Features Production Research
2008 New Varieties

March 23, 2008 By Fruit & Vegetable


Surrey Cultivated arugula that has the look of a wild rocket; very serrated leaves; fast growth. (Photo courtesy of Norseco.)	Queenette One of the most aromatic, flavourful Thai basils. It has small, olive-green/purplish leaves, red stems, and purple flowers. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)	Nash Matures 55 days; pod length of 14 to 15 cm; medium green; good heat tolerance; concentrated set; excellent quality; very high yielding. (Photo courtesy of Norseco.)

Hybrid BC 113 Matures 52 days; round root for bunching; very uniform; strong top attachment; tolerant to DM, CLS and rhizoctonia. (Photo courtesy of Norseco.)	Touchstone Gold Matures 60 days; yellow; sweet taste; strong tops; tolerant to DM, CLS and rhizoctonia; also offered as organic seed. (Photo courtesy of Norseco.)	Belstar Widely adapted, organic variety; best for spring, fall production; medium green, domed head; medium-sized beads. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)

Blue Wind Matures 55 days; for bunching or crown; firm head and small beads; dark-green colour; well-domed head. (Photo courtesy of Norseco.)	Green Magic Heads smooth, well domed, very attractive; good heat tolerance; extremely uniform in maturity; for summer, fall harvest. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)	Hybrid BR-16 Matures similar to Windsor and Emerald Pride; dark green blue colour; can be used for bunching as well as for crown; very good heat tolerance. (Photo courtesy of Norseco.)

Samantha Savoy type; uniform, pointed dark green heads; small frame.; excellent wrapper leaves; good flavour. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)	Earlichamp Large, early, disease-resistant; oval, well-netted, sweet, thick-fleshed fruit; 4.5 to 6.5 lbs. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)	Eden’s Gem Organic; also called Rock Ford; two to three lbs.; heavily netted; sweet, green flesh. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)

Sarah’s Choice Thick, orange flesh; 3-lb. fruit; resistance to PMR 1&2 and fusarium races 0,1,2. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)	Yaya Nantes type; matures 60 days; cylindrical, rounded end; dark orange; very smooth; bunching or fresh market; sweet taste; good uniformity; also available as untreated seed. (Photo courtesy of Norseco.)	Boreal Matures five to seven days after Freemont; upright medium-large frame; good inner wrap; good weight; white curd; low incidence of riceyness. (Photo courtesy of Norseco.)

White Gold Romanesco type; matures 77 days; very good uniformity; heat tolerant; for summer and fall production. (Photo courtesy of Norseco.)	Impression Matures 54 days; dark green, smooth, straight fruit; very low incidence of yellow belly; excellent early yield; multi-virus tolerant. (Photo courtesy of Norseco.)	Dancer Mid-sized, semi-cylindrical; bright, deep-pink fruit; green calyx; plants are high yielding, strong. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)

Meteor Zucchini type; early, high-yielding; spineless; pen plants make harvesting easy. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)	Pandora Organic; uniform, large-diameter shafts; dark blue-green foliage; high percentage of usable shaft; no bulbing. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)	Green Star Leaf type; bright green; fresh appearance; great retail sales; superior tolerance of heat, bolting, tip burn, DM. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)

Longevity Asian type; dark green leaves; uniform, tight rosette; for salad mix or bunching; very late bolting habit; prolonged harvesting. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)	Mottistone Speckled Batavia type; medium-sized plants; very upright, attractive, unusual, unique; good taste. DM resistance. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)	Purple Mizuna Asian type; distinctive purple-tinged, sharply serrated leaves; delicate appearance; very slow to bolt. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)

Spock Romaine type; organic, strawberry-red leaves; for baby leaf production. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)	Sulu Lime-green leaves; for baby-leaf production. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)	Tall Guzmaine Romaine type; matures 75 days; heart production or full size; high and heavy; good tip burn, bolting tolerance. (Photo courtesy of Norseco.)

BGS 230 Matures 105 days; dark brown skin; for long-term storage. (Photo courtesy of Norseco.)	Red marble Matures 105 days; small flat button shape; sweet, delicate taste; for salads and stews. (Photo courtesy of Norseco.)	Da Cheong Chae Shiny, rounded, dark-green leaves; unique combination of Pak Choi, Tatsoi qualities; light-green stems. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)

Win-Win Choi White stemmed; bulky, uniform; perfect vase shape; 10 to 12 inches tall. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)	Sugar Bowl Stringless, three to 3.25 inches; very sweet; tender snap; two-foot vines; grow without support. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)	Atitlan Snow type; 3.5 to 4-inch dark green, medium-large pods; 28-inch vines; many tendrils, few leaves. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)

Snow Sweet Snow type; pods 3 to 3.5-inches long; stringless; very sweet; mature pods plump up like snap peas; vine support unnecessary. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)	Chocolate Beauty Sweet; matures 75 days; dark green fruit that turns chocolate brown when mature. (Photo courtesy of Norseco.)	Ladybug Hot cherry; semi-flattened fruit; fresh use; eye-catching ornamental. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)

Peppino Hot; small; earlier than Cherry Bomb; good yields; red fruit; best as early crop. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)	Tancheese Winter type; matures 120 days; three to six fruit per plant; running vine; fragrant orangey-red flesh; slight hazelnut taste. (Photo courtesy of Norseco.)	Hybrid 8102 R Matures 81 days; vigorous plant; well-filled cob; good ear protection; rust, Stewart’s Wilt tolerant. (Photo courtesy of Norseco.)

Black Cherry Cherry type; matures 70 days; for field, greenhouse, pot production; black-purple colour; red, juicy sweet flesh. (Photo courtesy of Norseco.)	Japanese Black Trifele Organic heirloom; four to six oz.; burgundy; pear shaped; dark-green shoulders; good yield, excellent flavour. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)	Olivade Roma type; bright red; firm; 3 to 3.5 oz.; uniform-ripening; excellent for open field or poly- tunnel environments. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)

Polbig Meaty; six to eight oz.; globe shaped; compact; uniform ripening; good in cool climates, disease resistant. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)	Apero Cherry type; oval; 18 to 20 grams; juicy, sweet; high-yielding; leaf mold tolerant, indeterminate plants. (Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Select Seeds.)	Mascotte Cherry type; matures 47 days; no green shoulders; sweet taste. (Photo courtesy of Norseco.)

Amarillo Seedless; matures 62 days; round fruit; medium-green, light-green stripes; excellent yield; sweet taste. (Photo courtesy of Norseco.)	Imagination Seedless; matures 60 days; sugar baby type; black skin; dense red flesh; vigorous plant; sweet, crisp taste. (Photo courtesy of Norseco.)	Solitare Seedless; matures 58 days; round, single serving; thin but solid skin; dark-green, light-green stripes; sweet, dark red flesh. (Photo courtesy of Norseco.)