Vegetables

 

 

Could there be anything better than picking a warm, sweet tomato in passing whilst meandering through the garden? Irrespective of skill level, all gardeners reap harvests, as nature is both forgiving and generous. One finds that even with just a few tomato plants one can have more tomatoes than one could possibly eat. But what better present to share with family and friends than one’s own home-grown produce?

 


Why Grow Your Own?


We are all familiar with the current modern-day challenges facing us when trying to lead a healthy lifestyle and purchase fresh produce:
  • Pesticide Contamination
  • Genetically Modified Organisms
  • Foodborne Infections
  • Lack of Flavor and Aroma
  • Produce being Unripe
  • High Expense of Organic Produce
The only way to truly know what you are eating is to grow it yourself. For this very reason we start almost all our vegetable plants ourselves. This way we are 100% certain that no synthetic pesticides or hormones are ever used on our plants.



The Joy of Growing One’s Own


The one reason we have not mentioned, and yet perhaps the most important for many of you, is the sheer joy one receives from growing one’s own vegetables. It is extremely rewarding and fulfilling, as with all forms of gardening, regardless of what level it is practiced at. Some are content with a mere tomato plant on their patio, whilst others enjoy a full-blown spring, summer and autumn crop schedule! Whatever level best suits you, we are here to help you be successful in your endeavors. And don’t forget, vegetable gardening is a great way to teach children and get them outdoors; be sure to involve them in the whole process from start to finish.


Simply Better Quality


At Pesche’s we believe in providing our customers with not only aesthetic plants, but also plants that are strong, healthy and resilient. Why? Because we know that ultimately this is the key factor to the success of any gardener. For this reason, Chris Pesche uses the same growing methods as did his father and grandfather before him; namely to grow plants cool and slow, thereby ensuring that plants are strong and robust. Too many growers try to cut corners and grow plants warm and fast, resulting in tall and spindly plants that are prone to breakage, cold damage and pest occurrence.


Our Guarantee to You


What sets us apart from other growers and suppliers? We ensure that our vegetables are:

  • Free of synthetic pesticides
  • Free of synthetic growth hormones
  • Non-GMO
  • Plants grown on-site
  • Plants locally sourced
  • Largest selection in the Northshore
  • Large selection of heirlooms
  • Qualified staff on hand to advise
  • All plants displayed with detailed signs
  • All plants come with plant info tags
  • Different plant sizes available (Multipack, 4” pot, 1-gal pot)
  • High quality plants
  • Plants grown from high-quality seed

 


Best Selection in Town

At Pesche’s we are proud to offer an extensive catalogue of vegetable varieties for our customers.

  • 70 varieties of tomatoes
  • 30 varieties of peppers
  • 50 types of vegetables
  • 15 varieties of heirloom tomatoes

Scroll down to find complete listings of all our vegetable plants for 2020.
Please keep in mind that the varieties Pesche’s carries will diminish throughout the growing season, and this list may not be reflective of current stock. Please call ahead to avoid disappointment if you are looking for a specific variety (847) 299-1300.

 

 

Tomato Selection 2025

 Cherry
  • Black/Chocolate Cherry
  • Chocolate Sprinkles
  • Orange Zinger
  • Rapunzel
  • Sweet 100
  • Red Cherry - Large
  • Red Cherry - Small
  • Sugar Rush 
  • SunGold
  • SunSugar
  • Yellow Pear
Grape
  • Cupid Grape
  • Juliet
  • Red Grape
  • Sugary
Plum
  • Amish Paste
  • Roma Plum
  • San Marzano
Early
  • Early Girl
  • Independence Day
  • Sir Speedy
Bush (Containers)
  • Early Girl Bush
  • Husky Red Cherry
  • Little Sicily
  • Patio

Medium/Large
  • 444 
  • Arkansas Traveler
  • Beefmaster
  • Beefsteak
  • Beefy Boy
  • Better Boy
  • Big Beef
  • Big Boy
  • Big Brandy - New
  • Black Krim
  • Black Prince
  • Box Car Willie
  • Brandywine Pink
  • Carnival
  • Caspian Pink
  • Celebrity
  • Champion
  • Chef’s Choice Orange
  • Cherokee Purple
  • Delicious (World’s Largest)
  • Genuwine- New
  • Golden Jubilee
  • Green Zebra
  • Jet Star
  • Lemon Boy
  • Marglobe
  • Mountain Pride
  • Mortgage Lifter
  • Mr. Stripey
  • Old German
  • Oxheart Orange
  • Pesches Select
  • Pineapple
  • Rutgers
  • Steakhouse
  • Super Fantastic
  • Supersteak
  • Sweet Cluster
  • Tomatillo Ground Cherry - New
  • Tomatillo Toma Verde
  • Whopper
  • Wisconsin 55

For complete descriptions of Pesche’s 2025 tomatoes, please download our Tomato description PDF. 

 

Pepper Selection 2025

 

Sweet

  • Better Belle
  • Big Bertha
  • California Wonder
  • Chocolate Bell
  • Golden Bell
  • Lilac Bell
  • Orange Bell
  • Red Beauty Bell
  • Whopper Pepper
  • Candy Cane Red
  • Corno Di Torro 
  • Cubanelle
  • Giant Marconi
  • Gypsy
  • Melrose (Friarello)
  • Pepperoncini
  • Shishito
  • Snackabelle Red
  • Sweet Banana

Mild

  • Long Hot
  • Garden Salsa
  • Anaheim Chili
  • Poblano
  • Jalapeno
  • Guajillo
  • Hot Bomb Cherry
  • Hungarian Yellow Hot Banana
  • Chile De Arbo
  • Manzano

Hot

  • Mucho Nacho Jalapeno
  • Sriracha
  • Cayenne
  • Crushed Red Pepper
  • Sport Pepper
  • Serrano 
  • Pequin
  • Thai Dragon
  • Tabasco
  • Super Chile
  • Primero Red
  • Scotch Bonnet
  • Habanero 
  • Caribbean Red Hot
  • Ghost
  • Trinidad Scorpion
  • Carolina Reaper 

For complete descriptions of Pesche’s 2025 peppers & vegetables, please download our Vegetable/Peppers description PDF.

 

Vegetable Selection 2025

 
  • Bean – Blue Lake Bush
  • Bean – Blue Lake Pole
  • Bean – Kentucky Wonder Pole
  • Bean – Orient Wonder Chinese Long Bean 
  • Bean – Yellow Wax
  • Bean – Royal Burgundy 
  • Bean – Tendergreen
  • Beets - Rainbow
  • Beets – Red
  • Bitter Melon – Long
  • Bitter Melon – Short
  • Broccoli – Gypsy
  • Broccoli – Romanesco
  • Broccolini – Aspabroc
  • Brussels Sprouts - Gladius
  • Cabbage – Radicchio
  • Cabbage - Ruby Perfection
  • Cabbage - Savoy King
  • Cabbage - Stonehead
  • Carrot – Scarlet Nantes
  • Cauliflower – Bishop
  • Celery - Celeriac
  • Celery - Tango
  • Collards Georgia
  • Corn - Popcorn
  • Corn – Sweet Surprise
  • Cucumber – Armenian White
  • Cucumber – Burpless # 26
  • Cucumber – Burpless Supreme
  • Cucumber – English (Diva)
  • Cucumber – Eureka
  • Cucumber – Japanese Long
  • Cucumber – Marketmore 76
  • Cucumber – Mini-Me
  • Cucumber – Parisian Gherkin
  • Cucumber – Patio Snacker
  • Cucumber – Pick-A-Bushel
  • Cucumber – Pickles 
  • Cucumber – Quick Snack
  • Cucumber – Salad Bush
  • Cucumber – Summer Top
  • Eggplant – Asian Delight
  • Eggplant – Black Beauty
  • Eggplant – Classic
  • Eggplant – Fairy Tale
  • Eggplant – Ichiban
  • Eggplant – Long Purple Italian
  • Eggplant – Patio Baby
  • Eggplant – Rosa Blanca
  • Eggplant – Sicilian
  • Eggplant – Soyo Long
  • Eggplant – Whopper
  • Kale – Black Magic
  • Kale – Prizm
  • Kohlrabi – Quick Star
  • Leek
  • Lettuce 5 Star Mix
  • Lettuce Bambi
  • Lettuce Black Seeded Simpson
  • Lettuce Buttercrunch 
  • Lettuce Gourmet Head (Escarole)
  • Lettuce Great Lakes Head
  • Lettuce Green Forest
  • Lettuce Harmony
  • Lettuce Paris Island COS
  • Lettuce Red Sails
  • Lettuce Romaine
  • Lettuce Romaine Green Towers
  • Lettuce Skyphos
  • Lettuce Wildfire Mix
  • Melon – Cantaloupe
  • Melon - Cucamelon
  • Melon – Honey Dew
  • Okra - Chinese- New
  • Okra - Green Fingers
  • Onion - Bunching
  • Onion - Candy
  • Onion - Redwing
  • Onion - Vidalia
  • Onion - White Sweet Spanish
  • Peas – Little Marvel
  • Peas – Oregon Sugar Pod
  • Peas – Sugar Snap
  • Pumpkin – Jack-O-Lantern
  • Pumpkin – Small Sugar Pie
  • Spinach – Affluence
  • Squash - Early Butternut
  • Squash – Acorn Table Ace
  • Squash – Butternut
  • Squash – Cocozelle
  • Squash – Cucuzzi
  • Squash - Luffa Gourd- New
  • Squash – Opo 
  • Squash – Patty Pan Summer
  • Squash – Peter Pan
  • Squash – Scallop Yellow Bush
  • Squash – Spaghetti
  • Squash – Yellow Crookneck
  • Squash – Yellow Neck
  • Squash – Zucchini Aristocrat
  • Squash – Zucchini Spineless Beauty
  • Swiss Chard - Bright Lights
  • Swiss Chard – Green
  • Swiss Chard – Fire Fresh
  • Swiss Chard - Peppermint
  • Watermelon – Super Baby
  • Watermelon – Sweet Fashion

For complete descriptions of Pesche’s 2025 peppers & vegetables, please download our Vegetable/Peppers description PDF.


Berries Selection 2025

 
  • Blackberry – Black Satin
  • Blueberry – Bluecrop
  • Blueberry – Jubilee
  • Blueberry – Northland
  • Blueberry – Patriot
  • Current – Red Lake
  • Fig – Chicago Hardy
  • Gooseberry – Pixwell
  • Grape – Catawba (seeded)
  • Grape – Himrod (seedless)
  • Grape – Niagara (seeded)
  • Raspberry - Canby
  • Raspberry – Fall Gold
  • Rhubarb
  • Strawberry - Everbearing
  • Strawberry - June Bearing

For complete descriptions of Pesche’s 2025 berries, please download our Berries description PDF.


Herbs Selection 2025

 
  • Arugula
  • Basil – Aristotle
  • Basil – Everleaf Emerald Towers
  • Basil – Everleaf ThaiTowers
  • Basil – Genovese Sweet
  • Basil – Holy (Tulsoi)
  • Basil – Italian Large Leaf
  • Basil – Lemon Everleaf - New
  • Basil – Mammoth
  • Basil – Pesto
  • Basil – Purple Ruffles
  • Basil – Siam Queen Thai
  • Basil – Spicy Globe
  • Bay Laurel
  • Borage
  • Catnip
  • Chamomile German
  • Chives
  • Garlic Chives
  • Chervil
  • Cilantro (Cruiser & Santo)
  • Culantro - New
  • Curry Leaf (Murraya koenigii)
  • Curry Plant
  • Dill –Dukat
  • Dill - Fern Leaf
  • Dill - Greensleves
  • Florence Fennel
  • Smoky Bronze Fennel
  • Germander
  • Lavender Munsted
  • Lemon Grass
  • Lovage (Luvesche)
  • Sweet Marjoram
  • Variegated Sweet Marjoram
  • Apple Mint
  • Chocolate Mint
  • Lemon Mint
  • Minimint
  • Peppermint
  • Pineapple Mint
  • Spearmint
  • Mint Julep
  • Mint Mojito
  • Strawberry Mint
  • Lemon Balm
  • Lemon Verbena
  • Stevia Nature's Sugar Plant
  • Nasturtium
  • Oregano – Greek
  • Oregano – Hot & Spicy (Pizza)
  • Oregano – Italian
  • Parsley – Curled
  • Parsley – Flat Leaf Italian
  • Parsley Hamburg Root
  • Pet Grass
  • Rosemary
  • Rosemary – creeping
  • Rue
  • Sage
  • Golden Sage
  • Honeydew Melon Sage
  • Pineapple Sage
  • Purple Sage
  • Tricolor Variegated Sage
  • Savory - Summer
  • Savory - Winter
  • Sorrel
  • French Tarragon
  • Thyme (English)
  • Creeping Thyme
  • Lemon Thyme
  • Silver Posie Thyme

For complete descriptions of Pesche’s 2025 herbs, please download our Herbs description PDF.