Vegetable Seeds for growing Vegetables for Grilling and Roasting

When planning your garden, always be sure to include vegetables that are suited for grilling and roasting. They compliment any meat you are cooking, extend the amount of food and are delicious!

VG102 Asparagus: Mary Washington

Mary Washington Asparagus is a strong grower with large spears produced in spring. This asparagus is a favorite of gardeners that are looking for excellent taste. It is good for cooking and canning. Mary Washington is reliable and resistance to rust. The delicious asparagus shoots (called "spears") are tender, thick, heavy and straight and are of a rich dark green color with a purple tinge. They are uniform in size, about 10 inches in length. They have a delicate, delicious flavor when cooked. Asparagus is the earliest vegetable harvested fresh from the garden each spring. It is known for its flavor and nutrition. It's an excellent source of vitamin A, and contains significant amounts of vitamin C, riboflavin, phosphorus and calcium. One cup of cooked fresh asparagus contains only 30 calories! Asparagus is a perennial plant that comes back from the same root system each year. A productive bed of asparagus can last 15 years or longer. It needs well-drained, deep soil and plenty of sunlight; at least 8 hours daily.

Corn
JM210 Golden Bantam

Old heirloom standard yellow sweet corn that has been the home gardener's favorite since the beginning of the 20th century. A farmer named William Chambers of Greenfield, Massachusetts had grown this variety for years. After his death, a friend of Chambers found some of the sweet corn seeds and sold them to W. Atlee Burpee.
In 1902, Golden Bantam was featured in a Burpee catalog. Before 1900 most people thought that yellow corn was fit only for animal feed. Within a few years, people in the United States began to favor yellow corn.
The plants grow to about six feet and produce seven inch ears loaded with eight rows of sweet, plump, golden kernels. 78 days.

IP062 Red Burgundy

Excellent slicing variety for salads or hamburgers and grilling. Red Burgundy onions produce large flattened globes 3 to 4 inches in diameter that are beautiful for slicing! Very mild and sweet flavor! Good for short term storage. Average water needs. Water regularly, but don't over water. Resistant to Botrytis and Pink Rot. This is a short day variety that matures in 95 to 165 days depending upon planting time, location and climate.

VS330 Vidalia ( Short Day Type )

Makes a sweet, mild grilling onion. Large bulbed with thick flat globe shape. Excellent producer that is attractive and uniform. Used in Georgia to make the famous Vidalia onion.
F1 Short day, high yield, jumbo, dark brown, mild taste, resists pink root and fusarium, 160 days.

LET792 Costa Rico ( Sweet Pepper )

Ruby red 1-1/2" x 6", sweet fruity flavor, perfect in salad, sliced for dip, or grilled, 70 days. A truly tasty pepper, its a large Marconi type but shorter in length and wider through the shoulder. Pick when the skin turns deep ruby red to experience its unique fruity sweetness. Delicious in salads and sliced in strips for dip because it provides more flavor than a sweet bell. Also tasty when roasted or grilled.

PEP244 Big Red ( Sweet Roasting Bell Pepper )

A wonderful open pollinated sweet bell with delicious flavor that grow surprisingly big, sweet, thick walled bells. 75 days.

PEP020 Chocolate Beauty Hybrid ( Sweet Bell Pepper )

An excellent choice for roasting, grilling. A gourmet cook's delight: medium to large, very smooth, three and four lobed fruits rich to green for a very unique chocolate look. Extremely sweet and tasty. Immune to Tobacco Mosaic Virus. 85 days.

PEP125 Poblano ( Spicy, Warm to Mildly Hot Pepper 2500-3000 SU )

75 days Slightly hot with a sweet flavor. Dark green 6" x 3" fruits mature to a chocolate-green color. Thick-walled fruits are ideal for fresh use, stuffed, roasted, and used in rellanos or dried as an "Ancho".

PEP015 Big Bertha Hybrid ( Sweet Roasting/Stuffing Pepper )

Outstanding Hybrid noted for it's extra-large size and superior quality. Large, long, seven-inch by four-inch, fruits feature thick walls and mostly four-lobed. Ideal for gourmet gardeners to use as stuffed peppers or for fresh market. The largest elongated bell available is produced on stocky plants, thirty inches tall. Resistant to Tobacco Mosaic Virus. 70 days.

PEP382 Shishito ( Japanese Pepper for Tempura, Shish Kabob )

These glossy green peppers with the crinkly thin skin are petite like jalapenos, but with a mild, sweet flavor all their own. Grilled or pan-roasted and lightly salted, shishitos may make the easiest, most mouth-poppable snack you've ever had. Beware: one in every ten packs a spicy punch.
This medium early, small, sweet, thin-walled glossy green pepper is popular in Japan. The fruits grow up to 3-4" long. Plant has a spreading habit and produces prolifically. Good for garden, greenhouse and open field growing.
Also known as Wrinkled Old Man Pepper. 1/4 ounce peppers are crisp, thin skinned, for tempura, shish kabob, very productive, 70 days.

PEP249 Antohi Romanian ( Sweet Frying/Roasting Pepper )

Tasty East European frying pepper. Jan Antohi was a touring acrobat when he defected to the US in late 1991, he visited his family in Romania for the first time in over 8 years, and came back with seeds of this delicious heirloom pepper. Smooth 4" long, 2" wide tapered, pointed fruits ripen from pale yellow to red. Upright plants have good branch strength and yield early and heavily. Days to Maturity: 53 days pale yellow, 78 days red ripe.

PEP374 Corno di Toro Yellow ( Sweet Frying/Roasting Pepper )

Thick wall, medium hot 6000 scoville, smoke this to get spicy wood taste, 1 x 2-1/2", 66 days.

PEP063 Cubanelle ( Sweet Frying/Roasting Pepper )

Sweet Italian frying type with delicious taste. Long, green, 2 to 3 lobed, thick-skinned fruits turn to yellow, then bright red at maturity. Peppers, 5-1/2 inches by 2-1/2 inches, are tastiest fried in oil. 65 days.

PEP079 Big Chile Hybrid ( Chile Type Mild Hot Pepper 1500 Scoville Units )

An excellent grilling pepper. More Chile in every sense! Tremendous yields of mild green chiles in the Anaheim variety, but much larger than Anaheims, up to 40% larger.

W143 Black Beauty Zucchini

Heirloom. 52 days. This is our most popular zucchini. An early, very productive, bushy plant with an open habit. The blocky fruits are dark green and 6-8” long at their best quality. They turn almost black at maturity and are usable at almost every stage. The flesh is delicious, creamy white, tender and firm.

W143 Black Beauty Zucchini

RTP079 Early Girl Hybrid

A longtime early favorite, Early Girl produces heavy yields of full-flavored, 4–6 oz. tomatoes that are great for grilling. One of the first varieties to ripen each year. Also prized for its performance as a "dry-farmed" tomato, owing to its extreme tolerance to drought and blossom end rot. Indeterminate. 52 days.

RTP600 Bush Early Girl Hybrid

Extra-large, extra-early tomatoes grow on a true bush. The earlier, the better. These extra-large, extra-early tomatoes grow on a true bush. The 4" across tasty red fruits are much bigger than Early Girl and ripen just 2 days later. The 18" plants are amazingly compact and self-supporting, yet productive. Multiple disease resistances. Determinate version of original. Slightly larger fruit on a productive bush plant only 18 inches tall. Ideal for container culture. Has demonstrated tolerance of verticillium wilt races 1 & 2, fusarium wilt, nematodes, and tobacco mosaic. 54 days.

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