Ithaca, New York
January 21, 2008
Now is the perfect time to curl up
with seed catalogs and pick vegetable varieties for summer
gardens. To see how various varieties have worked out for
thousands of other gardeners, check out Cornell University's
Vegetable Varieties
for Gardeners web site.
"It's like an Amazon.com for vegetable varieties, only we don't
sell the seeds," says Lori Bushway, the senior extension
associate in Cornell's Department of Horticulture who
coordinates the Web site.
The site not only allows gardeners to read about thousands of
vegetable varieities but also to rate and review varieties
themselves. It includes:
- More than 5,600 vegetable
variety descriptions with seed sources;
- More than 3,400
reviews/ratings from some 2,300 registered users;
- Online tools to help
select the best varieties for different geographical
locations.
- Links to other Cornell
gardening resources, including online growing guides for
more than 60 vegetable crops, and Vegetable Varieties
Investigation, an intergenerational citizen science project
that helps youth connect with gardeners in their community,
learn survey skills and explore biodiversity through the
whimsical world of vegetable varieties.
To view the free Vegetable
Varieties for Gardeners Web site, go to <http://vegvariety.cce.cornell.edu>.
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