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Oregon State University researchers say home gardens produce the best yields when planted with vegetable varieties adapted to local growing conditions.
They've done the research on farms around the state to try to help Oregonians grow their own successfully. Here is a partial list of common recommendations.
On the coast, it's wise to remember that the growing season might be long at 190 to 250 days, but it's cool, too.
Artichoke: Green Globe, Imperial Star, Emerald.
Beans: (green bush) Tendercrop, Venture, Slenderette, Oregon 91G, Oregon Trail, Provider, Jade, Oregon 54; (flat Italian) Roma II; (French filet) Nickel, Grenoble, Straight ‘N Narrow; (green pole) Blue Lake, Kentucky Wonder, Romano, Cascade Giant, Kentucky Blue, Oregon Giant; (wax bush) Goldenrod, Goldrush, Indy Gold, Slenderwax; (lima, bush, large seeded) Fordhook 242 (or any Fordhook); (lima, bush, small seeded) Thorogreen, Baby Fordhook, Jackson Wonder; (dry) Pinto, Red Kidney, White Kidney (Cannellini), Cranberry, Etna; (edible Soybeans or Edamame) Envy, Early Hakucho, Butterbean, Sayamusume, Misono Green.
Beets: Ruby Queen, Red Ace, Warrior, Kestrel, Early Wonder, Pacemaker III, Detroit Dark Red, Red Cloud; (cylindrical) Cylindra, Forono; (golden) Golden; (novelty, white) Blankoma; (greens) Early Wonder Tall Top, Bull's Blood, Big Top.
Broccoli: Premium Crop, Packman, Arcadia, Early Dividend, Regal, Windsor, Emerald Pride, Emperor, Gypsy; Rosalind; Romanesco, Minaret.
Cabbage: (early) Dynamo, Parel, Primax, Arrowhead, Farao, Tendersweet, Gonzales, Surprise, Fast Vantage; (main season) Golden Acre, Bravo, Charmant, Discovery; (late fall, winter) Danish Ballhead, Storage Hybrid #4, Blue Thunder; (red) Ruby Perfection, Regal Red, Red Acre, Ruby King; (savoy) Melissa, Savoy Express, Savoy Ace.
Carrots: Red Core Chantenay, Royal Chantenay, Scarlet Nantes, Mokum, Bolero, Apache, Danvers, Ithaca, Sugarsnax 54, Nelson, Napa, Kuroda, Nantindo, Nevis, Sweetness II, Napoli, Yaya; (yellow) Yellowstone; (white) White Satin; (baby carrots) Minicore, Babette, Parmex, Thumbelina.
Corn (early): Sundance, Early Sunglow, Seneca Horizon, Butterfruit, Supersweet Jubilee, ACX 1021Y, Sugary, Sugar Buns, Precocious, Kandy Kwik, Daybreak, Sugar Dots.
Corn main season: Jubilee, Incredible, Kandy King, Kandy Korn, Legend, Bodacious, Sugar Ace.
Cucumbers: (pickling) SMR 58, Pioneer, Bush Pickle, County Fair, Clinton, Cool Breeze, Regal; (slicing) Burpee Hybrid, Marketmore 86 & 97, Poinsett, Raider, Dasher II, Slicemaster, Intimidator, Tasty Green, Greensleeves, Orient Express, Amira, Genuine, Slicemore, Ultrapak, Tasty Jade.
Lettuce: (head) Summertime, Ithaca, Salinas. (leaf) Prizehead, Red Sails, Redina, New Red Fire, Merlot, Salad Bowl, Grand Rapids, Slobolt, Pom Pom, Oaky Red Splash, Cocarde, Berenice, Mascara; (romaine) Paris Island, Valmaine, Green Towers, Outredgeous, Devils Tounge, Little Gem, Freckles.
Onions: (yellow) Copra, Prince, First Edition, Millennium, Frontier, New York Early, Candy; (red) Redwing, Mars, Bennies Red; (white) White Sweet Spanish, Blanco Duro, Superstar; (overwintering) Walla Walla Sweet; (green bunching) Ishikura, Tokyo Long White, He-shi-ko.
Peas: (shelling) Novella II, Oregon Trail, Oregon Pioneer, Green Arrow, Maxigolt.
(oriental edible pod) Oregon Sugar Pod II, Oregon Giant; (snap pea, bush) Sugar Daddy, Super Snappy, Cascadia. Sugar Sprint; (snap pea, pole) Sugar Snap or Super Sugar Snap (virus susceptible; plant early).
Radish: (red) Fuego, Comet, French Breakfast, Cherry Belle, Champion; (white) Burpee White, White Icicle; (large Japanese type) Sakurajima Mammoth.
Spinach: (spring planted for early summer harvest) (smooth leaf) Bloomsdale Long Standing, Olympia, Nordic IV; (savoy) Spinner, Correnta, Unipack 151, Melody, Skookum; (late summer planted for fall harvest) (smooth leaf) Oriental Giant, Rushmore; (savoy) Jive.
Squash: (yellow) Early Prolific Straightneck, Multipik, Supersett, Fancycrook, Sunray, Yellow Crookneck, Goldbar; (green zucchini) Ambassador, Seneca, Elite, Tigress, Aristocrat, Raven, Jaguar; (yellow zucchini) Gold Rush, Butterstick.
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For a full listing of the recommendations, go to http://extension.oregonstate.edu/gar dening/enews/ or stop by the OSU Extension Service Office in Myrtle Point.
They've done the research on farms around the state to try to help Oregonians grow their own successfully. Here is a partial list of common recommendations.
On the coast, it's wise to remember that the growing season might be long at 190 to 250 days, but it's cool, too.
Artichoke: Green Globe, Imperial Star, Emerald.
Beans: (green bush) Tendercrop, Venture, Slenderette, Oregon 91G, Oregon Trail, Provider, Jade, Oregon 54; (flat Italian) Roma II; (French filet) Nickel, Grenoble, Straight ‘N Narrow; (green pole) Blue Lake, Kentucky Wonder, Romano, Cascade Giant, Kentucky Blue, Oregon Giant; (wax bush) Goldenrod, Goldrush, Indy Gold, Slenderwax; (lima, bush, large seeded) Fordhook 242 (or any Fordhook); (lima, bush, small seeded) Thorogreen, Baby Fordhook, Jackson Wonder; (dry) Pinto, Red Kidney, White Kidney (Cannellini), Cranberry, Etna; (edible Soybeans or Edamame) Envy, Early Hakucho, Butterbean, Sayamusume, Misono Green.
Beets: Ruby Queen, Red Ace, Warrior, Kestrel, Early Wonder, Pacemaker III, Detroit Dark Red, Red Cloud; (cylindrical) Cylindra, Forono; (golden) Golden; (novelty, white) Blankoma; (greens) Early Wonder Tall Top, Bull's Blood, Big Top.
Broccoli: Premium Crop, Packman, Arcadia, Early Dividend, Regal, Windsor, Emerald Pride, Emperor, Gypsy; Rosalind; Romanesco, Minaret.
Cabbage: (early) Dynamo, Parel, Primax, Arrowhead, Farao, Tendersweet, Gonzales, Surprise, Fast Vantage; (main season) Golden Acre, Bravo, Charmant, Discovery; (late fall, winter) Danish Ballhead, Storage Hybrid #4, Blue Thunder; (red) Ruby Perfection, Regal Red, Red Acre, Ruby King; (savoy) Melissa, Savoy Express, Savoy Ace.
Carrots: Red Core Chantenay, Royal Chantenay, Scarlet Nantes, Mokum, Bolero, Apache, Danvers, Ithaca, Sugarsnax 54, Nelson, Napa, Kuroda, Nantindo, Nevis, Sweetness II, Napoli, Yaya; (yellow) Yellowstone; (white) White Satin; (baby carrots) Minicore, Babette, Parmex, Thumbelina.
Corn (early): Sundance, Early Sunglow, Seneca Horizon, Butterfruit, Supersweet Jubilee, ACX 1021Y, Sugary, Sugar Buns, Precocious, Kandy Kwik, Daybreak, Sugar Dots.
Corn main season: Jubilee, Incredible, Kandy King, Kandy Korn, Legend, Bodacious, Sugar Ace.
Cucumbers: (pickling) SMR 58, Pioneer, Bush Pickle, County Fair, Clinton, Cool Breeze, Regal; (slicing) Burpee Hybrid, Marketmore 86 & 97, Poinsett, Raider, Dasher II, Slicemaster, Intimidator, Tasty Green, Greensleeves, Orient Express, Amira, Genuine, Slicemore, Ultrapak, Tasty Jade.
Lettuce: (head) Summertime, Ithaca, Salinas. (leaf) Prizehead, Red Sails, Redina, New Red Fire, Merlot, Salad Bowl, Grand Rapids, Slobolt, Pom Pom, Oaky Red Splash, Cocarde, Berenice, Mascara; (romaine) Paris Island, Valmaine, Green Towers, Outredgeous, Devils Tounge, Little Gem, Freckles.
Onions: (yellow) Copra, Prince, First Edition, Millennium, Frontier, New York Early, Candy; (red) Redwing, Mars, Bennies Red; (white) White Sweet Spanish, Blanco Duro, Superstar; (overwintering) Walla Walla Sweet; (green bunching) Ishikura, Tokyo Long White, He-shi-ko.
Peas: (shelling) Novella II, Oregon Trail, Oregon Pioneer, Green Arrow, Maxigolt.
(oriental edible pod) Oregon Sugar Pod II, Oregon Giant; (snap pea, bush) Sugar Daddy, Super Snappy, Cascadia. Sugar Sprint; (snap pea, pole) Sugar Snap or Super Sugar Snap (virus susceptible; plant early).
Radish: (red) Fuego, Comet, French Breakfast, Cherry Belle, Champion; (white) Burpee White, White Icicle; (large Japanese type) Sakurajima Mammoth.
Spinach: (spring planted for early summer harvest) (smooth leaf) Bloomsdale Long Standing, Olympia, Nordic IV; (savoy) Spinner, Correnta, Unipack 151, Melody, Skookum; (late summer planted for fall harvest) (smooth leaf) Oriental Giant, Rushmore; (savoy) Jive.
Squash: (yellow) Early Prolific Straightneck, Multipik, Supersett, Fancycrook, Sunray, Yellow Crookneck, Goldbar; (green zucchini) Ambassador, Seneca, Elite, Tigress, Aristocrat, Raven, Jaguar; (yellow zucchini) Gold Rush, Butterstick.
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For a full listing of the recommendations, go to http://extension.oregonstate.edu/gar dening/enews/ or stop by the OSU Extension Service Office in Myrtle Point.
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