Vegetable Cultivar Descriptions for North America

Lists 1-26 Combined

Edited by Todd C. Wehner

This list of the North American vegetable cultivars is a compilation of the previous vegetable cultivar lists that were published in the Proceedings of the American Society for Horticultural Science and in HortScience. The original lists published in the journals were developed using the database of cultivars registered with the American Seed Trade Association, as well as published descriptions from scientific journals and seed catalogs. Assistant editors responsible for each crop were instructed to obtain as much information as possible about the cultivars available to North American growers. The crop species are listed alphabetically, and cultivars are listed alphabetically within each of those.

Note: we do not have seeds to sell or to sample out; this is a list of cultivar descriptions that are or were sold by seed companies and public institutions.

Instructions for sending new cultivar descriptions

This list is identical to the published lists except that errors have been corrected, duplicate cultivar names have been removed, and the descriptions have been put into a standard format. The standard format includes the cultivar name, experimental designation, breeder, vendor, parentage, plant characteristics, disease and other resistances, similar cultivars, areas of adaptation, plant variety protection information, reference information, and year of release. In many cases, complete information was not available for the cultivars included in the list.

Crop listings: amaranth-vegetable (tampala), asparagus, bean-dry, bean-green, bean-Lima, bean-mung, beet, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cabbage-Chinese, carrot, cauliflower, celery, chickpea (garbanzo), collard, corn salad, cucumber, cucumber-Armenian, eggplant, endive, endive-Belgian (Witloof chicory), escarole, gourd-benincasa, gourd-cucurbita, gourd-lagenaria, gourd-luffa ridge, gourd-luffa sponge, gourd-momordica, gourd-sechium, herbs-basil, herbs-fennel, herbs-parsley, kale, leek, lettuce, melon, mustard, okra, onion, parsnip, pea-green, pepper, popcorn, potato, pumpkin, radish, radish-daikon, rhubarb, rutabega, shallot, southernpea (cowpea), soybean, spinach, squash, sweetcorn, sweetpotato, Swiss chard, tampala (amaranth), tomato, turnip, watermelon.

Crop Cultivar Lists (editors; number of cultivars; bold lists are in 2 files)

• Amaranth (Davis and Cox; 4)
• Asparagus (Wehner; 20)
• Bean-Dry (Sutton and Coyne; 298)
• Bean-Green, A-L (Nienhuis, Sass, Myers; 573)
• Bean-Green, M-Z (Nienhuis, Sass, Myers)
• Bean-Lima (Nienhuis, Sass, Myers; 42)
• Bean-Mung (Coyne; 1)
• Beet (Goldman; 66)
• Broccoli (Farnham; 155)
• Brussels sprouts (De Vos; 229)
• Cabbage (Dickson and Griffiths; 310)
• Cabbage-Chinese (Dickson and Griffiths; 23)
• Carrot (Simon; 286)
• Cauliflower (Farnham; 95)
• Celery (Quiros; 70)
• Chickpea (Gritton; 2)
• Collard (Farnham; 11)
• Corn Salad (Wehner, 2)
• Cucumber, A-L (Wehner; 647)
• Cucumber, M-Z (Wehner)
• Cucumber-Armenian (Wehner; 3)
• Eggplant (Hutton and Pollack; 122)
• Endive (Ryder; 105)
• Endive-Belgian (Ryder; 4)
• Escarole (Ryder; 5)
• Gourd-Benincasa (Decker-Walters; 12)
• Gourd-Cucurbita (Decker-Walters; 22)
• Gourd-Lagenaria (Decker-Walters; 98)
• Gourd-Luffa ridge (Decker-Walters; 3)
• Gourd-Luffa sponge (Wehner and Ellington; 18)
• Gourd-Momordica (Decker-Walters; 6)
• Gourd-Sechium (Decker-Walters; 5)
• Herbs-Basil (Wehner; 2)
• Herbs-Fennel (Wehner; 3)
• Herbs-Parsley (Wehner, Davis, Cox; 44)
• Kale (Farnham; 6)
• Leek (Simon; 16)
• Lettuce, A-L (Ryder and McCreight; 492)
• Lettuce, M-Z (Ryder and McCreight)
• Melon (McCreight; 319)
• Mustard (Farnham; 3)
• Okra (Jarret; 20)
• Onion, A-L (Havey; 665)
• Onion, M-Z (Havey)
• Parsnip (Simon; 3)
• Pea-green, A-L (Gritton and Myers; 529)
• Pea-green, M-Z (Gritton and Myers)
• Pepper, A-L (Bosland; 660)
• Pepper, M-Z (Bosland)
• Popcorn (Tracy; 5)
• Potato (Douches; 306)
• Pumpkin (Wessel-Beaver; 124)
• Radish (Burkett, Yates, Behling; 105)
• Radish-Daikon (Burkett, Yates, Behling; 19)
• Rhubarb (Wehner, Davis, Cox; 12)
• Rutabega (Goldman; 11)
• Shallot (Havey; 5)
• Southernpea (Fery; 74)
• Soybean (Coyne; 7)
• Spinach (Morelock; 113)
• Squash (Wessel-Beaver; 368)
• Sweetcorn, A-L (Tracy; 1033)
• Sweetcorn, M-Z (Tracy)
• Sweetpotato (LaBonte; 73)
• Swiss Chard (Goldman; 9)
• Tampala (Wehner; 3)
• Tomato, A-I (Scott; 1049)
• Tomato, J-R (Scott)
• Tomato, S-Z (Scott)
• Turnip (Goldman; 33)
• Watermelon, A-L (Elmstrom and McCuistion; 272)
• Watermelon, M-Z (Elmstrom and McCuistion)

Previous Vegetable Cultivar Lists:

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Banned Plants The following plants are banned and members will not plant them: Any officer but usually the president may remove a banned plant after the member has been notified and failed to comply. ♦ Any “illegal” plant ♦ Sorghum ♦ Passion Fruit ♦ Cactus ♦ Jerusalem artichoke ♦ Datura (flowering vine) ♦ Any type of Morning Glory ( weed, domestic, flower) ♦ Sugar cane ♦ Trees ♦ Bamboo ♦ Plumeria ♦ Grapevines ♦ 4 O’clock (the flower) ♦ Castor Bean ♦ Mint (except in a container) ♦ Rose bushes ♦ Potatoes of any kind (including yams and sweet potatoes). ♦ White, and Black Nightshade ♦ Petunias *** disease and pest ridden! ♦ Gooseberries ♦ Any perennial over 4 feet tall is.	Favorite Veggies Artichokes (grow from seeds) - Viloletta Beans(pole) - Blue Lake - Kentucky Wonder Beets - Chioggia - Detroit Reds - Cylindra Broccoli - Packman - Small Miracle Brussels Sprouts - Trofalgar (Thompson and Morgan) Cabbage - Dynamo - Copenhagen - Savoy Express - Purple Savoy - Savory King Carrots - Sweet Sunshine (Burpee's Seeds), sweet flavor. Cauliflower - White Sails (Stokes Seed Company) Cucumbers - Burpless- - Burpless Tasty Green - Yamata Cucumbers (Pickling) - Cool Breeze Egg Plant - Pink Neon (Johnny's Seeds) - Ghostbuster - Breeder and vendor: Harris Moran. Characteristics: oval shape 6-7 inch long, white color fruit, sweet flavor, broad semi-upright plant. Similar: Casper, Cloud Nine Kale: - Red Russian Kohlrabi - Kossock(Parks Seeds Company)This is a giant kohlrabi however it is very tender and tasty despite its size. Lettuce - Green Ice - Nevada, Sierra Peas - Oregon Giant Snow pea - Super Sugar Snap Radishes - Easter Egg - French Breakfast Squash (summer) - Kuta (Park Seeds) - Trombone(Renee's Garden seeds sold at Armstrong's) Swiss Chard - Lucullus - Bright Lights Tomatoes - Big beef(our main stay with great disease resistance) - First Lady - First Born - Enchantment, - Stupice(ultra early, sweet but small tomato) Tomatoes (Cherry) - Santa - Juliet Tomatoes (different colors) - Lemon boy - Hawaiian Pineapple - Pink Grapefruit Tomatoes (Heirlooms) - Brandywine Turnips - Oasis(Thompson and Morgan Seed Company) pure white and when picked small taste like melons Yard Long Green Beans - Liana(Johnny's seed company) Zuchinni - Constata Romanesco (Johnny's) - Park's Whopper
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