Disease-resistant spinach varieties

  • Information is from seed catalogs for 2018, 2020 and 2022. Occasionally varieties are listed as resistant without the disease(s) or disorder(s) specified.
  • Follow links below to tables with more details about these varieties including seed companies marketing them and whether organic seed is available, as well as variety resistance to disorders.
  • Prefer to view disease-resistant variety information in spreadsheets? Download disease-resistant variety spreadsheets from this Box folder.

Spinach

  • 3665: Downy Mildew (Race 1,3,4)
  • 7-Green: Downy Mildew (Race 1-7)
  • Acadia: Downy Mildew (Race 1-13,15,16)
  • Apachne: Downy Mildew (Race 1-15)
  • Ashley: Downy Mildew (Race 1-10,15), White Rust
  • Auroch: Downy Mildew (Race 1-12, 14-16, 19)
  • Avon  (semi-savoy): Cucumber Mosaic Virus, Downy Mildew (Race 1,2)
  • Aztec: Downy Mildew (Race 1-15)
  • Baboon RZ: Anthracnose, Cladosporium Leaf Spot, Downy Mildew (Race 1-17), Fusarium, Stemphylium, White Rust
  • Baker: Downy Mildew
  • Banjo: Downy Mildew (Race 1-12, 14, 15), White Rust
  • Bloomsdale Long Standing (heirloom): Downy Mildew (Race 1-12, 14, 15)
  • C2-606: Downy Mildew
  • C2-608: Downy Mildew
  • Cabezon RZ: Downy Mildew (Race 1-19)
  • Caladonia: Downy Mildew (Race 1-14)
  • Carmel: Downy Mildew (Race 1-15)
  • Corvair: Downy Mildew (Race 1-11, 13, 15, 16)
  • Crocodile RZ  (semi-savoy): Downy Mildew (Race 1-7, 10)
  • Darkside: Downy Mildew (Race 1-12, 14-16, 19)
  • Double Choice: White Rust
  • Double Take: Downy Mildew
  • Early Hybrid #7: Cucumber Mosaic Virus, Downy Mildew (Race 1, 2)
  • Edna: Downy Mildew, White Rust
  • Emperor: Downy Mildew (Race 1-10)
  • Escalade: Downy Mildew (Race 1-14, 16)
  • Fantail RZ: Downy Mildew (Race 1-19)
  • Finwhale RZ: Downy Mildew (Race 1-19)
  • Flamingo  (Asian): Downy Mildew (Race 1-13)
  • Freja: Downy Mildew (Race 1-11, 12, 13, 15)
  • Gazelle: Downy Mildew (Race 1-13, 15)
  • Giant Nobel: Resistant to disorders
  • Giant Winter: Resistant to disorders
  • Gorilla RZ: Downy Mildew (Race 1-15, 17, 19)
  • Green Beret: Downy Mildew (Race 1-13, 15, 16)
  • Hammerhead: Downy Mildew (Race 1-12, 14-16, 19), White Rust
  • Hudson: Downy Mildew
  • Imperial Green: Downy Mildew (Race 1-7, 9, 11, 13), White Rust
  • Imperial Royal: Downy Mildew
  • Indian Summer: Disease resistance not specified
  • Kolibri  (semi-savoy): Downy Mildew (Race 1-15, 17)
  • Kona: Downy Mildew
  • Kookaburra RZ  (semi-savoy): Collectotrichum, Downy Mildew (Race 1-13, 15)
  • Lakeside: Downy Mildew (Race 1-12, 14-16, 19)
  • Lizard: Downy Mildew (Race 1-15, 17)
  • Lorikeet RZ (semi-savoy): Downy Mildew (Race 1-19)
  • Magnetic: Downy Mildew (Race 1-15, 17)
  • Malabar Green Stem: Resistant to disorders
  • Malabar Red Stem: Resistant to disorders
  • Mandolin (semi-savoy): Downy Mildew (Race 1-12, 14-16), White Rust
  • Marabu RZ: Cucumber Mosaic Virus, Downy Mildew (Race 1-10, 15)
  • Matador: Resistant to disorders
  • Midway: Downy Mildew (Race  1-15, 17)
  • Mouflon: Powdery Mildew
  • New Zealand: Resistant to disorders
  • Novico: Downy Mildew
  • Oceanside: Downy Mildew (Race 12, 14-17), White Rust
  • Olympia: Downy Mildew (Race 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16)
  • Palco: Downy Mildew (Race 1-5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14)
  • Patton: Downy Mildew (Race 1-15, 17)
  • Persius: Downy Mildew (Race 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16), White Rust
  • Piano: Downy Mildew (Race 1-12)
  • Pigeon: Downy Mildew (Race 1-13, 15)
  • Platypus RZ: Downy Mildew (Race 1-15, 17)
  • Plymouth (processing): Downy Mildew (Race 1-11, 13, 15, 16)
  • Red Kitten: Downy Mildew (Race 1-13, 15)
  • Red Snapper: Downy Mildew (Race 1-7, 9, 11-17)
  • Red Tabby: Downy Mildew (Race 1-13)
  • Reflect: Downy Mildew (Race 1-11, 13, 15, 16)
  • Regiment: Downy Mildew (Race 1-7, 11, 13, 15)
  • Renegade: Downy Mildew (Race 1-7)
  • Responder  (semi-savoy): Downy Mildew (Race 1-12)
  • Riverside: Downy Mildew (Race 1-12, 14-16, 19)
  • Rushmore: Downy Mildew (Race 1-5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14)
  • Samish: Downy Mildew, White Rust
  • Sardinia: Downy Mildew (Race 1-7, 9, 11)
  • Seaside: Downy Mildew (Race 1-12)
  • Serow RZ: Downy Mildew (Race 1-11, 19), Stemphylium
  • Shelby: Downy Mildew (Race 1-13, 15, 16)
  • Sioux: Downy Mildew (Race 1-15, 17, 19)
  • Space: Cladosporium Leaf Spot, Downy Mildew (Race 3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19)
  • Sunangel: Downy Mildew (Race 1-19), White Rust
  • SV1714 (processing): Downy Mildew (1-13, 15)
  • SV2146VB: Downy Mildew (Race 1-13, 15, 16)
  • SV2157VB  (semi-savoy): Cucumber Mosaic Virus, Downy Mildew (Race 1-13, 15, 16)
  • SV3580 VC: Downy Mildew (Race 1-13)
  • Swan: Downy Mildew (Race 1-11, 13)
  • Tasman: Downy Mildew (Race 1-12, 14-16)
  • Teton: Downy Mildew (Race 1-4)
  • Thor: Downy Mildew, White Rust
  • Toucan: Downy Mildew (Race 1-13, 15, 16)
  • Tundra: Downy Mildew (Race 1-13, 15, 16, 18)
  • Unipak 12: Downy Mildew
  • Unipak 151: Cucumber Mosaic Virus, Downy Mildew (Race 1-4)
  • Vancouver: Downy Mildew (Race 1-3), White Rust
  • Verdil: Resistant to disorders
  • Viceroy: Downy Mildew, White Rust
  • Violin: Downy Mildew (Race 1-12, 14)
  • Whale: Downy Mildew (Race 5-14)
  • Winter Bloomsdale: Cucumber Mosaic Virus, Downy Mildew
  • Woodpecker: Downy Mildew (Race 1-15)

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