineless (45) | ||
| Onion | ||
| White Portugal (100) | white | |
| Sweet Sandwich (105) | start seed in Jan.; Vadalia-type brown | |
| Ebenezer (110) | brown, stores well after curing | |
| Mustand (110) | ||
| Peas | ||
| Knight (56) (early) | tolerates heat, stringless! | fusarium wilt |
| Sugar Snow (70) (snap) | tolerant of downy mildew and fusarium wilt | fusarium wilt |
| Wando (68) | edible pod, flat, snow pea | |
| Green Arrow (70) | ||
| Dwarf Gray Sugar (68) | fusarium wilt | |
| Peas, Southern | ||
| Queen Anne (56) | ||
| Purple Hull Crowder (60-70) | ||
| Pepper | ||
| Lady Bell (110) | sweet | drought, mosaic |
| Boydton Bell | sweet, early compact plant, green bell turns bright red | bacterial leaf spot (races 1,2,&3) |
| Mucho-Nacho (100) | ||
| Huge Jalapenos | hot | viruses |
| Red Cayenne (110) | hot | |
| Potato, Irish | ||
| Steuben (eastern Va) (100) | red | |
| Superior (eastern Va) (100) | high flavor, mosaic, late blight, | |
| Pontiac (100) | stores well | |
| Yukon gold (western Va) (112) | western VA on S or SE slopes | uses 1/2# gypsum per pound of seed potatoes in-furrow to Black Heart |
| Potato, Sweet | ||
| Centennial (120) | ||
| Jewel (120) | ||
| Baker (120) | ||
| Pumpkin | ||
| Magic Lantern (100) | 12-15" carving | powdery mildew |
| Merlin (100) | 12-15" carving | powdery mildew |
| Howden Biggie | large, uniform to 5# | |
| We-Be-Little | small, uniform for pre-schoolers | |
| Jack-Be-Little | very small, ornamental | |
| Radish | ||
| Cherry Belle (24) | round, red | |
| Icicle (30) | long, white | |
| Spinach | ||
| Melody (50) | tolerates heat | |
| Vienna (80) | seed late Sept. for overwintering, for March/April harvests | |
| Squash, Summer | ||
| Butterbar (50) | yellow | |
| Superpik (50) | yellow, early, heavy, crown set | multiple viruses |
| Goldrush (50) | yellow zucchini | |
| Puma Fi (50) | green zucchini | multiple viruses |
| Squash, Winter | ||
| *Table Ace (80) | acorn | |
| *Butterbush (96) | butternut | |
| Waltham Butternut (96) | white | |
| Buttercup (100) | white | squash borer |
| Swiss Chard | ||
| Rhubard (50) | red | |
| Lucullus (45-55) | green | |
| Tomato | ||
| Big Beef (AAS) (73) | excellent flavor, large, early | fusarium wilt, veric, leaf spots, TMV virus |
| Mountain Spring | concentrated set, good canning, excellent flavor | vericillium, fusarium wilt |
| Celebrity (70) | vericillium, fusarium wilt | |
| Better Boy VFN (105) | ||
| Sweet 100 (65) | cherry tomato | verticillium, fusarium wilt |
| Plum Dandy (Roma type) | plum, top flavor, yields | |
| Turnip | ||
| Tokoyo Cross (40) | white, fall | |
| Purple Top White globe (55) | fall crop only | |
| All top F1 (45) | for greens only | |
| Watermelon | ||
| Petite Sweet (80) | 8 pounds | |
| *Sugar Bush (75) | 10 pounds | anthracnose and fusarium wilt |
| Starbrite (90) | 25-30 pounds | |
| Chifton Seedless Yellow (86) | 12 pounds | same as above, extra flavor |
| The Heart Series (Jack, Queen, & King of Hearts) (80) | 10-18 lbs., seedless, crisp, extra sweet (Jack of Hearts is smallest) | anthracnose, furasium wilt, and hollow heart (OK) |
| *These varieties specifically bred for minimum space requirements, as for urban or high density plantings. Your Extension agent can advise you of sources of supply for new varieties. **Numbers in parentheses indicate time, in days (unless otherwise stated) till beginning of harvest period. | ||
Reviewed by Alan McDaniel, Associate Professor, Horticulture
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Publisher
Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia State University, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture cooperating. Alan L. Grant, Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; Edwin J. Jones, Director, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg; Jewel E. Hairston, Interim Administrator,1890 Extension Program, Virginia State, Petersburg.
Date
May 1, 2009