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yard’n. • garden
Cooperative Extension Service PURDUE UNIVERSITY Lafayette, Indiana
Vegetable and Strawberry Varieties and Their Sources
Department of Horticulture
What vegetables should I raise this year? Should I try strawberries? Which varieties do best? Where will I be able to find seed or plants cf the newer varieties and for unusual or novelty vegetables? This publication attempts to answer these common gardening questions.
Most of the vegetables and strawberries adapted to Indiana conditions are presented with their main characteristics, good points, bad points, as well as pertinent planting, care or harvesting tips along with a listing of their preferred varieties.
Many of these vegetables are started from seed, but certain kinds such as asparagus and rhubarb are propagated by crowns and roots. Still other kinds (such as broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, eggplant, peppers and tomatoes) are more conveniently started from plants (transplants) than from seed. Onions may be started from "sets, " from seed and from "slips" (small plants). Strawberries should be started from plants.
Generally, seeds and plants can be purchased from local garden supply centers, plant growers, greenhouse operators and grocery and hardware stores. With newer varieties or unusual types, however, seed and plants may not always be available locally.
For this reason, one to several numbers are shown after each variety or kind of vegetable listed in this publication. Each one of these numbers corresponds to a numbered seed or plant source listed on page 5.
Some varieties and kinds given in this publication have several seed or plant sources while others may have only one or two.
Where spraying or dusting is suggested, use an "all purpose" garden dust or spray containing the insecticide Malathion and Sevin plus fungicides such as zineb or maneb and Captan. Weekly applications plus an application after each rain give the most desirable results.

RECOMMENDED VARIETIES
Asparagus: A very early perennial spring vegetable that comes up year after year.
Good for freezing. Tall enough to serve as a hedge in the summer. Wait two years before cutting first crop of spears. Locally grown asparagus crowns are often well suited for propagation. Plant the roots of MARY WASHINGTON (3, 5, 6, 8,12,16) or WALTHAM WASHINGTON (7,8).
Green beans: A home garden favorite. Good for home freezing or canning. Killed by frost. Bush snapbeans are fast-growing and medium in height. Dust or spray to control beetles that chew round holes in the leaves. Plant WHITE-SEEDED TENDER-CROP (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8); BONUS (8), or SPARTAN ARROW (6, 8).
Pole snapbeans are high-yielding, tall-growing and require support of poles or trellises. Plant BLUE LAKE for round pods of superior quality, (3), or KENTUCKY WONDER, flat pods, old but popular, (3,7,8).
Lima beans: Can be frozen or canned. Medium height. Can’t take frosts or very hot weather. Plant FORDHOOK 242, large-seeded, (2, 3,4,5, 6, 7, 8), or THAXTER, baby lima, (6).