SUMMER VEGETABLES AND FRUIT
74 days to harvest
Well adapted to growing in the south
Large dark purple
Can weigh up to 3lbs
Black Beauty Eggplant
80 days to harvest
Thai heirloom
Long light green fruit
Smaller plant about 2’ tall
Thai Green Eggplant
70-80 days to harvest
Bright orange round fruit
Vigorous growth
Flavor is a combination of eggplant, tomato and pepper
Melanzane Eggplant
75 days to harvest
Egg shaped, Italian variety
Produces well in high heat and drought
Purple and white fruit
Listada Eggplant
Confused about some of the terms? Page down for clarification.
70-80 days to harvest
Require cross pollination, need to have a pair of plants to form fruit
Vigorous plant
Favorite variety for Mexican dishes
De Milpa Tomatillo
Climbing bean
Vigorous growth
Good storing variety
Rattlesnake Green Bean (Seeds)
100 days to harvest
Great for syrup, jam and pies
Very productive
Huckleberry
50-75 days to harvest
“Wonderberry”
Small, lightly sweet berries
Prolific bush berry
Sunberry
Glossary of Terms:
Disease resistant are varieties bred to have more resistance to common pepper disease that often affect the life span and viability of the plant
Heat resistant varieties hold up in the summer heat and are slow to bolt and put on flowers rather than vegetation
Heirlooms are a variety of a plant grown and maintained by gardeners and farmers for generations assuring the plant doesn’t cross with others so the flavor can be passed down for generations
Ornamental varieties have an especially appealing visual due to exuberant color of the peppers and an attractive growing habit, in addition to producing lovely edibles
Perennial plants are those that live in the soil over winters and return and regrow the following years
