This Napa-type cabbage is very early maturing (just 63 days after sowing), and is also slow to bolt so it holds well in the field. Best suited for harvesting in the spring or summer, this hybrid Chinese cabbage has intermediate resistance to clubroot. Available from American Takii.

Mustard spinach Early Mizuna is a fall to winter crop. It is has vigorous growth and high yields. It is light green with serrated leaves it has a very prolific branching habit. Mild and tasty when young, it adds a nice flavor to salads and becomes only mildly mustardy when mature. Organic seed is available. Available from American Takii.

With deep green leaves with an upright plant habit, mustard spinach Komatsuna has a high resistance to common diseases and can be grown year-round in temperate climates. Ready for harvest in approximately 35 days, 50 days under cooler temperatures. It has a mild flavor, somewhere between that of a spinach and an Asian mustard, and is commonly used in salads and stir-fry. Available from American Takii.

With attractive green leaves, Japanese mustard spinach Green Boy matures in 35 days during the summer and 60 days when grown under cool conditions. It is a vigorous grower with an upright plant habit. Great in salad and for stir fry. Available from American Takii. Available from American Takii.

NIZ 44-4707 MTO matures in 48 days. It is an exceptional curly, green-leaf lettuce that has great holding ability in the field. Its semi- compact plant produces shiny, dark-green pointed leaves. The leaves have a crisp texture and make good volume for mixed lettuce bagging and features excellent downy mildew resistance. Available from Harris Seeds.

Bel Fiore is a spotted radicchio for year-round harvest. It has consistently produced beautiful deep red/pink spots during warm weather trials. Bel Fiore, or “beautiful flower,” refers to how the round to oval heads are sometimes displayed in Italy, with their centers opened to resemble a flower. The 3.5 to 4.5-inch heads have a mildly bitter, radicchio flavor. Available from Johhny's Selected Seeds.

An extremely heat-tolerant variety, Muir’s light-green, extra-wavy leaves form dense heads and can be harvested as a mini or left to bulk up into full-size heads. This lettuce is resistant to downy mildew races 1-26, and 28 and has intermediate resistance to lettuce mosaic virus. Available from Johhny's Selected Seeds.

Newly reformulated for more uniform growth rates. The components were selected for their ability to hold their color (especially red leaf varieties) and resist downy mildew. Includes Green Oakleaf, Red Oakleaf, Red Romaine, Green Leaf, and Red Leaf lettuces. MT0-30. Available from Johhny's Selected Seeds.

This collection will add not only great flavor, but will increase the loft and weight of a salad mix. It can be used as a stand-alone mix, but is recommended to be combined with the Salanova® Premier Collection to create a more dramatic offering. The collection includes 25% each of the four incised leaf types in individual packages. Suitable for mechanical harvesting or preparing with a knife. Seed is pelleted using NOP-compliant pellets for planting ease. Utility Patent 5,977,443. MT0-30. Available from Johhny's Selected Seeds.

These cored types increase the flavor, color, and overall elegance of a salad mix. They can be used as a stand-alone mix, but it is recommended to be combined with the Salanova® Foundation Collection to create a mix with greater volume and weight. The collection includes 25% each of the four cored types in individual packages. When prepared with the cutter tool, heads easily fall into uniform, individual leaves. Seeds are pelleted using NOP-compliant pellets for planting ease. Utility Patent 7,977,443 and Utility Patent 6,320,104. MT0-30. Available from Johhny's Selected Seeds.

Black Magic is a 12- to 14-inch winter hardy kale with darker, savoyed leaves than conventional varieties. Baby leaves can be used as savoyed brassica, and mature leaves grow as a rosette rather than on a true stem. Available from Rupp Seeds and Stokes Seeds.

Kale Red Russian matures in 50 days. Its deep blue-green frilly leaves mature to an attractive red with purple veins and deeply cut edges in the fall. Small leaves are very tender with excellent flavor. Harvest late September through November. Available from Stokes Seeds.

A versatile spinach, Ashley works in all slots except the warmest weather. Ashley handles stress from colder weather and wet soils, and is uniform with dark-green, semi-savoy leaves that can be used either for baby leaf or bunching. Available from Seedway.