SUMMER VEGETABLES AND FRUIT
Traditional large eggplant
Well adapted to growing in the south
Can weigh up to 3lbs
Black Beauty Eggplant
White long fruit
Mild flavor
Compact growing habit
White Eggplant
Long slender fruit
Asian heirloom
Compact growing habit
Asian Eggplant
Tiny fruit 1” across
Thai heirloom
High yielding
Thai Frog Eggplant
Requires cross pollination, need to have a pair of plants to form fruit
High yielding
Favorite variety for Mexican dishes
Tomatillo
Annual
Antioxidant rich berry
Excellent as a jam
Huckleberry
Spineless
3” long fruit
Compact 4’ plant
Okra
Vining
Summers long harvest
Stringless
Rattlesnake Green Beans
Thai heirloom
Long, light green fruit
Compact plant
Thai Green Eggplant
Perennial
5” diameter heads
Multiple heads per season
Artichoke
Perennial
Harvest on the second season
Expanding growth habit
Asparagus
Tropical flavored gold fruit
Husked
Bushy spreading habit
Pineapple Ground Cherry
Perennial
Excellent in salads
Bright citrus flavor
Sorrel
High producer
9” round fruit
Candy sweet
Watermelon
Succulent leaves
Excellent in salads
Medicinal properties
Golden Purslane
Anise flavor
Sweet and aromatic
Bolt resistant
Fennel
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
