Prairie's
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Crucifers:
Broccoli Early Dividend (h) - Start in/out 1/4" deep. Space 1 per s/f. Very early 5" heads. Large prolific side shoots. 43 days
Broccoli Small Miracle (h) - Start in/out 1/4" deep. Space 1 per /f. Compact plants with abundant side shoots. 54 days
Brussels Sprouts (h) - Start indoors 1/4" deep. Trans 1 per s/f. 3' plants producing many fine-flavored sprouts. 88 days
Cauliflower Early Dawn 40 (h) - Start in/out 1/4" deep. Space 1 per s/f. Self-blanching, large heads. Smooth and dense. Great taste. 68 days
Cauliflower Silver Cup 40 (h) - Start in/out 1/4" deep. Space 1 per s/f. Small white heads. Suitable for Fall. 40 days
Chinese Cabbage Spring (h) - Start indoors 1/4" deep. Trans while still cool, or plant in July for Fall crop. Large heads. 60 days
Mini Cabbage Gonzales (h) - Start in/out 1/4" deep. Space 1 per s/f Firm heads about the size of a softball. 55 days
Leafies:
Celeriac Large Prague - Start indoors 1/4" deep. Cousin of celery. Harvested for ugly-but-tasty root. Dig mid-September 112 days
Cutting Celery Zwolsche Krul - Plant in Spring 1/4" deep. Trans 1 per s/f. Leaves used like parsley. Use thin hollow stems in soups [or as drink stirrers, like in tomato/vegetable juice!] 60 days
Mache Verte de Cambrai - Plant 1/2" deep. Can be Summer or Fall crop. Flat, fine -textured leaves w/nutty flavor. 45 days
Purslane Goldgelber [not the lawnweed] - Plant 1/4" deep in Spring. Large, meaty leaves about the size of a silver dollar. Noce citric flavor [citrus] 26 days
Tah Tsai Ryokusai #2 (h) - Start in/out 1/4" deep. Space 1-2 per s/f. Spoon-shaped leaves form large rosette. Use raw or cooked. [Japanese] 50 days
Melons:
Melon Fastbreak (h) - Start indoors up North. Trans 1 per 4 s/f. Very early. Heavily netted fruits have sweet orange flesh. 67 days
Melon Minnesota Midget - Start indoors up North. Trans. 1 per 4 s/f, careful of roots. Compact vine producing 4" melons. 60 days
Melon Orange Blossom (h) - Start indoors up North. Trans 1 per 4 s/f. Orange-fleshed sweet honeydew w/yellow skin. 86 days
Watermelon Garden Baby (h) - Plant 1" deep when soil warms 2 plants per hill. Short vined. Round fruits, excellent flavor. 70 days
Watermelon Sugar Baby - Plant 1" deep when soil is warm 2 plants per hill. Round, thin-rind fruit, 6-10 pounds. Sweet flavor. 80 days
Cukes:
Cucumber Homemade Pickles - Plant when soil warms up 1" deep 5-6 seeds per s/f. Short, prolific vines. Perfect for a variety of pickles. 54 days
Cucumber Spacemaster - Plant when soil warms up 1" deep 5-6 seeds per s/f. Full size slicer on a 3' vine. Disease resistant. 59 days
Cucumber West India Gherkin - Plant when soil warms up 1" deep 5-6 seeds per s/f. Small ova spiny fruit. Unique. 65 days
Cucumber Lucky Strike - Plant when soil warms up 1" deep 5-6 seeds per s/f. Short pickler. Good color and flavor. 54 days
Nightshades:
Tomato Yellow Bell - Start indoors 1/4" deep. Trans 1 per s/f. "Roma" size and shape. Bright yellow paste type. Indeterminate. 62 days
Tomato Sungold (h) - Start indoors 1/4" deep. Trans 1 per s/f. Golden-orange cherry variety. DELICIOUS flavor. Indeterminate. 60 days
Okra:
Okra Cajun Delight (h) - Plant when soil warms 1/2" deep. Space 4-6 plants per s/f. [Is this real???] Nutty flavor. Heavy yields. 57 days
Okra Red Burgundy - Plant 1/2" deep when soil warms. Ornamental/edible, red stems and pods. [Rich burgundy red color. Think they turn green when cooked.] Productive 55 days
Peas:
Petit Pois Citadel (h) - Plant 1" deep early Spring. Pods 2" long, filled with small sweet peas. Exceptional yields. [site brags children eat them in the garden like candy]60 days
Pole Lima Sieva - Plant 1" deep 6 around a pole when soil has warmed. Broad flat beans can be eaten green or dried. 72 days
Snap Pea Sugar Lace [semi-leafless!] - Plant 1" deep in early spring. Large quantities of 3" pods on dwarf, semi-leafeless plants. Unique. 65 days
Snow Pea Oregon Sugar Pod II - Plant 1" deep early spring. Edible podded pea. Harvest before peas form. Does better with support. 65 days
Potato:
Gilroy Potato (F1 h) - [Pelleted seed, 1-3 per trial. Treat like tomato] Start indoors 1/4" deep. Trans 1 per s/f. White-fleshed med. size round potato 110 days
Pumpkin:
Pumpkin Small Sugar - Plant when soil is warm 1" deep. Good choice for pie--not stringy.... 95 days
Squashes:
Squash Burpee Butterbush (w) - Plant 1" deep when soil warm. Space 3 seeds per hill. Short-vined, smallish fruit. Abundant. 75 days
Squash Carnival (w) (h) - Plant 1" deep 3 seeds per hill when soil warm. Colorful acorn type. [Very decorative in baskets and bowls--then still edible] Semi-bush plants, heavy yields. 85 days
Squash Cream of the Crop (w) - Plant 1" deep in warm soil. Creamy white skin and flesh. Acorn type. [Elegant looking, perhaps?] 75 days
Squash Delicata (w) - Plant 1" deep in warm soil. Space 3 seeds per hill. Fairly compact. Sweet, meal-sized fruit [not real large] Good keeper 97 days
Squash Table Ace (w) - Plant 1" deep in warm soil 3 seeds per hill. Compact growth. Abundant yields. Excellent flavor! 75 days
Squash Tetsukabuto (w) (h) - Plant 1" deep when soil warm 3 per hill. Roundish, dark green fruit. Yellow flesh. AKA Japanese pumpkin [sweet and creamy like custard, needs nearby hubbard/buttercup/butternut pollinator] 91 days
Squash Sweet Meat (w) - Plant 1" deep in warm soil 3 seeds per hill. Nice size. Dry flesh w/sweet nutty flavor. Good keeper. "A customer reports that it does very well in dry conditions, freezes well without blanching, and is a good pumpkin substitute." 100 days
Roots: [Quick summary]
Beets: Plant 1/2" deep. SqFt plant spacing works.
Beet Action (h) - Dark red, fine textured, can harvest over long period. 50 days
Beet Red Ace (h) - Early maturing, good size/shape/color 50 days
Beet Lutz Winter Keeper - Old variety, retains sweetness during storage 80 days
Beet Burpee's Golden - Golden yellow, lower germination rate. 55 days
Beet Cylindra - Carrot shaped, ideal for slicing 58 days
Carrots: Plant 1/4" deep. SqFt plant spacing works.
Carrot Tokita's Scarlet - Broad-shouldered, 7" chantenay type [holds flavor in ground if harvested late]. 73 days
Carrot Thumbelina - Round, smooth roots, best at 1/2" 65 days
Carrot Adelaide (F1 h) - Baby carrot [REALLY--not chopped and "sharpened" bulk thin carrots, 3-1/2" long, very sweet]. 65 days
Carrot Little Finger - 20-25 per s/f. Delicious, crunchy little carrots. 50 days
Red-cored Chantenay - Short, fat 5-6". Smooth orange skin 75 days
Carrot Nutri-Red - 8" imperator type. "NOT intended for eating raw." ["high in lycopene which is thought to be an agent in helping to prevent some cancers"] 74 days
Parsnip: Plant 1/2" deep.
Parsnip Harris Model - Nice, white, straight roots with pleasing flavor. Best after a frost. [great roasted with carrots, cut in chuncks, 50/50] 100 days
Radishes: 1/2" deep unless noted. SqFt spacing works.
Radish Black Spanish - Old, heirloom radish. Winter keeper. White flesh. 70 days
Radish Daikon Tokinashi - Tolerates heat well, grown through summer for Fall crop. White, tapered, 12" roots. Crisp, crunchy. 45 days
Radish Easter Egg - 1" deep. Tangy, multicolored. Each one a surprise. 28 days
Radish German Giant Parat - Thin to 1" apart. Can grow to baseball size. Crisp and mild at any size. "Handles drought, rarely splits" 37 days
Radish Green Heart - Long green roots. Excellent keeper. Good raw/cooked/pickled [probably in soy sauce, rice wine vinegar and sugar]. 50 days
Radish Oriental Seedpod/Rattail - 1" deep. Harvest seedpods [Chop into food. Let some seedpods dry for seed]. Harvest begins 50 days
Radish Rose Heart - Green skin with rose red flesh. STRIKING. [Striking beauty!--pretty contrast to sliced Green Hearts, with pale green flesh] 50 days
Radish White Icicle - Mild white roots. Best harvested immature. 30 days
Rutabaga: 1/2" deep, 4 per s/f
[Rutabagas need a warm summer and freezing weather late in the year - signals the roots to store sugars. I'd plant them anyway, just so I can say, "Rutabaga"!]
Rutabaga Doon Major - Purple topped globe roots. Great for storing. 87 days
Rutabaga Laurentian - Large, nice textured, mild flavored root. Stores well. 90 days
Salsify: 1/2" deep, 2 per s/f.
Salsify Sandwich Island Mammoth - 8" tapered root. Harvest after a frost. 118 days
Turnip: 1/4" deep, 9 per s/f.
Turnip Royal Crown (h) - Good tasting root. Good growth of greens. [Mash with white potatoes, 50/50] 52 days
Turnip Tokyo Cross (h) - Good for greens, leave some for tasty roots. 30 days