Giant Vegetable List

Everyone seems to want to grow giant and unusual plants in their garden, we think that this is great, but should also be functional. We’ve put together a list of vegetables that not only produce huge fruits, but are practical as well.

Beans

Cabbage

VC232 Giant Flat Dutch
A huge variety often weighing 10-12 pounds per head! Excellent for eating or making kraut. 100 days.

  Package of 100 seeds $1.85

Carrots

H818 St. Valery
The Vilmorins of France mentioned this variety in 1885 and said it had been grown a “long time” then. A large handsome variety with bright red-orange roots, smooth, 10”-12” long and 2”-3” in diameter. Sweet and tender. Rare.

  1/4 Teaspoon Package ( 100+ seeds ) $1.95

Cucumber

TPF206 Armenian Yard Long Cucumber
Amazing 2-3 ft. long cucumbers with crisp white flesh and a mild sweet flavor.

  20 seeds $2.95

Eggplant

2231 Park’s Whopper Eggplant Hybrid
62 days. The highest-yielding oval-type, bearing 30 to 50% more mild, near-black fruit than open-pollinated types. TMV-resistant 30-inch plants.

  Package of 20 seeds $2.25

Leeks

2035 Giant Musselburgh
Heirloom. Huge stalks can reach up to 18 inches. Delicious and mild-flavored. Thick, succulent stems are used as an autumn and winter substitute for green onions. Maturity is about 100 days.

  1/2 Teaspoon Pack ( 100+ seeds ) $1.95

Melons

2384 Canoe Creek Colossal
Large, deeply ribbed, football-shaped fruits can top 20 pounds if kept well watered. Typical fruits range between 8-15 pounds. Great flavor, should be picked when they just begin to slip. Must keep well watered for largest melons. Sure to impress all of your neighbors. 85-90 days.

  Package of 10 seeds $2.25

W130 Amarillo Oro
Giant, beautiful, golden-yellow oblong fruit grow to 15 lbs and have sweet, creamy white flesh, A pre-1870 European heirloom winter type. Good shipper.

  Package of 15 seeds $1.95

Okra

H839 Japanese Giant Red Mustard
Brassica juncea. One of the largest mustard types we've ever seen. Beautiful large Japanese type. Purple-red leaves with a delicious strong, sharp, almost garlic-like, mustard flavor. Tasty stir-fried or boiled and makes a great pickling variety. Cannot ship to AL

  5cc Package ( hundreds of seeds ) $2.15

Peppers

PEP347 Colossal Bell Pepper
Huge peppers! Even bigger than Whopper, green to red, thick wall, 5 x 8" bells, delicious flavor, will really make your neighbors jealous! 65 days

Package of 10 seeds $3.25

PEP019 Chinese Giant
One of the most popular large, midseason mild peppers perfect for home garden. Bell-shaped fruits are large and blocky, with thick walls. ' Sweet-flavored peppers ripen to brilliant cherry red, averaging a huge six inches across and four to five inches deep. 90 days.

15 seeds $2.15

PEP079 Big Chile Hybrid
More chile in every sense! 8-10 inches long and weighing up to 4 ounces each!. Tremendous yields of mild green chiles in the Anaheim variety, but much larger than Ananeims, up to 40% larger.

15 seeds $2.15

Pumpkins

JM110 Dill's Atlantic Giant Pumpkin
120 Days Grow for giant pumpkins. Fruits more than 500 pounds not uncommon. Fruit is round to flattened round, ribbed, with striking bright orange color. Seed cavity is small. Flesh is meaty, makes great pies.

 15 Seeds $2.95

1A112 Mammoth Chile Pumpkin ( King of Mammoth )
110 days. An heirloom pumpkin dating back to pre-1824, this huge variety has been recorded at over 250 lbs. They commonly grow 40-100 lbs. Skin mottled pinkish-orange on yellow. Good for pies, huge yields. Rare.

  Package of 10 seeds $2.95

Squash

2042 Giant Argonaut Squash
140 Days. A giant, tasty squash weighing over 30 pounds! Argonaut’s plant is vine-like in its habits, with a strong canopy, and very vigorous. The fruit is cylindrical in shape, and bright gold in color with a hard, tough rind, which has a smooth texture with sutures. Argonaut’s interior is a medium orange color with very sweet flavor and excellent meaty texture.
This is a hybrid variety. Argonaut is suitable for home gardens and fresh markets. This variety has a very long shelf life, and a small seed cavity at the blossom end. Under proper conditions can store for up to 8 months.

  $1.75 per pack ( 15 seeds per pack )

2386 Australian Butter
An Australian heirloom. Thick, dry orange flesh is excellent for baking and a great keeper. Hard-shelled fruits weigh 12-15 pounds, small seed cavity. 90-100 days.

  $2.25 per pack of 10 seeds.

VH562 Giant Pink Banana Squash
Amaze your friends with this giant winter squash. Produces huge pink colored banana shaped fruits up to 30" long, shaped like a banana. Flesh is bright orange and sweet. Very flavorful.

  Package of 5 seeds $1.95

2206 Marina di Chioggia Squash
The heirloom sea pumpkin of Chioggia, on the coast of Italy, The large turban shaped fruit are deep blue-green. It is one of the most beautiful and unique of all squash. A perfect variety for market gardeners. The rich, sweet flesh is a deep yellow-orange and of good quality, delicious baked or in pies. The fruit weigh about 10 lbs. each and are produced on vigorous vines. Stunning!

  Package of 5 seeds $1.95

Tomatoes

RTP018 Beefmaster Hybrid
A hybrid strain of beefsteak type tomato on Indeterminate vines. Solid, meaty and flavorful bright red fruits weighing up to 2 pounds or more. Indeterminate. 75 days.

Package of 20 seeds $2.15

RTP034 Brandywine
Amish variety dating back to 1885. Excellent fine flavored rose pink fruits to 1½ pounds on potato like vines. Days to Harvest: 100.

Package of 20 seeds $2.15

RTP739 Bull's Heart
An Italian heirloom with huge, pink, oxheart fruits weighing in at 2 pounds or more. Wonderful sweet flavor. 89 days. Determinate.

Package of 15 seeds. $2.25

RTP063 Crimson Cushion
Very old beefsteak variety with vigorous vines and huge thick fleshed fruits weighing up to 2 pounds. 80 days. Indeterminate.

Package of 20 seeds $2.15

RTP505 Georgia Streak
Rich gold fruits blushed with delicate pink with a red streaked interior. Large fruits weigh between 1 to 2 pounds. Sweet flavor. Indeterminate.

Package of 20 seeds $2.15

RTP104 Giant Oxheart
Large firm, meaty rosy pink fruits that weigh up to 2 pounds. Very few seeds. 90 days. Indeterminate.

Package of 20 seeds $2.15

RTP148 Kentucky Beefsteak ( Heirloom )
Enormous 2 pound deep orange and delicious fruits. 115 days. Indeterminate.

Package of 20 seeds $2.15

RTP192 Old German
An old heirloom variety producing huge boat shaped fruits weighing 2 pounds or so. Color is golden yellow with pink to red stripes that varies from fruit to fruit. Excellent for slicing.

Package of 20 seeds $2.15

RTP339 Watermelon Beefsteak ( Heirloom )
Giant, pink skinned fruits weighing 2 pounds or more with very mild flavor. Oblong shape similar to a watermelon. 75 days. Indeterminate.

Package of 20 seeds $2.15

Watermelons

VC800 Florida Giant
Smooth thick rind is very dark with bluish cast. Bears large, round fruits weighing up to fifty pounds. Bright red flesh is sweet and delicious.

  Package of 10 seeds $1.95

JM127 Black Diamond Red Flesh
40 pound fruits with dark green rind, sweet red flesh. Good shipper. When properly pruned, and soil and weather conditions are favorable, melons could reach 75-80 pounds in size.

 25 Seeds $2.50

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New! The key to growing any giant vegetable begins with Jim's Plant Growth Stimulator for Vegetables.
Jim has developed this product through years of testing on his farms. This natural, environmentally safe solution will produce amazing results, producing vigorous plants and larger yeilds of vegetables. We highly recommend you do you own trial test ( i.e. spray one plant with solution, next to a plant not sprayed with solution over the length of a growing season ) to fully appreciate how effective this product is.
This is a two part water soluble product that should be mixed 14.75cc of each part ( we provide measuring spoon with solution ) to one gallon of water and sprayed onto the foliage of the plants. It contains Food Grade H₂0², ( produced by nature ) Gibberellic Acid ( a natural plant growth hormone ), B1 and other plant vitamins, plant hormones, ( made from natural sources ) micronutrients including Boron (B), Copper (Cu), Iron (Fe), Manganese (Mn), Molybdenum (Mo), Sulfur (S) and Zinc (Zn) plus a natural detergent based "sticker" that makes the product stick to the leaves until absorbed by the plant.
This mix will make 16 gallons of solution.

  JPAG07 Plant Growth Stimulator for Vegetables $14.95

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