Top Rated Vegetables

The following recommendations are based upon over 20 years of testing many different varieties of vegetables at Arborcrest. While most of these varieties should do well in climates quite different from Western North Carolina, you may find other varieties of certain vegetables more suited to your particular climate. That said, these vegetables have been tested and rated highly for productivity, disease resistance, and most importantly, taste.

  • Bean (bush)- Blue Lake
  • Bean (pole)- Northeaster
  • Beet- Red Ace
  • Broccoli- Premium Crop, Green Comet
  • Brussel Sprouts- Jade Cross Hybrid
  • Cabbage- Early Jersey Wakefield, Stonehead
  • Carrot- Sugarsnax
  • Cauliflower- Snow Crown
  • Celery- Ventura
  • Corn- Mirai
  • Cucumber- Diva
  • Kale- Winterbor
  • Leek- American Flag
  • Lettuce- Buttercrunch, Black Seeded Simpson
  • Melon (cantaloupe)- Burpee Ambrosia
  • Okra- Cajun Delight
  • Onion- Stuttgarter (sets), Ailsa Craig Exhibition
  • Peas (edible pod)- Sugar Snap
  • Pepper- Ace, Sunray
  • Potato- Kennebec
  • Pumpkin- Howden, Jack B Little
  • Radish- Champion
  • Spinach- Melody
  • Squash (summer)- Yellow Crookneck, Sunburst
  • Squash (winter)- Waltham Butternut
  • Swiss Chard- Bionda di Lyon
  • Tomato- Brandywine, Favorita
  • Turnip- Hakurei
  • Watermelon- Everglade (seedless), Crimson Sweet