B6

200 Taylor Street, Suite 500

Fort Worth, TX 76102
Help Line: 817-884-1944

Vegetable Varieties for North Central Texas

Asparagus Broccoli
Jersey Giant, Jersey Knight Spring only: Premium Crop, Emperor
Plant-crowns Feb 15-March 1 Spring or Fall: Green Comet, Galaxy, Packman
Plant – Spring Transplants Feb 15-March 1
Basil Plant-Fall Transplants Aug 20-Sep 15
Sweet, Spicy Globe Plant-Fall Seed Aug 1-Aug15

Beans, Snap Bush Brussels Sprouts

Blue Lake 274, Top Crop, Tendercrop, Prince Marvel, Royal Marvel
Contender, Tender green, Derby Plant-seed
Kentucky Wonder Bush Plant-transplants Aug 1-Aug 15
Plant-Spring March 20-May 1 Aug 20-Sep 15
Plant-Fall August 1-September 1
Cabbage
Beans, Yellow Bush Early Jersey Wakefield
Goldcrop, Improved Golden Wax Ace (wrinkled leaves)
Plant-Spring March 20-May 1 Plant-Spring transplants Feb-March 1
Plant-Fall August 1-September 1 Plant-Fall seed Aug 1 – Aug 15
Plant-Fall transplants Aug 20-Sep 15
Beans, Pinto
Improved Pinto Cabbage, Chinese
Plant-Spring March 20-May 1 Jade Pagoda, Michihli, China Pride
Plant-Fall August 1-September 1 China Flash (napa type)
Plant-Spring Feb 15-March 1
Beans, Snap Pole Plant-Fall Aug 10-Sep 1
Blue Lake, Kentucky Wonder
Plant-Spring March 20-April 20 Cantaloupe
Plant-Fall August 1-August 15 Hybrids: Magnum 45, Ambrosia
Sugar Queen, Mission
Beans, Lima Bush Explorer, Caravelle
Henderson Baby Bush, Jackson Wonder Non-Hybrids: Uvalde, Perlita
Plant-Spring March 20-April 20 Plant-Spring April 5-May 1
Plant-Fall June 15-July 1
Beans, Lima Pole
Florida Speckled, King of the Garden Carrot
Plant March 20-April 20 Royal Chantenay, Burpee’s Toudo, Parks Nandor
Danver’s 126, Red Cored
Beets Chantenay
Detroit Park Red Plant-Spring Feb 10-March 1
Pacemaker III Plant-Fall Aug 15-Sep 5
Plant-Spring February 10-March 1
Plant-Fall Sep1-Sep 15
Revised July 2009 saved as “Vegetable Varieties”
Chard, Swiss Kale
Rhubard (red color), Lucullus, Fordhook Dwarf Blue Curled, Blue Knight
Plant-Spring Feb 10-March 10 Plant-Spring Feb 10-March 10
Plant-Fall Aug 1-Sep 1 Plant-Fall Aug 25-Oct 1

Collards Kohlrabi
Blue Max, Georgia Grand Duke
Plant-Spring Feb 10-March 10 Plant-Spring
Plant-Fall Aug 1-Sep 1 Seed: Feb 10-March 1
Transplants Feb 15-March 1
Corn, Sweet Plant Fall Seed Aug 1-Aug 25
Yellow: Golden Queen, Guadalupe Gold Bi-
color: Sweet G-90, Honey & Pearls white: Leeks
Silver Queen Frontier Plant-Spring: Seed Feb 10-Feb 25
Plant-Spring March 20-May 1 Plant-Fall: Seed Sep 10-Oct 1
Plant-Fall Aug 1-Aug 15
Lettuce, Butterhead
Cucumber, Pickling Spring or Fall: Buttercrunch
Plant-Spring March 20-May 1 Fall only: Tom Thumb
Plant-Fall Aug 1-Aug 15 Plant-Spring Feb 10-March 15
Plant-Fall Aug 15-Sep 10
Cucumber, Slicing
Sweet Success, Sweet Slice Lettuce, Head
Plant-Spring March 20-May 1 Classic, Park’s Mission
Plant-Fall Aug 1-Aug 15 Plant-Spring Feb 10-March 1
Plant-Fall Aug 15-Sep 1
Cauliflower
Snow Crown Lettuce, Leaf
Plant-Spring transplants Feb 15-March 1 Salad Bowl, Black Seeded Simpson, Red Sails
Plant-Fall seed Aug 1-Aug 15 (red color)
Plant-Fall transplants Aug 20-Sep 15 Plant Spring: Feb 10-March 15
Plant Fall: Aug 15-Sep 15
Eggplant
Plant-Spring Transplants April 5-May 1 Lettuce, Cos or Romaine
Plant-Fall June 15-July 1 Romaine
Transplants July 1-July 25 Plant-Spring Feb 10-March 15
Plant-Fall Aug 15-Sep 15
Garlic
Texas White Mustard
Plant-Fall only: cloves, Sep 15-Oct 15 Plant-Spring Feb 15-April 1
Plant-Fall Aug 1-Sep 10
Greens (hybrid of Chinese cabbage x
stubble turnip) Okra
Plant-Spring Feb 10-March 10 Blondy, Lee, Emerald, Clemson Spineless
Plant-Fall Aug 25-Oct 1 Plant-Spring April 5-June 1
Plant-Fall July 15-Aug 15
Onion, Bulbing Pepper, Sweet Bell
Yellow: Texas Supersweet (Grano 1015Y), Green: Big Bertha, Jupiter (mature color: red)
Yellow Granex Summer Sweet 860 (mature color: yellow)
Red: Red Granex, Burgundy Plant-Spring April 1-May 1
White: Crystal Wax, White Granex Plant-Fall July 1-July 25
Seed: sow previous year Sep 10-Oct 1
Transplants: plant current year Feb 10-March 5 Pepper, Sweet Salad
Gypsy, Sweet Pickle, Cubanelle
Onion, Bunching (Scallions) Sweet Spot (sweet banana)
Beltsville Bunching Plant-Spring April 1-May 1
Plant-Spring Feb 10-March 1 Plant-Fall July 1-July 25

Parsley Potato, Irish

Moss Curled, Plain (Italian) Red: Norland (early season)
Plant-Spring Feb 10-March 5 Red LaSoda (midseason)
Plant-Fall Aug 1-Oct 1 White: Kennebec (late season)
Yukon Gold
Peas, English Plant-Spring seed pieces Feb 15-March 1
Little Marvel, Wando Plant-Fall seed pieces July 25-Aug 10
Plant-Spring Feb 10-March 1
Plant-Fall Sep 1-Oct 1 Potato, Sweet
Jewell, Centennial, Vardaman
Peas, Edible-Podded Plant – Spring slips April 15-May 15
Spring only: Sugar Snap (bush)
Spring or Fall: Sugar Ann (bush) Pumpkin
Sugar Pop (bush), SuperMel (vine) Connecticut Field, Spirit , Small Sugar
Sugar Sprint Autumn Gold, Jack Be Little (ornamental)
Plant-Spring Feb 10-March 1 Plant-Spring April 1 – April 20
Plant-Fall Sep 1-Oct 1 Plant-Fall Small July 15-August 15
Plant-Fall Large June 15 – July 15
Peas, Southern
Blackeye #5, Mississippi Silver, Purple Radish
Hull, Zipper Cream Crowder, Colossus Crowder Red: Inca, Champion, Cherry Belle
Plant-Spring April 1-May 20 White: White Icicle, Snow Belle
Plant-Fall July 1-August 1 Plant-Spring Feb 5 – May 1
Plant-Fall Sep 1-Nov 1
Pepper, Hot
Long Red or Slim Cayenne, Hidalgo Rutabaga
Serrano Jalapeno, TAM Mild Jalapeno American Purple Top
Mucho Nacho, Super Cayenne Plant-Spring Feb 1 – April 1
Plant-Spring April 1-May 1 Plant-Fall Aug 1 – Oct 15
Plant-Fall July 1-July 25
Spinach
Melody, Coho, Fall Green, Tyee
Plant-Spring Feb 10-March 15
Plant-Fall Aug 1-Oct 15
Squash, Summer Tomatoes, Paste
Multipik, Dixie, Sun Drops, Burpee’s Indeterminate: Roma VF, San Marzano
Butterstick, Straight Neck, Butternut Plant-Spring transplants March 15-April 15
Prelude II, Lyoness, Conqueror III Plant-Fall July 1- July 25
Plant-Spring March 25-May 1
Plant-Fall August 1-August 25 Tomatoes, Small Fruited
Indeterminate: Porter, Cherry Grande
Squash, Summer Pan-Type Sweet 100, 4th of July
Yellow: Sunburst Plant-Spring transplants March 25-April 15
White: Patty Pan Plant-Fall July 1-July 25
Green: Peter Pan
Plant-Spring March 25-May 1 Turnip
Plant-Fall August 1-August 25 Spring or Fall Tokyo Cross, Royal Globe II
White Lady, Fall only: Just right
Squash, Winter Plant-Spring Feb 10 - March 10
Early butternut, Sweet Mama, Table Ace Plant-Fall August 25 - Oct 15
Table King Bush Acorn, Cream of the Crop
Plant-Spring March 25-May 1 Watermelon
Plant-Fall July 1-August 10 Regular: Crimson Sweet, Sugar Baby
Legacy 800’s
Squash, Zucchini Royal Sweet, Orange Golden, Star Brite,
Green: Senator, President, Eight Ball Tigress Tendersweet (orange meat), Desert King
Yellow: Goldrush (yellow meat), Black Diamond,
Plant-Spring March 25-May 1 Jubilee Tripod or seedless (transplants only)
Plant-Fall August 1-August 25 Jack of Hearts, Supersweet 503.2
Tiffany Plant-Spring March 25-May 1
Note Regarding Tomatoes: Plant-Fall June 15-July 1
Cultivars listed as determinate are the bush type
whereas those listed as indeterminate are the vining
type. “A” indicates genetic resistance to
Alternaria, “F1” to Fusarium wilt race 1, “F2” to
Fusarium wilt race 2, “N” to root knot nematodes,
“S” to Stemphylium (gray leaf spot), “T” to to-
bacco mosaic virus, “V” to Verticillium wilt.
This list was developed to inform the gar-
Tomatoes, Large-Fruited dener of some of the better varieties of
Spring: Determinate: Celebrity VFNT vegetables in this area. These varieties
Carnival VFNT, Surefire VF1, President were selected for their productivity, their
VFNT, Merced VF1F2ST, heat wave resistance to common diseases and for their
adaptability to Tarrant County. Using rec-
VF1F2SA Indeterminate: Champion VFNT, Quick ommended varieties will not necessarily
Pick VFNT, Simba VFNT, First Lady produce the desired results. Proper water-
VFNT, Superfantastic VFN ing, fertilization, weed control, etc...are
Fall: Determinate: Surefire VF1 also important aspects of successful gar-
Heatwave VF1F2SA dening. Varieties are listed at random and
Plant-Spring transplants March 15-April 15 not in order of preference.
Plant-Fall transplants July 1-July 15