Straight from the garden to the table

PanAmerican Seed features selections from its new HandPicked Collection of vegetables.

The HandPicked Collection from PanAmerican Seed brings to market novel, high-quality varieties for the fresh market grower and hobby gardener. Our vegetables and herbs have been trialed, tested and chosen for excellent taste and fruit quality, disease resistance, earlier and longer harvests, more controlled plant habits and high productivity. These unique, hardworking varieties help bring fresh ideas from the garden to the table.

KITCHEN MINIS

Our collection of compact tabletop vegetables and herbs grows best indoors on a counter or a sunny windowsill. Everyone loves growing their own fresh veggies and herbs, and these plants will be sold in store ready to harvest.

NEW Bonsai is the first herb addition to the line, diversifying the product assortment with a compact, uniform, fine-leaf Greek basil. Its smaller leaves mean no chopping is required for use in recipes.

BASKET BITES

This assortment has a mounding/trailing habit with an attractive appearance and excellent performance in a hanging basket on a porch or balcony. Covered in fresh vegetables, these plants are a sure crowd-pleaser.

Quick Snack produces handfuls of small, cocktail-sized cucumbers. It makes a unique display in baskets and containers with a trellis for support. For best flavor, the fruit should be picked at 1.5 to 2.5 inches/4 to 6 centimeters long.

PATIO PICKS

Good-looking, easy to grow and highly productive, these impressive plants quickly fill 8-inch/20-centimeter and larger containers for massive appeal on patios and entryways.

Dwarf, determinate Little Bing fills containers with flavorful, red cherry tomatoes for harvest at one time. Excellent for fresh eating or to add to recipes.

Photos courtesy of Ball Horticultural Company

GROUND BREAKERS

A wide selection of farm and garden-performing stars that includes sturdy hybrids, tasty fruit and good disease resistance.

Prism’s sweet midi bell peppers mature from light green to orange, and then to red. They can be harvested at all stages of maturity for a multicolored “mix” on each plant. Perfect for stuffed peppers and eating fresh in salads and recipes. The plants are resistant to bacterial leaf spot 0-3, 7 and 8.

Find out more at panamseed.com/HandPicked.

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