2012 Pepper/Squash/Eggplant/Cucumber Varieties

If you missed my tomato list click here. Here is a list of the other varieties I have available this
year. It is highly possible I will sell out of certain types, so let me know
soon if you are interested (email growmyplants@gmail.com with preorder). These will be ready at the end of
March...perfect time for planting here in the lowcountry! Happy gardening!

Fairy Tale Eggplant

Days: 50 Size: 18-24" w/ 4" eggplants Type: Dwarf Hybrid

Description An Eggplant as Beautiful as a Flowering Annual -- and Much Tastier! Pick this merrily striped fruit young (4 inches) for best flavor! Fairy Tale Hybrid really is all about happiily-ever-afters -- now you can grow the loveliest, most tender-sweet fruits of your gardening career right on the patio in containers! Handsome enough for the annual flower bed but ready to produce enough yummy fruits to keep everyone coming back for seconds, Fairy Tale Hybrid is the Eggplant you MUST try this season. No wonder it won a 2005 All-America Selection! This dwarf reaches just 18 to 24 inches high and wide, setting masses of showy purple-lavender blooms all over its well-branched form. These are followed by eggplants in clusters of 2 to 4. Very slender and long, they are neon-lavender with bold streaks of white -- absolutely show stopping! And the flavor is the best part of all. Pick Fairy Tales young -- about 4 inches -- and sink your teeth into the most tender, sweet, succulent Eggplant you've ever tasted. No bitterness here! Fairy Tale Hybrid has been awarded a 2005 All-America Selection for its revolutionary habit and look, but I think its best merit is flavor! Plan to design your garden around this splendid edible ornamental! Pepper Karma - SOLD OUT! Days: 68 Size: 25-35" w/ 6x4" peppers Color: Red Type: Hybrid Description #1 in North America for Yield, Size, Color -- and Taste! The new standard of excellence in bell peppers! The best was growing right here in our South Carolina trial gardens, as well as in fields nationwide. Early on, Karma got top ratings for its heavy yield, large 6- by 4-inch shape, showy dark-green-to-bright-red color, and thick walls. But every gardener knows that the 3 most important criteria for vegetables are taste, taste, and taste. So when the raves began pouring in from taste tests, we proclaimed Karma "the new standard of excellence in bell peppers." These TMV-resistant plants reach 25 to 35 inches tall and need staking to support their huge bounty. Scrumptious juicy, sweet flavor with no aftertaste! Pepper California Wonder - SOLD OUT! Days: 65 Size: 28-30" w/ 4x4" peppers Color: Green Type: Heirloom Description Extra-Big, Extra Sweet Bells! Great for stuffing, slicing into rings, or eating fresh right out of the garden! Certain to become your favorite bell pepper, California Wonder is a heavy-bearing, disease-resistant, vigorous plant that will bring you a summer full of delicious eating! These peppers are thick-walled and blocky, about 4 inches tall and wide, with a crisp, mild flavor and terrific sweetness. They mature from green to red on the plant, and are ideal for stuffing, slicing into rings for dips and salad toppings, and chopping into crisp bite-sized nibbles. Expect a big harvest from these vigorous plants, which reach 28 to 30 inches high. Part of the secret of California Wonder's success is its resistance to Tobacco Mosaic Virus, which keeps the foliage healthy and strong all season long. You can't go wrong with this trusted favorite! Set plants 2 feet apart in full sun. If planting many seedlings, space rows about 3 feet apart. Fruit is most nutritious if allowed to ripen on the plant.

Pepper Habanero

Days: 90 Size: 28-30" w/ 1"-2" peppers Color: Orange Type: Psycho Hot

Description Among the hottest peppers anywhere, Habanero reaches up to 215,000 Scovilles of heat! These little peppers look harmless, but use them very sparingly, and remember to wear gloves when handling them to avoid transferring that heat to your eye! Blocky, wrinkled peppers measure about 2 inches long and slightly less wide, maturing from silvery-green to bright orange on the plant.

Pepper Jackpot - SOLD OUT!

Days: 75 Size: 28-30" w/ 8"x4" peppers Color: Yellow Type: Bell Hybrid

Description Thick walls, smooth skin, extra-long shape and -- best of all -- sweet flavor! Jackpot reaches an incredible 8 inches long, with broad 4-inch shoulders and a gently tapering, 3- to 4-lobed shape that is straight, smooth, and shiny. The bells emerge bright green, then mellow to a rich golden on vigorous 2-foot plants. Best of all, they're delicious, with a sweet bite and firm texture. TMV-resistant. Pepper Early Thickset - SOLD OUT! Days: 45 Size: 20-24" w/ 3.5"x4.5" peppers Color: Green/Red Type: Bell Hybrid Description Earlier and more prolific than ever! 3- to 4-lobed bells have walls an incredible 1/2-inch thick, offering great texture and flavor retention! 5 inches long and 4 inches wide, these bulky bells arise in clusters of 12 or more right at the crown of the plant, perfectly protected from sunscald! They begin glossy green and then mature to bright red while remaining firm, thick, and juicy! Ready to harvest 2 to 3 weeks earlier than most other big bells, Park's Early Thickset Hybrid Improved is one of the finest peppers you can grow for the home garden. The yields are huge on TMV-resistant plants, the harvest is early, and the fruit is simply mouth-watering! Pepper Atris Days: 65 Size: Vining w/ 9" peppers Color: Red Type: Hybrid Description Indeterminate. Giant, packed with sweet flavor, and so lovely, these horn-shaped peppers measure 9 inches long, maturing from green to rich, glossy red on very heavy-yielding plants. Everything about Atris is satisfying and over-the-top delicious -- no wonder it received England's top honor for a vegetable from seed, the Royal Horticulture Society's prestigious Award of Garden Merit! The fruit is long and slender, yet the walls are very thick (great for stuffing!) and surprisingly heavy, filled with meaty, juicy, super-sweet flavor. Better plan to pickle some of these peppers, because the plant is very heavy-yielding over a long season, and you're soon going to be harvesting armloads of delectable goodness! But that's all right -- you will keep finding new uses for this versatile fruit, dicing it into sauces, chopping it into salads, grilling, stuffing, and baking it. Vigorous and highly productive, this is one of the best peppers of any type you can grow. Discover its attractive plate appeal, ease of culture, and scrumptious flavor this season. You'll be back for more! Cucumber Spacemaster 80 - SOLD OUT! Days: 60 Size: Vining w/ 8" cucumbers Color: Green Type: Hybrid Description If you've had trouble growing cukes in your climate, or if you don't have the space to invest in a sprawling vine, Spacemaster 80 is the solution! This productive plant is only 36 inches long, yet bears a big harvest of slender, smooth 7- to 8-inch cukes. The fruit is crisp and tasty, with a satisfying bite just right in a slicer. Spacemaster 80 performs very well in a wide range of climates, and is resistant to Cucumber Mosaic Virus and Scab. Cucumbers can be allowed to grow on the ground, but for longer, straighter fruit and to save garden space, grow them in a cage or on a trellis, allowing 1 foot between plants. Keep them well-watered, and keep the fruits picked promptly. Zucchini Squash Contender Days: 43 Size: Vining w/ 8" zucchini Color: Green Type: Hybrid Description Contender has all the rich flavor, big yields, and quick finishing ability of Sable Beauty, right down to the midnight-green skin flecked with gold! Ready just 6 weeks from sowing, this zucchini extends your summer squash season deliciously. The zukes reach 8 to 9 inches long, firm and packed with tender white flesh. You will get a big, big harvest from this plant, which keeps going all summer and into fall in most climates. Get those recipes out and prepare to share the bounty with less fortunate neighbors and friends! Contender is spineless and has an open habit that makes harvsting much easier. Everything about this zucchini is superb, deserving of a central place in your vegetable garden! Zucchini Squash Raven Days: 43 Size: 24" w/ 8" zucchini Color: Green Type: Hybrid Description Much meatier and more flavorful than others! Nearly spineless fruit harvest easily and taste delicious! Love Zucchini but just don't have the space for those big, sprawling plants? Raven Hybrid is the answer -- a truly compact variety that improves every stage of the process, from saving space in the garden to simplifying harvest with spineless fruit to delighting your taste buds with fruit much meatier and more flavorful than older varieties! These deep green fruits reach 7 or 8 inches long and about 2 inches in diameter, and arise very abundantly all over plants just 2 feet high and 3 feet wide. And you can harvest them with the gloves off -- the fruit is nearly spineless and the plant is open-habit! That's good, because you're going to be picking them longer than other varieties -- Raven outlasts all others at season's end by several weeks! But the real treat comes when you take your first bite of Raven Hybrid. The flavor is rich, substantial (the only way I can describe it is "meaty"), and filling, with much more of a presence than other Zucchinis. This is the perfect variety to eat raw or lightly steamed, so that you bring out the most of the fresh, full flavor. Squash Sunglo Days: 40 Size: 24" w/ 6-7" squash Color: Yellow Type: Hybrid Description Vigorous, open-bush plants have very few spines and are tolerant of Powdery Mildew. 6 to 7 inches long, the fruit is bright yellow, smooth, and sturdy. You'll enjoy enormous yields of these long, slender fruits that keep their distinctive crook right through late harvests! The bright yellow squash is about 6 to 7 inches long (a bit larger than the average), very smooth, and sturdy. It arises in great numbers of vigorous, open bush plants that are nearly spineless, simplifying harvest. And great tolerance of Powdery Mildew means less fussing and more harvesting! Summer squash ripens during the hot summer months and, thin-skinned, is best eaten fresh. Squash Summerpac Days: 47 Size: 24" w/ 5-6" squash Color: Yellow Type: Hybrid Description Bears heavily no matter how steamy the weather gets! Delectable smooth-skinned, firm fruit. If other squash refuse to set when the temperature climbs in your garden, Summerpac is the crookneck you've been looking for! Smooth and wart-free, these 5- to 6-inch fruits set in huge numbers on nearly spineless bush-habit plants. Bright yellow and firm, they are delicious raw or cooked. Summerpac is a reliably heavy bearer, right through the dog-days of August. It's the hot-climate favorite! Summer squash ripens during the hot summer months and, thin-skinned, is best eaten fresh. Squash Enterprise Days: 41 Size: 24" w/ 7-8" squash Color: Yellow Type: Hybrid Description A growers' favorite in the south, where the vigorous bushes bear multiple harvests! Long, slender yellow fruit is creamy and mild. Enterprise has it all -- wide adaptability, terrific yields, and great holding ability! The straight, slender yellow fruit measures 7 to 8 inches long and 1 to 2 inches wide. And the flavor is mild, savory, and creamy-sweet! A growers' favorite in the south, these vigorous bushes bear high-quality fruit across multiple harvests. A great choice for any region of the country, with terrific yields of top-notch eating! Trouble-free. Summer squash ripens during the hot summer months and, thin-skinned, is best eaten fresh.