Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Best Open Pollenated garden varieties for Miryai Mt. and the pnw in general, based on yield, taste and adaptation to cool nights:

Slicing Tomato: Legend, Siletz, Stupice, Annas Noir
Determinant Paste Tomato: Saucey, Oroma
Indeterminant Paste: San Marzano Gigante 3
Cabbage: Primax, Red Acre, Perfection Savoy
Pepper: Golden Bell, Hero, Red Bull Horn, Corona, Cinderella Purple, Relleno Anaheim, Bulgarian Carrot, Italian Sweet
Carrot: Scarlet Nantes
Collard: Champion, Flash
Celery: Ventura
Lettuce: Outreduous, Midnight Ruffles, Red Velvet, Red Cross, Capistrano Romano
Onion: Nebula, Cipolini, Red Weatherfield
Pea: Oregon Pioneer, Oregon Trail, Oregon Giant
Kale: Wild (all op varieties)
Broccoli: Rosiland, Spero 2009
Radichio: Palla Rosa
Potato: Butte, Kenebec, Purple Peruvian, Russian Banana (symphylan remedy)
Cuke: Sweet Marketmore, Clinton, Tasty Jade, Northern Pickling, Mideast Prolific
Summer Squash: Sucess Yellow
Squash: Hokaido Stellar Blue, Delicata, Sweet Reba Acorn
Parsnip: Cohban Improved
Spinach: Butterfly
Melon: Verona
Arugua: Sputnik
Endive: Perfect
Radish: French Breakfast

All these varieties scored high in the Oregon University trials from 2000-2010 or in other trials. They tend to be available from Fedco, Terretorial, West Coast and other seed companies.

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