Vegetables
These warm-season vegetables are a few good choices for
Ventura County in Southern California:
BEANS
Bush yellow: Goldencrop Wax, Resistant Cherokee Wax
Snap-bush green: Contender, Harvester, Roman, Tendercrop
Snap-pole green: Kentucky Wonder, Romano, Scarlet Runner (pretty
scarlet flowers)
CORN
Baby: Baby Asian, Candystick
Super Sweet: Early Xtra Sweet, Butterfruit, Sweetie
CUCUMBER
Pickling: Liberty Hybrid, County Fair, Pickle Bush (compact)
Slicing: Sweet Success, Burpee Hybrid, Bush Champion (compact),
Spacemaster (compact)
PEPPER
Hot: Tam Mild Jalapeño (mild), Anaheim TMR 23 (moderate), Cayenne
Long Red Slim (hot)
Sweet Bell: Bell Boy, California Wonder, Golden Bell
SUMMER SQUASH
Scallop: Peter Pan Hybrid (bush), Sunburst (yellow), Early White Bush
(white)
Yellow: Early Prolific Straightneck, Sundance (crookneck compact)
Zucchini: Aristocrat, Ambassador (compact), Gold Rush (golden fruit)
TOMATOES
Cherry: Cherry Grande, Sweet 100, Sungold (orange)
Container: Patio, Better Bush, Husky Series (red-ink, gold)
Heirloom: Brandywine, Cherokee Purple, Yellow Zebra, Oxheart
Standard: Better Boy, Celebrity, Champion, Early Girl, Supersteak
Sources: University of California Cooperative Extension, and California Master
Gardener Handbook, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources,
Publication 3382.
These warm-season vegetables are a few good choices for
Ventura County in Southern California:
BEANS
Bush yellow: Goldencrop Wax, Resistant Cherokee Wax
Snap-bush green: Contender, Harvester, Roman, Tendercrop
Snap-pole green: Kentucky Wonder, Romano, Scarlet Runner (pretty
scarlet flowers)
CORN
Baby: Baby Asian, Candystick
Super Sweet: Early Xtra Sweet, Butterfruit, Sweetie
CUCUMBER
Pickling: Liberty Hybrid, County Fair, Pickle Bush (compact)
Slicing: Sweet Success, Burpee Hybrid, Bush Champion (compact),
Spacemaster (compact)
PEPPER
Hot: Tam Mild Jalapeño (mild), Anaheim TMR 23 (moderate), Cayenne
Long Red Slim (hot)
Sweet Bell: Bell Boy, California Wonder, Golden Bell
SUMMER SQUASH
Scallop: Peter Pan Hybrid (bush), Sunburst (yellow), Early White Bush
(white)
Yellow: Early Prolific Straightneck, Sundance (crookneck compact)
Zucchini: Aristocrat, Ambassador (compact), Gold Rush (golden fruit)
TOMATOES
Cherry: Cherry Grande, Sweet 100, Sungold (orange)
Container: Patio, Better Bush, Husky Series (red-ink, gold)
Heirloom: Brandywine, Cherokee Purple, Yellow Zebra, Oxheart
Standard: Better Boy, Celebrity, Champion, Early Girl, Supersteak
Sources: University of California Cooperative Extension, and California Master
Gardener Handbook, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources,
Publication 3382.
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| Published in Ventura County Star California (Home & Garden section) May 20, 2004 |
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