Do you have a favorite variety of seed for any vegetable? What do you
like and why and what climate do you grow it in?

From a garden in southern Idaho (last frost May 26, first frost Sept
22) I can recommend:

"Bright Lights" chard - cheery colorful stuff that provides well from
June to October. Even though it's just leaves, this one of my garden's
biggest producers in terms of pounds per row-foot. Freezes nicely. Good
lightly simmered and seasoned with salt and sesame oil. We never liked
greens so much until we started growing it.

"Cream of the Crop" acorn squash - I needed a really short-season
squash because I plant after squash borers have gone through.
They'll kill a plant so fast I don't see them until it's all over, and
I don't use poisons. Cream of the Crop produced remarkably and tastes
great.

"Green Arrow" peas. What a lot of tasty peas! They grow neatly on
tomato cages and are finished just when the tomatoes want their cages
back.

I'm still looking for a favorite bush bean. Roma II is too furry and
tastes overcooked before it's cooked, though they're quite prolific.
Tendergreen seemed anything but tender. Any suggestions?

Kathy