Vegetables
Some vegetable crops are only grown on a large scale as a cash crop by farmers -- green pea varieties are examples of these. Other releases are primarily designed to be parent material for further breeding activities by commercial enterprises -- sweetcorn varieties are examples of these. Seed for both these types of crops is rarely available in the small lots that would be used by a homeowner in a garden or for a landscape.
Availability Notes: Not every variety released over the years by the University of Minnesota is still available. When known, the "availability" column in these lists indicates whether, to the best of our knowledge, each variety is current (meaning you can expect to find it through major sources), an heirloom variety (you will likely need to seek through specialized sources), or a variety that is believed to no longer be available.
Cucumber - Green Pea - Muskmelon - Parsley - Parsnip - Pigeonpea
Potato - Snap Bean - Southernpea - Squash - Sweetcorn - Tomato
This list is not exhaustive. There certainly were additional releases not reflected in the available records and the memories of the contributors. MAES welcomes corrections and additions: contact Dave Hansen.
Cucumber
| Name | Year Released | Availability | Variety Notes |
| Mincu | 1937 | Pickling type | |
| Midget | 1940 | Small vine size |
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Green Pea
| Name | Year Released | Availability | Variety Notes |
| MN 108 | 1976 | Resistant to common root rot (Aphanomyces euteiches) | |
| MN 494A11 | 1980 | Resistant to common root rot (Aphanomyces euteiches) and fusarium wilt (Fusarium oysporum f. sp. Pisi races 1 and 6, and tolerant to fusarium root rot (Fusarium solani) and root rot caused by Pythium sp. | |
| MN 144 | 1994 | Resistant to common root rot (Aphanomyces euteiches); smooth seed | |
| MN 313 | 1994 | ||
| MN 314 | 1994 |
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Muskmelon
| Name and Year Released | Availability | Variety Notes | |
| Minnesota Midget 1945 |
Small vine and fruit size | ||
| Minnesota Honey 1954 |
Resistant to fusarium wilt | ||
| Hybrid 16 1962 |
Early maturing , fusarium wilt resistance, monoecious hybrid | ||
| Minnesota P 1971 |
Early maturing , fusarium wilt resistance | ||
| Minnesota 3 1971 |
Early maturing , fusarium wilt resistance | ||
| Minnesota 155 1971 |
Early maturing , fusarium wilt resistance | ||
| Minnesota 553 1971 |
Early maturing , fusarium wilt resistance | ||
| Honeybush 1983 |
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(MN 266) short internode 'bush' plant type; resistant to fusarium wilt and to powdery mildew race 1.Released as MN 266 in 1976, rereleased by W. Atlee Burpee Co. as 'Honeybush' in 1983 | |
| Minnesota 101 1984 |
Monoecious, short-internode inbred resistant to powdery mildew (Erysiphe eichoracearum) race 1 |
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Parsley
| Name | Year Released | Availability | Variety Notes |
| Minncurl | 1960 |
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Parsnip
| Name and Year Released | Availability | Variety Notes | |
| Andover 1984 |
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Smooth, long bayonnet root type with brown canker (Itersonilia perplexans) resistance and small shoulder |
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Pigeonpea
| Name | Year Released | Availability | Variety Notes |
| MN 1 | 1995 | Extra-early maturing | |
| MN 5 | 1995 | Extra-early maturing | |
| MN 8 | 1995 | Extra-early maturing |
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Potato
| Name | Year Released | Availability | Variety Notes |
| Warba | 1933 | Early season, high quality white, fresh market, deep eyes. | |
| Mesaba | 1938 | ||
| Red Warba | 1939 | Similar to Warba, red skin. | |
| Kasota | 1948 | Mid-season white skin, fresh market. | |
| Chisago | 1949 | Smooth white, oblong tubers, fresh market. | |
| Satapa | 1949 | Pale red skin, fresh market, medium-size. | |
| Waseca | 1949 | Red skin, fresh market, shallow eyes. | |
| Osseo | 1954 | Early white skin, fresh market. | |
| Anoka | 1965 | ||
| Agassiz | 1983 | ||
| Erik | 1983 | ||
| Tolass | 1984 | ||
| Krantz | 1985 | Late season russet, excellent biol, bake, and flavor; fresh and processing market. | |
| Reddale | 1985 | Mid-season red skin, resistant to verticillium wilt and scab. | |
| Eide Russset | 1991 | ||
| Itaska | 1994 | Mid-season white skin, high yields, fresh andprocessing and market. | |
| Red Ruby | 1994 | Mid-season red skin, excellent color, fresh market. |
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Snap Bean
| Name | Year Released | Availability | Variety Notes |
| Duluth | 1940 | White pod color |
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Southernpea
| Name | Year Released | Availability | Variety Notes |
| Red Square | 1994 | Extra-early, with red/white calico seed for use as vegetable or pulse | |
| Minnesota 130 | 1986 | Extra-early, with black/white calico seed for use as vegetable or pulse | |
| Minnesota 150 | 1986 | Extra-early, with brown/cream calico seed for use as vegetable or pulse |
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Squash
| Name and Year Released |
Availability | Variety Notes | |
| Greengold 1939 |
Early maturing, high quality winter squash | ||
| Rainbow 1947 |
Banana fruit type, high quality winter squash | ||
| Kitchenette 1921 |
Early maturing, excellent keeping quality winter squash | ||
| Hybrid R 1963 |
High quality, dry flesh, excellent keeping winter squash | ||
| New Brighton
Hubbard |
Excellent keeping quality winter squash | ||
| Owatonna Orange 1994 |
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An orange-red Cucurbita maxima selection for processing |
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Sweetcorn
| Name | Year Released | Availability | Variety Notes |
| AS 9 | 1980 | A sweet corn population with resistance to 1st brood European corn borer | |
| A 684su | 1992 | Breeding line with resistance to 2nd brood European corn borer | |
| A 685su | 1992 | Breeding line with resistance to 2nd brood European corn borer | |
| A 686su | 1992 | Breeding line with resistance to 2nd brood European corn borer | |
| AS 11 | 1986 | A population hypersensitive resistance to common leaf rust (Puccinia sorghi) and tomaize dwarf mosaic virus | |
| AS 12 | 1986 | A population with multigene (partial) resistance to common corn leaf rust | |
| AE-HY-13A | 1987 | An su composite of su/Su origin. For inbred extraction complementaryto NE-HY-13B | |
| AE-HY-13B | 1987 | An su composite of su/Su origin. For inbred extraction complementaryto NE-HY-13A |
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Tomato
| Name | Year Released | Availability | Variety Notes |
| Hybrid EE | 1960 | Extra-early maturing | |
| Hybrid M | 1963 | ||
| Early Fireball | 1965 | Extra-early maturing | |
| Mingold | 1939 | Yellow fruit color |