Organic Vegetable Crops that Store Well

In an era where food security is becoming a growing priority, having access to affordable and nutritious food all year, say in your basement or pantry, is becoming increasingly important to many families, including my own.  Canning, lacto-fermentation, and freezing are all great ways to preserve the harvest, but storing produce “as is” is by far the most simple and traditional of all methods.  Each of the following crop types have their own unique storage requirements, many of which can be found in an article I wrote last year called Storing the Fall Bounty

I have compiled a list of High Mowing varieties that have moderate to long-term storage capabilities.  I also included dry beans and corn on the list, which are dried on the plant in the field.

Many of these varieties require a long growing time to mature, so now is the time to plan for these wonderful gems of self-reliance for a full-stocked pantry this winter.

Dry Beans

• 2234 Dragon Lingerie
• 2060 Light Red Kidney
• 2030 Calypso
• 2050 Jacob’s Cattle
• 2021 Vermont Cranberry
• 2020 Black Turtle

 Beets

• 2290 Early Wonder Tall Top
• 2265 Boro F1
• 2280 Detroit Dark Red
• 2286 Kestrel F1
• 2285 Red Ace F1
• 2288 Touchstone Gold
• 2273 Cylindra
• 2269 Chioggia Gaurdsmark

Kohlrabi

• Kossak F1

Cabbage

• 2347 Kaitlin F1 (mid term storage)
• 2359 Impala F1

Carrots

• 2322 Napoli F1
• 2336 Yaya F1
• 2320 Red Cored Chantenay
• 2331 Necoras F1
• 2330 Danvers 126
• 2329 Interceptor F1

Celeriac

• 2346 Mars

Corn

• 2410 Tom Thumb Popcorn
• 2404 Painted Mountain Corn
• 2390 Roy’s Calais Flint
• 2371 Dakota Black Popcorn

(sweet corn can also be harvested fresh, hung to dry in bunches by the peeled back husks, and milled as flour…we like to make sweet corn pancakes.)

Garlic

• 86400 Chesnok Red
• 86100 Inchelium Red
• 86300 Music
• 86650 Purple Glazer
• 86200 Silver Rose

Onions Leeks & Shallots

• 2684 Cortland F1
• 2677 Sedona F1
• 2675 Calibra F1
• 2678 Dakota Tears
• 2676 Red Bull F1
• 2687 Red Wing F1
• 2690 Ambition Shallot
• 2679 Conservor F1 Shallot
• 2696 Runner F1 Leek

Potatoes

• 84100 Yukon Gold
• 84040 All Red
• 84092 Red Norland
• 84005 Katahdin
• 84000 All Blue
• 84110 Rose Finn Apple Fingerling
• 84120 Russian Banana Fingerling
• 84010 Burbank Russet

Pumpkins

• 2818 Baby Pam Pie
• 2830 Long Pie
• 2840 New England Pie
• 2845 Cinderella, Rouge vif d’Etampes
• 2819 Casper
• 2822 Black Futzu
• 2836 Valenciano
• 2827 Long Island Cheese
• 2835 Musque de Provence

 Winter Squash

• 2920 Sweet REBA Acorn
• 2921 Table Queen Acorn
• 2918 Nutterbutter Butternut
• 2940 Waltham Butternut
• 2942 Honey Nut Butternut
• 2955 Sugar Dumpling F1
• 2950 Delicata
• 2925 Baby Blue Hubbard
• 2960 Red Kuri Hubbard
• 2930 Burgess Buttercup
• 2839 Crown Pumpkin

 Turnips and other roots

• 3184 Scarlet Ohno Revival
• 3185 Purple Top White Globe
• 3186 Golden Globe
• 5045 Eagle Parsely Root
• 3187 Joan Rutabega