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CORN—“so super sweet it’s double or triple the sweetness of natural com varieties”
TAYBERRY—“sweet-tart large red berry, new to the U.S.; a cross between a blackberry and raspberry”
STRAWBERRIES—“new varieties that will bear fruit all summer long”
BLUEBERRIES—“variety tolerant to -30 degrees Fahrenheit and still will yield three to five pounds per bush”
MELONS—“a heritage variety - Jenny Lind - the sweetest cantaloupe ever and Cameo - a white melon that will ripen after harvest”
LETTUCE—“new introduction - Red Sails - a red leaf lettuce bred to provide more nutrition than any lettuce, doesn’t bolt as quickly in heat”
CARROTS—“varieties so rich in vitamin A (carotene), they’re called A Plus; also Lindoro, a carrot developed for flavor, shape, smoothness, and keeping quality”
TOMATOES—“variety of salad tomato with superior flavor with the look of yellow lemons; new roma tomatoes -a paste tomato that outproduces other varieties by seven times”
BEANS—“Earli-Serve, a variety that goes from package to table in 41 days”
FLOWERS—“1985 winners include new pink petunias with four inch blossoms, new mini impatiens series, new gazania variety with new light tangerine color, new celosia, and more”
The above are just a sampling of the offerings to the nation’s gardening households for the new 1985 gardening season. Major seed companies’ efforts have resulted in many new varieties developed to make gardening easier and more successful.
Seed companies have combined the best features of hardiness and dis
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