National Garden Bureau members have submitted their new varieties for the 2011 garden season.

1. Vegetables
New Varieties For 2011

2. Bean ‘Jackson Wonder Lima’
•75 days to maturing
•Very early and hardy lima bean
•Abundant pods are 3-4 inches long
•Climber that requires staking
•Tan bean with dark brown speckles
•Phaseolus lunatusTerra Organics

3. Bean ‘Velour’
•First purple filet bean!
•“Extra-fine” grade beans
•Long, slender 4-5 inch purple pods
turn green when cooked
•Medium size bushy plants
•Harvest 51 days from sowing seed
•Phaseolus vulgaris
Johnny’s Selected Seeds

4. Cabbage ‘Red Express’
•Dark red 2-3 pound head
•Super early OP cabbage is 53
days to maturity
•Sweet crisp flavor
•Bred for Canada & North USA
it is hardy to zone 3
•Brassica oleracea
Terra Organics

5. Cucumber ‘Salt and Pepper’
•First white-skinned pickling
cucumber with powdery
mildew resistance
•Black spined 3-5 inch fruit
•Delicious sweet crunchy flavor
•Matures in 53 days
•Cucumis sativus
Johnny’s Selected Seeds

6. Eggplant ‘Barbarella’
•Beautiful eye-catching fruit
•Very nearly round, 4-5" long and
4-6" diameter
•Excellent tasting and tender
•Tall upright plants bear 5-6 fruit
•Harvest 65 days from transplant
•Solanum melongenaJohnny’s Selected Seeds

7. Eggplant ‘Pot Black’
•Highly ornamental black 2-3 oz fruit
•Container conversation piece
•Pick from ping pong ball size until tennis ball
size
•30 or more tasty fruits per plant
•Harvest 58-62 days from transplant
•Colorful addition to a vegetable medley on the
grill
•Solanum melongenaFloranova Ltd./Vegetalis

8. Lettuce ‘Bambi’
•Dark green smooth leaves
form true mini heads
•Performs well in early, mid,
and late plantings
•Resistant to DM races 1, 5, 7
•Harvest 50 days from seed
•Latuca sativa
Johnny’s Selected Seeds

9. Lettuce ‘Rhazes’
•A true little gem-type for
spring, summer, and fall
planting
•Resistant to DM races 1, 4-6,
13, 15, and 17
•Harvest 42 days from seed, 35
days from transplant
•Latuca sativaJohnny’s Selected Seeds

10. Mixed Greens ‘SimplySalad™ Alfresco Mix’
•A brand-new way to easily grow mixed
salads for cool-season gardens!
• Each multi-pellet is a mix of loose-leaf
lettuce and greens
•Specially selected to be delicious, colorful
and interesting to display
•Cut and harvest again and again!
•Sow in pots of all sizes
•Harvest in 4-7 weeks
•Latuca sativa
PanAmerican Seed Co.

11. Mixed Greens ‘SimplySalad™ City Garden Mix’
•A brand-new way to easily grow mixed
salads for cool-season gardens!
• Each multi-pellet is a mix of loose-leaf
lettuce and greens
•Specially selected to be delicious, colorful
and interesting to display
•Cut and harvest again and again!
•Sow in pots of all sizes
•Harvest in 4-7 weeks
•Latuca sativaPanAmerican Seed Co.

12. Mixed Greens ‘SimplySalad™ Global Gourmet Mix’
•A brand-new way to easily grow mixed
salads for cool-season gardens!
• Each multi-pellet is a mix of loose-leaf
lettuce and greens
•Grow in full or part sun
•Cut and harvest again and again!
•Sow in pots of all sizes
•Harvest in 4-7 weeks
•Latuca sativa
PanAmerican Seed Co.

13. Pepper, Chile ‘Basket of Fire’
•First true hanging basket pepper!
•Spicy hot peppers turn from cream to
orange and maturing to red
•Small leaves don’t hide the fruit
which pop from under the foliage
•Basal branches cascade
•Matures in 90 days
•Capsicum frutescens
Floranova Ltd./Vegetalis

14. Pepper ‘Gordo’
•2 to 3-lobed fruit have a flattened
shape resembling a “cow’s tongue”
•Strong plants hold fruit well and
provide good cover to the fruit
•Extra-long large Lamuyo type fruit
•For extra large peppers grow Gordo!
•78 days from transplant
•Capsicum annuum
Harris Seeds

15. Pepper ‘Grenada’
•Large to extra-large cubanelle
pepper boasts smooth fruit with a
shallow shoulder cavity
•Well-adapted to the Mid-Atlantic,
Southeast, and Caribbean
•Resistant to R: Xcv: 1-3
•Harvest 76 days from transplant
•Capsicum annuum
Alf Christianson Seed Co.

16. Potato ‘Quick Sprouts’
•Rooted potato sprouts that make
potato transplants possible for the
home gardener to use in the
garden or in containers
•Crop time is fast
•Culture is easy
•6 to 12 potatoes per plant
•Solanum tuberosa
Grimes Horticultural, Inc.

17. Pumpkin ‘Hijinks’ F1 AAS
2011 Winner
•Ideal for painting and carving
•Small fun size of 7 to 9 pounds
•Deep orange skin with distinctive
grooves and durable stem
•Space plants 3 feet apart
•Vines spread 15 feet
•Harvest 100 days from sowing
•Cucurbita pepo
Sakata Seed America Inc.

18. Pumpkin ‘Musquee de Provence’
•Beautiful French heirloom called a
Fairytale Pumpkin
•Exceptionally flavorful deep orange flesh
•8 to 20 pounds
•Harvest 131-138 days from sowing
•Fruit keeps well through the winter in a
cool dry location
•Cucurbita moschata
Botanical Interests Inc.

19. Radish ‘Pink Beauty’
•Rose-pink color adds a new color to a
relish tray
•Round & smooth, small taproot, unique
flavor, crisp white flesh
•1 to 1 1/2-inch fruit grows large but
stays mild & not pithy
•27 days to maturity
•Raphanus sativus
Terra Organics

20. Squash ‘Butterfly’
•Harvest high quality butternut winter squash 90
days from seeding
•Fruits produced on space saving semi-bush
plants average 3.5 lbs
•Flesh is fine grained with good orange color and
great flavor
•Intermediate resistance to powdery mildew is a
big advantage over other butternut varieties.
•Cucurbita Moschata
Harris Seeds

21. Swiss Chard ‘Celebration’
•Vibrant pink, orange and yellow
•Highly uniform plants
•Dark green glossy leaves
•Grow in sun or shade
•Harvest baby leaf in 30-33 days,
mature leaf in 50-60 days
•Beta vulgaris
Alf Christianson Seed Co.

22. Tomatillo ‘Purple’
Rare heirloom variety
Smaller 1 – 1 ½ in. fruit
Sweeter flavor than green
tomatillo
Sixty-eight days to harvest
from transplant
Makes attractive purple
salsa!
Solanum lycopersicum
Terra Organics

23. Tomato ‘Brandymaster Pink’ F1
Originally an Amish
heirloom tomato
Fruits weigh 10 oz.
Prized for incredible flavor
Eighty days to maturity
Potato leafed
indeterminate plant
Solanum lycopersicum
Seeds By Design

24. Tomato ‘Brandymaster Red’ F1
Deep red fruits with
excellent flavor
Fruits can weigh up to 1
pound
Perfect for slicing
Eighty days to maturity
Large indeterminate potato
leaf vines
Solanum lycopersicum
Seeds By Design

25. Tomato ‘Charger’
High-yielding, determinate
salad variety tomato
Extra large fruits are firm
and smooth shouldered
Plants are medium tall and
benefit from light to no
pruning
Seventy-six days to harvest
from transplant
Solanum lycopersicum
Sakata Seed America, Inc.

26. Tomato ‘Cherry Buzz’
Very early to ripen
Produces loads of tasty, bite-
sized treats
Continue to produce all
summer
Shiny, ½-3/4” red fruits
Bright, sweet flavor
Crack resistant
Solanum lycopersicum
Territorial Seed Company

27. Tomato ‘Cherry Falls’
As the name implies, cherry sized and
cherry colored fruit cascades to form a
waterfall of about 300 fruits
Sweet and juicy 1.5 inch half ounce fruit
Well suited for baskets, window boxes
and mixed combination pots
Ripens in 68-72 days from transplant
Solanum lycopersicum
Floranova Ltd./Vegetalis

28. Tomato ‘Containers Choice’ F1
Unique rugoso leaves
Strong, thick stems
Only one central stake
needed, if any
Fruits are small, beefsteak
shaped
Very sweet flavor
Solanum lycopersicum
Seeds By Design

29. Tomato ‘Defiant PhR’
Mid-size slicer
Fruits weigh 6-8 oz.
Globe shaped, smooth skin
and medium firm with great
texture and taste
High resistance to late blight,
intermediate resistance to
early blight
Solanum lycopersicum
Johnny’s Selected Seeds

30. Tomato ‘Early Doll’ F1
Only 55 days to maturity
from transplant
Bright red, globe
shaped tomato with excellent
flavor
Fruits weigh 4-5 oz.
Solanum lycopersicum
Seeds By Design

31. Tomato ‘Five Star Grape’
Excellent, sweet flavor
Firm, meaty texture
Few seeds, little juice
Bright red, 15-20 gm fruits
Crack-resistant
Indeterminate plants highly
resistant to verticillum and
fusarium
Solanum lycopersicum
Johnny’s Selected Seeds

32. Tomato ‘Fourth of July’ F1
The name says it all!
Luscious red tomatoes by the Fourth
of July.
Enjoy the plentiful harvest about 49
days after setting plants in the garden
Indeterminate plants produce fruits all
season
Fruits average 4 ounces
Solanum lycopersicum
The Cook’s Garden

33. Tomato ‘Fried Green’ F1
First tomato selected and
created to be cooked.
Fruits stay firm
Color ranges from apple-green
to yellow
Indeterminate plants set well all
season
Super holding ability
Solanum lycopersicum
Seeds By Design

34. Tomato ‘Heirloom Blend’
Heirloom pack includes:
Brandywine Black, Pink, Red
and Yellow
Cherokee Purple
Green Zebra
White Wonder
Nebraska Wedding
Solanum lycopersicum
Terra Organics

35. Tomato ‘Orange Wellington’
Bursting with flavor!
Smooth, orange
heavyweight
Meaty, nearly seedless flesh
Fruits weight 12 ounces
Grow in full sun with some
staking
Solanum lycopersicum
Burpee Seeds/Cooks Garden

36. Tomato ‘Premio’
Indeterminate plant produces good
yields of high quality 4 oz fruit in
clusters of 6 to 8 fruit
Fruit ripen uniformly with good red
color and uniform round shape
Staking recommended for best overall
yield and fruit quality.
Good disease resistance
68 days to transplant
Solanum lycopersicum
Harris Seeds

37. Tomato ‘Red & Yellow Pear Blend’
Heirloom pear tomatoes from the late
1880’s
Sweet, mild flavor
Low acidity
Seeds are color-coded
Fruits are 2” long and 1” wide
Vigorous and productive
indeterminate plants
Solanum lycopersicum
Botanical Interests

38. Tomato ‘Solid Gold’
Unique colored grape tomato
Excellent sweet and tart flavor
Vigorous plants with outstanding
fruit set
Mid to early, indeterminate plant
Small 2” fruits weigh less than one
ounce each
Solanum lycopersicum
Alf Christianson Seed Co.

39. Tomato ‘Sugar Plum’ F1
Hybrid grape tomato
High-yielding, 1-inch plum
shaped fruits
Sweet and tasty
Sets in clusters on
indeterminate plants
Solanum lycopersicum
Seeds By Design

40. Tomato ‘Sweet Seedless’
World’s first seedless tomato!
Excellent taste, very sweet
Easy to digest
Indeterminate plants are high-
yielding and disease resistant
Fruits average 8-10 ounces
Solanum lycopersicum
Burpee Seed Co.

41. Tomato ‘Lizzano’ F1
AAS 2011 Winner
Vigorous semi-determinate tomato
variety
Bright red, baby-cherry fruits
Low-growing trailing plants excellent
for patio gardens
Late-blight resistant
Fruits average 0.4 ounces
Solanum lycopersicumPro-Veg Seeds Ltd.

42. Tomato ‘Terenzo’ F1
AAS 2011 Winner
High-yielding cherry tomato
Prolific producer in only 56 days from transplant
Tidy, low-growing trailing plants perfect for
containers or hanging baskets
Easy-to-grow determinate variety
Fruits average 0.7 ounces
Solanum lycopersicum
Pro-Veg Seeds Ltd.

43. Tomato ‘Tye-Dye’ F1
Interior is splashed with marbled
yellow-orange and red
Round, 3-inch fruit of 7 ounces
Staking required for plant 24-36
inches tall
Disease resistance to Verticilium
Race 1, Alternaria Stem Canker,
Fusarium 1, and Gray Leaf Spot
Solanum lycopersicum
Monsanto Vegetable Seeds Ltd.