Varieties of Vegetable Seeds I Believe We* Should Save

*"We" means the Seed Library of Los Angeles 

Every year we revisit this list.  This is the list first promulgated in the waning hours of 2010, just after the very first SLOLA meeting on December 4th, 2010.  This is the list I first came up with as the minimum varieties of seeds we should always have in our inventory.  I invite anyone to add their selections they feel have to be saved.  I have changed this list, adding and subtracting.  

This list is never complete, nor is it ever done.  The attempt is to come up with those varieties that must be saved.  What varieties do you feel that I am missing?  I'd be happy to add some more.

I personally have dedicated myself to curate many of these varieties as far as I am able, those, I have marked in a different color.

Artichokes (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus)
	Green Globe Violetto
Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris)
	Aquadulce (Fava – Vicia faba) Broad Windsor (Fava - Vicia faba) Cannelini Bush Bean (Dry/Bush) Christmas (Lima/Climbing - Phaseolus lunatus) Envy (Soybean – Glycene max) Golden Wax Bean (Wax/Bush) Henderson (Lima/Bush) Hutterite Soup Pencil Pod (Wax/Bush) Pineschi Family Bean (Vigna unguiculata) Royal Burgundy Bean (Purple/Early) Scarlet Runner (Phaseolus coccineus)
Beets (Beta vulgaris)
	Bull's Blood Crosby's Egyptian Burpee's Golden Chioggia Detroit Dark Red Yellow Cylindrical
Broccoli (Brassica oleracea)
	DiCicco Nutribud Romanesco
Brussels Sprouts (Brassica oleracea)
	Long Island Improved
Cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
	Copenhagen Market Cabbage Early Jersey Wakefield Glory of Einkhuizan Mammoth Red Rock Perfection Drumhead Savoy Premium Late Flat Dutch Winningstadt
Carrot (Daucus carota)
	Scarlet Nantes Carrot Chantenay Red Core Danvers Half Long White Belgian
Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea)
	Early Snowball
Chard (Beta vulgaris)
	Five Color Silverbeet Chard (AKA Rainbow Chard) Fordhook Giant
Celery and Celeriac (Apium graevolens)
	Giant Prague (Celeriac) Utah Tall (Celery)
Collard Greens (Brassica oleracea)
Corn (Zea mays)
	Black Aztec Country Gentleman Corn Golden Bantam Corn Oaxacan Green Dent Stowells Evergreen
Corn (Popcorn) (Zea mays)
	Strawberry
Cucumber
	Armenian (Cucumis melo var. flexuosus)
	(Cucumis sativus)
Eggplant (Solanum melongena)
Garbanzos (Cicer arietinum)
	Black
Grains (except corn and wheat)
	Flax Quinoa, Shelly 25 Black Sesame, Light Seeded
Kale (Brassica oleracea)
	Curled Scotch Lacinato
Leek (Allium ampeloprasum var porrum)
	Blue Solaise Carentan King Richard
Lentils (Lens culinaris)
	Black Beluga
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa)
	Back Seeded Simpson Brune d'Hiver Cimmaron Drunken Woman Frizzy Head Forellenschluss Merlot Merveille des Quatre Saison Parris Island Cos Red Romaine Rouge d'Hiver Rouge Grenobloise Summertime Tango Tom Thumb Webbs Wonderful Yugoslavian Red
Melons (Cucumis melo)
	Charentais Green Nutmeg Hale's Best Tigger
Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)
	Burgundy Clemson Spineless Don't Knowcra Star of David
Onion
	Granex (Allium cepa) I'itoi's (plants not seed, perennial, Allium cepa var. aggregatum) Red of Florence (Allium cepa)
Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)
	Harris Model
Peas (Pisum sativa)
	Alaska Lincoln Little Marvel Tall Telephone Oregon Sugar Pod Sugar Snap
Pepper (Capsican annuum)
	Anaheim Corno di Toro Fish Italian Pepperoncini Jalapeno Early Jimmy Nardello Italian Red Marconi
Squash – Summer (Cucurbita pepo)	Genovese Lebanese White Bush Marrow Zucchini – Lungo Bianco
Squash - Winter
	Black Futsu (Cucurbita moschata) Delicata ( Cucurbita pepo) Marina di Chioggia ( Cucurbita moschata) Queensland Blue Squash (Cucurbita maxima) Sweet Meat (Cucurbita moschata)
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
	Amish Paste Annie's Apricot Big Rainbow Black Cherry Black From Tula Black Icicle Burbank's Slicer Cherokee Purple Copia Cream Sausage Federle Juane Flammé Orange Banana Roma Roman Candle Rutgers San Marzano Striped Roman Thessaloniki Wapsipinicon Peach
Turnip (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa)
	Purple Top White Globe
Wheat (Triticum spp)
	Perennial Wheat Sonoran White

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