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An Ohio heirloom whose salmon-orange flesh is aromatic and sweet. Wilt-tolerant vines produce 3- to 4-pound fruits.

(115 days). This white-stemmed leek is more tender than other varieties when harvested in summer as a baby leek with the diameter of a pencil, or harvested in fall when mature.

(82 days). This sugar-enhanced (SE) hybrid white corn has increased disease resistance, and its 8-inch-long ears are sweeter and more flavorful than its sister, 'Silver Queen'.

yard-long bean (80 days). Vigorous plants produce light green, wrinkled pods 33 inches long-the longest of the yard-long beans. From Malaysia.

Parched corn (110 days). This unique purple-kerneled heirloom corn has stalks to 5 feet tall, an ears 8 inches long. Unlike sweet corn, parched corn is heated in a skillet to prepare for eating.

(68t days). Large 3- to 4-inch-diameter red fruits are produced on compact 3 1/2-foot, hybrid plants. This dwarf indeterminate (a dwarf plant that produces fruit all season long) bears until frost and is a great container plant.

(55t days). Small-headed, hybrid dwarf plants reach only a foot tall. Testers liked the strong growth and being able to space plants only a foot apart. However, the small heads and low production.

Sugary Enhanced (80 days) A real workhorse; huge ears; quality beyond belief; picks very easily.

Sugary Enhanced- (69 days) Just a little later than 'First Choice', but with a better cold-soil tolerance rating of 4 to 4.5 out of 5

Sugary Enhanced (78 days) An old variety, but still one of the best choices for home gardeners because of its shorter stalks--just 5-1/2 to 6 feet.

Sugary Enhanced 'Frosty' (70) White corn is normally less cold-soil tolerant than yellow varieties, but 'Frosty' rated 4.5 on a scale of 1 to 5 in cold-soil trials; it forms a nice, big, blocky ear.

65 days) A strong determinate red cherry tomato, this variety has great disease and nematode resistance. The fruits weigh less than 1 ounce.

(80 days) This hybrid cousin of the popular 'Brandywine' heirloom offers the same great looks and taste as the older variety, but has better production and more disease resistance. It produces 1-pound red fruits on potato-leaved vines.

(72 days) This large, indeterminate, disease-resistant tomato produces mild-flavored 6- to 7-ounce fruits with unique lemon-yellow skin and flesh.

(64 days) An early, indeterminate, and highly disease-resistant variety, 'Jetsetter' produces 8-ounce smooth, juicy, red fruits.

(72 days) This determinate tomato produces uniform 8-ounce, oblate-shaped red fruits.

(73 days) An All-American Selections variety, 'Big Beef' produces uniform 10- to 12-ounce red fruits that have an heirloom quality. The indeterminate plants have good disease resistance.

(75 days) This strong indeterminate tomato is a productive, disease-resistant variety that produces 1-pound red fruits.

Randy Gardner, tomato breeder at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, has bred 'Mountain Supreme' to have moderate resistance to early blight. While they may eventually get the disease, the plants are strong enough to produce a full crop of fruit without the need for fungicidal spraying.

'Mountain Supreme' are determinate plants with a dense foliage cover to protect the fruit from bad weather, and they're highly resistant to all types of skin cracking. The round, red, 6- to 8-ounce fruit of 'Mountain Supreme' matures in 75 days. It also has high resistance to fusarium wilt and moderate resistance to verticillium wilt.

Moderate resistance to early blight. While they may eventually get the disease, the plants are strong enough to produce a full crop of fruit without the need for fungicidal spraying.
Determinate plants with a dense foliage cover to protect the fruit from bad weather, and they're highly resistant to all types of skin cracking. 'Plum Dandy', a Roma type, averages 3 ounces and matures in 70 days. It is highly resistant to both kinds of wilt but susceptible to bacterial spot. It grows best in cool-summer areas where night temperatures remain below 70° F.