Crop Production
2023 Vegetable Varieties Guide
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There are several reasons someone grows a particular vegetable variety. These may include taste, seed availability, price, shelf life (storage), disease resistance or tolerance, potential yield, fruit shape, size, color, and more. If you do not know what variety to grow or are unhappy with something you are currently growing, you may want to try something new. Before entirely switching from one variety to another, it is recommended to grow a few new ones for more than a year before deciding on planting large acreages. Table 1 lists a few recommended vegetable varieties for 2023. However, this is not a complete list, and there are many more available varieties.
Before purchasing any seeds on this list, it is suggested to make sure the plant has the disease resistance, size, shape, color, and other desirable characteristics that you are looking for. If you have any questions about these varieties and others, contact your county’s Extension office to speak with an agent.
Table 1. 2023 Recommended Vegetable Varieties
| Vegetable | Varieties |
|---|---|
| Asparagus | Jersey Giant, Jersey Knight, Jersey Supreme, and Purple Passion |
| Lima Beans | Bridgeton, Dixie Butterpea, Early Thorogreen, Henderson Bush, and Jackson Wonder |
| Lima Bean – Large Seeded | Fordhook 242 and Dixie Speckeled Butterpea |
| Lima Bean – Pole | Carolina Sieva, King of the Garden, and Willow leaf |
| Snap Beans – Bush | Bronco, Bush Blue Lake, Caprice, Jade II, Lewis, Magnum, Prevail, and Strike |
| Snap Beans – Pole | McCaslan, Stringless Blue Lake, and White Seeded Kentucky Wonder |
| Cucumber – Slicer Type | Bristol, Cortez, Dasher II, Poinsett 76, Rockingham, Speedway, and Thunder |
| Cucumber – Pickling Type | Calypso and Fancipak |
| Eggplant – Asian Type | Calliope, Cambodian Green Giant, Ichiban, Kermit, and Pingtung Long |
| Eggplant – Italian Type | Black Bell, Classic, Dusky, Epic, Night Shadow, and Santana |
| Eggplant – Miniature/Specialty Type | Casper, Fairy Tale, Ghostbuster, Gretel, Hansel, Little Fingers, and Rosita |
| Garlic | Chesnok red, Duganski, Elephant (Tahiti), German Extra hardy, Korean Red, and New York White Neck |
| Cantaloupe | Avatar, Ambrosia, Atlantis, Athena, Da Vinci, and Tirreno. Honeydew; 252 HQ, Dream Dew, Full Moon, Honey Orange, and Summer Dew |
| Okra | Annie Oakley II, Burgandy, Carmine Splendor, Clemson Spineless, Emerald, Jambalaya, and Lee |
| Onions | Candy Joy, Cabernet , Mata Hari, Red Burgendy, Red Hunter, Sierra Blanca, Sweet Caroline, and Texas Grano 1015Y |
| Bell Pepper | Alliance, Aristotle, Declaration, Excursion II, Flamingo, Flavorburst, Green Machine, Karisma, King Author, Mecate, Milena, Paladin, Revolution, Tequila, and Vanguard |
| Cayenne Pepper | Super Cayenne II |
| Jalapeno Pepper | Compadre, El Rey, Inferno, Ixtapa X3R, Mitla, and Tormenta |
| Irish Potatoes | Adirondack Blue, Atlantic, Dark Red Norland/Norland/Red Norland, La Rouge, Purple Majesty, Red LaSoda, and Yukon Gold |
| Winter Squash – Acorn Type | Autumn Delight, Celebration, Table Queen, and Taybelle PM |
| Winter Squash – Butternut Type | Avalon, Early Butternut, and Waltham Butternut |
| Winter Squash – Hubbard Type | Golden Hubbard, True Green Improved Hubbard, and Ultra |
| Winter Squash – Spaghetti Type | Primavera, Pinnacle, Stripetti, and Vegetable Spaghetti |
| Southern Peas – Blackeyes | California Blackeye, and Queen Ann |
| Southern Peas – Pinkeyes | Coronet, Pinkeye Purple Hull- BVR, Quickpick Pinkeye, Texas Pinkeye, and Top Pick Pinkeye |
| Southern Peas – Creams | Texas Cream, Top Pick Cream, and White Acre-BVR |
| Southern Peas – Crowders | = Hercules, Mississippi Purple, Mississippi Silver, Top Pick Crowder, and Zipper Cream |
| Summer Squash | Enterprise, Gentry, Grandprize, Gold Star, Goldprize, Lioness |
| Zucchini | Paycheck, Payroll, Payload, Senator, Spineless Beauty, Spinless Perfection, and Conquer III |
| Summer Squash – Scalloped Type | Benning’s Green Tint, Peter Pan, Scallopini, Sunburst, and Total Eclipse |
| Sweet Corn – White | Sweet Ice (se), Avalon (se), Devotion (sh2), Munition (sh2), Silver King (se), and Silver Queen (su) |
| Sweet Corn – Yellow | Honey Select (se), Merit (su), and Passion (sh2). Sweet Corn-Bicolor; Precious Gem (se), Temptation (se), Affection (sh2), BSS1075 (sh2), BSS8010 (sh2), Coastal (sh2), Everglades (sh2), Flagler (sh2), Mirai 301BC (sh2), Obsession (sh2), Seminole Sweet XR (sh2), Superb MXR (sh2), Sweet Chorus (se), and Sweet Rhythm (se) |
| Sweet Potato | Beauregard, Bayou Belle, Bonita, Covington, Hernandez, Jewel, Murasaki, O’Henry, Orleans, and White Hayman |
| Tomato – Fresh Market Type | Amelia VR, Bella Rosa, BHN 589, BHN 602, Carolina Gold, Celebrity, Crista, Defiant PhR, Florida 47R, Grand Marshal, Jolene, Mountain Gem, Mountain Glory, Mountain Magic, Mountain Majesty, Mountain Merit, Mountain Rogue, Mountain Spring, Phoenix, Primo Red, Red Bounty, Red Defender, Red Morning, Red Mountain, Red Snapper, Rocky Top, and Roadster |
| Tomato – Cherry Type | Matt’s Wild Cherry, Sun Gold, and Sun Sugar |
| Tomato – Grape Type | Brad’s Atomic Grape, Cupid, Elfin, Gold Spark, Mountain Honey, Mountain Vineyard, and Smarty |
| Tomato – Roma Type | Daytona, Granadero, Mariana, Picus, and Plum Regal |
| Watermelon – Seeded | Crimson Sweet, Sugar Baby, and Jubilee II, Estrella, Lemon Krush, Nunhems 800, Nunhems 860, Sangria, Starbrite, Summer Gold, and Top Gun |
| Watermelon – Seedless Type | Cracker Jack, Bottle Rocket, Buttercup, Captivation, Crunchy Red, Exclamation, Fascination, Liberty, Joy Ride, Melody, Orange Crisp, Road Trip, Sweet Gem, Traveler, Treasure Chest, and Tri-X 313 |
| Watermelon – Seedless Mini | Extazy, Mielheart, and Siris |