KCCG Warm Season Plants
Plants are sold in 3-packs.
Plants go on sale on April 23rd (Green & Yellow Cards) and April 24th (All Cards).
Eggplant
Orient Express
58 days – Attractive, slender 8-10”, glossy black fruits in long Oriental style. Ready up to 2 weeks before other early varieties. Tender, delicately flavored and quick cooking. (hybrid)
Ping Tung Long
70 days – Heirloom Asian eggplant, prolific and early-producing. Glossy purple fruits are slender, 12-18” long and 1-2” wide. Potential yield of 20 fruits per plant, vigorous, disease and stress tolerant.
Thanos
65 days – Early yielding variety with classic blocky bell shaped fruits. Strong plants and prolific yields.
Bell Peppers
Big Bertha
72 days – Huge thick-walled fruits, 6-7” long, 4” across. Dark green, ripening to red, and tender. Vigorous plants bear heavily.(hybrid)
Early Sunsation
70 days – Big blocky bell peppers, 4” long and nearly as wide, smooth and consistently well-shaped. Plants are tolerant to most pepper virus diseases and 3 races of bacterial spot. Extra sweet when fully yellow. (hybrid)
Gourmet Orange
Bright orange fruits, very sweet, on compact plants.
Red Knight
55 days green, 75 days red – Big, blocky, thick walled, fruit and sweet. King Arthur type with better disease resistance in more compact, open plant. (hybrid)
Romany
50 days – Very early and prolific pepper. Fruits are wedge shaped, 2-3 lobes, 3-4” long, greenish yellow turning to orange red. Compact plants. (hybrid)
Hot Peppers
Anaheim
68 days – Very popular, mildly hot, meaty, large peppers. Plants grow 30” tall and yield an abundance of 7-8” long chiles with a shiny green color or ripening to a mellow red color. An easy pepper to grow. (open pollinated)
Cayenne
75 days – Thin tapered fiery hot standard, 6” curved fruit ripen from dark green to crimson red. (open pollinated)
Habanero
90 days – Extremely hot small fruit start out light green and ripen orange. Handle with extreme caution. (open pollinated)
Jalapeno
70 days – Classic, medium hot pepper, small fruit can be used in almost any kind of cooking. Keeps well in a multitude of ways. (open pollinated)
Poblano
80 days – Mildly pungent ‘Ancho 101’ plays a fundamental role in Mexican cuisine, appearing in traditional dishes such as rellenos, tamales, and red chili sauce. It’s referred to as Poblano in its fresh form and Ancho when dried. Dried peppers can be ground to produce chili powder. Plants produce lots of 4–6″ tapered, juicy fruits that ripen from green to red. (open pollinated)
Serrano
75 days – Strong plants that load up early with dozens of thin peppers that are 2” long and one half inch thick. Very hot flavor. Fruits turn red when fully ripe. (open pollinated)
Sweet Peppers
Carmen
60 days green, 80 days red – Italian frying pepper with sweet taste for salads and roasting when fully red. Tapered fruits 6” long x 2” wide. Matures early on an upright, medium plant. (hybrid)
Cupid
(Mini Bell) – 75 days to red ripe. This early sweet miniature bell pepper is the perfect size for snacking and for “lunchbox peppers.” Fruits are blocky to slightly pointed averaging 2” by 1.75”. (hybrid) Note: this is a tiny bell pepper.
Eros
75 days to yellow ripe – This is a miniature “lunchbox” bell pepper, similar to ‘Cupid’ but golden yellow when ripe. Blocky fruits are 2” to 1 ¾” in diameter. (hybrid)
Escamillo
60 days (green) 80 days (yellow ripe) – Golden yellow Italian pepper. 6” long fruits are very sweet when ripe and excellent for fresh use and frying. All America Selections winner.
Shishito
60 days green, 80 days red – Popular Japanese variety used in traditional and gourmet recipes. The flavorful 3” oblong fruits are traditionally used green but ripen to a very sweet red pepper. (open pollinated)
Sweet Banana
(70 days to green/yellow and 80 days to orange/red) – This heirloom sweet pepper was an “All America” selection in 1941. The fruits are 5-6” long and 1.5” inches wide starting out lime green, then turning butter yellow and finally ripening to orange and red. Very sweet when red ripe – can be used fresh in salads but also good for frying. Very productive plants producing
Tomatoes
Hybrids vs. Open Pollinated – The other designations you will encounter in the variety descriptions are the terms “hybrid” and “open pollinated”. A hybrid variety is the direct result of intentionally crossing 2 distinct varieties. A hybrid variety does not mean that it has been genetically modified (GMO). None of our seed or plant varieties are GMO. Hybrid plants typically have more vigor and disease resistance than their parent varieties. plant. Seeds saved from hybrid plants typically do not reproduce true to the characteristics of the hybrid variety. Open pollinated varieties are non-hybrid. They are the result a variety being pollinated by the same variety. Seeds may be saved and will reproduce true to the parent.
Tomato Variety Informationand Code Designations:
Tomato plants are subject to many diseases and the initials/codes referto disease resistance with each initial referring to a specific disease. You can read online about the different diseases but in general, the more initials you see in the variety description – the more resistant that variety will be to all the diseases. Here is the key to the primary resistance designations:
V – Verticillium wilt (fungus disease)
F – Fusarium wilt (fungus disease)
FF – Fusarium wilt (races 1&2)
FFF – Fusarium wilt (races 1,2,&3)
N – Nematodes (microscopic worm pests)
T – Tobacco Mosaic (virus disease)
A – Alternarium stem canker (fungus disease)
Lb – Late blight (fungus disease)
St – Stemphylium (fungus disease)
Beefmaster
80 days. (VFNASt) One of the most popular hybrid beefsteak types, with improved disease resistance. Solid, meaty, bright red tomatoes weigh up to 2 lbs. Better yields larger fruits and good tolerance to cracking and splitting. (indeterminate) (hybrid)
Big Beef
73 days – (VFFNTAst) Extra-large, juicy red fruits, approximately 10-12 oz. Very heavy yield. Heat resistant. (indeterminate) (hybrid)
Big Boy
78 days – A classic tomato, large fruits, up to 2 lbs. with scarlet, smooth skin, thick walls, and fine flavor. Not disease resistant. (indeterminate) (hybrid)
Celebrity
77 days – (VFNT) A good quality, very productive variety that performs well under a wide variety of conditions. Fruit average 3” in diameter and are fairly round. Fruit sets at all the same time. An excellent home garden variety. (determinate) (hybrid)
Florida 91
75 days – (VFF) popular variety known for its strong heat tolerance (will set fruit even when temperatures are high) and excellent flavor. Large 10 oz. fruits ripen uniform red and are produced in abundance on strong, healthy disease resistant vines. (determinate) (hybrid)
Jet Star
72 days – (VF) Large, firm fruit. Heavy yield, delicious flavor. (indeterminate) (hybrid)
Lemon Boy
72 days – (VFN) The first lemon yellow (not golden) tomato. Extremely vigorous plants produce large harvests of attractive fruit that weigh 8 oz. or more. Flavor is outstanding, mild and sweet, yet tangy. (indeterminate) (hybrid)
San Marzano 2 (OP)
85 days – (VF) This improved version of the famous San Marzano paste tomato incorporates disease resistance with the classic San Marzano flavor. Tall plants produce 5-6 oz. fruits that are excellent for sauce or fresh use. (indeterminate)
Whopper
70 days – (VFFNT) Large fruits are born early and over a long season. Good disease and crack resistance. Good flavor and texture. (indeterminate) (hybrid)
Heirloom Tomatoes
Brandywine
78 days – An old Amish variety famous for its great flavor. Large fruit with deep pink skin and red flesh. (indeterminate) (open-pollinated)
Black Trifele
85 days – Produces a large number of pear-shaped, intensely purple-black colored fruits. The flavor is fantastic and slices are lovely on hamburgers or salad. (indeterminate)
Cherokee Purple
72 days – Believed to be over 100 years old and originally from the Cherokee people. Juicy tomatoes with a very full flavor and plenty of tang. Medium-large, flattened globe fruits with a distinctly different color, dusky pink with darker pink/purple shoulders. (indeterminate) (open pollinated)
Cherry Tomatoes
Black Cherry
64 days – Sweet and robust, round fruits almost black in color. Dynamic flavor, high-yielding. (indeterminate) (open-pollinated)
Ground Cherry - Aunt Molly
70 days – Small tomato-type fruit covered with a papery husk. Pick when the fruits fall to the ground. The flavor is intensely sweet with pineapple tones. Great in pies, sauces, and wonderful fresh.
Sun Gold
57 days – Tangerine-orange, sweet, intense fruity flavored tomatoes on high-yielding plants. (indeterminate)(hybrid)
Super Sweet 100
70 days – (VF)Plants produce long strands of 100 or more super-sweet cherry tomatoes, measuring 1” in diameter. Extra-high in vitamin C. (indeterminate) (hybrid)
Tomatillo - 'Purple'
Beautiful purple tomato like fruits are enclosed in a husk. Much sweeter than green tomatillos and rich in healthy antioxidants. Let the fruit hang on the plant as long as possible for the husk to split open and for maximum flavor and color. Plant two or more plants for better pollination.
Tomatillo - 'Toma Verde'
60 days – Early-maturing large, flat-round green fruits. Great for salsa and other Latin American recipes. Plant two or more plants for better pollination. (indeterminant)