There ’s no ground to assure everyone how great ‘ Brandywine ’ tomatoes are because everyone already knows ! And the same goes for ‘ Blue Lake ’ dark-green beans or ‘ Hot Wax ’ common pepper . We all have it off these names because they are corking varieties that veggie gardeners have relied on for decades . Yet there are a bunch of lesser - known veggies that merit the same extolment , but their PR agent are n’t the best . On this sequence Carol and Danielle are calling out some of the unvalued heroes of their vegetable gardens . These are varieties that have proven themselves over and over , but their name are n’t generally well known in edible forget me drug . We ’re skip to change that after today !
Special Edgar Guest : Steve Bellavia conducts vegetable research as a product manager for Johnny ’s Selected Seeds in Winslow , Maine .
Carol’s Plants
‘ Shiraz ’ Charles Percy Snow pea plant
‘ Caribe ’ Solanum tuberosum
‘ Tohya ’ Glycine max
‘ Tokyo Bekena ’ Chinese shekels
Danielle’s Plants
‘ Rattlesnake ’ pole bean
‘ Amish Salad ’ cerise tomato
‘ Early White Bush Scallop ’ patty pan squash
‘ Green Sausage ’ love apple
Guest’s Plants
‘ Song TJS ’ cauliflower
‘ Itachi ’ ashen cucumber
‘ Chiba Green ’ soya ( edamame )
‘ Karikachi ’ soja ( edamame )
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‘Shiraz’ snow pea
‘Shiraz’ snow pea
‘Caribe’ potato
‘Tohya’ soybean
‘Tokyo Bekena’ Chinese cabbage
‘Rattlesnake’ pole bean
‘Amish Salad’ cherry tomato
‘Early White Bush Scallop’ patty pan squash
‘Green Sausage’ tomato
‘Song TJS’ cauliflower.Photo: Johnny’s Selected Seeds
‘Itachi’ white cucumber.Photo: Johnny’s Selected Seeds
‘Chiba Green’ bush soybean.Photo: Johnny’s Selected Seeds
‘Karikachi’ vining soybean.Photo: Johnny’s Selected Seeds
