Vegetables & Fruit that Grow Well in Teller County

Vegetable/Fruit	Variety	Elevation	Comment	Company
Apple	Dolgo Crabapple	9100	Antanovka rootstock, south facing	FEDCO in Maine
Apple	Norland	9100	Antanovka rootstock, south facing	FEDCO in Maine
Apple	Rescue Crabapple	9100	Antanovka rootstock, south facing	FEDCO in Maine
Arugula	Grazia	8300	Fiery flavor	High Mowing Seeds
Arugula	Roquette (Rocket)	8300	Frost hardy and flavor	Territorial Seeds
Asparagus	Martha Washington	8400/8300	Taste and longevity at 7+ years	Sunset Greenhouse
Banana Pepper	Sweet	8300	Taste	Gurney Seeds
Basil	Genovese	8750/8900	Slow to bolt	Seeds of Change
Beans	Blue Lake	8500/8800	Quantity and taste	Burpee & Botanical Interests
Beans	Bountiful	8300	Taste and tolerates cool weather	Seed Savers
Beans	Contender	8500	Quantity and taste	Burpee Organic
Beans	Early Contender	8900/8400	Prolific, taste, stringless	www.gurneys.com
Beans	Greencrop Garden Bean	8700	Easy to grow, good for canning	Burpee
Beans	Kentucky Wonder Pole	9000	Abundant and straight, no strings	Superior Seed Generation
Bell Pepper	King of the North	8300	Good flavor, can grow here	Fedco
Beets	Bulls Blood	9000/8300	Organic, color, nutrition	Botanical Interests
Beets	Choggia	9000	Organic, color, nutrition	Botanical Interests
Beets	Detroit Dark Red	8400	Good taste, small/med, easy to grow	Burpee
Beets	Early Wonder Tall Top	9000	Fast grower, good greens	High Mowing Organic Seeds
Beets	Lutz Green Leaf	8900	Taste, do not “bleed” much	Seeds ‘n Such
Beets	Touchstone Gold	8300	High germination, sweet flavor, color	High Mowing Seeds
Broccoli	De Cicco	9000/8300	Heirloom, taste	High Mowing Organic Seeds
Broccoli	Early Dividend	8400	Succession planting and production	Sunset Greenhouse
Broccoli	Nutri-Bud	8300	Tender, early maturing	Seeds of Change
Broccoli	Packman	8400	Succession planting and production	Sunset Greenhouse
Broccoli	Smart Snack Hybrid	9100	Large head (greenhouse)	Burpee
Brussels Sprouts	Churchill	8900	Delicious and prolific	Johnny Seeds
Brussels Sprouts	Long Island Improved	8300	Long season	Sustainable Seed Company
Cabbage	Filderkraut/Hilmar	8900	Good for sauerkraut	www.jungseed.com
Cabbage	Kaitlin F1	9000	Taste, large head, good for sauerkraut	High Mowing Organic Seeds
Cabbage	Mammoth Red Rock	8400	Small core (head)	Seed Savers Exchange
Cabbage	Red Express	8300	Heads quickly into small head	High Mowing Seeds
Carrots	Yaya Hybrid	8500	Tasted good but low production	Johnny Seeds
Carrots	Cosmic Purple	9000	Taste and hardy in cold seasons	High Mowing Organic Seeds
Carrots	Danvers Half Long	8900	Taste, store well	www.gurneys.com
Carrots	Nantes	9000	Nice taste and firm, short (4 inches)	Territorial Seeds
Carrots	Neroli	7500	Hardy, good length 8+, sweet	Baker Seed
Carrots	Scarlett Nantes	8750/9000	Sweet, purple color	Burpee & Botanical Interests
Carrots	Yaya	8500/8300	Taste, super sweet	High Mowing Organic Seeds
Cauliflower	Amazing	8900	Productivity and taste	www.jungseed.com
Cauliflower	Early Snowball	8400/8300	Compact head, slow to bolt	Pleasant Valley Nursery Buena Vista
Collards	Georgia	8900	Nutrients, taste	www.burpee.com
Cucumber	Lemon (Heirloom)	8400	Organic, mild/sweet, baseball size	Burpee
Cucumber	Marketmore	8300	Prolific and flavor	Seeds of Change
Cucumber	Socrates F1	8300	Taste and thin skin	High Mowing Seeds
Garlic	Inchelium Red	8300	Robust, rich, hint of spice	High Mowing Seeds
Garlic	Music	9000/8300	Overwinters well	High Mowing Seeds
Garlic	Purple Glazer	8300	Fat, pungent cloves	Groworganic.com
Garlic	Silverwhite	8300	Soft neck and white bulb, braiding	Seeds of Change
Garlic	Spanish Roja	9000	Does well over winter	High Mowing Seeds
Kale	Dinosaur	8500/9000	Fast growing, abundant	High Mowing Organic Seeds
Kale	Italian Lacinato	8500/8300	Taste, easy to grow	Botanical Interests
Kale	Red Russian	8500/8300	Prolific and lasted all season	Johnny’s Seeds
Kale	White Russian	8500	Taste, easy to grow	High Mowing Organic Seeds
Kohlrabi	Early Vienna (white & purple)	8300	Tender flesh, mild, sweet	Seeds of Change
Leeks	King Richard	8300	Tender stalks and mild flavor	Seeds of Change
Lettuce	Baby Leaf Heirloom	8500	Taste	Renee’s Gardens
Lettuce	Black-seeded Simpson	8900/8400	Excellent for sandwiches/salads	Most seed stores
Lettuce	Caesar	8800	Prolific, taste	Burpee
Lettuce	Deer Tongue	8300	Ruggedness and production	www.seedsofchange.com
Lettuce	Emerald Oakleaf	9000	Good flavor	High Mowing Organic Seeds
Lettuce	Gemstone Greens	9000	21 days to maturity	High Mowing Organic Seeds
Lettuce	Jericho (romaine)	8300	Grows well in open bed	Fedco or Renee’s Garden
Lettuce	Little Caesar (romaine)	8700	Crisp and sweet, production	Burpee
Lettuce	Mescaline	8800	Prolific	Burpee
Lettuce	Revolution (leaf)	9000	Taste, quantity	Cook’s Garden Catalog

Lettuce	Ridgeline	8500	Prolific, taste, long-lasting	Johnny’s Seeds
Lettuce	Rogue D’Hiver	8300	Sweet, buttery flavor	High Mowing Organic Seed
Lettuce	Simpson	7500	Slow bolt, taste	Baker Seed
Lettuce	Two Star	8500	Taste, size, cool season ability	High Mowing Organic Seeds
Lettuce	Winter Density	8300	Part romaine, part green leaf	High Mowing Organic Seeds
Mache (Corn Salad)	Mache Greens	8300	Delicious, nutty, crisp leaf	High Mowing Organic Seeds
Mustard Greens	Florida Broadleaf	8900	Good for salads and steamed	www.burpee.com
Onions	Candy Onion	8750	Stores for 3+ months	Good Earth Gardens (Colo Spgs.)
Onions	Dakota Tears	8900	Flavor and store well	www.seedsofchange.com
Onions	Egyptian Walking	8300	Prolific	Territorial Seeds
Pak Choy / Bok Choy	Shanghai Green	8300	Tender and harvested early	www.rareseeds.com
Peas	Cascadia Snap Pea	8400/8500	Crisp, sweet	Botanical Interests
Peas	English Shell	8500	Taste, easy to grow	High Mowing Seeds
Peas	Green Arrow	8900	Prolific, taste, can be canned	www.jungseed.com
Peas	Oregon Sugar Pod	8500	Taste	Botanical Interests
Peas	Super Sugar Snap Pea	8500	Taste	Burpee
Peppers	Dulcetta	8300	Sweet flavor	www.piedmontfarmandgarden.com
Peppers	Fooled You Jalapeno	8300	Mild but still jalapeno flavor	www.seedsnsuch.com
Peppers	King of the North	8300	Red bell pepper for short seasons	High Mowing Organic Seeds
Potatoes	Caribe	9000	Yield and short season	Wood Prairie Farm
Potatoes	Elbas	8900	Good yield and store well	www.woodprairie.com
Potatoes	Purple Majesty	8500	Taste, uniqueness, production	CSU Seed Potatoes
Potatoes	Yukon Gold	8700	Size, production	CSU Seed Potatoes
Pumpkin	Baby Pam	8400	Short season, great taste	High Mowing Seeds
Radish	Cherry Belle	8300	White, crispy flesh	High Mowing Seeds
Radish	Saxa II	8300	Matures in three weeks	www.rareseeds.com
Spinach	Bloomsdale Long-standing	8900/8400	Flavor, productive, will reseed	www.burpee.com
Spinach	Butterfly	9000	Flavor and cold hardy	High Mowing Organic Seeds
Spinach	Corvair F-1	8300	All season	High Mowing Organic Seeds
Spinach	Giant Winter	8300	Cold hardy	High Mowing Organic Seeds
Spinach	Monstrueux de Viroflay	8700	Tender, taste, production	Botanical Interests
Spinach	Tyee F-1	8300	Resists bolting, savory leaves	www.seedsofchange.com
Squash	Costata Romanesco (Summer)	8300	Sweet, mildly nutty flavor	High Mowing Organic Seeds
Squash	Gold Nugget (Winter)	8300	Miniature, pumpkin-shaped squash	www.seedsofchange.com
Squash	Kabocha (Winter)	8300	Shaped like a squat pumpkin	www.johnnyseeds.com
Squash	Spaghetti (Winter)	8300	Delicious baked or boiled	www.seedsofchange.com
Squash	Straightneck (Summer)	8750/8400	Prolific, small/medium size, flavorful	Bonnie Plants (Heirloom)
Swiss Chard	Fordhook Giant	8400/8900	Production and quality	Sunset Greenhouse
Swiss Chard	Rainbow Blend	8500/8300	Taste, quick growing	High Mowing Organic Seeds
Swiss Chard	Red	8300	Prolific	High Mowing Organic Seeds
Tomatoes	Baxter’s Bush Cherry	8400	Organic, prolific, flavor	Burpee
Tomatoes	Black Cherry	8300	Sweet, rich flavor	High Mowing Organic Seeds
Tomatoes	Black Sea Man	8300	Rich, tangy flavor	www.seedsavers.org
Tomatoes	Cosmonaut Volkov Slicing	8900	Firm, cold resistant, 68 day	High Mountain Organic Seed
Tomatoes	Crimson Sprinter	8700	Short season, cold hardy, prolific	Prairie Road Organic Seed
Tomatoes	Early Girl Hybrid (indeterminate)	8400	Good flavor, early harvest	Bonnie Plants
Tomatoes	Italian Roma	8400	Productivity, determinant	Botanical Interests
Tomatoes	Mortgage Lifter	8700	Taste and production	Bonnie Plants (Heirloom)
Tomatoes	Moskvich	8300	Early season heirloom	High Mowing Organic Seeds
Tomatoes	Red Calabash	9000	Heirloom, color, early maturity	Seeds of Change
Tomatoes	Red Robin (Heirloom)	8700	Very small plant with lots of produce	www.tomatofest.com
Tomatoes	Siberia	8700	Cold hardy, very early, prolific	Ed Hume Seeds
Tomatoes	Siletz	8700	Very tasty flavor, determinant	www.tomatofest.com
Tomatoes	Silvery Fir (Heirloom)	8900	Taste and make great sauce	www.seedtrust.com
Tomatoes	Stupice	8300	Very sweet, tolerates cold	Renee’s Garden / Seed Savers
Tomatoes	Sweet “100”	8500	Prolific cherry, not until September	www.burpeehomegardens.com
Tomatoes	Sweet Baby Girl Cherry	8500	Taste and size	Gardenharvestsupply.com
Tomatoes	Tiny Tim Cherry	8700	Taste and production	Seeds of Change
Tomatoes	Yellow Pear	8500	Taste and size
Turnips	Golden Globe	8300	Sweet, tender, mild flavor	www.groworganic.com
Turnips	Purple Top White Globe	8900	Grow well	www.jungseed.com
Zucchini	Cocozelle	9000	Striped, taste, bushy	High Mowing Organic Seeds
Zucchini	Dark Green (Summer)	8300	Prolific	High Mowing Organic Seeds
Zucchini	Dark Star (Summer)	8300	Uniformity, drought resistant	High Mowing Organic Seeds
Zucchini	Fordhook	8700	Actually grew some	Burpee & Botanical Interests
Zucchini	Ronde de Nice	9000	Heirloom, round	High Mowing Organic Seeds