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Vegetable Variety Updates. Timothy Coolong Department of Horticulture. Sunshine. Early-66-68 days Smaller 8 oz fruit Very concentrated fruit set 2-3 picks then done Do not prune. Rutgers.edu. Primo Red. 70-72 days from maturity Fusarium, Verticillium , ToMV and TSWV resistant
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Vegetable Variety Updates Timothy Coolong Department of Horticulture
Sunshine • Early-66-68 days • Smaller 8 oz fruit • Very concentrated fruit set • 2-3 picks then done • Do not prune Rutgers.edu
Primo Red • 70-72 days from maturity • Fusarium, Verticillium, ToMV and TSWV resistant • Yields just okay-but early
Mt. Glory • 72 days from transplant • Produced large numbers of medium fruit • Fusarium 1,2; gray leaf mold; verticillium 1; TSWV • Also yielded poorly this year, despite previously good results
Phoenix • 74 Days • Good for late seeding dates • Sets fruit well in heat • Good, not great yielder
Mt. Fresh and Mt. Fresh + • 77 Days from transplant (mid season) • Produces medium and large fruit • Fusarium 1, Verticillium 1,2, Early Blight tolerance, Nematodes(+)
JTO-99197 • 77 days to harvest • Produced mostly medium fruit • Resistant to early blight* • Yielded in the top 1/3rd when trialed in 2009 www.johnnyseeds.com
Red Defender • 80 days to harvest • Large numbers of medium fruit • nice round fruit • Fusarium 1,2; Verticillium 1; TSWV; Alternaria stem canker; Gray leaf spot
Geronimo-Hydroponic • Very vigorous vine • 8-9 oz fruit • Very small stem scar • Few problems with blotchy ripening, deficiencies
Big Beef-Tunnel/Hydroponic • Not a hydroponic tomato • Many grow it for perceived flavor benefits • Seed are cheaper • Yields earlier • Stems getting very small/weak at this point
Trust-Hydroponic • Very common variety • Normal vigor, 8-9 oz fruit • Prone to cracking in periods of rapid water uptake • To reduce cracking increase fruit
Revolution • Elongated Seedless • 20 pound average • High yielder • 84 days • Seed not available in 2011
Matrix • Elongated seedless • 21-24 pounds • High yielder • 86 days • Seed may not be available much longer
Crunchy Red • Large 20 pound • Seedless oblong • Good sugars • Good yielder • 84-86 days
Fascination • Good flavor • 16-18 lb melon • Nice seedless round/blocky • 82-84 days
Fenway • Great flavor 12% sugars • 12 lb round melon • Good yields-(better flavor early than late)
Hollar Seeds Numbered Lines All elongated seedless types, 4620 is most promising
Pollenizers • Usually planted in row after every 3rd or 4th plant • OR planted on side of bed between 3rd and 4th plants • Longer vines keep male flowers closer to females • Small fruit take up little space easily crushed Ace
Pollenizers Sidekick-early Patron- early
Muskmelon update • 2010 Dr. John Strang conducted a muskmelon trial in Lexington
Orange Sherbert • Orange Sherbert • Rupp or Seedway • 83 days to harvest • 8.1 lbs per fruit • 9,250 melons per acre • Very sweet, some splitting
Atlantis • Atlantis • 74 days to harvest • Rupp and Seedway • 6.0 lbs per fruit • Smooth flesh • Good yielder-larger numbers of fruit per acre
Wrangler • Tuscan muskmelon • Tested 3 years • Yields similar to Athena • Small-5-6 lbs • Very attractive • Good powdery mildew resistance Wrangler
Harper Hybrid • Harper hybrid • 86 days to harvest • Harris moran • Smaller fruit-4.0 lbs per fruit • Smooth, good sugar, but soft • Not great for shipping/storing
Maverick • Maverick • 83 days • Hollar Seed or Harris Moran • Small 4.7 lbs per fruit • Large numbers of fruits per acre • Very sweet, good flavor • Soft not a good shipper
Varieties • Camaro • Lighter colored • Little suturing • 15-20 lbs • Extremely PM resistant
Varieties • Gladiator • 20-25 lbs • Deep orange • Nice suturing • Good PM resistance
Varieties • Warlock • 20-25 lbs • PM resistant • Dark Orange • Little suturing • A little “warty”
Magic Lantern • Magic Lantern • Most commonly grown PMR pumpkin • Average pm resistance • 12-20 lb average weight • Nice stems • High numbers per acre
Magic Wand • Magic Wand • Better than average PM resistance • Smaller, 13 lb average • Nice sturdy stems • Good color
Varieties • Super Herc • Larger 25-35 lbs • Good PM resistance • Nice stems & attachment • Deep sutures
Aladdin • Aladdin • 20 lb/fruit when sprayed • Fair stem • Heavy fruit for size • Deep orange
Corvette • Corvette (HSR 4721) • Small fruit (10 lb) • Excellent PM resistance • Good stems • Pale yellow/orange color
Onions • White and Yellow Onions • Expression • Candy • Sweet Spanish • Superstar • Walla Walla • Peso • Ailsa Craig • Red Onions • Red Wing • Red Burgermaster • Mars • Red Beauty • Red Defender • Red Zepplin • Grateful Red • Desert Sunrise • Red Bull
Ornamental Corn Oaxacan Green