Park Seed Company’s Spring 2009 Seed Catalog includes many new introductions, along with traditional favorites. By providing these new and unique seed selections, Park Seed shares its inspiration with American gardeners. Whether our customers are new to gardening or have been gardening for years, Park Seed’s Catalog includes something for everyone. Here are a few of our new favorite vegetable selections for 2009.  

Tomato Tomatoberry Garden Hybrid

There have been tomatoes shaped like cherries, grapes, and even pears -- why shouldn't strawberries have their day? Luckily, they picked an absolutely delicious variety -- Tomatoberry Garden is so sweet and juicy that if you didn't know any better, you might just be fooled. This tomato is about an inch high and wide with a very high sugar count and plenty of juice to go with it. This is old-fashioned tomato goodness, with a softer skin and more meaty, juicy goodness within. Yet it's firm enough to hold well on the vine, its skin resisting cracking all the way from its wide shoulders to its tapering point. Tomatoberry Garden is an indeterminate plant, so it will continue to set handfuls of fruit all summer. 

Cauliflower Graffiti Hybrid

These big, full heads deepen to purple with exposure to sun and cool fall temperatures on vigorous, downy mildew-resistant plants. Very flavorful and nutritious, they actually keep their color if steamed, sautéed, or lightly boiled. 

Honey Bear Squash

This delicious, highly disease resistant acorn squash offers tender-sweet flavor every time. Perfect for baking, the 1 pound fruit arises very generously (3 to 5 per plant) on bushy plants that continue to grow late in the season, long after most others have given up.

Kellogg’s Breakfast

Giant sunny orange globes weighing 1 to 2 pounds appear on this vigorous Certified Organic heirloom. Their sweet, tangy flavor is legendary, and a single slice is more than enough for a sandwich. Slightly flattened, the produce has a great mix of solids and fruit.  

Chocolate Cherry

Even if this cherry tomato weren’t so attractive, it would be popular for its exceptionally rich, tangy flavor. 1-inch fruits appear in clusters of 8 all over bushy plants 5 to 6 feet high, 3 feet wide. Harvest a few days before maturity and ripen indoors if needed  

The Park Seed Company (www.parkseed.com), one of the oldest and largest mail-order seed companies in America, has been providing top-quality seeds, bulbs, plants, and accessories to generations of American gardeners since 1868. With the motto “Your success and pleasure are more to Park than your money,” Park Seed has always been known not only for its superior seed and plants, but also for its helpful garden advice and friendly service.