Well, I'm still VERY new to gardening, and with limited space (only 18 plants this year) my criteria is...
(a) if I have gotten a taste of a variety somewhere and loved it it gets on my would like to grow list.
(b) lots of positive comments about the taste of a given variety can also get it on the list.
(c) reports of success (good production, disease resistance, heat tolerance, etc) will move it higher on my list.
Then I go down my list and pick as many from the top as I can given the space I have... then I figure out how much space I can convince my wife to let me add to the garden this year!
