VE11 f4 Bulletin 640 January 2000 Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station Luther Waters, Director Auburn University Auburn, Alabama VLr.hIIIII 11.-114 hA I 4 I a t 0 ) 4 A CONTENTS Page Introduction ................ 1 Artichoke ................. ................. 4 Asparagus ................. 5 Bean, Snap Beet..... .. ......... 10 Broccoli .................. 11 Brussel Sprout ............. 14 Cabbage, Head ............. 15 Cabbage, Chinese ........... 16 Carrot ................... 22 Cauliflower... ........ 24 Collard..............................26 Corn, Sweet ....................... 27 Corn, Ornamental ............... Cucumber, Slicer ............... 40 Eggplant ........................... 46 Kale..................................48 Kohlrabi ........................... 49 Lettuce............................. Melons, Small .................. (cantaloupe and honey dew) Mustard ............................ 64 Page .................... 65 Okra . Onion ................... 66 Parsley .................. 71 Parsnip .................. 72 ............... 73 Pea, English Pepper ................... 75 Potato, Irish............... 87 ................. 88 Pumpkin Radish ................... 92 Rhubarb .................. 94 Rutabaga ................. 95 Southernpea ....................... 96 Spinach............................. 97 Sweetpotato ....................... 99 Tomato........................... 101 Turnip ............................ 113 Watermelon ..................... 114 Winter Squash ............... 121 124 Yellow Summer Squash .... Zucchini Squash .............. 127 Sponsors and Suppliers........ 130 References....................... 133 37 50 57 First Printing 3M, January 2000 Information contained herein is available to all persons regardless of race, color, sex, or national origin. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The existence and success of the vegetable variety trial program conducted at Auburn University is initially due to the commitment of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES) administration. The authors wish to thank the superintendents and the farm crews of the AAES Research and Extension Centers, Horticulture Stations, Research Stations, and Experiment Fields for their commitment, day-to-day support, and dedication to this program over the past five years. The active support of the seed industry is also gratefully acknowledged. FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 1 FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST Eric H. Simonne, Robert T. Boozer, Rasima N. Baktiyarova, and Edgar L. Vinson, III INTRODUCTION Successful vegetable production begins with the choice of a good variety. Although this choice is mainly made by producers and sometimes by produce buyers or processors, the choice of a variety affects the entire production of that vegetable, from seeding or transplanting in the field to retail sale. The main objective of a vegetable variety trial program is to provide commercial vegetable growers, county Extension personnel, Extension specialists, and backyard gardeners with practical information on variety characteristics and performance under the growing conditions of Alabama. Another objective of a vegetable variety trial program is to take an active part in testing promising advanced breeding lines developed by seed companies and public breeding programs. The purpose of this publication is to summarize five years of vegetable variety trials (1994-1998). Because Alabama has a wide range of growing conditions, this publication has relevance beyond the boundaries of Alabama and is designed to be used as a reference on the main vegetable varieties growing in the southeastern United States. In this publication vegetable crops are listed alphabetically. For each vegetable crop, the botanical classification and horticultural characteristics from seed catalogues and from field observation are presented. Each variety has been rated on a 0- to 4-star scale (Table 1). Because several attributes are important in selecting a vegetable variety, the rating combines the yield potential, the claimed disease resistance/tolerance, the horticultural type, and other relevant observations. This rating was developed under set circumstances, and variety performance may vary under different growing conditions. Therefore, it is always recommended to pre-select a variety for commercial production by planting a small acreage of a limited number of potentially adapted varieties. Buyers should also be familiar with the selected variety. Simonne is an Assistant Professor, Boozer is an Area Horticulturist, and Baktiyarova and Vinson are Research Technicians, all inthe Auburn University Department of Horticulture. SALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION Some known seed sources are also listed, but vegetable varieties may also be available from other sources. Detailed information on cultural practices and grading guides can be found in previous variety trial reports (see references). Because new vegetable varieties are continuously developed, variety evaluation is a continuous process. Updated information may be found at http:// www.ag.auburn.edu/dept/hf/faculty/esimonne. TABLE 1. RATING OF VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN ALABAMA (EVALUATED 1994-1998) Rating ** **Superior ** *Outstanding ** * Description variety variety Good performing variety Adapted variety 0 ++ Not suited for commercial production Not evaluated Not evaluated, but recommended' 'Consult 1999 Alabama Commercial Vegetable recommendations from ACES Regional Bulletin, NCCES AG-586. FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST ARTICHOKE Helianthus tuberosus L. 3 Family: Compositae Harvestable plant part: modified stem and leaves Typical days to maturity: perennial (90 days) Main production challenges in Alabama: no commercial production TABLE 2. INDEX Rating Variety name Emerald(OP) Green Globe (OP) Imperial Star (Fl) Jerusalem (OP) OF ARTICHOKE VARIETIES Variety type Globe Globe Globe Tuber Seed source D. Palmer Seed Gurney's Johnny's Gurney's 4 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION ASPARAGUS Asparagus officinalis L. Family: Liliaceae Harvestable plant part: stem Observed days to maturity: perennial Main production challenges in Alabama: weeds Ready for harvest: when stems are 12 to 14 inches, and before branching Typcial harvest schedule: two to three times per week for three to four weeks TABLE Rating 3. INDEX OF ASPARAGUS VARIETIES Variety type Green White Green Green White Green Green Green Green Green Bright green Medium green Green Large green Green Green Large green Dark green White Large UIVVI purplish Seed source Nunhems Nunhems Nunhems Nunhems Nunhems Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Rupp Abbott & Cobb Gurney's Jordan Carolina Seeds Gurney's Carolina Seeds Nunhems Jordan Abbott & Cobb, Jordan Nunhems Gurney's ++ ++ ++ Variety name Backlim (F l) Boonlim (F1) Franklin (F1) Gijnlim (F1) Horlim (F1) Jersey Gem (F1) Jersey General (F1) Jersey Giant (F1) Jersey Jewel (F1) Jersey King (F1) Jersey Knight (F1) Mary Washington (F1) Plumosus Nanus (F1) Roberts Improved (F l) Sprengeri (F 1) Thielim (F1) UC -72 (F1) UC-157 (Fl) Venlim (F1) Waltham (F1) UVIUVI UVIIL \1 II FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 5 SNAP BEAN Phaseolus vulgaris L. Family: Leguminosae Harvestable plant part: pods with immature seed Observed days to maturity: 52 to 60 days (spring production) Main production challenges in Alabama: Fusarium root rot, Rhizoctonia root rot, Pythium root rot, root knot nematode, mosaic viruses TABLE 4. SEED SOURCE, EARLINESS, Variety Type Seed source Days to harvest AND DISEASE RESISTANCE OF SELECTED SNAP BEAN VARIETIES Disease resis./tol. Years Times Times % in eval. eval. in top 5 top 5 Benchmark OP Novartis 55 CBMV,NL8,NY15MV 97,98 4 1 25 0 Bronco OP Asgrow 53 CBMV 97,98 0 Asgrow 55 CBMV 97,98 Carlo OP 0 Asgrow 98 Cloudburst OP 0 Ferry-Morse 55 CBMV Derby OP 97 0 Florence OP Asgrow 97 0 Ferry-Morse 55 NY15MV 97 Golden Rod Wax OP 50 Ferry-Morse 53 NY15MV 97,98 Hialeah OP 100 98 Italian Flat OP Johnny's 0 98 La France OP Burpee 75 MB-8007 Novartis 97,98 OP 0 Novartis 54 CBMV,NYI5MV 97,98 Mirada OP 98 0 Narbonne OP BB,HB Johnny's 52 33 Nickel OP 97,98 52 BS,WMV Vilmorin 97 0 Ferry-Morse 52 NY15MV Nugget OP 50 Orient Wonder OP Sakata 97 68100 Novartis OP 98 QG-7705 0 Rhapsody OP 97 Seedway 0 Roma II OP Stokes CBMV,PRSV,RB 97 50 SB-413 OP Novartis97 0 97 SB-4129 OP Novartis 0 Novartis SB-4136 OP 98 25 Seville OP Seedway 56 CBMV,NY15MV 97,98 33 97,98 Sonata OP Ferry-Morse *50 SSC-1204 OP Shamrock 98 Asgrow ·25 OP 97,98 Stallion 100 Asgrow 98 Storm OP Kelly Seeds 55 CBMV, HB 0 Strike OP 98 50 Ferry-Morse 54 CBMV, NY15MV Trueblue OP 97 0 CBMV, HB 98 OP Johnnny's 53 Xera 50 Asgrow 98 OP XPB-378 0 XPB-393 OP Asgrow 98 0 XPB-394 OP Asgrow98 Type: OP = open-pollinated. Disease: BB = Bacterial Blight; BS = Brown Spot; CBMV = Common Bean Mosaic Virus; NL8 = Mosiac Virus; NY15MV = NY 15 Mosaic Virus; HB = Halo Blight; RB = Bean Rust; PM = Powdery Mildew; PRSV = Papaya Ring Spot Virus; WMV = Watermelon Mosaic Virus. = not available; -= none; from seed catalogues. 6 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE 5. INDEX OF SNAP BEAN VARIETIES Rating Variety name Acclaim Aquadulce Allure Asparagus Atlantic Baby Fordhook Baby Thorogreen ** Benchmark Variety type Bush, green, round Lima, green Bush, green, round Pole, med. green Bush, green, round Bush, lima Bush, lima Bush, green Bush, green Bush, dark green Pole, green Pole, green Bush, green, round Bush, stringless Bush, green, round Bush, yellow Bush, green, round Pole, lima Bush, lima Bush, green Bush, green Bush, green Bush, green, flat Bush, green Bush, green Bush, green Pole, lima Bush, green Bush, gold Bush, yellow Bush, green, round Bush, green Bush, green, flat Bush, green Bush, green, round Pole, lima Pole, green, flat Bush, green Bush, green Bush, green, round Bush, green Bush, lima Bush, yellow, round Bush, yellow Bush, green Bush, green Bush, green, flat Bush, green Bush lima, flat Bush, green, round Bush, green Seed source Asgrow Siegers Seeds Asgrow Burpee, Rupp Asgrow Burpee, Jordan Gurney's Jordan, Novartis Rupp Gurney's Gurney's Jordan Novartis, Jordan Gurney's Asgrow, Jordan Rupp Asgrow, Jordan Burpee Rupp Burpee Rupp Rupp Novartis Nunhems Jordan Rupp, Asgrow Carolina Seed Siegers Seeds Gurney's Harris Seeds, Rupp Asgrow Jordan Rupp Jordan, Rupp Asgrow Rupp Asgrow Rupp Jordan, Rupp Gurney's, Rupp Gurney's, Jordan Rupp Rupp, Vilmorin Jordan Gurney's, Rupp Harris Seeds Burpee Gurney's Harris Seeds Novartis, Rupp Jordan, Novartis Benton Blue Lagoon ** Blue Lake Blue Lake FM - 1 *** Blue Lake 274 Bountiful Brio Brittle Wax Bronco Burpee's Best Burpee's Improved Burpee's Tenderpod Burpee's Stringless BX207 Calgreen Calima (French Type) Canberra Carlo ** Carolina Castel Cherokee Cherokee Wax * Cloudburst *** Clyde Commodore Contender Crest Cristmas Dade Daytona Decibel (French Filet) Delinel Derby ** Dixie Speck. Butterpea Dorabel Dragon Tongue Dwarf Horticultural Earliserve Early Bush Italian Early Contender Eastland Endurance Espada ~.111111111111\1 i continued i FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 7 TABLE 5, CONTINUED. INDEX OF SNAP BEAN VARIETIES Rating Variety name Etna (French Type) Eureka Fandago Fesca (French Type) Flevoro ** Florence Variety type Bush, green Bush, yellow, round Bush, green Bush, green Bush, green, round Bush, green Pole, lima Bush, lima Pole, extra-long, round Bush, green Lima, flat Bush,green Bush, green Bush, green Bush, yellow Bush, yellow Bush, yellow Bush, yellow Bush, yellow, round Bush, yellow, round Bush, yellow, flat Bush, yellow, round Bush, green, flat Bush, green Bush, green Bush, green, flat Bush, green Bush, green, flat Bush, lima Bush, green, round Bush, green Bush, green Bush, green, round Bush, yellow Bush, green Bush, yellow Bush, flat Bush, flat Pole, lima Bush, green, round Bush, green, flat Pole, green, round Pole, green Bush, green, flat Pole, green Pole, yellow Bush, green, round Bush, green, round Bush, green Bush, round Bush, green Seed source Rupp Asgrow, Jordan Jordan, Asgrow Nunhems Asgrow Jordan,Gurney's Rupp Gurneys, Jordan Johnny's Burpee Harris Seeds,Siegers Seeds Rupp Rupp Nunhems Jordan Ferry-Morse Rupp Harris Seeds, Jordan Novartis, Jordan Asgrow, Jordan Nunhems Asgrow Nunhems Burpee Jordan Asgrow, Jordan Nunhems Nunhems Gurney's, Jordan Harris Seeds, Jordan Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Asgrow Gurney's Gurney's, Jordan, Rupp Rupp Johnny's Gurney's, Johnny's Gurney's Novartis, Jordan Novartis, Rupp Novartis, Jordan Jordan,Gurney's Harris Seeds, Rupp Gurney's, Harris Seeds Gurney's Asgrow Asgrow, Rupp Burpee Novartis, Jordan Harris Seeds Florida Butter Fordhook 242 Fortex French Filet French Horticultural Gator Green 15 Gentry Glory (French Type) Goldcrop ** Golden Rod Wax *** *** *** Golden Wax Improved Goldie Goldkist Gold Mine Goldmarie Goldrush Gosta Greensleeves Green Isle Greencrop Groffy (French Type) Helda Henderson Hialeah HMX 5991 Hystyle Impact Improved Golden Wax Improved Tendergreen Indy Gold Italian Flat Italian Roma Jackson Wonder Jade Jumbo Kentucky Blue Kentucky Wonder Kentucky Wonder 125 King of the Garden Lima King Horn Klondyke Labrador La France * Landmark Landreth Stringless continued 8 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE Rating 5, CONTINUED. INDEX OF SNAP BEAN VARIETIES Variety type Bush, green, round Bush, green, flat Bush, green, flat Pole, green Bush, green Bush, green, round Variety name Laureat Lodi Magnum Malibu Marseilles Masai Matador Maxibel McCaslan Seed source Asgrow Asgrow Asgrow, Rupp Siegers Seeds Gurney's Novartis Rupp Asgrow, Jordan Rupp Novartis Rupp Nunhems Rupp Asgrow, Rupp Johnny's Nunhems Vilmorin, Harris Seeds Nunhems Ferry-Morse, Siegers Seeds Asgrow, Jordan Sakata Vilmorin Nunhems Rupp Jordan, Rupp Asgrow, Rupp Rupp Harris Seeds Harris Seeds, Jordan Asgrow, Jordan Gurney's Jordan Novartis Rupp Asgrow, Jordan Nunhems Gurney's, Harris Seeds Nunhems Jordan, Novartis Johnny's Gurney's Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Jordan Gurney's, Rupp Jordan, Rupp Petoseed Jordan ** Mirada Missouri Wonder Modus (French Type) Mountaineer Half Runner Mustang * ** * Narbonne Neckargold Nickel Novax (French Type) Nugget Bush, green Bush, green Pole, green Bush, green, round Pole, green Bush, green Semi-bush, green Bush, green, round Bush, green, round Bush, yellow, round Bush, green, round Bush, green Bush ,wax, yellow Bush, green, round Pole, green, round (yard-long-bean) Bush, yellow, round Bush, green Bush, green Bush, yellow Bush, green, round Bush, green, flat Bush, green Bush, green Bush, green, round Pole, purple Bush, purple Bush, green Bush, green Bush, green Bush, green Bush, yellow Bush, green Pole, green, flat Bush, green, flat Bush, green, flat Bush, green Bush, green Bush, green Pole, green, flat Bush, purple Bush, purple Bush, green Bush, green Opus ** Orient Wonder Orinel Paros (French Type) Peak Pencil Pod Black Wax Podsquad Primo Probe Prosperity Provider Purple Pod Purple Queen QG-7705 Rapids * Rhapsody *** Rido (French Type) Rocdor Rondina (French Type) Roma II Romanette Romano Romano 14 Romano 26 Romano 942 Romano Pole Royal Burgundy Royal Purple Pod RS 1243 RS 1377 continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 9 TABLE Rating 5, CONTINUED. INDEX OF SNAP BEAN VARIETIES Variety type Bush, green Bush, green Bush, green, round Bush, purple, flat Bush, green, round Bush, green, round Bush, green Bush, green, round Bush, green Bush, yellow Bush, green Bush, green Bush, green Bush, green Bush, green Semi-bush, green Bush, green Bush, green, round Bush, green, round Pole, green, round Bush, yellow Bush, yellow Bush, green, round Bush, green, round Bush, green Bush, green Bush, green Bush, green Bush, green, round Bush, green, round Bush, green, round Bush, lima Bush, green Bush, green Bush, yellow Bush, green, flat Pole, purple, round Bush, green Bush, green Bush, yellow Bush, green, round Bush, green Bush, green/red Bush, yellow Bush, lima Pole, light green Bush, green, round Bush, green Pole, red, round Bush, VITTII I~II~II green III Seed source Petoseed Harris Seeds, Seedway Asgrow, Jordan Burpee Asgrow Novartis, Jordan Harris Seeds, Jordan Nunhems Jordan, Novartis Harris Seeds Petoseed Harris Seeds, Jordan Asgrow, Jordan Shamrock Asgrow, Jordan Rupp Asgrow Harris Seeds Asgrow,Jordan Asgrow Jordan Novartis, Jordan Johnny's Asgrow, Jordan Gurney's, Harris Seeds Rupp Harris Seeds Burpee Nunhems Novartis, Rupp Asgrow Rupp, Siegers Seeds Nunhems Gurney's, Jordan Variety name RS 1801 RS 5402 Rushmore Sequoia Sentry Seville ** Shade Silvia (French Type) Slenderette Slenderwax Smilo ** Sonata Spartan Arrow ** SSC - 1204 Stallion State Half Runner Storm Straight'n Narrow ** Strike Stringless Blue Lake S-7 Sungold Sunrae Tavera Tema Tenderette Tendercrop Tendergreen Imp. Tenderpick Terli (French Type) Teseo Tess Thorogreen Tipper (French Type) Topcrop Topnotch Golden Wax Trebona Trionfo Triumph de Farcy ** Trueblue *** Unidor Venture Vilbel Volcano Wax Romano 264 White Dixie Butterpea White Half Runner Wrangler Xera * Yard Long (Asp. Bean) Zodiac Ir~ri 1 Jordan Nunhems Johnny's Burpee Ferry-Morse Petoseed Novartis, Jordan Jordan, Rupp Asgrow Gurney's, Novartis Rupp Siegers Seeds, Rupp Asgrow Johnny's Jordan, Rupp Rupp, Asgrow 10 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION BEET Beta vulgaris L. Crassa group Family: Chenopodiaceae Harvestable plant part: root Observed days to maturity: 49 to 75 days Main production challenge in Alabama: no commercial production TABLE 6. Rating INDEX OF BEET VARIETIES Variety type Dark red, round Dark red Medium dark Dark red Dark red Bright golden Dark red Dark red Purple Bright red Dark red Dark red Dark red Cylindrical, red Sweet, red Round, red Dark red Bright green Dark red Sweet, red Bright green Dark red, round Red Round, dark red Dark red Smooth/round Deep red Dark red Red Bright red Purple red Dark red Dark green Tall, green Dark red YUI V Seed source Seedway Asgrow Harris Seeds, Sakata Gurney's Rupp Jordan, Petoseed Burpee Burpee Rupp Harris Seeds Burpee, Jordan Gurney's, Jordan Jordan, Rupp Gurney's Gurney's Ferry-Morse Ferry-Morse Sakata, Siegers Seeds Burpee, Jordan Harris Seed Burpee, Rupp Seedway Gurney's, Rupp Gurney's Jordan, Petoseed Harris Seeds, Sakata Seedway Ferry-Morse Asgrow Gurney's, Jordan Petoseed Jordan, Petoseed Sakata, Siegers Seeds Ferry-Morse Harris Seeds ++ Variety name Action (F 1) Asgrow Wonder (OP) Avenger (F1) Baby Gladiator (OP) Big Red (F1) Burpee's Golden (OP) Burpee's Red Ball (OP) Chicago Red (F1) Choiggia (OP) Crosby Green Top 211 (OP) Cylindra Long Red (OP) Detroit Dark Red (OP) Early Wonder Tall Top (OP) Forono (OP) Golden (OP) Green Top Bunching (OP) Grosby's Egyptian (OP) Kestrel (F1) Little Ball (OP) Long Season (OP) Lutz Green Leaf (OP) Pablo (F l) Pacemaker III (Fl) Perfected Detroit (OP) PS 2988 (Fl) Red Ace (F1) Red Cloud (Fl) Red Velvet (OP) Rosette (F1) Ruby Queen (OP) Sangria (OP) Scarlet Supreme (F1) Solo (F l) Tall Top Early Wonder (OP) (F I* Warrior LI Y l) LIIIII I I FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST BROCCOLI Brassica oleracea L. Italica group Family: Brassicaceae Harvestable plant part: immature inflorescence Observed days to maturity: 52 to 69 days (fall production, from transplant) Main production challenges in Alabama: early flowering (bolting) Ready for harvest: by inflorescence size and/or days after transplanting Typical harvest schedule: once over harvest 11 TABLE 7. SEED SOURCE, EARLINESS, AND DISEASE CLAIMS OF SELECTED BROCCOLI VARIETIES Variety Arcadia Barbados Citation Claudia Eureka Everest Galeon Gallant Greenbelt Green Comet Landmark Legend Mariner Olympus Type Fl FI Fl Fl F1 Fl Fl Fl F1 Fl Fl F1 FI F1 Seed source Sakata Ferry-Morse Harris Seeds Ferry-Morse Stokes Novartis Petoseed Sakata Novartis/ Sakata Takii Takii Sakata Petoseed Takii Days to harvest 95 62 65 70 87 Disease resis./tol. DM DM DM BR, DM Years Times Times % in eval. eval. in top 5 top 5 95-97 95,96 94 95 94-96 94 96,97 96,97 94-96 94-96 94-96 96,97 94-96 94-96 94-97 * 75 75 66 85 77 * DM BLS, DM * 5 4 5 1 9 3 3 3 7 10 9 5 10 9 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 0 7 4 3 6 5 9 20 0 20 0 11 33 100 66 0 70 44 60 60 55 81 Packman Paragon Pinnacle Premium Crop PSX 10990 Fl F1 Fl F1 Fl Petoseed/Stokes Stokes Takii Takii/Stokes Petoseed 78 75 68 58 * DM DM * 94-96 94-96 94-96 94-96 95 95 11 8 7 8 9 2 2 5 8 25 29 62 89 Regal Ritol F1 Fl Ferry-Morse Nunhems 80 * -95 * 1 1 1 0 100 0 Signal Title IST Fl F1 Novartis Takii 57 * -95 * 1 1 1 1 100 100 Type: Fl = hybrid; OP = open-pollinated. Disease: DM = Downy Mildew; BR = Black Rot; BLS = Bacterial Leaf Spot. * = not available;= none; from seed catalogues. 12 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 12 ALABAMA AGRICULUA XEIMN TTO TABLE Rating * 8. INDEX OF BROCCOLI VARIETIES Comment Seed source Seedway Stokes, Sakata Sakata Asgrow, Rupp Ferry-Morse Asgrow, Rupp Burpee Harris Seeds, Rupp Petoseed Petoseed, Jordan Petoseed, Harris Seeds Ferry-Morse Abbott & Cobb Novartis Petoseed Asgrow Petoseed, Stokes Abbott & Cobb, Sakata Ferry-Morse D.Palmer Seed Seedway Stokes Stokes, Novartis Stokes Harris Seeds, Stokes Seedway Asgrow Sakata Petoseed, Stokes Asgrow Johnny's Stokes Hungnong Novartis, Rupp Harris Seeds, Takii Novartis Burpee Novartis, Stokes Jordan Jordan Asgrow ColabriaStokes Takii Novartis Asgrow Stokes, Sakata Petoseed Burpee Asgrow Petoseed Johnny's, Sakata Variety name Amfora (OP) Arcadia (F1) * * * Asparation Aspabroc (F 1) Baccus (Fl) Barbados (F 1) Big Sur (Fl) Bonanza (F1) Brigadier (F 1) Buccaneer (F1) Captain (Fl) Citation (F1) Claudia (F1) Broccoli/Asparagus Climax (Fl) Commander (Fl) Constitution (Fl) Coronado (OP) Cruiser (F1) Decathlon (F1) De Cicco (OP) DPS 106 (OP) Durango (F1) Emerald City (Fl) Emperor (F 1) * * Eureka (F1) Everest (F1) *** * * * *** ** Fiesta YR (Fl1) Galaxy (FlI) Gallant (F1) Galleon (Fl) Gem (Fl) Genji (Fl) Goliath (Fl1) Grandeur (Fl1) Greenbelt (F 1) Green Comet (Fl1) Green Duke (Fl1) Green Goliath (OP) Green Valiant (Fl1) Green Sprouting Calabrese (OP) Hi-Crown (Fl1) High Sierra (Fl1) Italian Sprouting (OP) Landmark (Fl1) Laguna (Fl1) Legacy (Fl1) Legend (FlI) *** Liberty (Fl) Love Me Tender (Fl1) Majestic (Fl1) Major (Fl1) Marathon (Fl1) continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 13 1 TABLE Rating 8, CONTINUED. INDEX OF BROCCOLI VARIETIES Comment ~I ~f\~TrFT~T~T~ICIT\ Seed source Petoseed, Stokes Abbott & Cobb Sakata Takii Petoseed, Stokes Stokes Stokes D.Palmer Seed Harris Seeds,Takii Petoseed Harris Seeds, Stokes Johnny's, Siegers Seeds Novartis Rupp, Ferry-Morse Petoseed Nunhem Rupp Johnny's Johnny's Sakata Johnny's Seedway Novartis, Rupp Petoseed Seedway Jordan Rupp Seedway Carolina Seed Asgrow Takii Sakata Petoseed Jordan, Rupp Siegers Seeds, Novartis Variety name Mariner (Fl) Ninja (Fl) Nomad (Fl) Olympus (Fl) Packman (Fl) Paragon (Fl) Patriot (Fl) Picacho (OP) Pinnacle (Fl) Pirate (Fl) Premium Crop (Fl) Raab (Spring) (Fl) RBR 45-VP(OP) Regal (Fl) Republic (Fl) Ritol (Fl) Romanesco (OP) Saga (Fl) San Miguel (Fl) Sedona (OP) Sessantina Grossa (OP) Shannon (OP) Signal (Fl) Small Miracle (Fl1) Southern Comet (Fl1) Southern Star (Fl1) Sprinter (Fl1) Sultan (FlI) * ** * * *** Broccoli Raab * * Broccoli Romanesco Broccoli Raab Broccoli Romanesco Miniature * * Super Blend (Fl1) Symphony (Fl1) Title IST (F1) Triathlon (OP) Viking (Fl) Waltham 29 (OP) Windsor (Fl1) 14 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION BRUSSEL SPROUT Brassicaoleracea L. Gemmifera group Family: Brassicaceae Harvestable plant part: buds Observed days to maturity: 80 to 130 days Main production challenge in Alabama: no commercial production TABLE 9. Rating INDEX OF BRUSSEL SPROUT VARIETIES Variety type Bright green Green Medium green Blue green Medium green Dark green Medium green Medium green Medium green Dark green Dark green Green Dark green Green Green Dark green Dark green Seed source Gurney's, Rupp Seedway Nunhems Gurney's, Rupp Harris Seeds, Rupp Petoseed Nunhems Petoseed Harris Seeds Harris Seeds, Rupp Petoseed Jordan, Rupp Nunhems Burpee Johnny's Petoseed Nunhems Variety name Bubbles (F1l) Diablo YR (F1l) Igor (Fl) Jade Cross (F1) Long Island Imp. (Fl) Lunet (F l) Mirna (F1) Odette (F l) Oliver (F l) Prince Marvel (F1) Rampart (F1) Royal Marvel (F1) Stan (F1) Tasty Nuggets (F1) Trafalgar (F Vancouver (F Vincent (F1) ""~ \' '/ YVllb 1l) 1l) FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST HEAD CABBAGE 15 Brassica oleracea L. Capitata group Family: Brassicaceae Harvestable plant part: head (compact rosette of leaves) Observed days to maturity: 68 to 84 days (fall production, from transplant) Main production challenge in Alabama: black rot Ready for harvest: by head size Typical harvest schedule: once over harvest TABLE 10. Type SEED SOURCE, EARLINESS, AND DISEASE RESISTANCE OF SELECTED HEAD CABBAGE VARIETIES Variety Color Green Green Green Green Red Green Green Green Green Green Green Green Green Green Green Green Green Green Green Green Green Green Green Green Green Green Green Red Green Green Green Green Green Green Seed source Days to harvest 70 80 80 85 80 * 75 87 65 * * * * 69 73 55 91 87 85 63 * Disease resis./tol. FY,BR FY FY,BR FY,BR FY BR,FY BR,FW,TB Years Times Times eval. eval. in top 5 94,96 95 96 94,96,97 94 94-96 94-97 94,95 96 95-97 95 96,97 96,97 96 95,96 94-96 96 95 94,95 94 96 95 4 1 1 8 2 4 9 6 1 4 1 3 3 1 1 3 1 0 3 4 1 1 3 2 1 4 3 4 2 3 1 4 2 4 % in top 5 75 0 100 62 0 75 77 83 0 50 0 100 100 0 0 33 100 0 67 25 0 0 67 50 0 50 0 0 0 0 100 75 100 50 Fl Blue Gem FL Blue Pak Blue Thunder FI Bravo Fl Fl Cardinal Fl CB-7 Fl Cheers Fl Constanza Early Marvel OP Fl Emblem F1 FMX 388 Fl FMX 551 Fl FMX 552 F1 FMX 553 Fl Fortress Fl Green Cup Fl Green Start F1 Hercules Izalco F1 Fl Multikeeper Fl Pacifica Fl PS 4390 F1 PS 63880 PSR 18589 F1 PSR 152999 Fl F1 Quick Start Fl Rio Verde Fl Rougette Royal Vantage F1 F1 Survivor Tristar F1 Fl Wanda F1 XPH 5781 XPH 5785 F1 Harris Seeds Ferry-Morse Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Novartis Takii Petoseed Stokes Sakata Ferry-Morse Ferry-Morse Ferry-Morse Ferry-Morse Feny-Morse Takii Stokes Novartis Novartis Stokes Sakata Petoseed Petoseed Petoseed Petoseed Takii Novartis Vilmorin Sakata Stokes Seedway Nunhems Asgrow Asgrow BR,FY BR,FY BR BLS,BR,FY BR,FY FY,BR,TB -94 * 87 88 85 65 * * * -94 -94-96 BLS,FY -94 94 94,95 BLS;BR,FY,TB 95,96 94-96 BR,FY 96 BR,TH,FY -94-96 -94 94 3 0 1 5 0 3 7 5 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 2 Type: OP = open-pollinated; F1 = hybrid. Disease Resistance/Tolerance: FY = Fusarium Yellows; BR = Black Rot; FW = Fusarium Wilt; TB = Tip Burn; BLS = Bacterial Leaf Spot; TH = Thrip. * = not available; - none; from seed catalogues. 16 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION CHINESE CABBAGE Brassicarapa L. Chinensis (Pak-choi) and Pekinensis (Pe-tsai) groups Family: Brassicaceae Harvestable plant part: head (compact rosette of leaves) Observed days to maturity: 55 to 62 days (fall production, from transplant) Main production challenge in Alabama: black rot Ready for harvest: by head size Typical harvest schedule: once over harvest TABLE 11. Type SEED SOURCE, EARLINESS, AND DISEASE RESISTANCE OF SELECTED ORIENTAL CABBAGE VARIETIES Variety Head shape Seed source Days to harvest Disease resis./tol. Years eval. Times Times eval. in top 5 % in top 5 50 100 100 75 100 0 100 100 100 100 = Tip - 2 1 TB 95,96 58 Fl Napa Sakata China Flash 3 BR 94 3 68 Jade Pagoda F1 Michihli Harris 7 7 -94-96 Napa Stokes 64 Kasumi Fl 4 3 80 94,95 F1 Michihli Stokes Monument 4 -94 4 Stokes 80 Orange Queen Fl Napa Pak Choi-Lei 2 0 95,96 47 Choi OP Pak-choi Novartis 2 2 -95,96 Takii 75 Fl Napa Shinki 1 1 60 -95 Fl Napa Nunhems Shori 60 4 94-96 4 67 ALS,DM,WS Napa Stokes Summertime II FI 2 2 CR 95,96 Sakata 67 Fl Napa Yuki Type: OP = open-pollinated; F1 = hybrid. Disease Resistance/Tolerance: BR = Black Rot; TB Burn; ALS = Alternaria Leaf Spot; DM = Downy Mildew; WS = White Spot; CR = Clubroot. none; from seed catalogues. FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 17 TABLE Rati ng 12. INDEX OF CABBAGE VARIETIES Variety type Head, processing Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Specialty Head, green Head, green Head, dark gray green Head, green Head, red Head, processing Head, dark gray green Head, green Head, green Head, green Chinese Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Chinese, napa Head, green Head, green Head, savoy Chinese, napa Head, green Head, green Head, gray green Specialty Pak choi, white Pak choi, white Head, red Head, green Head, green Head, processing Head, green Chinese, napa Head, green Head, green Head, savoy Chinese Chinese, specialty Chinese, napa Chinese, napa Chinese, napa Savoy, green Seed source Stokes Rupp Gurney's Seedway Seedway Rupp Rupp Rupp, Petoseed Petoseed Rupp, Novartis Seedway Stokes Petoseed Seedway Seedway Stokes Seedway Seedway Asgrow Seedway Seedway Rupp, Asgrow Asgrow Harris Seeds Stokes, Jordan Stokes, Rupp Harris Seeds Harris Seeds, Stokes Rupp Abbott & Cobb Harris Seeds Seedway Seedway Rupp Jordan Jordan Harris Seeds Seedway Stokes Stokes Seedway Siegers Seeds Rupp Stokes, Jordan Stokes, Jordan Seedway Rupp Harris Seeds, Carolina Seed Stokes Stokes, Rupp Seedway ** Variety name Albion (F l) All Seasons (OP) All Seasons (F l) Almanac (F l) Amtrak (Fl) April Cross (Fl) Arena (F l) Atlantis (F l) Atria (F l) Augusta (F1) Autoro (F l) Avalon YR (F1) Azan (F l) B-1772 (Fl) Balaton (F l) Balbro (F l) Banko (F l) Bartolo (Fl) Bayou Dynasty (Fl) Bently (F1) Bingo (Fl) Blue Bayou (F1) Blue Dynasty (F l) Blue Gem (F1 *** * ** Blue Pak (F1) Blues (Fl) Blue Thunder (Fl) Blue Vantage (Fl) Bountivoy (F l) Bouquet (F l) *** Bravo (Fl) * Bronco (F l) Brutus (F l) Burpless #69 (F l) Canton (F l) Canton, Dwarf (Fl) Cardinal (F l) Carlton (F 1) Castello (F l) Cavalier (F l) Cecile (F l) Cha Cha (F l) Charmant (F1l) Cheers (Fl) *** Chieftain Savoy (OP) Chiko (F1) China Crunch (Fl) China Express (Fl) *** China Flash (Fl) China Pride (F1) Clarissa (F1) continued 18 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE Rating 12, CONTINUED. INDEX OF CABBAGE VARIETIES Variety type Head, green Savoy, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, red Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Chinese, michihli Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Savoy, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, red Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, gray green Head, red Head, dark green Head, green Head, processing Head, green Head, red Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Chinese, michihli Head, green Head, green Seed source Harris Seeds Seedway Petoseed Asgrow, Rupp Petoseed Stokes, Jordan Alf Christianson D.Palmer Novartis, Sakata Johnny's Jordan, Rupp Petoseed Seedway Petoseed, Jordan Rupp, Jordan Rupp Rupp, Jordan Harris Seeds Rupp, Jordan Stokes Sakata, Rupp Stokes Carolina Seed Rupp Seedway Rupp Rupp Seedway Stokes Ferry-Morse Ferry-Morse Ferry-Morse Ferry-Morse Rupp, Petoseed Petoseed, Rupp Seedway Stokes, Jordan Petoseed Siegers Seeds Seedway Siegers Seeds Stokes, Jordan Stokes, Jordan Petoseed Petoseed, Jordan Novartis, Jordan Novartis, Jordan Asgrow, Jordan Rupp Stokes Novartis Variety name Coleguard (F 1) Colorsa (F l) Columbia (F 1) Conquest (F l) *** Constanza (F1) * * Copenhagen Market Early (OP) Coronet (OP) Corsar (OP) Crimson (F l) Crown (F1) Danish Ballhead (OP) Delus (F1) Desmond (Fl) Discovery (F1) Dynamo (F l) Early Flat Dutch (OP) Early Jersey Wakefield (OP) Early Hybrid (F 1) Early Cole (F1) Early Marvel (OP) Emblem (F1) Emerald Acre (OP) Emerald Cross (Fl) Ergon YR (F1) Famosa (F1) Fastrac YR (F1) Fast Vantage (F1) Fieldsport (F1) Fire Dance YR (F1) FMX 388 (Fl) ** ** * FMX 551 (Fl) FMX 552 (Fl) FMX 553 (Fl) * Fortress (F l) Fortuna (F 1) Fresco (F1) Galaxy (F l) Geneva (F1) Genuine (F1l) Gideon (F1) Gloria (F1) Golden Acre (OP) Gourmet (F1l) Gradur (F1) Grand Prize (F1) Grand Slam (F1) Green Boy (F1) Green Cup (F1) Green Rocket (Fl) Green Start (F1) ** Grenadier (F 1) continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 19 TABLE Rating 12, CONTINUED. INDEX OF CABBAGE VARIETIES Variety type Head, red Head, red Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, processing Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, red Head, green Chinese, michihli Head, green Chinese, pak-choi Head, savoy Chinese, napa Savoy, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, red Chinese, pak- choi Head, gray green Head, green Head, green Head, green Chinese, napa Head, red Chinese Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Chinese, pak-choi Savoy, green Head, red Chinese, michihli Chinese, pak-choi Chinese, michihli Head, green Head, green Head, red Chinese, napa Head, green Head, processing Chinese Chinese, napa Head, green Seed source Siegers Seeds Seedway Asgrow Harris Seeds Novartis Asgrow, Petoseed Stokes Seedway Stokes Rupp Seedway Seedway Novartis Harris Seeds, Stokes Jordan Harris Seeds, Rupp Novartis, Stokes Stokes Johnny's Ferry-Morse Rupp, Gurney's Jordan, Rupp Seedway Harris Seeds Seedway Jordan, Rupp Shamrock Alf Christianson, Rupp Asgrow Rupp Seedway Rupp Harris Seeds Rupp Seedway Seedway Rupp Seedway Stokes, Rupp Stokes, Rupp Rupp Stokes, Rupp Seedway Stokes Seedway Siegers Seeds Siegers Seeds Stokes, Rupp Seedway Stokes, Takii Carolina Seed Variety name Grenadine (F1) Hardoro (F 1) Head Start (F1) Heads Up (F1) Hercules (F1) Hermes (F1) Hilton (F1l) Hinova (F1) Houston Evergreen (OP) Huron (F l) Impala (F1l) Indoro (Fl) Izalco (Fl) Jade Pagoda (F1) * ** ** Jet Pak (Fl) Joi Choi (F1) Julius (F1) *** Kasumi (F1) Kilosa (F1l) King Cole (F1) Late Flat Dutch (OP) Late Premium Flat Dutch (OP) Lectro (F 1) Lei Choy (OP) Lennox (F1) Little Rock (F1) Loughton (F1) Lynx (F l) Magica (F1) Mammoth Red Rock (OP) Manoko (F l) Market King (F1) Market Prize (F1) Marion Market (OP) Masada (F1) Megaton (F1l) Mei Qing Choi (F1) Melissa (F1) Meteor (OP) Michihli (OP) Ming Choi (OP) *** Monument (F1) * Morris (F1) Multikeeper (F1) Normiro (F1) Ohken 75 (F l) Olympic (F1) Ontario (F l) Optiko (F1) Orange Queen (F1) ** O.S. Cross (Fl) continued 20 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE 12, CONTINUED. INDEX OF CABBAGE VARIETIES Rating * *** Variety name Pacifica (F 1) Pak Choi - Lei Choi (OP) Variety type Head, green Chinese, pak-choi Head, green Head, green Savoy, green Head, green Head, green Head, red Head , green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, processing Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, red Head, red Head, red Head, red Head, red Head, red Head, red Head, red Head, red Head, red Head, red Head, green Head, red Head, red Savoy, green Head, green Head, red Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, red Head, red Head, red Head, red Head, red Head, green Head, red Head, red Head, processing Savoy, green Head, green Head, green Savoy, green Seed source Stokes, Rupp Novartis Novartis Strokes Stokes Johnny's Stokes Seedway Petoseed Siegers Seeds Petoseed Petoseed Petoseed Petoseed Stokes Takii Novartis, Stokes Seedway Stokes Rupp Harris Seeds, Rupp Shamrock Asgrow Johnny's Carolina Seed, Rupp Stokes, Rupp Asgrow Petoseed, Jordan Orsetti Stokes Stokes,Orsetti Siegers Seed Seedway Petoseed Stokes, Orsetti Novartis, Stokes Petoseed, Rupp Seedway Rupp Petoseed, Stokes Rupp, Sakata Rupp, Vilmorin Rupp Rupp, Sakata Rupp Rupp, Jordan Stokes Petoseed Seedway Seedway Harris Seeds, Rupp Pennant (Fl) Polar Green (F l) Primavoy (F1) Primax (OP) Prime Choice (F1) Primero (F l) Provita (F l) Pruktor (Fl) * PS 4390 (Fl) ** ** * ** * ** * ** PS 63880 (Fl) PSR 18589 (Fl) PSR 152999 (Fl) Quick-Green Storage (OP) Quick Start (Fl) Quisto (F l) Ramada (F1) Raven (F l) Red Acre (OP) Red Acre (F l) Red Baron (Fl) Red Dynasty (F 1) Red Express (OP) Red Head (Fl) Red Jewel (F1) Red Meteor (OP) Red Rookie (F l) Red Success (Fl) Regalia YR (F l) Regal Red (Fl) Regina (F1l) Retosa (F1) Rinda (F1) Rio Grande Red (F1) Rio Verde (F1) Rocket (F1) Rodolfo (Fl) Rolto (F l) Rona Red (Fl) Rookie (F l) Rougette (F l) Royale (F1) Royal Vantage (F1) Ruby Ball (Fl) Ruby Perfection (F1) Safekeeper II (F l) Saga (F1l) Saratoga (F1) Satelite (Fl) Savoy Ace (F l) continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 21 TABLE Rating 12, CONTINUED. INDEX OF CABBAGE VARIETIES Variety type Chinese, green Savoy, green Head, green Chinese, pak-choi Chinese, napa Chinese, napa Savoy, green Head, red Head, red Savoy, green Chinese, napa Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, processing Chinese, michihli Chinese, napa Head, processing Head, red Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, processing Savoy, green Head, green Chinese, napa Head, green Head green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, green Head, red Head, red Head, red Head, green Chinese, green Chinese, green Savoy,green Head, green Chinese, napa Head, green Head, green Chinese, napa Head, green v Variety name Savoy Acre (F l) Savoy King (Fl) Score (Fl) Shangai (Fl) Shinki (F l) Shori 60 (F 1) *** * Solid Savoy (F1) Soltera (F1) Sombrero (F l) Speedy Savoy (Fl) Spring Flavor (Fl) Stokes Early 711 (Fl) Stonar (F l) Stonehead (F l) Struckton (F l) *** Summertime II (F1) Seed source Harris Seeds Carolina Seed Seedway Jordan Takii Nunhems Novartis Petoseed Seedway Stokes Siegers Seeds Stokes Rupp Stokes, Jordan Stokes, Rupp Stokes Johnny's Stokes Stokes, Alf Christianson Ferry-Morse Rupp, Sakata Rupp Stokes Petoseed, Stokes Ferry-Morse Abbott & Cobb Stokes Johnny's Ferry-Morse Seedway Seedway Petoseed Stokes Gurney's Seedway Rupp, Sakata Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Seedway Petoseed Nunhems Jordan Jordan Seedway Rupp Rupp Asgrow Asgrow Sakata Seedway * * Summer Top (Fl) Supergreen (F 1) Super Red 80 (F1) Superette (F 1) Supreme Vantage (F l) Sure Vantage (F l) Survivor (Fl) Taler (F 1) Talisman (F l) Tango (F l) Tenacity (F l) Tendersweet (F 1) Titanic 90 (Fl) Transam (F l) Tristar (F l) Tropicana (F l) Tucana (Fl) Two-Season (F l) Upton (F l) Vantage Point (F l) Variety #780 (Fl) Variety #790 (F l) Variety #841 (F1l) Vitaro (F l) Vorox (FIl) Wanda (F1) ** * * Winter Champion (Fl) Winter Giant (F1) Wirosa (F l) Wisconsin All Seas. (OP) Wong Bok (OP) XPH 5781 (Fl) XPH 5785 (Fl) Yuki (Fl) *** Zerlina II l) IIIL JLUI (F 22 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION CARROT Daucus carotaL. Family: Umbelliferae Harvestable plant part: root Observed days to maturity: 60 to 70 days Main production challenge in Alabama: no commercial production TABLE 13. INDEX Rating ++ OF CARROT VARIETIES Seed source mmprf Siegers Seeds, Sunseed Johnny's Jordan, Petoseed Johnny's Gurney's Nunhems Ferry-Morse Seedway Seedway Ferry-Morse Johnny's Siegers Seeds, Vilmorin Ferry-Morse Nunhems Seedway Nunhems Seedway Seedway Gurney's Jordan Rupp,Vegetable Seed Harris Seeds, Jordan, Siegers Seeds Abbott & Cobb Siegers Seeds Gurney's Ferry-Morse Jordan, Vegetable Seed Gurney's Siegers Seeds Ferry-Morse Nunhems Petoseed, Siegers Seeds Harris Seeds Seedway Seedway Jordan Rupp, Siegers Seeds Ferry-Morse Jordan Vegetable Seed Petoseed, Siegers Seeds Siegers Seeds Gurney's, Vegetable Seed Seedway continued ++ ++ ++ Variety name rn rP Apache (F l) Artist (F1) Avenger (F 1) Babette (OP) Baby Spike (OP) Balin (F1) Bambina (OP) Bergen (F l) Berlanda (OP) Berlina (OP) Blaze (F1) Bolero (F1l) Bolina (OP) Bureau (OP) Calgary (OP) Campo (OP) Canada (F1) Carson (F1) Caroline (F1) Chantenay Long (OP) Chantenay Red Cored (OP) Chantenay Royal (OP) Cheyenne (F1) Choctaw (F l) Comanche (F l) Coreless Nantes (OP) Crusader (F l) Danvers 126 (OP) Danvers Half Long (OP) Early Gold (Fl) Elfina (F1) Elise (F l) Enterprise (F 1) Favor (F 1) Fayette (F1l) Fontana (F1) Forto (OP) Fullback (F l) Gladiator (F1) Gold King (OP) Gold Pak (OP) Goliath (Fl) Halfback (F l) Healthmaster (F l) Idaho (F1) FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 23 TABLE Rating 13, CONTINUED. INDEX OF CARROT VARIETIES Seed source Jordan, Rupp Seedway Johnny's Seedway Seedway Ferry-Morse Seedway Johnny's Harris Seeds Jordan, Rupp Ferry-Morse Petoseed Gurney's, Vegetable Seed Nunhems Jordan, Rupp Ferry-Morse Johnny's Seedway Burpee Ferry-Morse Seedway Seedway Seedway Siegers Seeds Seedway Johnny's Johnny's Seedway Variety name Imperator 58 (OP) Indiana (F1) Ithaca (Fl) Ivanhoe (F1l) Kamaran (F1) 24 Karat (F1l) Kingston (OP) Kinko 4" (OP) Kuroda (F1) Lady Fingers (Amsterdam) (OP) Laval (OP) Legend (F l) Little Finger (OP) Merida (F 1) Minicor (OP) Mistral (F1) Mokum (F1) Nandrin (Fl) Nantes Half Long (OP) Nantes Superior (OP) Napa (Fl) Napoli (Fl) Narbonne (OP) Navajo (Fl) Navarino (F1) Nelson (F1l) Nevis (F l) Newport (F1) Orange Rocket (F1) Oranza (OP) Parano (F1) Pioneer (F1) Primecut 59 (Fl) Primo (Fl) Red Cored Chantenay (OP) Royal Chantenay (OP) Rumba (OP) Short'n Sweet (OP) Six Pak (F1l) Six Pence (F1) Sovereign (F1) Starca (F1) Sugarsnax 54 (Fl) Sun 255 (Fl) Sweetness II (F1) Sweet Sunshine (OP) Tendersweet (OP) Terminator (F1) Thumbelina (OP) Torini (OP) Toudo (F1) Tripleplay 58 (F1) Triumph (F1) Varo (OP) Warrior (F1l) Burpee Seedway Nunhems Harris Seeds Siegers Seeds Jordan Burpee Burpee Johnny's Burpee Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Petoseed Nunhems Siegers Seeds Siegers Seeds Gurney's, Vegetable Seed Johnny's Gurney's Ferry-Morse Gurney's, Jordan, Rupp Nunhems Burpee Siegers Seeds Petoseed Nunhems Ferry-Morse 24 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION CAULIFLOWER Brassico oleraceaL. Botrytis group Family: Brassicaceae Harvestable plant part: immature flower Observed days to maturity: 50 to 90 days Main production challenge in Alabama: black rot Ready for harvest: by head size, head discoloration Typical harvest schedule: once over harvest TABLE 14. INDEX OF CAULIFLOWER VARIETIES Rating Variety name Alverda (OP) Amazing (OP) Andes (OP) Apex (F l) Avalanche (OP) Burgundy Queen (F1) Candid Charm (Fl) Cashmere (F l) Chartreuse II (Fl) Concert (F l) Cumberland (F l) Extra Early Snowball (OP) Early White (Fl) Flora Blanca 18 (OP) Floriade (OP) Fremont (F1) Green Goddess (F 1) Guardian (F l) Ice Age (F1) Ice Cap (OP) Ice Man (F1) Imperial 10-6 (OP) Incline (F l) Lateman (F1) Majestic (Fl) Mariposa (F 1) Milky Way (F l) Minuteman (F l) Orange Bouquet (F1l) Pathfinder (F 1) Polar Cap (F1) Ravella (F l) Rushmore (F l) Self Blanch (OP) Serrano (Fl) Shasta (F l) Sierra Nevada (OP) Silver Streak (Fl) Siria (F l) Snowball 123 (OP) Variety type White White White White White Purple White White Broccoli/Cauliflower White White White White White White White Broccoli/Cauliflower White White White White White White White White White White White Orange White White White White White White White White White White White Seed source Harris Seeds Seedway Harris Seeds, Stokes Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Stokes Rupp, Stokes Sakata ,Stokes Stokes Shamrock Stokes, Petoseed Stokes Burpee Stokes Shamrock Stokes, Harris Seeds Rupp, Shamrock Siegers Seed Ferry-Morse Shamrock Shamrock, Novartis Harris Seeds Sakata, Stokes Seedway Rupp, Sakata Stokes, Jordan Rupp, Jordan Stokes, Jordan Johnny's Siegers Seeds Ferry-Morse Siegers Seeds Stokes Rupp Novartis, Stokes Novartis Stokes Asgrow Stokes Harris Seeds continued ++ .IIn FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 25 TABLE 14, CONTINUED. INDEX OF CAULIFLOWER VARIETIES Rating Variety name Snowball Self Blanching (OP) Snowball Imp. (OP) Snow Crown (F1) Snowflower (OP) Snow Grace (F1) Snow King (F1) Snow Market (OP) Snow Star (OP) Solide (OP) Starbrite (F 1) Symphony (F l) Universal (OP) Violet Queen (Fl) White Baron (Fl) White Cloud (OP) White Contessa (Fl) White Corona (Fl) White Excel (Fl) White Knight (Fl) White Magic (F1) White Passion (F1) White Queen (F1) White Rock (OP) White Sails (F 1) Yukon (F l) Variety type White Yellow White White White White White White White Yellow White Bright green Purple White White White White White White White White White White White White ~~Jt:L^ Seed source Gurney's, Jordan Rupp, Jordan Harris Seeds, Stokes Asgrow Rupp, Jordan Gurney's, Jordan Orsetti Asgrow Stokes Abbott & Cobb Novartis Seedway Stokes, Siegers Seeds Sakata Asgrow Sakata Sakata Sakata Stokes Sakata ++ ++ Sakata Stokes Novartis, Stokes Stokes Stokes, Sakata ++ 26 26 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION COLLARD Brassica oleracea L. Acephala group Family: Brassicaceae Harvestable plant part: leaf Observed days to maturity: 70 to 80 days Main production challenge in Alabama: bacterial leaf spot Ready for harvest: leaf size Typical harvest schedule: once over harvest TABLE 15. SEED SOURCE, FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS, AND RELATIVE EARLINESS OF SELECTED COLLARD VARIETIES Variety Champion Flash Georgia Morris Heading Top Bunch Vates Type: F1 = hybrid; OP Type Seed source Days to harvest 75 73 80 75 70 56 Years eval. 97-98 97-98 97-98 98 97 -98 97 - 98 Times eval. 3 3 3 1 3 3 Harris Seed OP A&C, Stokes Fl Stokes OP OP Asgrow Sakata Fl OP Stokes = open-pollinated. TABLE 16. INDEX Rating OF COLLARD VARIETIES Seed source Abbott & Cobb Novartis Harris Seeds, Stokes Abbott & Cobb, Stokes Asgrow Rupp, Siegers Asgrow Abbott & Cobb, Stokes Asgrow, Stokes *** *** *** ** ** *** Variety name Blue Max (F1) Carolina (OP) Champion (OP) Flash (F1) Georgia LS (OP) Heavi - Crop (F1) Morris Heading (OP) Top Bunch (F1) Vates (OP) FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST SWEET CORN 27 Zea mays var. rugosa Bonaf. Family: Gramineae Harvestable plant part: immature seed Observed days to maturity: 63 to 90 days (spring production, from seed) Main production challenges in Alabama: corn earworm, fall army worm, European corn borer Typical harvest schedule: once over harvest TABLE 17. SEED SOURCE, EAR CHARACTERISTICS, AND RELATIVE EARLINESS OF SELECTED SWEET CORN VARIETIES Variety Seed source Type Days to harvest Disease resis./tol. Years eval. Times Times % in eval. in top 3 top 3 Bi-color A-Maizingly Sweet Bi-Time BC 4885 BC 7182 BC 7192 Dazzle Diabolo Double Dots Festival Geranimo Precosious Gem Sir Galahad SS 8102 Sweet Rithm Sweet Symphony Blizzard Even Sweeter Fantasia FMX 413 FMX 414 Ferry-Morse Novartis Novartis Novartis Novartis Asgrow Ferry-Morse Ferry-Morse Asgrow Stokes Asgrow Stokes A&C Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Stokes Asgrow Asgrow Ferry-Morse Ferry-Morse sh2 sh2 se se se sh2 sh2 sh2 sh2 se se se sh2 sh2 sh2 sh2 sh2 se sh2 sh2 82 CR * * * 83 78 75 63 78 85 81 73 75 83 87 82 * * NCLB,SBW SBW NCLB CR * NCLB,SCLB SBW CS,SBW CS,CW,MDMV White * * 96,97 97 98 97,98 97 95-96 96,97 97 94-97 95,96 97 95-98 94,96,97 96,97 97 96,97 95 95-98 96,97 97 3 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 4 5 2 7 3 3 2 5 2 10 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 3 0 33 0 0 33 100 50 0 50 25 20 50 57 33 33 50 20 0 40 75 0 CR,CS * * Frontier Pegasus Quick Silver Rising Star Silverado Silver Dollar Silver Queen Silver King Silver Princess Snow Belle Asgrow Seedway Harris Seeds Seedway Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Seedway Novartis Novartis Asgrow sh2 sh2 su sd se sh2 su se se se 83 90 75 79 80 76 92 82 * NCLB,CR,SBW NCLB,SCLB SBW SBW CS,SBW MDMV,SBW NCLB,CS NCLB,SCLB SBW CR,NCLB,SBW * 95,96 96,97 96 96-98 94-96 96 94-98 97,98 98 95-98 4 6 2 5 5 1 9 4 2 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 25 33 50 0 0 0 22 50 50 20 85 CR,SCLB continued 28 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 28 ALABAMA AGRICUTRLEPIMNSAIO TABLE 17, CONTINUED. SEED SOURCE, EAR CHARACTERISTICS, AND RELATIVE EARLINESS OF SELECTED SWEET CORN VARIETIES Variety Seed source Harris Seeds Solar Seeds Harris Seeds A&C A&C A&C Seneca Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Novartis Novartis Asgrow Seneca Asgrow Asgrow Solar Seeds Novartis Asgrow Stokes Ferry-Morse Asgrow Novartis Novartis Novartis Novartis Type Days to harvest 81 66 72 78 81 71 74 74 83 Disease resis./tol. MDMV SWT Years Times , Times eval. )C1 eval. 5 2 4 1 1 4 5 3 1 6 2 4 2 3 8 2 2 1 1 3 2 in top 3 top 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 60 0 0 0 0 25 0 33 0 83 0 75 0 0 2 0 25 0 0 100 0 1 0 0 33 0 0 100 100 100 100 0 0 0 29 4 1 2 80 20 40 33 33 43 1 0 33 0 % in 1 Snow White Sparkler Spring Snow SS 7211 SS 7801 SS 8101 Starshine Sweet Ice Sweet Magic Treasure Vail WH 4487 XPH 3113 Arrow Challenger Champ Chief Ouray Empire Endeavor Flavor King FMX 415 Forever GH 4881 GH 7080 GSS 1526 GSS 3577 Horizon Kandy Korn King Arthur Legend Maxim Merit Merlin Prime Plus Prime Time Punchline sh2 se se sh2 sh2 sh2 se sh2 sh2 sh2 sh2" se" se" ii1 SBW,CS CS,SBW NCLB,SCLB CR,SBW 94-96 97 95,97 96 94,95 96,97 95,96 96,97 96 95,96 97 97-98 98 Yellow 95 94-98 97 97 94,98 97 95 97 94,96-98 98 97 98 98 98 95 95,97 95-98 se" sh2 se se se sh2 se sh20 sh2 sh2 sh2 sh2 sh2 78 68 "" 83" 78 85 84 NCLB,SBW SCLB,CS CR,C57 ANT,CS,NCLB SCLB SBW,CR NCLB,SCLB CRSBW,A Stokes Twilley Stokes Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Asgrow Stokes Novartis Novartis Asgrow se su se se sh2 su se sh2 sh2 sh2 * 81 66 73 81 78 84 **97.98 CR MDMV,SBV NCLB,CS 95,96 MIDMV, SCLB SBW CS,SBW,SCLB 96-98 NCLB,MDMV 95,96 SBBW,CR,CS NCLB 97,98 94-98 95 95 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 7 5 5 5 3 3 7 3 3 74 NCLS,SBW A,SCLB RXY 7703SS ~TT 7/\01\ Seneca hT,,.,,e:, sh2 ,L? 77 continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 29 TABLE 17, CONTINUED. SEED SOURCE, EAR CHARACTERISTICS, AND RELATIVE EARLINESS OF SELECTED SWEET CORN VARIETIES Variety Seneca Horizon SS 7210 SS 7620 SS 7630 SS 8100 Sugar Ace SV 7004 Sweet Belle Seed source Stokes A&C A&C A&C A&C Harris Seeds Seneca Asgrow Type su sh2 sh2 sh2 sh2 se sh2 sh2 Days to harvest 64 78 82 84 79 85 Disease resis./tol. CR,SBW SCLB NCLB,SBW,A NCLB,SBW * Years eval. 96 94,96 96 94,95 97 94-96 98 95-97 Times eval. 1 1 1 3 2 4 1 3 Times % in in top 3 top 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 33 50 50 0 67 CR,CS,SBW NCBL,SCLB SBW 1 0 0 69 * 94,96 Sweet Desire Stokes sh2 3 0 0 64 * 95 Sweet Dawn Harris Seeds se 3 0 0 NCLB,CS 96,98 sh2 80 Victor Ferry-Morse 100 98 1 1 * Asgrow sh2 XPH 3084 Type: su = sugary; se = sugar enhanced; sh2 = shrunken (or supersweet). Disease Resistance/Tolerance: CR = Corn Rust; CS = Corn Smut; MDMV = Maize Dwarf Mosaic Virus; NCLB = Northern Corn Leaf Blight; SBW =Stewart's Bacterial Wilt; SCLB = Southern Corn Leaf Blight; A = Anthracnose. * = not available; from seed catalogues. TABLE Rating ** ** 18. INDEX OF SWEET CORN VARIETIES Variety, type Bicolor, se White, se Yellow, se Bicolor, sh2 Bicolor, se White, se Yellow, se White, sh2 Bicolor, se Yellow, sh2 Bicolor, sh2 White, se Yellow, su Yellow, sh2 Bicolor, sh2 Yellow, su Bicolor, sh2 Bicolor, sh2 Bicolor, se Bicolor, se Bicolor, se Bicolor, se Bicolor, sh2 Bicolor, su Bicolor, sh2 White, sh2 Seed source Stokes Novartis, Stokes Rupp, Jordan Harris Seeds, Jordan Stokes, Jordan Harris Seeds, Stokes Seneca Hybrid Novartis Stokes, Jordan Novartis Seedway Rupp, Mesa Maize Rupp Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Ferry-Morse Seedway Seedway Rupp Novartis Novartis Novartis Gurney's Novartis, Rupp Siegers Seeds Stokes Variety name Aladdin (F1) Alpine (Fl) Amaize (F1) A-Maizingly Sweet (Fl) Ambrosia (F1) Argent (F1) Arrow (F l) Aspen (Fl) Athos (Fl) Attribute (F l) Autumn Star (Fl) Avalanche (F1) Aztec (F1) Bandit (F1) Bank Shot (F 1) Beretta (Fl1) Bicolor Fortune (Fl) Bicolor Saturn (F1) BC 2753 (F1) BC 4885 (F1) BC 7182 (Fl) BC 7192 (F l) Bi-Licious (Fl) Bi-Queen (Fl) Bi-Time (Fl) Blizzard Super Sweet (F1) * ** continued 30 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE 18, CONTINUED. INDEX OF SWEET CORN VARIETIES Variety, type Yellow, se Yellow, su Bicolor, se Yellow, se Bicolor,sh2 Bicolor, se Yellow, sh2 Yellow, se Bicolor, su Bicolor, sh2 Bicolor, se Bicolor, se Bicolor, sh2 Yellow, se Bicolor, sh2 Yellow, se Yellow, sh2 Yellow, se Yellow, se Yellow, se Bicolor, se Bicolor, se Bicolor, sh2 Bicolor, se White, se Bicolor, su Yellow, sh2 Seed source Rupp, Stokes Ferry-Morse Burpee, Seedway Burpee Siegers Seeds Rupp Stokes Gurney's Rupp, Jordan Rupp, Jordan Rat ing Variety name * * ** * Bodacious (F1l) Bonanza (F1l) Breeder's Bicolor (OP) Breeder's Choice (OP) BSS 1605 (Fl) BSS 4498 (F1) Bunker Hill (F1) Butter Gold (F l) Butter & Sugar (F1l) Cabaret (F1) Calico Belle (F1) Calypso (F l) Candy Corner (F1) Candy King (F1) Candy Store (Fl) Casino (F l) Challenger (Fl) Champ (F l) Chief Ouray (F1) Classic (Fl) Clockwork (F1) Cochise (F l) Confection (F1) Coronet (F l) Cotton Candy EH (F1) Crossword ( Fl) Crisp-N-Sweet 711 (F1) Crystal (F l) Crystal Cream (F1) Custer (F1) D'Artagnan (F1) Dazzle (F1) White, sh2 White, sh2 Yellow, se Bicolor, se Bicolor, sh2 Bicolor, se Bicolor, sh2 Bicolor, se Yellow, sh2 White, se Yellow, se Bicolor, se Bicolor, se Bicolor, se Bicolor, se Bicolor, se Bicolor, sh2 Yellow, se Yellow, su Yellow, se Yellow, su Yellow, sh2 Bicolor, se Bicolor, se ** ** Delectable (Fl) Diabolo (Fl) Diamonds & Gold (F1) Discovery (F 1) Divinity (F l) Double Delicious (Fl) Double Delight (F1) Double Dots (Fl) Double Choice (F 1) Double Gem (F1) Double Treat (Fl) Eagle (F1) Earliking (F1) Earlivee (F1) Early Choice (F1) Early Sunglow (F 1) Early Xtra Sweet (F1) Ecstase II (F1) Elation (F l) \11continued Asgrow, Jordan Jordan Harris Seeds Novartis Harris Seeds Jordan Asgrow, Rupp Asgrow, Jordan Jordan Asgrow Johnny's Stokes Harris Seeds Asgrow, Jordan Novartis Harris Seeds Rupp Asgrow Siegers Seeds Stokes Rupp, Jordan Asgrow, Jordan Harris Seeds, Stokes Ferry-Morse,Siegers Seeds Novartis, Rupp Seedway Stokes, Jordan Gurney's Rupp Jordan Harris Seeds Harris Seeds, Jordan Stokes Harris Seeds, Jordan Jordan Stokes, Jordan Burpee Novartis, Rupp Rupp Seedway Mesa Maize continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 31 3 TABLE Rating ** 18, CONTINUED. INDEX OF SWEET CORN Variety, type Yellow, se Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 White, sh2 Bicolor, sh2 Yellow, su Bicolor, se Yellow, se Yellow, sh2 White, se Bicolor, sh2 Bicolor, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Bicolor, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Yellow, se Yellow, se Yellow, su White, sh2 White, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Bicolor, sh2 White, sh2 White, se Bicolor, se Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Yellow, se Yellow, se Yellow, su Yellow, su Yellow, su Yellow, su Yellow, se Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 White, se Bicolor, su Bicolor, sh2 Yellow, sg Bicolor, sn Bicolor, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Yellow, se White, sh2 Bicolor, sh2 I VARIETIES Seed source I Variety name Empire (Fl) ** *** ** O *** eFMX ** *** * * Encore (Fl) Endeavor (Fl) Envy (Fl) Even Sweeter (Fl) Everprime (Fl) Excalibur (Fl) Explorer (Fl) Express (Fl) Extra Early Super Sweet (Fl) Fantasia (Fl) Fantasy (Fl) Festival (Fl) Fist Choice (Fl) First Star (Fl) Flagship (Fl) Flavor King (Fl) Flavor Queen (Fl) Flavorvee 413 (Fl) FMX 414 (Fl) FMX 415 (Fl) Forever (Fl) Fortune (F!) Fresh Start (Fl) Frontier (Fl) Frosty (Fl) (Fl) Geronimo (Fl) ** GH 4881 (Fl) GH 3577 (Fl) Goldilocks (F1) Gold Nuggets (Fl1) Golden Beauty (Fl1) Golden Cross Bantam (Fl1) Golden Jubilee (Fl1) Golden Queen (FlI) Grant (Fl1) GSS 1526 (Fl) GSS 3577 (FlI) * GSS 3587 (Fl1) GSS 3710 (Fl1) Guinevcre (Fl1) Harmony (Fl1) Headliner (Fl1) Honeycomb (FlI) Honey & Cream (Fl) Honey & Pearl (Fl) Honey Oueen (F1) Horizon (OP) How Sweet It Is (Fl1) Hudson (Fl1) L~V - V11\1~ Novartis, Rupp Mesa Maize Asgrow Seedway Asgrow Rupp Ferry-Morse Rupp Jordan Stokes Asgrow, Rupp Johnny's Asgrow, Rupp Liberty Seed Seedway Seedway Stokes Stokes Stokes Ferry-Morse Ferry-Morse Ferry-Morse Asgrow Abbott & Cobb Siegers Seeds Asgrow Liberty Seed, Siegers Seeds Stokes Novartis Novartis Harris Seeds Rupp Rupp, Gurney's Ferry-Morse, Rupp Stokes Novartis, Rupp Stokes Novartis Novartis Siegers Seeds, Novartis Rupp, Novartis Stukcs Harris Seeds Rupp Jordan Rupp, Jordan Rupp, Jordan Novartis Stokes Rupp, Jordan Novartis continued 32 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE Rating 18, CONTINUED. INDEX OF SWEET CORN VARIETIES Variety, type Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 White, se Yellow, sh2 Yellow, se Yellow, su Bicolor, se Bicolor, sh2 Bicolor, se Bicolor, se Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Bicolor, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Yellow, se Yellow, sh2 Yellow, su Bicolor, sh2 Bicolor, sh2 White, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Yellow, se Yellow,se Yellow, se Yellow, se Bicolor, se Yellow, sh2 Bicolor, se Yellow, se Yellow, se Bicolor, sh2 Bicolor, sh2 Yellow, se Yellow,sh2 Yellow, se Yellow, se Yellow, su Bicolor, su Bicolor, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Yellow, se Bicolor, sh2 White, se White, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Bicolor, se Bicolor, se Yellow, su Bicolor, sh2 Seed source Jordan Rupp,Jordan Mesa Maize, Stokes Siegers Seeds Jordan, Rupp Jordan, Rupp Stokes Rupp Jordan, Novartis Stokes Jordan Jordan, Novartis Mesa Maize, Rupp Mesa Maize Sigers Seeds Seedway Novartis, Rupp Ferry-Morse Twilley Rupp Rupp Rupp Rupp Novartis, Rupp Jordan Novartis Stokes Jordan Jordan, Novartis Harris Seeds, Stokes Harris Seeds Jordan, Stokes Asgrow Siegers Seeds Jordan, Rupp Harris Seeds Asgrow Jordan, Stokes Asgrow, Rupp Stokes Stokes Gurney's Jordan, Rupp Novartis, Stokes Mesa Maize, Siegers Seeds Seedway Harris Seeds, Jordan Siegers seeds Harris Seeds, Stokes Jordan, Rupp Rupp Variety name Illini Gold (Fl) Illini Xtra Sweet (F1) Imaculata (F l) Impulse (F l) Incredible (Fl) Iochief (F1) Ivanhoe (F l) Ivory & Gold (F1) Jackpot (F1) Jester II (F1) Jubilee (Fl) Jubilee Supersweet (Fl) July Gem ( Fl) July Gold (Fl) Jumpstart (F l) Jupiter (F l) Kandy King (Fl) Kandy Kiss (F l) Kandy Korn (F l) Kandy Krisp 70 (F l) Kandy Krisp 75 (Fl) Kandy Krisp 84 (Fl) Kandy Krisp 85 (Fl) Kandy Kwik (Fl) Kandy Plus (F1) Kandy Treat (F l) King Arthur (F l) Kiss N Tell (F1) Krispy King (F1) 0 * ** ** * *** *** *** Lancelot (F l) Legend (F1) Lyric (Fl) Madonna (F l) Majesty (Fl) Maple Sweet (F1) Maxim (F1) Melody (F l) Merlin (F l) Merit (F1) Metis Horizon (F1) Milk n' Honey II (F1) Mini Sweet (F1) Miracle (F l) Montecarlo (F1) Moonlight (F1) Moonshot (F l) Morning Star (F1l) Mystique (OP) Native Gem (F1) NKl99 (F1) Nordic (F l) continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 33 TABLE Rating 18, CONTINUED. INDEX OF SWEET CORN VARIETIES Variety, type Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 White, sh2 Bicolor, sh2 Bicolor, se Yellow, se Bicolor, su Bicolor, se White, sh2 Bicolor, sh2 White, se Yellow, sh2 Yellow, su Bicolor, se Bicolor, se Yellow, se Yellow, se Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Bicolor, sh2 White, se Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Bicolor, sh2 White, su Bicolor, se Bicolor, sh2 White, se Bicolor, se White, se Yellow, su White, sh2 Bicolor, se Bicolor, se White, sh2 Yellow, se Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Bicolor, se Bicolor, sh2 Bicolor, se Bicolor, se Bicolor, se Bicolor, se Yellow, se Yellow, su Yellow, su Bicolor, se Yellow, sh2 White, se White, se Seed source Stokes Jordan, Rupp Siegers Seeds Siegers Seeds Seedway Stokes Jordan, Novartis Novartis, Rupp Seedway Jordan, Stokes Jordan Stokes Gurney's Asgrow Harris Seeds, Stokes Jordan, Rupp Rupp Novartis Novartis Asgrow Johnny's Liberty Seed Rupp Novartis Harris Seeds Jordan, Rupp Jordan Seedway Harris Seeds, Seedway SeedWay Asgrow Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Petoseed, Rupp Rupp Seneca Hybrid Seneca Hybrid Seedway Rupp Jordan, Stokes Siegers Seeds Harris Seeds, Jordan Harris Seeds, Jordan Rupp Harris Seeds, Jordan Jordan Harris Seeds, Stokes Rupp Rupp Siegers Seeds Rupp Variety name Northern Super Sweet (F1) Northern X-tra Sweet (F l) Nova (F1) Odyssey (F l) Parfait (F l) Patton (F l) Peaches & Cream Early (Fl) Peaches & Cream Mid (Fl) * Pegasus (F1) ** ** Phenomenal (F1) Platinum Lady (F1) Polar Super Sweet (F1) Polar Vee (F l) Polo (F1) Precosious Gem (F1) Precosious (F l) Primero (F1) Prime Time (F l) Prime Plus (F1l) *** * * Princeton (Fl) Pristine (F1) Pronto (F1l) Punchline (F1) Quest (Fl) Quick Silver (Fl) Quickie (F l) Radiance (F1) Rapture (F1) Rise N' Shine (F1) Rising Star (F l) Rival (F 1) Royal Gourmet (F1) RXB 66201 (Fl) RXB 6401 (Fl) RXW 7501(Fl) RXY 6603 (F1) * * RXY 7703SS (F l) Saturn (F1) Seneca 8401 (F1) Seneca Appaloosa (F1) Seneca Arrowhead (Fl) Seneca Brave (F1) Seneca Dancer (F1) Seneca Dawn (F Seneca Daybreak (F1) Seneca Explorer (F1) I) ** Seneca Horizon (F1) Seneca Seneca Seneca Seneca RXB 7301(F l) Scrumptious (Fl) Sensation (F1) Snow Prince (F1) continued 34 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 34 ALABAMA AGRICUTURLEPRIETS Rating Variety name Seneca Star (Fl) Seneca Starshine (Fl) Seneca Sugarburst (Fl) Seneca Suray (Fl) Seneca Tomahawk (Fl) Seneca Wardance (Fl) Seneca White Knight (Fl) Sensor (Fl) Shaker (Fl) Sheba (F 1) Shimmer (Fl) Showcase (F 1) Silverado Silver Choice (Fl) Silver Dollar (Fl) Silver King (Fl) Silver-N-Gold-Nuggets (Fl) Silver Princess (Fl) Silver Queen (Fl) Variety, type Yellow, so White, se White, sh2 Yellow, se Bicolor, se Bicolor, se White, se Bicolor, se Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 White, se White, se White, sh2 White, sc Bicolor, se White, se White, su Bicolor, se Bicolor, se Bicolor, sh2 White, se White, sh2 White, sh2 White, sh2 White, sh2 Bicolor, sh2 White, sh2 Bicolor, se Yellow, su White, se Yellow, se Yellow, se Bicolor, su Yellow, sh2 White, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 White, sh2 Yellow, sh2 White, sh2 Bicolor, sh2 Bicolor, sh2 White, se Bicolor, sh2 Ricolor, sh2 White, se Yellow, se Yellow, se Seed source Rupp Rupp Johnny's Rupp Siegers Seeds, Rupp Harris Seeds, Jordan Jordan, Rupp Jordan, Stokes Asgrow Asgrow Asgrow Novartis Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Jordan, Rupp Rupp Siegers Seeds Harris Seeds, Jordan, Novartis *** (Fl) ** *** *** *** ** o * ** * * ** * * * *** *** Sir Galahad (F 1) Sir Prize (Fl) Skyline (Fl) Snow Belle (Fl) Snowbird (Fl) Snowmass (Fl) Snowstorm (F 1) Snow White (Fl) Snowy Sun (F1) Sparkler (Fl) Speedy Sweet (Fl) Spirit (Fl1) Spring Snow (Fl1) Spring Sweet (Fl1) Spring Treat (F 1) Sprite (Fl1) SS57210 (F1) SS 7211 (Fl) 557620 557630 (Fl1) SS 7801 (Fl) SS 8100 (Fl) SS 8101 (Fl) SS 8102 (Fl) Starpak (Fl1) Starshine (F 1) Starship (Fl1) Starship II (Fl1) Stowell's Evergreen (OP) Sugar Ace (Fl1) Sugar Buns (Fl1) (F) Stokes Harris Seeds Johnny's Asgrow Novartis , Stokes Rupp, Siegers Seeds Seedway Harris Seeds Novartis Solar Seed Stokes Novartis Harris Seeds, Rupp Rupp Jordan, Rupp Harris Seeds Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Rupp Seneca Hybrid Seedway Seedway Rupp Harris Seeds Jordan, Rupp continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 35 TABLE Rating 18, CONTINUED. INDEX OF SWEET CORN VARIETIES , -- Variety name Sugarburst (F1) Sugar Dots (F1) Sugar & Gold (F1) Sugar Loaf (F l) Sugar Snow (Fl) Sugar Snow II (F1) Sundance (F1) Sunray (F1) Sunset (Fl) Supersweet Jubilee (F1) SV - 7004 (F1l) Variety, type White, sh2 Bicolor, su Bicolor, su Yellow, sg White, se White, se Yellow, su Yellow, sh2 Bicolor, se Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Bicolor, SB Yellow, se Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 White, se Bicolor, sh2 White, sh2 White, sh2 Yellow, SB Bicolor, SB Bicolor, SB Bicolor, su Yellow, se Bicolor, su Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Bicolor, se Bicolor, sh2 Bicolor, se Bicolor, se Yellow, se Yellow, se Yellow, se Bicolor, sh2 White, sh2 Bicolor,se Bicolor, se Yellow, se Bicolor, sh2 Bicolor, se Bicolor, sh2 White, sh2 Yellow, se Yellow, se Yellow, se White, se )L~I - Seed source Seedway Rupp Gurney's Jordan Jordan, Stokes Harris Seeds, Mesa Maize Harris Seeds Mesa Maize Asgrow Novartis Seneca Hybrid Ferry-Morse Jordan Asgrow Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Stokes Jordan Rupp Stokes Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Burpee Harris Seeds Ferry-Morse Harris Seeds Mesa Maize Seedway Johnny's Stokes Jordan, Stokes Novartis Novartis, Rupp Jordan, Rupp Harris Seeds Harris Seeds, Jordan Jordan, Liberty Seed Stokes Jordan, Stokes Seedway Seedway Shamrock Novartis, Siegers Seed Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb 0 ** ** Sweetear (F l) Sweetie 82 (Fl) Sweet Belle (F l) Sweet Chorus (F1) Sweet Dawn (F1) Sweet Desire (Fl) Sweet Ear (F1) * * ** Sweet Sweet Sweet Sweet Sweet Elite (F l) Heart (Fl) Ice (F1) Magic (F1) Riser (F1) Sweet Rhythm (F1) *** Sweet Symphony (F 1) Sweet Sal (F l) Sweet'N Slim (F1) Sweet Sue (F l) Sweet Treat (F 1) Swifty (F l) Tablemaster (F 1) Table Treat (F1) Tartan (F1) Tecumseh II (F l) Temptation (F 1) Tender Delight (F1) Tender Treat (F 1) Terminator (F 1) Top Notch (F l) Treasure (F l) Trinity (F 1) Tri-Sweet (F l) Tuxedo (F 1) Twice-As-Nice (F I) Twilight (F1) Twosome (F l) Vail (F1) Variety # 62 (Fl) Variety # 64 (Fl) Variety # 72 (Fl) Variety # 72 (Fl) L~ \I ILLVIVIII~CL continued 36 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE Rating 18, CONTINUED. INDEX OF SWEET CORN VARIETIES Variety, type Seed source Variety name Variety # 73 (Fl) Variety # 73 (Fl) Variety# 76 (Fl) Variety # 77 (F1) Variety # 78 (Fl) Variety # 79 (F1) Variety # 79 (F1) Variety #81 (Fl) Variety # 213 (Fl) Variety # 781 (Fl) Variety# 6710 (F1l) Variety # 6800 (Fl) Variety# 7100 (Fl) Variety #7101 (Fl) 111 ** ** ** ** *** *** ** ~xx Variety, breed. Yellow, se Abbott & Cobb White, se Abbott & Cobb Bicolor, se Abbott & Cobb Bicolor,se Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb White, se Yellow, se Abbott & Cobb Bicolor, se Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb White, se Yellow, sh2 Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb White, se Abbott & Cobb Yellow, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Abbott & Cobb Yellow, sh2 Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb White, sh2 Yellow, sh2 Abbott & Cobb Variety #7210 (Fl) Abbott & Cobb White, sh2 Variety # 7211 (F1) Abbott & Cobb Yellow, sh2 Variety # 7420 (Fl) Bicolor,sh2 Abbott & Cobb Variety # 7422 (F1) Bicolor, sh2 Abbott & Cobb Variety # 7612 (F1) Yellow, sh2 Abbott & Cobb Variety # 7620 (Fl) Yellow,sh2 Abbott & Cobb Variety #7630 (Fl) Abbott & Cobb White, sh2 Variety # 7631 (F1) Abbott & Cobb Yellow, sh2 Variety# 7710 (Fl) Abbott & Cobb White, sh2 Variety# 7711 (Fl) Abbott & Cobb Variety # 7801 (Fl) White, sh2 White, sh2 Abbott & Cobb Variety # 7901 (F l) Abbott & Cobb Bicolor, sh2 Variety # 7902 (Fl) Yellow, sh2 Abbott & Cobb Variety # 8100 (Fl) Abbott & Cobb White, sh2 Variety # 8101 (F1) Abbot & Cobb Bicolor, sh2 Variety # 8102 (F1) Ferry-Morse, Jordan Victor (Fl) Yellow, sh2 Viva (F1) White, se Rupp Voyager (F1l) Yellow, sh2 Seedway Novartis WH 4487 (Fl) White, se Novartis, Rupp White, se White D'lite (F1) Asgrow Wizard (F1) Bicolor, se Jordan, Novartis WSS 3680 (Fl) White, sh2 Novartis WSS 5463 (F l) White, sh2 Siegers Seeds White, sh2 WSS 9720 (Fl) Harris Seeds XP186 (Fl) Bicolor, se Rupp Yellow, se XPH 2680 (Fl) Rupp XPH 3044 (Fl) White, se Asgrow Yellow, sh2 XPH 3084 (Fl) Asgrow XPH 3113 (Fl) White, se Yellow,sh2 Jordan Xtra Sweet 82 (F1) Asgrow Yellow, sh2 Yankee Belle (F l) Mesa Maize Yellow, sh2 Yankee Gem (F1) Yukon (Fl) Yellow, se Jordan Harris Seeds Yellow, sh2 Zenith (F1)~III\ ~I.~I ~l-------L-- 1 -Y \ type: su = sugary;se = sugar enhanced;sh2 = shrunken (or supersweet);sb = sweet FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST ORNAMENTAL CORN Zea mays L. 37 Family: Gramineae Harvestable plant part: mature seed or whole plant Observed days to maturity: 88 to 104 days (from seed) Main production challenges in Alabama: corn earworm, fall armyworm Ready for harvest: dry kernel Typical harvest schedule: once over harvest TABLE 19. SEED SOURCE, FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS, AND RELATIVE EARLINESS OF SELECTED ORNAMENTAL CORN VARIETIES Variety Type Seed source Days to harvest % in Ear length Years Times Times (in) eval. eval. in top 5 top 5 2 2 100 110 8-10 96 (Fl) Rupp Seeds Alabama Coschatta 1 0 0 120 98 Broom Corn-Mixed Color (OP) Rupp Seeds 100 1 1 9 98 100 (OP) Stokes Calico Indian 3 2 66 5-7 96,98 90 (OP) Rupp Seeds Chinook 0 0 8 98 1 100 (Fl) Rupp Seeds Fiesta 0 0 8-10 98 1 110 .(Fl) Rupp Seeds Hopi Blue 98 1 1 100 (F1) Rupp Seeds 107 none Indian Art 101 1 100 * 98 1 (Fl) Rupp Seeds Indian Art 102 0 98 1 0 100 Indian Art 103 (Fl) Rupp Seeds 98 1 0 0 107 (Fl) Rupp Seeds Indian Art 104 98 1 0 0 * Indian Art 105 (Fl) Rupp Seeds 98 1 0 0 100 2.5-4.5 (OP) Rupp Seeds Indian Fingers 1 0 0 110 8-10 98 (OP) Rupp Seeds Indian Flint 0 7-8 98 1 0 (Fl) Rupp Seeds 103 Little Bell 1 0 0 100 2-4 98 (OP) Rupp Seeds Little Bow Peep 2 100 5-8 96 2 (OP) Rupp Seeds 95 Mr.T 100 8-10 96 2 2 (OP) Rupp Seeds 110 Rainbow Purple Husk 0 1 0 110 98 (OP) Rupp Seeds Seneca Red Stalker 0 98 1 0 100 2 (OP) Rupp Seeds Strawberry 2 66 96,98 3 95 4-6 (Fl) Rupp seeds Wampum Type: F1 = hybrid; OP = open-pollinated. Days to harvest and ear length are from seed catalogues. * = not found; -= not applicable; from seed catalogues. 38 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE 20. Rating ** INDEX OF ORNAMENTAL CORN VARIETIES ** Variety type Variety name Ornamental Alabama Coschatta (F1) Ornamental Alamo - Navajo Blue (OP) Ornamental Big Chief (OP) Ornamental Bloody Butcher-Dent (OP) Ornamental Blue-Mini Popcorn (OP) Ornamental Blue Hopi (OP) Ornamental Broom Corn-Black Amber (OP) Broom Corn - Black Kafir (OP) Ornamental Ornamental Broom Corn-Regular (OP) Ornamental Broom Corn -Red (OP) Broom Corn -White Popping (OP) Ornamental Broom Corn-Mixed Colors (OP) Ornamental Calico Indian (OP) Carousel (OP) Ornamental Omrnamental (mini popcornm) Ornamental Ornamental (mini popcornm) Ornamental (mini popcorn) Omrnamental (mini popcornm) Omamental (mini popcornm) Ornamental Ornamental popcorn Ornamental Ornamental Ornamental Ornamental Ornamental Ornamental Ornamental Ornamental Ornamental Ornamental popcorn Ornamental Ornamental (mini popcorn) Ornamental Ornamental Ornamental popcorn Ornamental popcorn Ornamental (mini) Ornamental Ornamental Ornamental Ornamental Ornamental Ornamental Ornamental Ornamental Ornamental popcorn Ornamental Ornamental Ornamental Seed source Rupp Johnny's Seedway Jordan, Siegers Seeds Jordan Jordan, Rupp Jordan, Siegers Seeds Jordan, Siegers Seeds Jordan Jordan Jordan Jordan, Siegers Seeds, Rupp Jordan, Stokes Jordan, Sigers Seeds Rupp Stokes Stokes Stokes Stokes Jordan, Seedway Harris Seeds Stokes Stokes Jordan, Siegers Seeds Rupp Rupp Rupp Rupp Rupp Rupp Rupp Jordan, Rupp Jordan Rupp Siegers Seeds Rupp Rupp Johnny's Siegers Seeds Johnny's Rupp Jordan Johnny's Jordan Jordan, Siegers Seeds Seedway Siegers Seeds Jordan, Rupp Abbott & Cobb Rupp ** Chinook (OP) * Cutie Blues (OP) Cutie Brown (OP) Cutie Pink (OP) Cutie Pops (OP) Elite (OP) Early Pink (OP) Earth Shades Mixed (OP) Feather Mixed (OP) Fiesta (F1) Hopi Blue (F1) Indian Art 101 (F l) Indian Art 102 (F l) Indian Art 103 (F l) Indian Art 104 (F l) Indian Art 105 (Fl) *** Indian Fingers (OP) Indian Flint (OP) Laser Little Bell (F1) Little Boy Blue (OP) Little Bow Peep (OP) Little Indian (OP) Little Jewels (OP) Little Miss Muffet (OP) Mandan Bride (OP) * Mr. T (OP) * New York Red Robin (OP) Nothstine Dent (OP) Pink-Mini Popcorn (OP) Pod Corn (OP) Pretty Pop Laser (OP) Purdue 410 (OP) Purple Husk Rain (Fl) Rainbow Indian (OP) Rainbow Purple Husk (OP) continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 39 TABLE Rating 20, CONTINUED. INDEX OF ORNAMENTAL CORN VARIETIES Variety type Ornamental popcorn Ornamental Ornamental popcorn Ornamental popcorn Ornamental popcorn Ornamental Ornamental popcorn Ornamental Ornamental popcorn Ornamental popcorn Ornamental (mini popcornm) Ornamental Ornamental popcorn Ornamental popcorn Ornamental popcorn Ornamental popcorn Ornamental Ornamental Ornamental popcorn Ornamental Ornamental III \11 1111 I~1II~JI Seed source Jordan, Siegers Seeds HarrisSeeds,Siegers Seeds Harris Seeds Johnny's,Siegers Seeds Johnny's Siegers Seeds Jordan, Siegers Seeds Jordan Jordan Johnny's Jordan Siegers Seeds Rupp, Stokes Rupp Harris Seeds Seedway Rupp Seedway Seedway, Siegers Seeds Harris Seeds Rupp Variety name Red Strawberry (OP) Red Stalker (OP) Robust 21-82W (F1) Robust 90135 (F1) Ruby Red (F1) Seneca Indian Corn (OP) Seneca Mini Indian (OP) Seneca Red Stalker (OP) Shades of Brown (OP) Shaman's Blue (F1) Spectrum (OP) Spectrum Pretty Pop (OP) Strawberry (OP) Tom Thumb (OP) Top-Pop (F 1) Trinkets (OP) Wampum (F1) * *** Warpaint (OP) White Cloud (OP) Wilda's Pride (F1) XR 1644 (Fl) ~ir~~i 11I \1 40 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION SLICER CUCUMBER Cucumis sativus L. Family: Cucurbitaceae Harvestable plant part: immature fruit Observed days to maturity: 43 to 49 days (spring production, from seeds) Main production challenges in Alabama: powdery and downy mildew, yellow belly, blossom-end rot, angular leaf spot Ready for harvest: by size Typical harvest schedule: three times per week TABLE 21. Type F1 F1 Fl Fl F1 F1 F1 F1 F1 F1 Fl F1 F1 F1 F1 OP OP F1 SEED SOURCE, FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS, AND RELATIVE EARLINESS OF SELECTED CUCUMBER VARIETIES Variety ACX 5001 ACX 5002 Alamir Dasher II Early Star Encore FMX 5056 General Lee Harvest More HMX 0431 HMX 1433 Indy Jazzer Lightning Longbow Marketmore Medalist Meteor Seed source A& C A &C Nunhems Petoseed Flower habit GY GY GY GY Days to harvest * * 51 58 * 55 * 65 * 66 66 59 48 57 62 68 55 50 59 55 * * Disease resis./tol. Years Times Times eval. eval. in top 5 97 97 95 94-98 97 94,95 1 1 1 5 1 2 1 7 1 2 2 4 3 5 1 1 1 7 2 1 1 1 % in top 5 0 0 0 80 100 50 100 71 0 100 0 50 33 0 0 0 0 43 100 0 0 0 PM A,ALS,CMV DM,PM,Sc ALS,CMV,DM PM,Sc 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 5 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 Ferry-Morse * Harris Seeds GY Ferry-Morse GY Stokes GY Novartis GY Harris Seeds * Harris Seeds GY Petoseed Stokes Asgrow Seneca Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Asgrow * MO GY GY MO MO GY Olympian F1 Orient Express F I Panther Paska F1 F1 Hollar * Harris Seeds GY Stokes Nunhems * * 97 CMV,DM,PM,Sc 94-98 94 96 ALS,CMV,DM PM,Sc ALS,CMV,DM 96,97 PM,Sc ALS,ANT,CMV 96-98 PM,STM CMV,DM,PM,Sc 96-98 95-98 ALS,CMV,DM PM,Sc CMV,DM,PM,Sc 95 CMV,DM,PM,Sc 94 CMV,DM,PM,Sc 95 A,ALS,CMV,DM 94-98 PM,Sc ALS,DM,PM,Sc 97 CMV,DM,PM 94 Sc,WMV -97 -94 Petra Pointsett 76 Prolific F1 OP F1 Nunhems Stokes Sakata GY * 54 65 50 MO DM,PM 95 ALS,ANT,DM 97 PM,Sc ALS,DM,PM,Sc 94,96 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 41 TABLE 21, Type CONTINUED. SEED SOURCE, FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS, AND RELATIVE EARLINESS OF SELECTED CUCUMBER VARIETIES Variety Seed source Flower habit Days to harvest Disease resis./tol. Years Times Times eval. eval. in top 5 % in top 5 Seneca Longbow Seray Slice King Slice Max Slice Nice Soarer Speedway Thunder Trailblazer Turbo Ultraslice Early Var. #100 Fl F1 Fl Fl Fl OP Fl Fl F1 F1 Solar Seed Nunhems Sakata Sakata TWilley Takii Petoseed Asgrow Seneca Petoseed * GY GY GY 62 50 50 50 CMV,DM,PM,Sc DM,PM ALS,DM,PM,Sc PM GY GY MO * 56 56 62 65 A,ALS,CMV,DM Sc,WMV ALS,CMV,DM PM,Sc CMV,DM,PM,Sc A,ALS,CMV DM,PM,Sc -95-97 -94 97 95 96 96,97 94 94 94-98 94-98 1 1 1 2 1 1 5 7 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 l 0 2 0 100 0 50 100 0 40 14 0 50 95 1 94, 4 96-98 4 1 F1 Fl Stokes A&C * * 56 * 3 1 75 100 0 0 ALS,CMV,DM 94 1 PM,Sc Zenith FI Feny-Morse * 50 CMV,DM,PM,Sc 95,96 2 0 0 Type: F1 = hybrid; OP = open-pollinated. Flower Habit: GY = Gynoecious; MO = Monoecious. Disease Resistance/Tolerance: A = Anthracnose; ALS = Angular Leaf Spot;CMV = Cucumber Mosaic Virus; DM = Downy Mildew; PM = Powdery Mildew; Sc = Scab; WMV = Watermelon Mosaic Virus. * = not available; -= none; from seed catalogues. Var. #1810 Fl A&C MO 60 42 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE Rating 22. INDEX OF CUCUMBER VARIETIES Variety type Slicer Slicing Slicing Slicing Slicer Pickling Slicer Slicer Pickling Pickling Slicer Slicer Pickling Slicer Beit Alpha Beit Alpha Beit Alpha Pickling Slicer Slicer Slicer Slicing Pickling Slicer Pickling Pickling Pickling Slicing Slicer Slicer Slicer Slicing Pickling Slicer Pikling Pickling Slicer Slicer Pickling Slicing Slicing Slicer Slicer Pickling Pickling Slicer Slicer Pickling Slicing Pickling Slicer Slicer Slicer Slicer Seed source Hollar Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Nunhems Sunseeds Petoseed Zerairm Gedera Nunhems Johnny's Hollar Hollar Petoseed Seedway Hollar Hollar Burpee Petoseed Harris Seeds, Rupp Novartis Petoseed Burpee Stokes Novartis Burpee,Harris Seeds, Stokes Petoseed, Stokes Jordan, Petoseed Ferry-Morse Novartis Asgrow Stokes Ferry-Morse Petoseed Petoseed, Jordan Rupp Harris Seeds Carolina Seed, Rupp Petoseed Stokes Jordan Siegers Seeds Petoseed, Stokes Jordan, Petosee Asgrow Stokes Hollar Ferry-Morse Jordan Burpee Hollar Gurney's Ferry-Morse Petoseed Harris Seeds ** * * Variety name A & C (OP) ACX 4001 (F1) ACX 5001 (F l) ACX 5002 (F1) Alamir (F1) ++ ++ Alexander (F 1) Amira (F1l) Amir (F1) Anka (F 1) Aria (F1l) Ashley (OP) Apple Shape True Lemon (OP) Armada (F1) Autograph (F 1) Beit Alpha (OP) Beit Alpha M.R. (OP) Big Burpless (Fl) Blitz (F1) Burpless 26 (F1) Burpless Bush (F1) Burpee Bush Champion (OP) Burpee Hybrid II (OP) Bush Baby (F1) Bush Crop (OP) Bush Pickler (F 1) Calypso (F I) Carolina (F1) Celebrity (F1) Centurion (F1) Comet A (F1) Comet II (Fl) Conqueror (Fl) Conquest (F1) Conquistador (F l) Continental (F 1) Cool Breeze (F 1) Corona (F l) Cortez (F l) Cross Country (F l) Cyclone (F1) Dancer (F1) Dasher II (F l) **** Daytona (F l) Discover (F1) Double Yield (OP) Early Fortune (Fl) Early Star (F l) Earlypick (F 1) Early Pride (F1) Early Russian (F1) Early Spring Burpless (F1) ** ** Early Star (F1) Early Triumph (F1) Encore (F l) continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 43 TABLE Rating 22, CONTINUED. INDEX OF CUCUMBER VARIETIES Variety type Seed source Petoseed Petoseed, Stokes Gurney's Novartis Asgrow Novartis Rupp, Asgrow Petoseed, Stokes Shamrock Ferry-Morse Carolina Seed Jordan, Stokes Burpee Harris Seeds Jordan, Stokes Gurhey's Vilmorin Johnny's, Stokes Novartis Petoseed Carolina Seed Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Nunhems Jordan, Petoseed Harris Seed Sunseeds Stokes Stokes Hollar Stokes, Sunseeds Stokes Jordan, Stokes Asgrow, Rupp Seneca Hollar Hollar Zeraim Gedera Jordan, Petoseed Petoseed Carolina Seed Hollar Hollar Harris Seeds Hollar Hollar, Stokes, Asgrow Jordan, Stokes Hollar Harris Seeds Nunhems Nunhems Asgrow Hollar Gurney's Variety name ** **** * ** ** *** ** ** ** * * ** Pickling Endeavor (Fl) Pickling Eureka (F 1) Pickling Everbearing (F 1) Slicer Everslice (F 1) Pickling Excel (F1) Pickling Express (F1) Pickling Fancipak (F1) Slicer Fanfare (F1) Slicer Flamingo (F1) Slicer FMX 5056 (F1) Slicer Garden Sweet (F1l) Slicer General Lee (F1) Slicer Green Knight (OP) Slicer Green Sleeves (F1) Pickling Green Spear 14 (F l) Pickling Gurney's Burpless (F l) Slicer Gynial (F 1) Pickling H-19 Arkansas Little Leaf (OP) Slicer Harvest More (F1) Pickling High Tide (Fl) Pickling Homemade Pickles (F1) Slicer HMX 0431 (F1) Slicer HMX 1433 (F1) Pickling Ilonca (F1) Slicer Indy (F1) Slicer Jade (Fl) Pickling Jackson (F l) Pickling Japanese Long (OP) Slicer Jazzer (F1) Beit Alpha Jordan (F1) Pickling Lafayette (F l) Pickling Lemon Pickle (OP) Slicer Lemon (F l) Pickling Lightning (F1) Slicer Longbow (F l) Slicer Longfellow (OP) Long Green Imp. Black Spine (OP) Pickling Pickling Long John (Fl) Pickling Lucky Strike (F l) Slicer Marathon (F l) Slicer Marillo (F l) Slicer Marketer (OP) Slicer Marketer Long (OP) Slicer Marketmore (OP) Slicer Marketmore 70 (OP) Slicer Marketmore 76 (OP) Slicer Marketmore 86 (OP) Slicer Marketsett (OP) Slicer Medalist (OP) Slicer Melita (F1) Pickling Moresto (F 1) Slicer Meteor (F1) Pickling Mincu (OP) Pickling Miss Pickler (OP) continued 44 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE Rating 22, CONTINUED. INDEX OF CUCUMBER VARIETIES Variety type Slicer Specialty Beit Alpha Pickling Pickling Pickling Pickling Slicing Slicer Slicer Specialty Slicer Slicer Slicer Pickling Pickling Slicer Pickling Pickling Pickling Slicer Pickling Pickling Pickling Pickling Pickling Pickling Pickling Pickling Slicer Slicer Slicer Slicer Slicing Pickling Pickling Slicer Picling Pickling Pickling Slicer Pickling Slicer Pickling Slicer Pickling Pickling Slicer Slicer Slicer Pickling Slicer Slicer Slicer Seed source Asgrow Ferry-Morse Hollar Stokes Jordan, Hollar Nunhems Hollar Jordan, Hollar Shamrock Harris Seeds, Stokes Burpee Hollar Hollar Jordan, Stokes Nunhems Harris Seeds Nunhems Nunhems Novartis Petoseed Nunhems Burpee Burpee Novartis Jordan, Novartis Stokes Novartis Hollar, Stokes Hollar Hollar Asgrow, Hollar Hollar Petoseed Siegers Seeds Asgrow Harris Seeds Sakata Seedway Petoseed Petoseed Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Stokes Harris Seeds Petoseed Stokes Asgrow Jordan, Rupp Nunhems Hollar Ferry-Morse, Rupp Nunhems Sakata, Stokes Jordan, Petoseed Variety name Monarch (F 1) Monica (OP) Muncher (OP) Napoleon (F1) National Pickle (F l) Nun 0150 (F1) Ohio MR 17 (OP) ** Olympian (Fl) * Ophelia (F1) Orient Express (F1) Palace King (F1) Palmetto (OP) Palomar (OP) Panther (F1l) ** Parmel (F 1) Patio Pickle (F1) * Paska (F 1) Pela (F1l) Perfecto Verde (F1) Peto Triplemech (F1) * Petra (F 1) Pickalot (F 1) Picklebush (F1) Picklemech (F1) Pik Master (F1l) Pik-Rite (F1) Pinnacle (F l) Pioneer (F l) Pixie (OP) Poinmarket (OP) ** Poinsett 76 (OP) Polaris (OP) Pot Luck (F1) Prancer (F1) Primepak (F1) Prince (F1) Prolific (F1) PS 13292 (F1) PS 64487 (F1) Quest (F1) Raider (F1) ++ ++ Regal (F1l) Revenue (F1) Royal (F1) Salad Bush (F1) Salty (F1l) Score (F1l) Seneca Comet (F1) ** Seray (F1l) * Serpent (OP) Shenandoah (Fl) Silor (F l) Slice King (Fl) Slice Master Select (F1) continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 45 TABLE Rating * ** 22, CONTINUED. INDEX OF CUCUMBER VARIETIES Variety type Slicer Slicer Pickling Pickling Slicer Slicer Pickling Slicer Slicer Pickling Slicer Slicer Slicing Slicer Slicing Pickling Slicer Slicer Slicer Slicer Slicer Slicing Slicing Slicing Slicer Slicer Slicer Pickling Slicing Slicer Slicer Pickling Slicer Pickling Pickling Slicer Slicer Pickling Slicer Slicer Slicing Slicer Slicer Pickling Pickling Slicer Pickling Slicer \ Irrrrr Seed source Sakata Sunseeds, Twilley Jordan Jordan, Rupp Takii Jordan, Rupp Stokes Petoseed, Stokes Asgrow Nunhems Hollar Jordan, Hollar Burpee Asgrow Burpee Jordan Sunseeds Sunseeds Sunseeds Jordan, Petoseed Shamrock Jordan Variety name Slice Max (F1) Slice Nice (F1) SMR 18 (OP) SMR 58 (OP) * Soarer (OP) Spacemaster 80 (OP) Spear-It (F1) ** Speedway (F1) Sprint 440 (F1) Stimora (F1) Stono (OP) Straight Eight (OP) Streamliner (F l) Striker (F l) Sugar Crunch (F l) Sumter (OP) SUNEX 3709 (Fl) SUNEX 3724 (Fl) SUNEX 3806 (Fl) Supersett (F l) Suprami (F1) Suyo Long (OP) Sweet Burpless (F1) Sweet Delight (F l) Sweet Salad (Fl) Sweet Slice (F1) Sweet Success (F1) SXQ 3533 (Fl) Tasty Green (F I) Texlong (OP) ** Thunder (Fl) Burpee Jordan Petoseed Petoseed, Stokes Petoseed Siegers Seed Jordan Hollar Asgrow, Stokes Nunhems Seneca, Stokes Ferry-Morse Ferry-Morse Petoseed Petoseed, Stokes Johnny's Stokes Stokes Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Jordan, Petoseed Hollar Jordan, Hollar Hollar, Stokes Ferry-Morse * Tomara (F l) Trailblazer (F l) Transamerica (F l) Triple Crown (Fl) Tropicuke (F1) Turbo (Fl) * *** * * * Tyria (F l) Ultra Pak (F1) Ultraslice Early (F l) Val-U-Mar # 110 (F1) Var.#100 (Fl) Var.#1810 (Fl) Wellington (F1) West India Gherkin (OP) White Wonder (OP) Wisconsin SMR 58 (OP) Zenith (F1l) 1\ 11 ~~t 46 46 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION ALABAMA AGRICUTRLEP EGGPLANT Solanum melongena L. IMN SAIO Family: Solanaceae Harvestable plant part: immature fruit Observed days to maturity: 43 to 55 days (spring production, from transplant) Main production challenges in Alabama: spider mites, flea beetles, blossom-end rot Ready for harvest: by size Typical harvest schedule: twice per week TABLE 23A. SEED SOURCE, EARLINESS, AND DISEASE RESISTANCE OF SELECTED EGGPLANT VARIETIES Variety Type Seed source Days to harvest Disease resis./tol. Years Times Times % in eval. eval. in top 5 top 5 Bambino Fl Rupp Seeds 45 94 2 0 0 Black Bell Fl Petoseed 65 TbMV 94,95 4 4 100 Bride Fl Rupp Seeds 58 94 2 0 0 Casper OP Stokes 70 95 2 0 0 Classic Fl Harris Seeds 76 94,95 4 2 50 Epic Fl Petoseed 64 TbMV 94,95 4 3 75 Ghostbuster Fl Harris Seeds 80 95 2 0 0 Little Fingers OP Harris Seeds 68 95 2 0 0 Long Tom Fl Sakata 65 94 2 1 50 Megal Fl Vilmorin 6095 2 1 50 Rosita Fl Stokes 68 95 2 0 0 Short Tom Fl Sakata 65 94 2 2 100 Tasca Fl Vilmorin 68 95 2 0 0 Vernal Fl Vilmorin 70 TbVM,CMV 95 2 2 100 Vittoria Fl Petoseed 61 TbMV 94 2 0 0 Type: F1 = hybrid; OP = open-pollinated. Disease Resistance/Tolerance: TbMV = Tobacco Mosaic Virus; CMV = Cucumber Mosaic Virus. -- = none; from seed catalogues. TABLE 23B. FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS OF SELECTED EGGPLANT VARIETIES Variety Plant appearance Fruit color Fruit shape Bambino Compact Purple Round Black Bell Oriental Purple Oblong Bride Classic White Elongated Casper Classic White Elongated Classic Classic Purple Teardrop Epic Classic Purple Elongated Ghostbuster Classic White Round Little Fingers Classic Purple Miniature Long Tom Oriental Purple Elongated Megal Oriental Purple Elongated Rosita Classic Pink Teardrop Short Tom Oriental Purple Elongated Tasca Classic Purple Round Vernal Classic Purple Teardrop Vittoria Classic Purple Elongated The leaves of 'Classic' type plants are fully green, while in the 'Oriental' type, the veins of the leaves are purple to brown. FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 47 TABLE 24. INDEX Rating OF EGGPLANT VARIETIES I ** ** ** Variety name Avan (F1) Bambino (F1) Began (F l) Bharta (F l) Black Bell (F1) Black Beauty (F1) Blacknite (F1) Black Magic (F1) Bride (F l) Burpee Hybrid (Fl) Casper (OP) Classic (F l) Dusky (Fl) De Barbentane (OP) Epic (Fl) Florida Market (OP) Harabegan (F1) Highbush Select (OP) Ichiban (F1) Ghostbuster (F 1) Kermit (F1) Kikko (OP) Little Fingers (OP) Long Purple (OP) Long Tom (F 1) Machiaw (F1) Megal (F1) Millionaire (Fl) Mirabelle (F l) Nadia (F1) Neon (Fl) No.226 (Fl) Orient Charm (Fl) Orient Express (F1l) Prelane (F1) Purple Bush (F1) Purple Rain (OP) Pushpa (F l) Rosita (F l) Sonara (F l) Santana (F l) Short Tom (F l) Snowy (F l) Special Hibush (Fl) Tango (F l) Tasca (F l) Vernal (F1) Vittoria (F l) \ / Variety type Purple Purple Purple Purple-black Purple Purple Purple-black Purple White Purple White Purple Purple Purple Purple Glossy black Green Purple Purple Purple Purple Black-purple Purple Purple Purple Pinkish-purple Purple Purple Purple Purple-black Pinkish-purple Purple (small) Glossy black Glosy black Purple White to purple Purple Purple-black Pink Purple Purple Purple Purple Black-Purple White Purple Purple Purple 1 * ** 0 Seed source Vilmorin Rupp, Harris Seeds Willhite Willhite Petoseed Gurney's, Jordan Petoseed Harris Seeds Rupp Burpee Stokes Harris Seeds Petoseed, Siegers Seeds Vilmorin Jordan, Petoseed Carolina Seed Willhite Abbott & Cobb, Seedway Gurney's, Jordan Harris Seeds Johnny's Asgrow Harris Seeds Petoseed Sakata Johnny's Vilmorin Abbott & Cobb, Jordan Asgrow Seedway Siegers Seeds Johnny's Johnny's Johnny's Vilmorin Seedway Burpee Willhite Stokes Harris Seeds Novartis, Siegers Seeds Sakata Carolina Seed, Siegers Seeds Harris Seeds Johnny's Vilmorin Jordan, Vilmorin Petoseed, Rupp 1 1 48 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION KALE Brassicaoleracea L. Alboglabra group Family: Brassicaceae Harvestable plant part: leaf Observed days to maturity: 70 to 80 days Main production challenge in Alabama: black rot TABLE 25. SEED SOURCE, FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS, AND RELATIVE EARLINESS OF SELECTED KALE VARIETIES Variety Type Seed source Days to harvest Years eval. 97 98 Times eval. 1 1 87 Sakata FI Blue Ridge 48 Fl Kelly Seed Dwarf Siberian Type: F1 = hybrid; OP = open pollinated; from seed catalogues. TABLE Rating 26. INDEX OF KALE VARIETIES Seed source Johnny's Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Sakata, Jordan Rupp Seedway Abbott & Cobb Abbot & Cobb Stokes Jordan, Sakata Jordan Siegers Seeds Siegers Seeds Abbot & Cobb Seedway Harris Seeds Johnny's Seedway Rupp Stokes Johnny's Harris Seeds Stokes, Jordan Johnny's Harris Seeds, Stokes ++ ** ** ++ Variety name Bona (OP) Blue Armor (F1) Blue Knight (F1) Blue Ridge (Fl) Blue Vates (OP) Darkibor (F1) Dwarf Blue Curled Vates (OP) Dwarf Siberian (OP) Green Curled (OP) Green Lance (F 1) Kailaan (Chinese) (OP) Nagoya Garnish Red (Fl) Nagoya Garnish White (F1) Premier (OP) Redbor (F 1) Red Russian (OP) Red Peacock (F 1) Showbor (Fl1) Siberian (OP) Squire (OP) Toscano (OP) Vates (OP) Vates Blue-Curled (OP) White Peacock (F l) Winterbor (Fl) FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST KOHLRABI Brassicaoleracea L. Gongylodes group 49 Family: Brassicaceae Harvestable plant part: stem Observed days to maturity: 49 to 85 days Main production challenge in Alabama: no commercial production TABLE 27. INDEX Rating Variety name Early Purple Vienna (OP) Early White Vienna (OP) Eder (F 1) Grand Duke (F l) Kolibri (F1) Korist (F1) Kossak (F l) Purple Danube (F1) Quickstar (F l) Triumph (F1) White Danube (F1) Winner (F l) OF KOHLRABI VARIETIES Variety type Red-purple Greenish-white White Green Purple White White Purple Green Green Green Green Seed source Gurney's, Rupp Gurney's, Rupp Johnny's Jordan, Rupp Seedway Seedway Seedway Jordan, Siegers Seeds Sakata Stokes Jordan, Siegers Seeds Rupp ++ 50 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION LETTUCE Lactuca sativa L. Family: Compositae Harvestable plant part: head (rosette of leaves) Observed days to maturity: 45 to 65 days (spring or fall production, from transplant) Main production challenges in Alabama: tip burn, bitterness, bolting Ready for harvest: by head size Typical harvest schedule: once over harvest TABLE 28A. SEED SOURCE, EARLINESS, AND DISEASE CLAIMS OF SELECTED LETTUCE VARIETIES Variety Type Seed source Days to harvest Disease resis./tol. Years Times Times % in eval. eval. in top 5 top 5 Aquarius OP Sakata 60 95,96 4 0 0 Augustus OP Petoseed 72 CR,LMV,TB 95,96 5 5 100 Big Curly OP Vilmorin 68 96 3 2 67 Brunia OP Vilmorin 62 95,96 3 2 67 Bullseye OP Petoseed 77 TB,DM 95 3 3 100 Cabernet Red OP Asgrow 66 96-97 4 1 25 Corsair OP Johnny's 58 LMV 98 1 1 100 Divinia OP Vilmorin 45 95 1 0 0 Epic OP Sakata 65 95-97 8 6 75 Ermosa OP Johnny's 48 LMV,TB,B 98 1 1 100 Gemini OP Sakata 65 TB,LMV 95,96 5 3 60 Greengo OP Asgrow * 96-98 7 3 43 Green Vision OP Johnny's 54 B,TB 98 1 0 0 JEN-1197 OP Johnny's * 98 1 0 0 Kalura OP Johnny's 57 LMV,TB 98 1 0 0 Legacy OP Takii 95-97 9 6 66 Medallion OP Johnny's 60 B,LMV,TB 98 1 1 100 Mikola OP Johnny's 49 B,Br,TB,LMV 98 1 0 0 Nancy OP Seedway 66 -96-97 4 0 0 Nevada OP Vilmorin 58 DM,LMV,TB 95-97 7 7 100 New Red Fire OP Takii 45 -95-96 3 0 0 Optima OP Vilmorin 55 DM,LMV 95-97 9 2 22 Ostinata OP Stokes 60 TB 96 1 0 0 Parris Island OP Stokes 65 TB 96,97 2 1 50 Red Fox OP Johnny's 55 LMV 98 1 0 0 Redprize OP Ferry-Morse 46 TB 96,97 6 2 33 Red Sails OP Petoseed 45 TB 96 2 1 50 Red Salad Bowl OP Vilmorin 50 -95-96 4 0 0 Salanca GM OP Vilmorin -96 3 3 100 Salinas 88 Supreme OP Sakata 75 LMV 95-97 10 8 80 Sangria OP Vilmorin 55 DM,TB,LMV 95,96 5 3 60 Sierra OP Vilmorin DM,TB,LMV 95-97 5 4 80 Slobolt M.I. OP Harris Seeds 48 -96,97 4 1 25 Taglio OP Johnny's -98 1 1 100 Tango OP Johnny's 45 -98 1 0 0 Target OP Petoseed 65 DM 95,97,98 3 2 67 XP 5808 OP Asgrow -97 1 1 100 Type: OP = open-pollinated. Disease Resistance/Tolerance: CR = Clubroot; LMV = Lettuce Mosaic Virus; TB = Tip Burn; DM = Downy Mildew. * = not available; -= none; from seed catalogues. FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 51 TABLE 28B. HEAD CHARACTERISTICS OF SELECTED LETTUCE VARIETIES Leaf color Head type Variety Green Butterhead Aquarius Green Romaine Augustus Green/Red Maraichere Big Curly Red Looseleaf Brunia Green Crisphead Bullseye Red Looseleaf Cabernet Red Green Romaine Corsair Green Butterhead Divinia Green Crisphead Epic Green Butterhead Ermosa Green Crisphead Gemini Green Looseleaf Greengo Green Greenleaf Green Vision Endive Green JEN-1197 Green Romaine Kalura Green Crisphead Legacy Green Romaine Medallion Red Butterhead Mikola Red Butterhead Nancy Green Butterhead Nevada Red Looseleaf New Red Fire Green Butterhead Optima Green Butterhead Ostinata Green Romaine Parris Island Red Looseleaf Red Fox Green/Red Looseleaf Redprize Red Looseleaf Red Sails Red Looseleaf Red Salad Bowl Green Looseleaf Salanca GM Green Crisphead Salinas 88 Supreme Red Butterhead Sangria Green/Red Looseleaf Sierra Green Looseleaf 'Frisee' Slobolt M.I. Green Endive Taglio Green Looseleaf Tango Green Crisphead Target Green Crisphead XP 5808 Head type: Crisphead or Iceberg types form a spheric head of heavy leaves that are brittle in texture, tightly packed, and suitable for long-distance shipping; Romaine or Cos types develop elongated heads of long leaves with heavy midribs; Butterhead types are characterized by a loose head of crumpled leaves that have a soft, buttery texture; Looseleaf types include all the loose rosettes. 52 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE Rating Variety name 98 - A (OP) 29. INDEX OF LETTUCE VARIETIES Variety type Romaine Crisphead Crisphead Romaine Crisphead Crisphead Butterhead Romaine Butterhead Crisphead Butterhead x Romaine Looseleaf, miniature Crisphead Romaine Crisphead Romaine Crisphead Butterhead Butterhead Looseleaf (red) Looseleaf Crisphead Looseleaf Butterhead Butterhead Looseleaf (red) Crisphead Butterhead Loseleaf (red) Crisphead Romaine Romaine Looseleaf (red) Looseleaf (red) Butterhead (red) Crisphead Looseleaf (red) Looseleaf Romaine Crisphead (red) Romaine Crisphead Looseleaf, miniature Looseleaf Crisphead Crisphead Crisphead Butterhead Romaine Romaine Crisphead Crisphead Looseleaf Butterhead Seed source Siegers Seeds Genecorp Petoseed Asgrow Asgrow Johnny's Sakata Petoseed, Stokes Siegers Seeds Asgrow Harris Seeds, Stokes Siegers Seeds Genecorp Genecorp Asgrow Stokes,Petoseed Asgrow Stokes Rupp, Harris Seeds Genecorp Vilmorin Asgrow Petoseed, Stokes Harris Seeds Asgrow Harris Seeds, Stokes Petoseed Petoseed, Stokes Asgrow Asgrow Siegers Seeds Asgrow Vilmorin Johnny's Johnny's Johnny's Johnny's Rupp Rupp Burpee, Jordan Petoseed Asgrow, Petoseed Enza Zaden Johnny's Asgrow Ferry-Morse Asgrow Rupp Genecorp Johnny's Johnny's Johnny's Shamrock Nunhems Ace (OP) Acacia (OP) Andros (OP) Annie (OP) Anuenue (OP) ** *** Aquarius (OP) Augustus (OP) 0 *** *** ** Arizona (OP) Autumn Gold (OP) Baby Green (F1) Bacardi (OP) Baja (OP) Bambino (OP) Barn Burner (OP) Bautista (OP) Bayview (OP) Bella Green (OP) Bibb (OP) Big Red (OP) Big Curly (OP) Bix (OP) Black Seeded Simpson (OP) Boston Babe (OP) Boston Beauty (OP) Brunia (OP) Bullseye (OP) Buttercrunch (OP) Cabernet Red (OP) Cannon (OP) Capistrano (OP) Capri (OP) Cardinale (OP) Carisma (OP) Carmona (OP) Centennial (OP) Cerize (OP) Chef's Delight Blend (OP) Cimmaron (OP) Cimmaron (OP) Clemente (OP) Climax (OP) Clipper (OP) Cocarde (OP) Cool Breeze (OP) Coolgreen (OP) Coolguard (OP) Continuity (OP) Corazon (OP) ** Corsair (OP) Crisp & Green (OP) Crispino (OP) Cupid (OP) Dabora (OP) continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 53 TABLE Rating 29, CONTINUED. INDEX OF LETTUCE VARIETIES Variety type Romaine Butterhead Crisphead Looseleaf (red) Butterhead Crisphead Crisphead Crisphead Crisphead Crisphead Romaine, miniature Crisphead Butterhead Crisphead Crisphead Crisphead Crisphead Crisphead Looseleaf Crisphead Butterhead Butterhead Butterhead Crisphead Crisphead Looseleaf Looseleaf, miniature Looseleaf (red) Romaine Crisphead Crisphead Romaine Looseleaf, miniature Crisphead Crisphead Romaine, miniature Crisphead Crisphead Looseleaf Looseleaf Crisphead Looseleaf Looseleaf Looseleaf Romaine Looseleaf Crisphead Looseleaf Looseleaf Romaine Looseleaf Crisphead Crisphead Romaine, miniature Seed source Siegers Seeds Asgrow, Rupp Asgrow Rupp Johnny's Petoseed Petoseed Ferry-Morse Genecorp Genecorp Johnny's Petoseed Vilmorin Ferry-Morse Genecorp Ferry-Morse Asgrow, Petoseed Shamrock Asgrow Sakata Johnny's Stokes Harris Seeds, Stokes Petoseed Ferry-Morse Siegers Seeds Siegers Seeds Shamrock Seedway Ferry-Morse Ferry-Morse Harris Seeds Enza Zaden Stokes Ferry-Morse Shamrock Asgrow Genecorp Petoseed, Stokes Jordan Asgrow, Petoseed Genecorp Siegers Seeds Asgrow Johnny's Rupp, Petoseed Asgrow Stokes Asgrow Harris Seeds Siegers Seeds Genecorp Genecorp Shamrock Variety name Darkland Cos (OP) Dark Green Boston (OP) Daybreak (OP) Deep Red MTO (OP) Deer Tongue (OP) Del Oro (OP) Del Rey(OP) Desertgreen (OP) Desert Queen (OP) Desert Spring (OP) Dimond Gem (OP) Diplomat (OP) ** Divinia (OP) Duchesse (OP) Early Giant (OP) Emperor (OP) Empire (OP) Empire Select (OP) Enduro (OP) **** ** Epic (OP) Ermosa (OP) Escort (OP) Esmeralda (OP) Excel (OP) Fallgreen (OP) Fanfare (OP) Fever (OP) Fireglow (OP) Floricos (OP) FMX 2153 (OP) FMX 2155 (OP) Freckles (OP) Galactic (OP) ** Gemini (OP) Gilaben (OP) Ginie (OP) Glossy Green (OP) Granada (OP) Grand Rapids TBR (OP) Grand Rapids, Waldmann (OP) Great Lakes (OP) Green 504 (OP) Green Day (OP) Green Bowl (OP) Green Forest (OP) Green Ice (OP) Green Lake (OP) Green Salad Bowl (OP) ** Greengo (OP) * Green Towers (OP) Green Vision (OP) GX - 605 (OP) GX - 607 (OP) Gypsy (OP) continued 54 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 54 TABLE Rating ALABAMA AGRICULUA XEIMN TTO 29, CONTINUED. INDEX OF LETTUCE VARIETIES Variety type Crisphead Crisphead Crisphead Romaine Loooseleaf (red) Crisphead Romaine (red) Crisphead Butterhead Endive Looseleaf (red) Romaine Cripshead Looseleaf Butterhead Looseleaf (red),miniature Looseleaf Butterhead (red) Crisphead Butterhead (red) Butterhead Butterhead (red) Looseleaf Romaine Looseleaf Romaine Crisphead Butterhead Crisphead Butterhead (red) Variety name Hallmark (OP) Honcho (OP) Iceberg (OP) Ideal Cos (OP) Impuls (OP) Inland (OP) Integrata (OP) Ithaca (OP) Jacqueline (OP) JEN -1197 (OP) JLE 4297 (OP) Seed source Paragon Genecorp Rupp Stokes Johnny's Petoseed Johnny's Asgrow, Stokes Petoseed Johnny's Johnny's Johnny's Takii Gurney's Nunhems Harris Seeds Vilmorin Harris Seeds Stokes Stokes Siegers Seeds Johnny's Enza Zaden Johnny's Enza Zaden Johnny's Asgrow, Petoseed Rupp Asgrow Johnny's Nunhems Stokes Nunhems Siegers Seeds Asgrow Ferry-Morse Petoseed Ferry-Morse Vilmorin Rupp Vilmorin, Siegers Seed Harris Seeds, Takii Shamrock Harris Seeds Vilmorin Stokes Johnny's Asgrow Petoseed Sakata Asgrow, Stokes Asgrow Orsetti Siegers Seed ** *** Kalura (OP) Legacy (OP) ** Lettuce Blend (OP) Limax (OP) Lolla Rossa (OP) Loma (OP) Louisa (OP) Luxor (OP) Manto (OP) Margarita (OP) Marvel of Four Seasons (OP) Meadow (OP) Medallion (OP) Mercury(OP) Medallion (OP) Merit (OP) Merveille de 4 Seasons (OP) Mesa (OP) Mikola (OP) * Milan (OP) Mini-Green (OP) Mirena (OP) Mizuna Early (OP) Montello (OP) Montemar (OP) Mor 109 (OP) Murieffa (OP) * ** * ** ** ** * * ** * Musca (OP) Nancy (OP) Nevada (OP) New Red Fire (OP) Nile (OP) Oakleaf (OP) Optima (OP) Ostinata (OP) Outredgeous (OP) Pacific (OP) Palmetto (OP) Paradize (OP) Parris Island (OP) Patriot (OP) Pic Bos (OP) Pippo (OP) Butterhead Crisphead, miniature B utterhead Looseleaf, miniature Crisphead Crisphead Crisphead Crisphead Looseleaf Butterhead Looseleaf Looseleaf (red/green) Butterhead Looseleaf B utterhead Butterhead Romaine Crisphead Crisphead Crisphead Romaine Crisphead Romaine Looseleaf, miniature continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 55 TABLE 29, CONTINUED. INDEX OF LETTUCE VARIETIES Rating Variety name Pirat (OP) Premier (OP) Presido (OP) Prime Time (OP) Prizehead (OP) PS 64289 (OP) Quechan (OP) Raisa (OP) Ramses (OP) Red Coach 74 (OP) Red Dawn (OP) Red Eye Cos (OP) Redina (OP) Red Fire (OP) Red Fox (OP) Red Gem (OP) Redhead (OP) Redprize (OP) Red Rustler (OP) Red Sails (OP) Red Salad Bowl (OP) Red Salad (OP) Red Sceptre (OP) Red Tide (OP) Red Velvet (OP) Red Vogue (OP) Red Zone (OP) Rider (OP) Rio Verde (OP) Rolina (OP) Romaine (OP) Romo (OP) Romulus (OP) Rosalita (OP) Rosetto (OP) Rouge D'Hiver (OP) Royal Green (OP) Royal Oak Leaf (OP) Royalty (OP) Royal Red (OP) RS 0319 (OP) Ruby Red (OP) Salad Bibb (OP) Salad Bowl (OP) Saladin Nun 100 (OP) Salanca (OP) Salinas (OP) Salinas 517 (OP) Salinas Select (OP) Salinas 88 Supreme (OP) Samantha (OP) Sangria (OP) Sedona (OP) Sequoia (OP) Variety type Butterhead Crisphead Romaine Crisphead Looseleaf (red) Looseleaf Crisphead Looseleaf Butterhead Crisphead (red) Looseleaf (red) Crisphead (red) Looseleaf (red) Looseleaf (red) Looseleaf (red) Looseleaf (red) Looseleaf (red) Looseleaf (red) Looseleaf (red) Looseleaf (red) Looseleaf (red) Looseleaf (red) Looseleaf (red) Looseleaf (red) Butterhead (red) Butterhead (red) Crisphead (red) Crisphead Crisphead Looseleaf, red Romaine Romaine Romaine Romaine (red) Crisphead Romaine (red) Looseleaf Looseleaf Crisphead Looseleaf (red) Crisphead Looseleaf (red) Butterhead Looseleaf Butterhead Looseleaf Crisphead Crisphead Crisphead Crisphead Looseleaf (red) Butterhead Crisphead Crisphead Seed source Johnny's Harris Seeds Asgrow Asgrow Jordan, Asgrow Petoseed Shamrock Harris Seeds Shamrock Petoseed Shamrock Genecorp Johnny's Jordan, Stokes Johnny's Shamrock Asgrow Ferry-Morse Shamrock Genecorp, Stokes Jordan, Petoseed Vilmorin Asgrow Genecorp Shamrock Stokes Sakata Genecorp Shamrock Siegers Seed Gurney's Genecorp Petoseed Johnny's Genecorp Johnny's Stokes Petoseed Harris Seeds Petoseed Petoseed Jordan, Stokes Burpee Jordan, Asgrow Nunhems Vilmorin Asgrow Jordan Shamrock Sakata Johnny's Stokes, Vilmorin Petoseed Shamrock * *** ** *** 0 *** ** continued 56 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE Rating 29, CONTINUED. INDEX OF LETTUCE VARIETIES Variety type Looseleaf (red) Crisphead Crisphead Looseleaf (red) Looseleaf Looseleaf Crisphead Looseleaf Crisphead Batavia (red) Crisphead Crisphead Butterhead Crisphead Butterhead Butterhead Butterhead Crisphead Looseleaf (red) Crisphead Looseleaf (green/red) Romaine Endive Romaine Butterhead Looseleaf Crisphead Looseleaf Crisphead Looseleaf (red) Butterhead Butterhead Crisphead Looseleaf Romaine Romaine Crisphead Crisphead Crisphead Romaine Batavia Butterhead Looseleaf (red) Looseleaf Looseleaf (red) Crisphead Romaine Crisphead Crisphead Crisphead Crisphead Crisphead Crisphead Crisphead 1npn Variety name Sesam (OP) Sharpshooter (OP) Shining Star (OP) Seed source Harris Seeds Petoseed Genecorp Johnny's, Rupp Jordan, Stokes Asgrow Asgrow Petoseed, Stokes Ferry-Morse Harris Seeds Petoseed Genecorp Shamrock Genecorp Vilmorin Vilmorin Asgrow Petoseed Shamrock Ferry-Morse Stokes Siegers Seeds Johnny's Siegers Seeds Rupp, Harris Seeds Petoseed Petoseeds Asgrow, Rupp Shamrock Shamrock Stokes Rupp Asgrow Stokes, Orsetti Enza Zaden Siegers Seeds Petoseed Johnny's Petoseed Vilmorin Harris Seeds Vilmorin Stokes Asgrow, Stokes Orsetti Orsetti Johnny's Orsetti Shamrock Petoseed Asgrow Shamrock Shamrock Shamrock **** Sierra (OP) ** * Simpson Elite (OP) Simpson's Curled (OP) Skyline (OP) Slobolt M.I. (OP) Snowbird (OP) Sondro (OP) South Bay (OP) Spanish Bay (OP) Sphinx (OP) Spreckles (OP) Sucrine (OP) Sudia (OP) Summer Queen (OP) Summertime (OP) Sunset (OP) Super 59 (OP) Super Prize (OP) Sweet Valentine (OP) Taglio (OP) * Tall Guzmaine (OP) Tania (OP) * ** Tango (OP) Target (OP) Tiara (OP) Tiber (OP) Tigris (OP) Titania (OP) Tom Thumb (OP) Top Gun (OP) Two Star (OP) Ultegra (OP) Valmaine Cos (OP) Vancrisp (OP) Vanity (OP) Vanmax (OP) Verte Mar (OP) Victoria (OP) Vista (OP) Vulcan (OP) Waldmann's Green (OP) Western Red Leaf (OP) Westland (OP) Winter Density (OP) Winterhaven Bos (OP) Winterhaven Select (OP) Winter Supreme (OP) ** XP 5808 (OP) Yosemite (OP) Yucaipa (OP) Zeus (OP) \ / FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST SMALL MELONS CANTALOUPE (MUSKMELON)-- Cucumis melo L. Reticulatus group 57 HONEY DEW - Cucumis melo L. Inodorus group Family: Cucurbitaceae Harvestable plant part: mature fruit Observed days to maturity: 60 to 71 days Main production challenges in Alabama: dew, bacterial wilt Ready for harvest: cantaloupe-one-third to loss of pubescence on fruit (will not slip (spring production, from seeds) Fusarium wilt, powdery and downy milone-half slip; honey dew-yellowish color, even when mature); French charentais- yellowish color (will not slip even when mature), fruit blossom-end softens Typical harvest schedule: four to five harvests over two weeks TABLE 30. SEED SOURCE, FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS, AND RELATIVE EARLINESS OF SELECTED CANTALOUPE VARIETIES Variety Type Seed source Days to harvest Disease resis./tol. Years eval. Times eval. Times in top 5 % in top 5 Allstar Ambrosia Athena Aurora Castella' Clipper' Cordele Eclipse Fanfair Legend Starship Star Sweet Superstar Supporter Vienna AC-75-1-A AC-82-37RNL Cristobal Don Luis Durango Gold Mark Hi-Mark HMX 2608 Laredo Mission Otero Pacstart Scoop II Sparkle F1 Fl Fl OP Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl F1l Fl OP OP Fl F1l Fl F1l Fl Fl Fl Fl F1l Fl Fl F1l Harris Seeds A&C Novartis Auburn U. Nunhems Nunhems Asgrow Seedway/Petoseed Asgrow Asgrow Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Nunhems Asgrow Auburn U. Auburn U Asgrow Asgrow Petoseed Solar Seeds Petoseed Harris Seeds Petoseed Asgrow Hollar Asgrow Solar Seeds Ferry-Morse Eastern * * 88 80 FW,PM 75 83 FW,PM 87 FW,PM 85 FW,PM 85 FW,PM FW,PM * 80 FW 86 FW,PM 88 FW,PM 86 FW FW * * Western * * * * 96,97 95,97 94-98 95,96 94,95 94,95 94-98 96-98 94 94 95-97 94 94,96,97 95 98 97,98 97,98 4 3 10 5 4 3 13 5 5 5 2 2 3 3 2 6 1 12 8 9 4 4 4 75 33 70 40 25 0 85 100 0 100 80 0 40 0 100 0 0 50 100 50 100 25 0 25 56 25 75 0 75 * * 83 * FW,PM 98 94 FW,PM FW,PM,Sul 96-98 * 97 83 * PM, Sul * 94-98 97 82 80 * PM,Sul PM,Sul * 96-98 94-98 97,98 85 79 PM * 96,97 97 * FW,PM,DM 94-97 Eastern: Large, round melon, with marked sutures and net, large seed cavity; Western: smaller melon, fully netted, with small seed cavity. Type: OP= open-pollinated; F1 = hybrid. Disease Resistance/Tolerance: FW = Fusarium Wilt; PM = Powdery Mildew; Ant = Anthracnose; DM = Downy Mildew; Sul = Sulfur. = not available; - = none; from seed catalogues. Note: All varieties are orange fleshed. ' Varieties with the long-shelflife gene; can be harvested before slip for long-distance shipping. 58 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE 31. SEED SOURCE, FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS, AND RELATIVE DEW, AND OTHER SMALL MELONS EARLINESS OF SELECTED VARIETIES OF FRENCH CHARENTAIS, HONEY Variety Type Seed source Vilmorin Vilmorin Vilmorin Rind Flesh Shape Days to harvest 75 75 75 * 80 92 80 92 80 96 84 * * Disease resis./tol. FW FW,TB FW,PM Years eval. 95-97 95-97 95,96 97 96,97 95-98 96,97 98 96 96,97 95,96 95-97 97 98 98 98 Times eval. 5 5 3 2 4 7 3 1 1 3 2 5 2 2 1 1 French Charentais O Round O Round O Round Honey Dew Gr Round Creme-de-Menthe Fl Solar Seeds Sm Fl Harris Seeds Sm Gr Round Daybreak Earli-Dew Fl Petoseed Sm Gr Round F1 Sakata Sm Gr Oval Honey Brew Honey Orange F1 Johnny's Sm O Oval Gr Round Magic-to-Dew Fl A&C Sm Sm Gr Round Moonshine F1 Asgrow F1 Harris Seeds Sm Gr Oval Morning Dew Morning Ice F1 Harris Seeds Sm Gr Oval Rocio Fl Solar Seed Sm Gr Oval Tesoro Dulce F1 Asgrow Sm Gr Oval Other Melons OP Kelly Sm Y Oval Banana Sweet Butterscoth F1 Johnny's Sm O-Gr Oval Acor Alienor Savor Fl F1 FI Su Su Su FW,PM FW FW,PM,DM FW,PM FW FW,DM,PM FW,PM 75 FW 1&2,PM, DM 95-97 4 Iberix (Spanish) OP Vilmorin Sm Gr Oval 88 FW 95,96 2 Lutina (Canary) F1 Nunhems Sm Y Oval Gr Round 75 ANT,GSB 96-98 6 Passport' Fl Stokes N 98 1 Rocky Ford Green F1 Kelly Sm Gr Round * 91 FW,PM 95 1 Solarbel (Galia) F1 Nunhems N Gr Round Type: OP= open-pollinated; F 1 = hybrid. Rind: Sm= Smooth; N= Netted; Su= Sutured. Flesh: Orange; Gr = Green; Y = Yellow. Disease Resistance/Tolerance: FW = Fusarium Wilt; PM = Powdery Mildew; ANT = Anthracnose; DM = Downy Mildew; Sul = Sulfur; TB = Tipburn; GSB = Gummy Stem Blight. * = not available, -= none; from seed catalogues. 'Honey Dew x Galia hybrid. 0= FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST FRn~n ARTlr.HnKF TT) 7llrC=HINI: TABLE Rating VEGETABLE VARIETIE~ 59 5 32. INDEX OF MUSKMELON (CANTALOUPE) VARIETIES Seed source Auburn U. Auburn U. Vilmorin Nunhems Petoseed, Rupp Stokes, Vilmorin Harris Seeds ** ** *** * **** * * * * * ** * Variety type Variety name Western (OP) AC-75-1-A Western AC-82-37RNL (OP) Charentais Acor (F 1) Eastern Accent (11) Eastern Alaska (F I) Charentais Alienor (Fl) Eastern Allstar (Fl) Galia Alma (Fl1) Persian Alwaha (Fl) Spanish Amarelo (OP) Canary Amber (OP) Eastern Ambrosia (F I) Specialty Amur (Fl) Specialty Ananas (OP) Specialty A-One (F 1) Eastern Apollo (Fl1) Western Aragon (F 1) Galia Arava (Fl) Canary Aril (Fl) Eastern Athena (Fl) Eastern AUrora (OP) Canary Banana (OP) Specialty Banana Sweet (OP) Crenshaw Bolero (F 1) Crenshaw Burpee Early (Fl) Western Burpee Hybrid (Fl) Eastern Burpee PMT (F 1) Specialty Bush Midget (OP) Crenshaw Bush Star (Fl) Specialty Butterscotch (Fl) Eastern Canada Gem (F 1) Western Caravelle (Fl1) Crenchaw Carnival (Fl1) Casaba Casaba Golden Beauty (Fl1) Eastern Castella (El1) Western Challenger (Fl1) Charentais Charentais (OP) Specialty Charmell (FEl) Eastern Chilton (OP) Eastern Classic (Fl1) Eastern Clipper (Fl1) Eastern Concorde (F 1) Eastern Cordele (Fl1) Eastern Corin (Fl1) Honey Dew Cream-de-Menthe (Fl1) Crenshaw)GlaxHnyDwSoe (F 1) Crenshaw Cristobal (OP) Daimiel (Fl1) Daybreak (El1) Delada (F 1) Western Spanish Honeydew Galia Novartis Ferry-Morse Asgrow Vegetable Seed Harris Seeds, Petoseed Sakata Hollar, Petoseed Sakata Siegers Seeds Asgrow Johnny's Nunhems Novartis, Stokes Auburn U. Hollar Kelly Sakata, Siegers Seeds Petoseed Stokes, Rupp Petoseed Hollar Petoseed, Rupp Johnns Stokes Asgrow Sakata Jordan Nunhems Vegetable Seed Hollar Rupp Hollar Jordan, Petoseed Nunhems, Seedway Asgrow Asgrow, Jordan Nunhems Siegers Seeds N Hollar,Shamrock, Asgrovee( Asgrow Nunhems Harris Seeds Nunhems ** *** continued 60 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE Rating 32, CONTINUED. INDEX OF MUSKMELON (CANTALOUPE) VARIETIES Variety name Delicious 51 (F1) Deltex (F1) Don Carlos (F1) Variety type Eastern Galia Western Honeydew Canary Western Honey Dew Eastern Eastern Honey Dew Eastern Eastern Eastern Eastern Eastern Eastern Honey Dew Specialty Honey Dew Eastern Eastern Eastern Eastern Eastern Eastern Charentais Charentais Western Galia Galia Eastern Eastern Specialty Western Honey Dew Eastern Eastern Casaba Eastern Honey Dew Eastern Western Eastern Eastern Eastern Eastern Western Western Western Honey Dew Honey Dew Seed source Hollar Nunhems Asgrow Asgrow Rupp, Siegers Seeds Petoseed, Rupp Seedway Harris Seeds Petoseed Petoseed, Stokes Jordan, Rupp Jordan, Stokes Petoseed, Stokes Vegetable Seed Jordan, Petoseed Hollar, Asgrow Shamrock Sakata Seedway Willhite Novartis Rupp, Asgrow Hollar Jordan, Stokes Nunhems Petoseed Harris Seeds Asgrow Shamrock Petoseed Gurney's Hollar Petoseed Solar Seeds Hollar Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Hollar, Shamrock Gurney's Hollar, Jordan Hollar Asgrow Jordan, Hollar Petoseed, Rupp Hollar Hollar Asgrow Petoseed Harris Seeds Abbott & Cobb, Sakata Asgrow ** ** Don Luis (F1) Dorado (F l) Durango (F 1) **** *** Earlibrew (F 1) Early Dawn (F1) Early Delight (F1) Earli-Dew (F l) Earligold (F l) Earliqueen (F l) Earlisweet (F1) Eastern Star (F l) Eclipse (F1) Edisto (OP) Emerald (OP) Emerald Jewel (F1) Enchantment (F l) Excellence (Fl) Explorer (F 1) Fanfair (F 1) * * **** ** Far North (OP) Fastbreak (F l) Fiata (F 1) Fiesta (Fl) French Orange (F1) Galleon (F1) Galia (F l) Gallicum (F1) Giant Gurney (Fl) Giant Perfection (OP) Gold King (Fl) Gold Mark (Fl) Gold Rind (OP) Gold Rush (F l) Gold Star (F1) Golden Beauty (OP) Golden Delicious (OP) Green Flesh (OP) Gulfcoast (OP) Gusto 45 (OP) Hale's Best Jumbo (OP) Harper (F1) Harvest Queen (OP) Heart of Gold (OP) Hiline (F1l) Hi-Mark (F1) HMX 2608 (Fl) Honey Brew (Fl) Honey Dew (OP) continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 61 6 TABLE Rating 32, CONTINUED. INDEX OF MUSKMELON (CANTALOUPE) VARIETIES m Variety name Honey Girl (Fl) Honey King (Fl) Honey Orange (Fl) Honey Rock (OP) Honey Shaw (Fl) Hy-Shaw (Fl) Variety type Seed source Burpee Novartis Johnny's Jordan, Hollar Seedway Petoseed Vilmorin Hollar Asgrow Hollar, Stokes Willhite Petoseed, Shamrock Hollar Orsetti Seed Asgrow, Willhite Petoseed Shamrock Jordan, Asgrow Willhite Nunhems Abbott & Cobb Petoseed, Willhite Hollar, Willhite Asgrow Stokes Willhite Gurneys Hollar, Jordan Asgrow Nunhems Asgrow Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Vegetable Seed Asgrow Vegetable Seed Rupp Petoseed Harris Seeds Shamrock Novartis Hullar Novartis Asgrow Hollar Nunhems Sakata Sakata Siegers Seeds Ferry-Morse Shamrock ** * * * ~* ** * * ** ** *** ** **** Charentais Honey Dew Honey Dewv Honey Dew Specialty Crenshaw Spanish Iberix (OP) Imperial 45 Improved Shipper (OP) Western ImPac (OP) Western Eastern Iroquois (OP) Eastern Israel (OP) Canary Jaune Canary (OP) Eastern Knight's Early (OP) Western La Fiesta (Fl) Western Laguna (F1) Western Laredo (F1) Western Legacy (OP) Eastern Legend (F1) Eastern Lisa (Fl1) Canary Lutina (Fl1) Honey Dew Magic-to-Dew (Fl) Eastern Magnum 45 (Fl) Eastern Mainstream (OP) Western Marco Polo (OP) Canary Marygold (OP) Eastern Mildew Resistant (OP) Honey Dew Milky Way (Fl) Eastern Minnesota Midget (OP) Western Mission (Fl) Canary Mondo (Fl) Honey Dew Moonshine (Fl1) Honey Dew Morning Dew (Fl1) Honey Dew MorningIce (Fl1) Western Musketeer (OP) Western No. 45 SJ (OP) Eastern Nova (Fl) Eastern NVH 897 (Fl1) Charentais Opera (Fl1) Honey Dew Orange Blossom (Fl1) Honey Dew Orangedew (OP) Honey Dew Orange Flesh (OP) Western Otero (Fl1) Western Ovation (F 1) Western Pacstart (F 1) Western Palacio (Fl) Canary Pandor (Fl) Specialty Paradise (Fl1) Charentais Parisien (Fl1) Galia Passport (FlI) Eastern Patrician (Fl1) Spanish de Sapo (OP) Piel continued 62 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE Rating 32, CONTINUED. INDEX OF MUSKMELON (CANTALOUPE) VARIETIES I Variety name Pennsweet (OP) Perlita (OP) Persian (OP) Pinonet Piel de Sapo (OP) Planter's Jumbo (OP) PMR 45 (OP) Preco (F l) Primo (F l) Pulsar (F 1) Quasar (F l) Regal (F l) Rising Star (Fl) Roadside (F l) Rocio (F l) Rocky Ford Green Flesh (OP) Rocky Sweet (F1) Salmon Cream (F l) Santa Claus (OP) Saticoy (F l) Savor (F l) Schoons Hard Shell (OP) Scoop II (F1) Variety type Eastern Western Persian Spanish Eastern Western Charentais Western Eastern Eastern Galia Eastern Eastern Honey Dew Specialty Specialty Eastern Casaba Eastern Charentais Eastern Western Western Specialty Western Persian Eastern Galia Western Specialty Casaba Galia Western Specialty Specialty Spanish Eastern Eastern Eastern Eastern Eastern Eastern Honey Dew Canary Western Eastern Eastern Eastern Eastern Eastern Eastern Seed source Hollar Hollar, Asgrow Hollar Petoseed Asgrow Petoseed Nunhems Novartis, Stokes Petoseed, Stokes Jordan, Petoseed Vegetable Seed Harris Seeds Petoseed Solar Seeds Hollar Jordan, Rupp Hollar Hollar, Shamrock Jordan, Petoseed Vilmorin Hollar, Willhite Solar Seeds Shamrock Shamrock Hollar Shamrock Hollar Nunhems Seedway Nunhems Rupp Burpee Ferry-Morse Hollar Sakata Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Rupp Willhite Asgrow, Stokes Seedway Shamrock Sakata Ferry-Morse Willhite Petoseed Harris Seeds Burpee Nunhems * * * * *** ** * *** * Scout (F 1) Sharlyn (OP) Sierra Gold (OP) Small Persian (OP) Smith's Perfect (OP) Solarbel (Fl) Solid Gold (Fl) Solo (F l) Sonora (F 1) So Sweet (F l) Sparkle (Fl) Spice (Fl) Sprite (F 1) St. Nick (Fl) Star Fire (F l) Starship (F l) Star Sweet (F l) Sugar Bowl (F l) Sugar Queen (F1l) Summet (F 1) Summer Dream (OP) Sunburst (F l) Sunrise (F 1) Sunshine (F 1) Super 45 (F l) Super Sprint (F l) Superstar (F l) Supersun (F 1) Supporter (F 1) continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 63 6 TABLE Rating 32, CONTINUED. INDEX OF MUSKMELON (CANTALOUPE) VARIETIES Variety name Sweet Bush (Fl) Sweet Delight (OP) Sweet Dreams (OP) Sweetie PF-R #6 (Fl) Sweetie PF-R #19 (Fl) Sweet'n Early Sweet Surprise Sweetheart (Fl) Sweet Thing (Fl) Tania (Fl) Tam Dew (OP) Tam Dew Improved (OP) Tam Uvalde (OP) Temptation Tenerife (Fl) Teros (Fl) Tesoro Dulce (Fl) Toledo (Fl) Topmark (OP) Top Mark F.R. (OP) U.C. Honeyloupe (Fl1) Variety type Eastern Honey Dew Specialty Charentais Charentais Eastern Western Charentais Canary Specialty Honey Dew Honey Dew Western Honey Dew Canary Eastern Honey Dew Spanish Western Western Honey Dew x Cantaloupe Amarillo Spanish Western Honey Dew Western Honey Dew Estern Charentais Specialty Canary Western Seed source Burpee Rupp Seedway Sakata Sakata Rupp, Burpee S akata Sakata Burpee Asgrow Asgrow, Willhite Jordan, Hollar Hollar, Willhite Sakata Harris Seeds Willhite Asgrow Nunhems Hollar, Asgrow Novartis Hollar Sakata Hollar Asgrow Burpee Novartis Shamrock Asgrow Nunhems Sakata Hollar Petoseed (Fl) (Fl) (F) ** Utopia (Fl1) Valencia (OP) ValleyPac (OP) Venus (Fl) Veracruz (Fl1) Verde (Fl1) ** Vienna (Fl1) Viva (Fl1) Volga (FEl) Yellow Canary (OP) Yuma na~ II I~\lctr (Fl1) I 64 64 ALABAMA ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION MUSTARD BrassicajunceaL. Czerniak Family: Brassicaceae Harvestable plant part: leaf Observed days to maturity: 55 to 65 days Main production challenge in Alabama: black rot TABLE 33. SEED SOURCE, FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS, AND RELATIVE EARLINESS OF SELECTED MUSTARD VARIETIES Variety Type Leaf color Green Green Red Green Seed source Asgrow, Stokes Stokes Harris Seeds Petoseed Days to harvest 50 45 40 45 Years eval. 97-98 98 98 97-98 Times eval. 3 1 1 3 OP Florida Broad Leaf OP Green Wave OP Red Giant OP Southern Giant Curled Type: OP = open-pollinated. TABLE Rating *** ** ** *** 34. INDEX OF MUSTARD VARIETIES Variety type Green Green Green Purple - red Red Green Green Green Green Seed source Asgrow, Stokes Harris Seeds, Jordan Jordan, Stokes Johnny's Harris Seed, Stokes Harris Seeds, Stokes Asgrow, Jordan Harris Seeds Jordan, Rupp Variety name Florida Broad Leaf (OP) Green Boy (F1) Green Wave (OP) Osaka Purple (OP) Red Giant (OP) Savannah (F1) Southern Giant Curled (OP) Tatsoi (OP) Tendergreen (OP) FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 65 OKRA Abelmoschus esculentus L. Moench Family: Malvaceae Harvestable plant part: immature fruit Observed days to maturity: 45 to 55 days Main production challenge in Alabama: root knot nematode Ready for harvest: pod size and maturity Typical harvest schedule: three times per week TABLE 35. SEED SOURCE, FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS, Type F1 F1 OP Fl OP OP OP OP Seed source Days to harvest Pod Disease color resis./tol. AND RELATIVE EARLINESS OF SELECTED OKRA VARIETIES Variety Annie Oakley II Baby Bubba Burgundy Cajun Delight Clemson Spineless Emerald Spike White Velvet Type: F1 = % in Years Times Times eval. eval. in top 5 top 5 97,98 98 97,98 97,98 97,98 97,98 98 98 2 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 50 100 50 50 67 50 0 100 48 Green Petoseed 53 Green Burpee Red Johnny's 60 Green 52 Johnny's Green 55 Asgrow Green Ferry-Morse 55 Green 48 Willhite White Montgomery * Seed hybrid; OP = open-pollinated. *= not available; - = none; from seed catalogues. TABLE 36. INDEX OF OKRA VARIETIES Rating S** 0 ** ** *** ** Variety name Annie Oakley II (Fl) Baby Bubba (Fl1) Big'un (OP) Burgundy (OP) Cajun Delight (Fl) Clemson Spineless 80 (OP) Dwarf Long Green Pod (OP) Emerald (OP) Green Best (OP) Lee (OP) Louisiana Green Velvet (OP) Mita (OP) North & South (F1) Perkins Dwarf (OP) Perkins Long Pod (OP) Perkins Mammoth (OP) Rani (OP) Spike (Fl) Variety type Green Green Green Red Green Green Green Green Green Green Green Green Green Green Green Green Green Green Seed source Jordan, Petoseed Burpee Willhite Jordan Harris Seeds Asgrow, Petoseed Rupp Ferry-Morse Park Seed, Siegers Seeds Park Seed Willhite Willhite Burpee, Seedway Carolina Seed Rupp Montgomery Seeds Willhite Willhite *** ** White Velvet (OP) White Montgomery Seeds 66 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION ONION Gallium cape L. Cape group Family: Lilliaceae Harvestable plant part: bulb (leaf/stem) Observed days to maturity: 110 days Main production challenge in Alabama: no commercial production TABLE 37. INDEX OF ONION VARIETIES Ratiing aLUlj Variety name ACX 1442 (Fl) Adonis (F1) Ailsa Craig (OP) Altisimo (Fl) Ambition (F1) Apex (F Arsenal (OP) Asagi (Fl) Astro (F 1) Athena (OP) Atlas (F l) Attack (F1) Augustus (F 1) Barrage (OP) Beltsville (OP) Benchmark (OP) Benny's Red (OP) Bianca Di Maggio (OP) Big Red (F1) Blanco Duro (OP) Blizzard (F1) Bonilla (F l) Brilliant (F l) Bronze Age (F l) Bronze Reserve (F 1) Brown Beauty (F 1) Buffalo (Fl) Bullring (F1) Bullseye (F1) Burgos (F1) Burgundy (OP) Caesar (F1) Cal 139 Victoria (F l) Cal 145 Corona (F l) Candy (F l) Capable (F1) Cannon (F1) Cavalier (OP) Celtic (OP) Centurion (F 1) Chateau (OP) Chula Vista (F l) Cima (F1) Cimarron (Fl) Class Pak (F l) r rll\ n Variety type Large, golden Jumbo, golden Extra large, golden Large, golden Jumbo, golden Jumbo, golden Medium, golden Bunch, green Medium-large, golden Globe, golden Jumbo, golden Globe, golden Jumbo, golden Jumbo, golden Bunch, mild Medium, golden Medium, red Medium-small, white Large, red Large, white Globe, white Large, golden Large, white Large, golden Medium-large, golden Medium-large, golden Medium, golden Large, golden Large, golden Large, golden Large, red Jumbo, golden Large, white Large, red Extra large, golden Large, golden Medium, golden Medium, golden Jumbo, golden Bunching Medium, golden Jumbo, golden Medium, golden Large, golden Large, golden Seed source Abbott & Cobb Ferry-Morse Johnny's Seedway Seedway Petoseed Asgrow Takii Petoseed Ferry-Morse Petoseed Takii Ferry-Morse Asgrow Jordan Asgrow Harris,Vegetable Seed Johnny's Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Petoseed Seedway Abbott & Cobb Ferry-Morse Ferry-Morse Ferry-Morse Johnny's Abbott & Cobb Ferry-Morse Siegers Seeds Abbott & Cobb Ferry-Morse Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Gurney's, Petoseed Abbott & Cobb Seedway Asgrow Asgrow Seedway Asgrow Petoseed Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Ferry-Morse continued 1) ++ FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 67 TABLE 37, CONTINUED. INDEX OF ONION VARIETIES Rating Variety name Columbia (F1) Common Bunching (OP) Condor (F1) Contessa (OP) Copra (F 1) Copper King (F1) Corona (F1) Cortland (F1) Crimson Forest-Bunching (OP) Criterion (F l) Crusader (OP) Cuprum (F l) Dai Maru (F l) Darius (F1) Daytona (F l) Deep Purple (OP) Dessex (F l) Diamond (F 1) Don Victor (F1l) Duration (F l) Early Supreme (F1) Eclipse L303 (OP) El Charro (F l) El Padre (F1) El Rey (F1) El Toro (OP) Encino (OP) Endurance (F l) Equanex (F1) Eskimo (F 1) Estrella Blanca (F l) Evergreen (Nebuka) (OP) Evergreen Hardy White (OP) Extra (F l) Fabius (F l) Feast (OP) Festival (F1) Fiesta (OP) Fist Edition (Fl) Fortress (OP) Frontier (F l) Fuego (Fl) Fury (OP) Gallop (OP) Gazette (F1l) Geronimo (F1l) Gibraltar (F l) Golden Cascade (F1) Gold Coin (OP) Gold Rush (F1) Golden Treasure (F1) Gran Prix (Fl) Granex 33 (Fl) Granex 429 (F l) Variety type Medium-large, g olden Bunch, green Globe, golden Jumbo, white Medium-large, gcolden Large, golden Large, golden Large, golden Bunch, red Large, golden Jumbo, golden Large, golden Medium, golder n Globe, golden Large, golden Bunch, red Large, golden vhite Large-medium, w Large, golden Large, golden Large, white Mini, white Large, golden Large, golden Large, golden Large, white Jumbo, golden Large, golden Large, golden Globe, golden Large, white Bunch, green Bunch, green Large, golden Globe, golden Bunch, green Large, golden Jumbo, golden Large, golden Medium, goldenn Medium-large, g(olden Large-medium, red Jumbo, golden Bunch, green Medium, goldern Large, golden Large, golden Large, golden Medium-small, golden Large, golden Large, golden Medium, goldern Medium, goldern Medium, goldern Seed source Ferry-Morse Takii Seedway Asgrow Gurney's Stokes Seedway Seedway Rupp Siegers Seeds Asgrow Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Ferry-Morse Seedway Johnny's Petoseed Petoseed Abbott & Cobb Siegers Seeds Abbott & Cobb Petoseed Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Asgrow Siegers Seeds Petoseed Takii Ferry-Morse Carolina Seed, Jordan Johnny's Abbott & Cobb Ferry-Morse Takii Seedway Asgrow Abbott & Cobb Asgrow Siegers Seeds Petoseed Asgrow Takii Petoseed Ferry-Morse Ferry-Morse Abbott & Cobb Johnny's Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Vegetable Seed Asgrow ++ continued 68 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE Rating 37, CONTINUED. INDEX OF ONION VARIETIES Variety type Large, golden Medium, golden Medium-large, globe Large, golden Medium, green Globe, golden Globe, golden Large, golden Large, golden Medium, golden Large, golden Small, golden Large, golden Bunch, white Bunching Bunching Large, golden Baby bunching, red Medium, red Medium, golden Large, golden Bunch, white Bunch, green Bunch, green Medium, white Large, golden Jumbo, golden Bunch, green Large, golden Medium, red Extra large, golden Large, golden Large, golden Medium-large, golden Large, golden Large, red Large, white Large, golden Large, golden Large, white Large, golden Large, golden Medium-large, golden Large, golden Medium, golden Large, golden Large, golden Medium, golden Bunch, green Large, golden Jumbo, golden Jumbo, golden Jumbo, golden Large, golden Medium, golden Seed source Ferry-Morse Asgrow Jordan, Petoseed Abbott & Cobb Gurney's, Jordan Takii Takii Siegers Seeds Petoseed Gurney's Harris Seeds Sakata Harris Seeds Jordan,Vegetable Seed Seedway Seedway Stokes Johnny's Willhite Abbott & Cobb Takii Harris Seeds Takii Takii Asgrow Abbott & Cobb Petoseed Seedway Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Jordan, Siegers Seeds Siegers Seeds Seedway Seedway Petoseed Jordan, Siegers Seeds Abbott & Cobb Siegers Seeds Ferry-Morse Petoseed Petoseed Abbott & Cobb Johnny's Abbott & Cobb Siegers Seeds, Takii Abbott & Cobb Takii Vegetable Seed Seedway Abbott & Cobb Petoseed Asgrow Petoseed Takii Siegers Seeds Variety name Granex Yellow PRR (F1) Hamlet (F 1) Headliner (Fl) Henry's Special (F1) He-Shi-Ko (OP) Hi-Ball (F 1) Hi-Keeper (F1) Hoopla (F1) Horizon (OP) Hybrid First Edition (F1) Hustler (F 1) Imai Early Yellow (OP) Impact (F 1) Ishikura Imp. (OP) Jagro (F1) Jetset (F1) Joint Venture (F1) Jon 190 (OP) Kanda (OP) Keepsweet II (F1) Keep Well (F1) Kincho (OP) Kyoto Market (OP) Kyoto White Long (OP) La Joya (OP) Legacy (F 1) Linda Vista (F1) Long White (OP) Magna Sweet (F l) Mambo (F1) Mars (F 1) Marvel (F 1) Matador (F l) Melia (F1) Mercedes (F1) Mercury (F1) Mid-Star (F1) Millennium (F1) Mohawk (F1) Moonlight (F1) Monsoon (OP) New Mexico Yellow Grano (OP) New York Early (OP) Nikita (F1l) Norstar (F 1) Ole (F1l) Omega (F1) Oro Grande (F1) Parade (OP) Paragon (F1) Payette (F l) Pegasus (F l) Pinnacle (F1) Polaris (F1) Precedent (F1) ,, ++ continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 69 TABLE Rating 37, CONTINUED. INDEX OF ONION VARIETIES Variety type Large, golden Large, golden Medium-large, golden Large, golden Large, red Large, golden Medium, golden Medium, golden Globe, golden Medium-large, golden Medium-large, red Jumbo, red Large, red Large, red Small-medium, red Medium-large, red Large, red Large, red Large, red Large, red Medium, red Medium, red Large, red Medium-large, red Large, red Jumbo, golden Large, golden Large, golden Large, golden Large, red Large, white Large, golden Large, golden Large, golden Large, golden Large, red Large, red Medium, white Large, golden Large, golden Large, white Bunch,green Large, golden Jumbo, golden Large, golden Large, golden Large, golden Medium-large, golden Globe, golden Jumbo, golden Globe, golden Large, white Large, golden Bunch, green Medium-large, red Seed source Siegers Seeds Siegers Petoseed Johnny's Seedway Siegers Seeds Siegers Seeds Petoseed Petoseed Petoseed Petoseed Asgrow Carolina Seed Carolina Seed Ferry-Morse Takii Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Johnny's Gurney's Gurney's Petoseed Johnny's Petoseed Johnny's Asgrow Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Ferry-Morse Asgrow Seedway Seedway Ferry-Morse Petoseed Sakata Petoseed Takii Abbott & Cobb Takii Abbott & Cobb Jordan, Petoseed Variety name Prestige (F 1) Prevailer (F1) Primavera (F l) Prince (Fl) Prisma (F l) PS 3516 (Fl) PS 3528 (F1) Quantum (F1) Quest (F l) Ranger (F 1) Red Baron (Fl) Redbone (OP) Red Burgundy (Fl) Red Burgurmaster (F 1) Red Creole (OP) Red Cross (F1) Red Granex (Fl) Red Grano (OP) Redman (OP) Red Hamburger (OP) Red Sets (OP) Red Star (OP) Red Torpedo (OP) Red Wave (OP) Redwing (F l) Regiment (OP) Ring Maker (Fl) Ringer Grano (OP) Ringer Grano Imp. (OP) Rio Chago (F1) Rio Blanco Grande (OP) Rio Bonita (F l) Rio Bravo (F1) Rio Durado (F1) Rio Fortuna (F l) Rio Kyda Von (F1) Rio Raji Red (Fl) Rio Redondo (F1) Rio Solo (Fl) Rio Sonora (F1) Rio Unico (F1) Rio Verde (F l) Rip Van Winkle (F l) Riviera (OP) Salem (F1) Santana (F 1) Sassy Brassy (F1) Savannah Sweet (F 1) Senshyu (OP) Shasta (F1l) Slugger (F1) Snowwhite (F1) Sonic (F1) Southport Green (OP) Southport rRed Globe (OP) r\ ++ continued r- 70 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE Rating 37, CONTINUED. INDEX OF ONION VARIETIES Variety type Bunch, white Medium-large, golden Large, golden Bunch, green Jumbo, white Large, golden Large, golden Extra large, golden Large, golden Large, white Large, white Large, golden Large, golden Medium, golden Large, golden Large, golden Large, golden Large, golden Large, golden Large, red Medium, golden Large-medium, golden Large, white Large, golden Bunch, green Large, golden Large, golden Jumbo, golden Large, golden Large, golden Medium-large, golden Large, golden Large, golden Jumbo, golden Large, golden Large, golden Large, golden Jumbo, golden Jumbo, golden Jumbo, golden Globe, golden Large, golden Large, golden Medium, white Bunch, green Large, white Bunch, green Medium, white Large, golden Globe, golden Medium, golden Large, golden Extra large, golden Jumbo, golden Jumbo, golden Seed source Harris Seed Jordan, Rupp Petoseed Takii Petoseed Abbott & Cobb Ferry-Morse Ferry-Morse Rupp Jordan,Rupp Rupp Rupp Petoseed Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Takii Takii Abbott & Cobb Seedway Abbott & Cobb Stokes Petoseed Petoseed Gurney's, Petoseed Carolina Seed, Jordan Takii Takii Asgrow Petoseed Ferry-Morse Petoseed,Siegers Seeds Petoseed,Siegers Seeds Petoseed,Siegers Seeds Asgrow Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Asgrow Asgrow Asgrow Petoseed Harris Seeds, Rupp Gurney's, Jordan Gurney's,Vegetable Seed Carolina Seed, Jordan Gurney's Johnny's,Siegers Seed Gurney's, Jordan Abbott & Cobb Petoseed Gurney's Petoseed,Carolina Seed Carolina Seed, Gurney's Asgrow Petoseed Variety name Southport White (OP) Spartan Banner (F l) Spectrum (F l) Spring Slim (OP) Sterling (F1) Sweet Amber (F 1) Sweetex (F 1) Sweetheart (F1) Sweet Perfection (Fl) Sweet Sandwich (F1) Sweet Spanish (OP) Sweet Spanish (OP) Sweet Success (Fl) Sunex 1505 (Fl) Sunex 1514 (Fl) Super Bear (F1) Superex (F l) Superior (Fl) Tamara (F l) Tango (F l) Tarmagon (F l) Teton (F 1) Texas Early White (OP) Texas Grano (OP) Tokyo Long White (OP) Top Keeper (F1) Tough Ball (F1) Tribute (OP) TYG 502 Select (OP) Ultra (F 1) Uni-Globe 100 (F 1) Uni-Globe 108 (F l) Uni-Globe 118 (F l) Utopia (OP) Vaquera (Fl1) Valdez (F1) Valiant (Fl) Vega (OP) Viceroy (OP) Viper (OP) Vision (F1) Voyager (F1) Walla -Walla (OP) White Bermuda (OP) White Lisbon (OP) White Sets (OP) White Spear (OP) White Sweet Spanish (OP) Winner (F1) Wolf (F1) Yellow Ebenezer (OP) Yellow Granex Imp. (F1) Yellow Sweet Spanish (F1) Yula (OP) Zenith (F l) I~~u r\ I I ++ FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST PARSLEY Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Nyman ex A.W.Hill 71 Family: Umbelliferae Harvestable plant part: shoot Observed days to maturity: 70 to 90 days Main production challenge in Alabama: no commercial production TABLE Rating 38. INDEX OF PARSLEY VARIETIES ++ Variety name Banquet (OP) Bravour (OP) Champion Moss (OP) Curlina (OP) Darki (OP) Dekora (OP) Early Sugar (OP) Esquire (OP) Evergreen (OP) Fakir (OP) Forest Green (OP) Garland (OP) Gigante Catalogno (OP) Green Carpet (OP) Green River (OP) Hamburg Rooted (OP) Italian Dark Green Plain (OP) Jade (OP) Krausa (OP) Moss Curled (OP) New Curl Summer (OP) New Italian Giant (OP) Paramount (OP) Picnic (OP) Plain Leaf (OP) Shamrock Double Curled (OP) Sherwood (OP) Triplex (OP) Unicurl (OP) -- Variety type Dark green Dark green Dark green Dark green Dark green Dark green Dark green Dark green Dark green Dark green Dark green Deep green Dark green Dark green Dark green Dark green Dark green Dark green Dark green Dark green Dark green Dark green Dark green Medium dark green Medium green Dark green Dark green Dark green Dark green Seed source Harris Seeds Stokes Gurney's Stokes Stokes Abbott & Cobb Stokes Seedway Ferry-Morse Seedway Siegers Seeds Siegers Seeds Johnny;s Takii Petoseed, Rupp Petoseed, Rupp Carolina Seed, Rupp Shamrock Seedway Carolina Seed, Rupp Takii Siegers Seeds Takii Ferry-Morse Jordan, Rupp Shamrock Petoseed, Rupp Petoseed Stokes - 72 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION PARSNIP Pastinacasativa L Family: Umbelliferae Harvestable plant part: root Observed days to maturity: 105 to 120 days Main production challenge in Alabama: no commercial production TABLE Rating 39. INDEX OF PARSNIP VARIETIES Seed source Gurney's, Rupp Stokes Jordan, Rupp Jordan, Rupp Johnny's Johnny's Shamrock Variety name All American (OP) Andover (OP) Harris Model (OP) Hollow Crown (OP) Javelin (Fl) Lancer (OP) White Knight (OP) FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 73 ENGLISH PEA Pisum sativum L. Family: Leguminosae Harvestable plant part: immature seeds Observed days to maturity: 50 to 70 days Main production challenges in Alabama: root knot nematode, anthracnose, mosaic viruses Ready for harvest: pod size and maturity Typical harvest schedule: once over (mechanical) or multiple (hand) TABLE Rat ing 40. INDEX OF ENGLISH PEA VARIETIES Variety type Light green Green Green Bright green Green Green Green Dark green Green, snow Green Green Green Dark green Dark green Green Dark green Bright green Dark green Medium green Dark green Green Dark green Green, snow Dark green Green Green Green Green, snow Light green, snow Dark green Dark green Green Dark green Green Green Dark green, snow Green Green Variety name Alaska (OP) Alderman (OP) Seed source Jordan Harris Seeds Rupp Siegers Rupp Burpee Rupp, Stokes Rupp Gurney's, Rupp Seedway Burpee Rupp Gurney's, Rupp Harris Seeds Rupp, Harris Seeds Gurney's, Rupp Rupp, Siegers Gurney's, Rupp Gurney's, Rupp Gurney's, Rupp Stokes Gurney's, Rupp Jordan, Rupp Johnny's Ferry-Morse Gurney's, Rupp Rupp Jordan, Rupp Gurney's, Rupp Asgrow Stokes Burpee Siegers Seeds Burpee Burpee Rupp, Jordan Rupp Seedway Bolero (OP) Bounty (OP) Br. Crowder (OP) Burpeeana Early (OP) Cascadia (OP) Dual (OP) Dwarf Gray Sugar (OP) Dwarf White Sugar (OP) Early Freezer (OP) Early Frosty (OP) Extra-Early Alaska (OP) Frosty (OP) Freezonian (OP) Green Arrow (OP) Knight (OP) ++ Laxton's Prog.#9 (OP) ++ Lincoln (OP) Little Marvel (OP) Little Sweetie (OP) Maestro (OP) Mammoth Melting Sugar (OP) Maxigolt (OP) Melting Sugar (OP) Novella II (OP) Olympia (OP) Oregon Giant (OP) Oregon Sugar Pod II (OP) Paladio (OP) Patriot (OP) Petit Provencal (OP) Progress # 9 (OP) Snappy (OP) Snowbird (OP) Snowflake (OP) Somerset (OP) Spring (OP) continued 74 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE Rating ++ ++ 40, CONTINUED. INDEX OF ENGLISH PEA VARIETIES Variety type Bright green Green Dark green Green Green Green Medium green Green Dark green Dark green Green Dark green Dark green Seed source Siegers Seeds Jordan Rupp, Siegers Seeds Gurney's, Rupp Gurney's, Rupp Burpee Harris Seeds,Siegers Seeds Rupp Rupp Siegers Seeds Asgrow, Johnny's Rupp, Stokes Gurney's, Rupp Variety name Sugar Ann (OP) Sugar Bon (OP) Sugar Daddy (OP) Sugar Snap (OP) Summerset (OP) Super Snappy (OP) Super Sugar Mel (OP) Super Sugar Snap (OP) Thomas Laxton (OP) Top Pod (OP) Trapper (OP) Utrillo (OP) Wando (OP) FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST PEPPER 75 7 Capsicum annuum L. var. annuum Bell, cayenne, chili, cone, and red cluster groups Family: Solanaceae Harvestable plant part: immature fruit Observed days to maturity: 63 to 77 days for bell, 55 to 58 days for other types (spring production, from transplant) Main production challenges in Alabama: bacterial leaf spot, blossom-end rot Ready for harvest: by size and/or color development Typical harvest schedule: once every seven to ten days 41. TABLE SEED SOURCE, FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS, AND RELATIVE EARLINESS OF SELECTED PEPPER VARIETIES Variety Type Seed source Color Days to harvest Banana 56 60 59 Disease resis./tol. in Years Times Times %o eval. eval. in top 5 top 5 95 95 95 96 97 95-98 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 100 100 100 0 0 33 50 17 33 50 45 56 0 0 100 0 2 16 7 3 3 2 6 2 4 10 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 50 31 0 0 0 0 50 Ivory Banana Sugar Banana Super Sweet Banana Acapulco ACX-202 Admiral Aladdin XR3 Bellguard Bell King Belle Star Black Bird Blue Jay Bomby Bonita Boyton Bell Brigadier CA-64 Camelot X3R Canary Capistrano Cardinal Carlos Chocolate Beauty Chocolate Bell Commandant Dove Fl Stokes Fl1 Stokes FlI G-Y G-Y G-Y Stokes Fl1 Vilmorin Abbott&Cobb F Fl1 Novartis I G-R G-R G-Y Bell 70 " 76 * TIbMV,PVY Fl1 Petoseed G-Y G-R F1 F1 Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl OP Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl Harris Seeds 74 74 Harris Seeds G-R 67 Ferry-Morse G-R G-Bk-R 73 Stokes P-R Stokes 73 72 G-R Novartis Ferry-Morse G-R 75 Harris Seeds G-R 71 G-R Novartis Shamrock Petoseed Stokes Petoseed Stokes Nunhems Ball Seed Stokes Novartis Stokes G-R G-R G-Y G-R G-R G-R G-Br-R G-Br-R G-R W-Pk 74 72 74 70 85 75 80 71 BLS(I,2) 98 LS(1,2,3), B1 TB V,TbM V 94,95 TI'bMV,PVY TI bEV T bMV 94-97 94,96,97 bMV 94-98 94-98 TT 94 bMV 97 LS(l,2,3) B 96 LS(l,2,3) B 98 3LS(l,2,3) PVY 98 94-98 BLS(l,2,3) TbMV TbMV 94-98 96,97 TbMV 94 TbMV 94 TbJMV,PVY 94,06,97 TbMV 95,97 BLS(l,2,3) 97 94,96,97 0 0 90 continued 76 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 76 ALABAMA AGRICUTRLEP IMN SAIO TABLE CONTINUED. SEED SOURCE, FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS, AND RELATIVE EARLINESS OF SELECTED PEPPER VARIETIES Type Seed source Color G-R G-R G-R G-R G-R G-Y Days to harvest 77 Disease resis./tol. Years Times Times % in eval. eval. in top 5 top 5 95-98 94 98 95-97 94 95-97 9 1 1 4 2 6 6 1 3 3 41, Variety Enterprise Estimna EXH-12261 Figaro Four Corners Goldcoast Golden Bell Golden Giant II Gold Finch Guardian Fl Asgrow FlI Nunhems Fl1 Asgrow Fl1 Vilmorin Ferry-Morse Asgrowx BLS(l,2,3) TbMV TbMV TbMV ,PVY TbMV BLS(l,2,3) TbMV 6 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 67 0 100 Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl 71 67 74 68 72 72 72 50 0 50 17 0 33 0 Harris Seeds G-Y Burpee G-Y Stokes W-Y-R Novartis G-R 94,95 98 96,97 TbMV, PVY 95 Honey Belle Ivory Jumbo Sweet Karma King Arthur Fl1 Harris Seeds Fl Novartis Fl Takii Fl1 Ferry-Morse Fl Petoseed G-Y W-Y G-R G-R G-R 74 68 70 72 Klondike Bell Lilac Marengo New Ace Orange Grande Oriole Orobelle Paladin Primadona Purple Beauty Ranger Redwing Red Down Renegade Robin Sentry Fl Fl Fl1 Fl Fl Fl Fl1 Fl Fl OP Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl Stokes Novartis Asgrow Takii Stokes Stokes Novartis Novartis Ferry-Morse Petoseed Asgruw Stokes Stokes Asgrow Stokes Novartis G-Y P-R G-Y G-R G-O G-O G-Y G-R G-R Bk-R G-R G-R G-R G-R G-R G-R 72 68 80 62 BLS(l,2) TbEV TbMV TbMV PVY TbMV TbMV, PVY BLS(2) TbEV TbMV TbMV 94 94-97 94 97 94-98 3 7 3 1 21 1 6 0 1 33 86 0 100 52 11 1 3 0 1 94 94-98 94 94 4 8 6 3 76 74 72 74 75 72 69 76 72 70 Superset Tazza Tenno Valencia Var.#830 Var.#860 Var.#862R Var.#870 rl IIIII. ill. Fl Fl Stokes Nunhems G-R G-Y 64 * TbMV 95-97 TbMV 94-96 TbMV, PVY 94,96 98 97 TbMV 95-98 94 TbMV,PVY 95-97 PEV 95-97 BLS(1,2) 94 95,96 BLS(1,2) 97,98 PVY,Stip TbMV TbMV 94,96,97 - 6 4 5 1 1 8 3 4 4 3 4 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 2 3 1 3 25 38 0 33 0 0 20 100 100 0 66 75 50 100 25 75 3 5 1 2 94,96 Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl I I Nunhems Novartis Abbott&Cobb Abbott&Cobb Abbott&Cobb Abbott&Cobb iuiivniii~ G-R G-O G-R G-YG-R G-R ~I-I 70 TbMV,PVY TbMV BLS(l,2,3) 86 II * 95 94,96 97 94,97,98 TbMV,PVY 95 BLS(l,2,3) 97 1 5 2 3 1 2 1 5 0 0 0 1 33 40 100 100 0 0 0 50 C-ontinued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 77 TABLE 41, CONTINUED. SEED SOURCE, FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS, AND RELATIVE EARLINESS OF SELECTED PEPPER VARIETIES Variety Wizard X3R Wonder Bell Yorktown Zerto Type F1 Fl Fl Fl Seed source Petoseed Takii Asgrow Nunhems Color G-R G-R G-R G-R Days to Disease harvest resis./tol. * BLS(1,2,3) TbMV TbMV % in Years Times Times eval. eval. in top 5 top 5 95,96 3 2 66 2 0 0 * 94 0 98 1 0 * 86 94-96 7 6 * TbMV Cubanelle 2 100 95 2 G-R * F1 Novartis Aruba 3 3 100 67 94,95 F1 Petoseed G-R Biscayne 100 94 2 2 * G-R F1 Takii Green Horn 2 2 100 94,95 F1 Harris Seeds G-O-R 66 Key Largo Banana = Elongated with pointed end; Cubanelle = Elongated with lobes merging at the tip. Type: F1 = hybrid; OP = open-pollinated. Fruit Color: G = green; Y = yellow; Bk = black; Br = brown; W = white; O = orange; R = red; P = purple; Pk = pink. Disease Resistance/Tolerance: BLS (Race #) = Bacterial Leaf Spot; PVY = Potato Virus Y; PEV = Potato Etch Virus; TbMV = Tobacco Mosaic Virus; TbEV = Tobacco Etch Virus; PMV = Pepper Mottle Virus.-= none; * = not available; from seed catalogues. 78 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE 42A. SEED SOURCE AND RELATIVE EARLINESS OF SELECTED HOT PEPPER VARIETIES Variety Type Seed source Days to harvest Disease resis./tol. % in Years Times Times eval. eval. in top 5 top 5 Ancho San Luis OP Petoseed 78 96,98 3 0 0 Cherry Bomb FI Petoseed 78 TbMV 96,98 3 0 0 PeMV,PVY,TbEV 96 2 0 0 Delicias Fl Petoseed 67 Firenza Fl Novartis * 98 1 0 0 Inferno Fl Petoseed 63 96 2 0 0 98 1 1 100 Mesilla Fl Petoseed 87 TbPV, PVY,TE 96,98 3 0 0 Mitla Fl Petoseed 74 Mulato Isleno OP Petoseed 89 96,98 2 1 50 96,98 3 1 33 Ole OP Ferry-Morse 80 Petoseed 100 96,98 3 1 33 Papri King OP 33 OP Petoseed 77 TbMV 96,98 3 1 Pasilla Bajio 1 0 0 * 98 Pecos Fl Novartis 3 0 0 80 TbMV 96,98 Picante Fl Harris TbMV 96,98 3 0 0 Santa Fe Grande OP Petoseed 77 98 1 0 0 Petoseed 75 Super Chili F1 0 Fl Burpee 70 98 1 0 Thai Dragon 0 0 TbMV 96,98 3 FI Ferry-Morse 63 Volcano Type: Fl = hybrid; OP = open-pollinated. Disease Resistance/Tolerance: PVY = Potato Virus Y; TbMV = Tobacco Mosaic Virus; PeMV = Pepper Mottle Virus; TbEV = Tobacco Etch Virus; TbPV = Tobama P Virus. - = none; * = not available; from seed catalogues. TABLE 42B. FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS OF SELECTED HOT PEPPER VARIETIES Variety Classification Color RSR Ancho G-R 1500-4500 Ancho San Luis Hot Cherry G-R 2500-5000 Cherry Bomb Delicias Jalapeno G-R 500 Firenza Jalapeno G-R Y-R 2500-4500 Inferno Hungarian Wax Cayenne G-R 2000 Mesilla G-R 4000-6000 Mitla Jalapeno 500-1000 G-Br Mulato Isleno Poblano Jumbo Jalapeno G-R Ole Paprika G-R 500-1000 Papri King 100-250 Cayenne G-Br Pasilla Bajio Pecos Jalapeno G-R Picante Jalapeno G-R Y-O-R 5000-8000 Santa Fe Grande Jalapeno G-R 40,000 Chili Super Chili Thai G-R Thai Dragon Volcano Hungarian Wax Y-R Color: G = green; Y = yellow; Bk = black; Br = brown; W = white; O = orange; R = red; Pu = purple; Pk = pink. RSR: Relative Scoville Rating (range 0 to 300,000).= none; from seed catalogues. FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 79 TABLE Rating ** * ** 43. INDEX OF PEPPER VARIETIES Variety type Seed source Rupp, Vilmorin Stokes Abbott & Cobb Jordan, Novartis Petoseed Nunhems Rupp Sakata Nunhems Harris Seeds, Rupp Jordan, Petoseed, Stokes Jordan, Rupp Rupp Rupp Petoseed Seedway Johnny's Johnny's Novartis Siegers Seed Jordan, Petoseed D. Palmer Seed Petoseed Vilmorin Hazera Seeds Jordan, Petoseed Jordan, Petoseed Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Ferry-Morse Jordan, Novartis Asgrow Rupp Rupp Stokes Petoseed Burpee Harris Seeds Rupp Burpee Jordan, Petoseed, Stokes Stokes Stokes Stokes Johnny's Novartis Rupp Harris Seeds Novartis Rupp Shamrock Variety name Acapulco (F l) Ace (F ACX-202 (F l) Admiral (F1) ** ** * * * ** * ** * *** ** Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-Y) Bell (G-Y) Aladdin X3R (F1) Hot, Cayenne (G-R) Amando (F1) Bell (G-Pu-R) Amethist (OP) Bell (G-R) Amigo (F l) Bell (G-Y) Aminda (FE1) Hot, Anaheim (G-R) Anaheim Chili (OP) Hot, Anaheim (G-R) Anaheim TMR 23 (OP) Hot, Ancho (G-R) Ancho 101 (OP) Hot, Ancho (G-R) Ancho Gigantia (OP) Hot, Ancho (G-R) Ancho Ranchero (F 1) Hot, Ancho (G-R) Ancho San Luis (OP) Hot, Ancho (G-R) Ancho Villa (F l) Bell (Y-R) Antohi Romanian (OP) Bell (G-R) Apple (OP) Cubanelle (G-R) Aruba (F 1) Cubanelle (G-R) Astron (F l) Banana (Y-R) Banana Supreme (F1) Bell (G-R) Barkan (F1) Bell (G-R) (F 1) Baron Bell (G-R) Belconi (F l) Bell (G-R) Beitar (F 1) Bell (G-R) Bell Boy (F l) Bell (G-R) Bell Captain (F1) Bell (G-R) Bellguard (Fl) Bell (G-R) Bell King (Fl) Bell (G-R) Belle Star (Fl) Bell (G-R) Bell Tower (F l) Bell (G-R) Belmont (F l) Bell (G-R) Bendigo (F l) Bell (W-R) Bianca (F l) Bell (G-R) Big Bertha (F1) Hot, Anaheim (G-R) Big Chile (Fl) Bell (G-R) Big Dipper (Fl) Bell (G-R) Big John (Fl) Bell (G-R) Big Red (OP) Hot (G-R) Big Thai (Fl) Cubanelle (G-R) Biscayne (F l) Bell (G-Bk-R) Black Bird (Fl) Bell (G-R) Blockbuster (F1) Bell (Pu) Blue Jay (F1) Boldog Hungarian Spice (OP) Hot, Paprika (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bomby (F l) Bell (G-R) Bonita (F 1) Bell (G-R) Boynton Bell (Fl) Bell (G-R) Brigadier (F l) Banana (Y-R) Bulgarian Sweetie (F1) Cubanelle (Y-G) CA 12 (Fl) I) continued 80 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE Rating * 43, CONTINUED. INDEX OF PEPPER VARIETIES Variety type Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Hot, Hungarian Wax(Y-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-Y) Bell (G-R) Bell (OP) Bell (G-R) Hot, Habanero (G-R) Bell (Y-R) Bell (G-R) Hot, Hungarian Wax(Y-R) Bell (G-R) Hot, Cayenne (G-Y) Hot, Cayenne (G-R) Hot, Cayenne (G-R) Hot, Cayenne (G-R) Hot, Cherry (G-R) Cherry (G-R) Cherry (G-R) Bell (G-R) Hot, Ancho (G-R) Chili (G-R) Chili (G-R) Hot (G-R) Bell (G-Br) Cherry (G-Br-R) Bell (G-Br-R) Bell (G-Br-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Banana (Y) Bell (G-R) Cubanelle (G-R) Cubanelle (G-Y) Bell (G-O) Hot (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Cubanelle (G-R) Bell (YG-RO) Hot, Jalapeno (G-R) Hot ,Banana (Y-R) Bell (W-R) Seed source Shamrock Jordan, Petoseed Petoseed, Stokes Petoseed Harris Seeds Jordan, Petoseed, Stokes Petoseed Stokes Harris Seeds, Sakata Stokes Jordan, Petoseed, Stokes Hazera Seeds Stokes Siegers Seeds Sakata Nunhems Petoseed D. Palmer Seed Rupp Jordan, Petoseed Jordan, Petoseed Harris Seeds Jordan, Petoseed, Jordan Petoseed, Stokes Johnny's Stokes Stokes Rupp Rupp Rupp Rupp Jordan, Petoseed Stokes Zeraim Gedera Rupp Hazera Seeds Novartis, Rupp Harris Seeds Novartis Rupp Rupp Johnny's Stokes Seedway Gurney's Asgrow Jordan, Petoseed, Stokes Jordan, Petoseed Stokes Rupp Variety name CA 64 (FIl) *** California Wonder 300 (OP) California Wonder PS (OP) Caloro PS (OP) Calwonder (OP) Camelot (F1) Camelot X3R (F1) Canada-Cheese (OP) Canape (F l) Canary (Fl) * * * Capistrano (OP) Capricho (OP) Cardinal (F l) Caribbian Red (OP) Carousel (F1) Carlos (F1) * Cascabella PS (OP) Castor (F l) Cayenne Golden (OP) Cayenne Large Red Thick (OP) Cayenne Long Slim (OP) Charleston Hot (OP) ** Cherry Bomb (Fl) ** Cherry Large Red (OP) Cherry Sweet (OP) Cherrytime (OP) Chilancho (F l) Chili Grande (OP) Chiltepin (OP) China Express (OP) Choco (F l) Chocolate Baby (OP) Chocolate Beauty (F1) Chocolate Bell (F1) ** Christie (F 1) Clovis (F l) Comanche (OP) ** Commandant (F1) Copacabana (F l) Cordoba (F l) Corno di Toro (OP) Corno di Toro (OP) Corona (OP) Crimson Hot (OP) Crispy (F1) Crispy Bell (OP) Cuban (OP) Cubanelle (OP) ** Delicias (F1) Diablo Grande (Fl) Diamond (OP) continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 81 TABLE Rating 43, CONTINUED. INDEX OF PEPPER VARIETIES Variety type Bell (G-Y) Bell (G-R) Bell (W) Pimento (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Hot, Jalapeno (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-Y) Hot, Habanero (G-O) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Hot, Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Hot, Jalapeno (G-R) Bell (W-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Hot (G-R) Bell (G-R) Cubanelle (G-R) Hot, Jalapeno (G-R) Bell (Y-O) Bell (G-Y) Banana (Y) Bell (G-Y) Bell (G-Y) Hot, Cayenne (G-R) Bell (G-Y) Bell (G-Y)) Bell (G-Y) Bell (W-R) Bell (G-Y) Bell (G-Y) Hot, Jalapeno (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Cubanelle (G-R) Seed source Enza Zaden Asgrow Stokes Cherokee Food Product Sakata Asgrow Burpee Petoseed Stokes Rupp Stokes Novartis, Stokes Jordan, Petoseed Harris Seeds Rupp, Asgrow Harris Seed D.V.Burell Seed Nunhems Nunhems Nunhems Petoseed Petoseed Rupp Novartis, Petoseed Harris Seeds Johnny's Abbott & Cobb Rupp Vilmorin Ferry-Morse, Jordan Takii Novartis, Stokes Jordan Petoseed Rupp Johnny's Stokes Rupp, Asgrow Stokes Petoseed Petoseed Stokes Burpee Jordan, Petoseed Rupp Stokes Stokes Burpee Jordan, Petoseed Burpee Seedway Takii Variety name Diego (OP) Domino (F1) ** ** Dove (F1) Dunbar (OP) ** * * ** ** Early Bountiful (F Early Calwonder (OP) Early Crisp (F1) Early Jalapeno (OP) Early Niagara Giant (OP) Early Sunsation (F 1) Early Scotch Bonnet (OP) Elisa (F ) Emerald Giant (OP) Emerald Isle (F1) Enterprise (Fl) Espana (F1) Espanola (OP) Estar (FIl) Estilo (F l) Estima (F l) Excalibur (F1) Fajita Bell (OP) Figaro (F l) Firenza (F1) l) * Flamingo (F1) Flash (F1) Flavor Fry (Fl) Floral Gem (OP) Foulki (F l) Four Corners (F l) Fushimi Long Green (OP) Galaxy (F l) Garden Salsa (F1) Gator Belle (F1) Giant Anacongua (OP) Giant Jalapeno (Fl) Giant Szegedi (OP) Gold Coast (F1) *** * Golden Golden Golden Golden Golden Golden Golden Arrow (F1) Bell (F1) Cal Wonder (OP) Cayenne (OP) Giant II (Fl) Summer (F1) Treasure (OP) ** Gold Finch (F1l) ** Gold King (F1) Gold Standard (F l) Grande (F1) Great Stuff (F l) Green Boy (F1) Green Horn (F l) continued 82 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE Rating * 43, CONTINUED. INDEX OF PEPPER VARIETIES Variety type Cubanelle (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Hot, Habanero (G-O) Hot, Habanero (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-Y) Hot, Yellow Wax (Y) Hot, Cayenne (G-R) Hot (G-R) Hot, Serrano (G-R) Hot ,Wax (Y) Wax (Y) Hot, Wax (Y) Bell (G-Y) Bell (G-O) Bell (G-R) Hot, Banana (Y-R) Bell (G-Y) Bell (G-Pu-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (W) Banana (Y) Hot, Jalapeno (G-R) Hot, Jalapeno (G-R) Hot, Jalapeno (G-R) Hot, Jalapeno (G-R) Hot (G-Y) Hot (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Cubanelle (G-O-R) Bell (G-R) Bell Bell Bell Bell Bell Bell Bell (G-R) (G-R) (G-R) (G-O) (G-R) (G-R) (G-R) Seed source Stokes Jordan, Novartis Gurney's Ferry-Morse Jordan, Petoseed Jordan, Petoseed, Stokes Jordan, Petoseed Stokes Harris Seeds Jordan, Petoseed Harris Seeds, Stokes Stokes Burpee, Petoseed Rupp Petoseed Ferry-Morse Novartis,Petoseed, Stokes Gurney's Novartis Jordan, Petoseed, Stokes Siegers Seed Johnny's Shamrock Rupp Johnny's Enza Zaden Jordan, Novartis Stokes Petoseed Asgrow, Stokes Jordan, Petoseed Rupp Rupp Rupp Shamrock Ferry-Morse Jordan, Harris Seeds Takii Harris Seeds, Stokes Siegers Seeds Harris Seeds Petoseed Asgrow Jordan, Petoseed, Stokes Gurney's Stokes Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Enza Zaden Variety name Guantanamo (F l) Guardian (F1) Gurney's Giant (F1) Gusto (OP) Gypsy (F1) Habanero (OP) Habanero Red (OP) Hercules (F1) Honey Belle (F1l) Hot Hungarian Yellow Wax (OP) Hot Portugal (OP) Hot Stuff Hybrid (F1) Huasteco (OP) Hungarian Heat (F1) Hungarian Sweet Wax (OP) Hungarian Yellow Wax (OP) Hybrid 860 (Fl) Hybrid Mandarin (F1) Indra (F1) Inferno (F1) * ** * ** Inia (F 1) Islander (F1) Issa (F1) Italica (F l) Italia (OP) Ivan (OP) Ivory (F l) Ivory Banana (F1) * ** * Jalapa (F l) Jalapeno (OP) Jalapeno M (OP) Jalepe Mild (F l) Jamaica Gold (OP) Jamaica Red (OP) Jetta (F l) Jezebelle (F l) Jingle Bells (Fl) Jumbo Sweet (F1) Jupiter (OP) Karma (F l) Key Largo (F l) Keystone Resistant Giant (OP) Keystone Resistant Giant 3 (OP) King Arthur (F1) **** * King of the North (OP) Klondike Bell (F1) La Bamba (F1) Lady Bell (F1l) Lantern (F1) continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 83 TABLE Rating 43, CONTINUED. INDEX OF PEPPER VARIETIES Variety type Bell (G-R) Cherry (G-R) Bell (Y-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (Pu-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Hot, Portugal (G-R) Hot, Cayenne (G-R) Hot (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Italian (R or Y) Bell (G-Y) Banana (Y-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-Y) Bell (Pu-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Hot, Cayenne (G-R) Hot, Bell (G-R) Hot, Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-Y) Bell (G-R) Hot, Jalapeno (G-R) Bell (G-R) Hot, Jalapeno (G-R) Hot, Ancho (G-Br) Hot, Ancho (G-Br) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Hot, Chili (G-R) Bell (G-R) Hot, Jalapeno (G-R) Bell (G-O) Bell (G-O) Bell (G-O) Seed source Stokes Harris Seeds, Stokes Burpee Stokes Jordan, Novartis Johnny's Burpee Jordan, Petoseed Stokes Ferry-Morse Orsetti Seed D. Palmer Seed Rupp Rupp Rupp D. Palmer Seed Rupp Rupp Asgrow, Jordan Rupp Novartis Stokes Novartis Rupp Petoseed, Stokes Petoseed Asgrow Novartis Rupp Enza Zaden Petoseed Jordan, Petoseed, Stokes Petoseed, Stokes Hongnong Seed America Rupp Petoseed, Stokes Jordan Rupp Jordan, Petoseed, Stokes Harris Seeds, Ferry-Morse Harris Seeds Rupp Jordan, Petoseed Stokes Abbott & Cobb Harris Seeds D.V.Burrell Seed Jordan, Petoseed, Stokes Rupp Burpee Stokes Stokes Variety name Laparie (F1) Large Red Cherry (OP) Lemon Belle (F1) Lemon King (F1) ** Lilac (F1) * Lipstick (OP) Little Dipper (F1) Lisbon (F1) Long Red Cayenne (OP) Long Thick Cayenne (OP) Loribelle (OP) Louis (OP) Maestro (F1) Maite (F l) Mandarin (F 1) Maor (OP) Marbles (OP) Marconi (OP) Marengo (F 1) Market Sweet (F1) Marquis (F l) Martindale III (F1) Matador (F1) Mavras (F l) Mayata (Fl) Melito (Fl) Melody (F1) Memphis (F l) Merced (OP) Mercedes (OP) Mercury (OP) Merlin (F l) Mesilla (F1) * Mexheim (F l) Mexibell Improved (F1) Midway (OP) Mini Bell (OP) Mint Julip (Fl) ** Mitla (Fl) Monalisa (F l) Mucho Nacho (Fl) Mulato (OP) ** Mulato Isleno (OP) Navarone (F1) Neptune (F1) * New Ace (F1) New Mexico Chili (OP) North Star (F l) ** ** Ole (OP) Orange Belle (Fl) Orange Grande (F l) Orange King (Fl) continued 84 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 84 TABLE Rating ALABAMA AGRICULUA XEIMN TTO 43, CONTINUED. INDEX OF PEPPER VARIETIES Variety type Bell (G-0) Bell (G-Y) Bell (G-0) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-Y) Hot, Anaheim (G-R) Bell (G-R) Hot, Paprika (G-R) Hot, Paprika (G-R) Hut, Paprika (G-R) Hot, Paprika (G-R) Sweet, Paprika (G-R) Hot, Cayenne (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Jalapeno (G-R) Pimento (G-R) Pimento (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (Pu) Bell (G-R) Bell (Pu) Bell (Pu) Bell (G-O) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Cherry (G-R) Hot, Chili (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-Y-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Hot, Cayenne (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-Y) Bell (G-Y) Hot, Yellow Wax (Y) Seed source Rupp Vilmorin Stokes Novartis Novartis Johnny's Novartis, Rupp Petoseed Petoseed Petoseed Petoseed Johnny's Jordan, Petoseed Hazera Seed Novartis Rupp Takii Petoseed Petoseed Harris Seeds Petoseed Petoseed Asgrow Johnny's, Siegers Seeds Rupp Vilmorin Harris Seeds Ferry-Morse Jordan, Petoseed Stokes Rupp Asgrow Rupp Rupp Petoseed Rupp Stokes Abbott & Cobb Stokes Stokes Novartis Jordan, Rupp Vegetable Seed Petoseed Stokes Stokes Rupp Rupp Rupp Siegers Seeds Siegers Seeds Harris Seeds Variety name Orange Sun (OP) Ori (Fl) * ** ** Oriole (Fl) ** Orion (OP) Orobelle (Fl) Ortega (OP) Paladin (Fl) Papri Ace (Fl) Papri King (OP) Papri Mild LI(OP) Papri Queen (OP) Paprika Supreme (Fl) Pasilla ** Bajio (OP) Paso Real (OP) * Pecos (Fl) ** ** * * * Pepperoncini (OP) Petit Star (OP) Petite Sirah (Fl) Peto Wonder (Fl) Picante (Fl) Pimiento Elite (Fl) Pimiento L (OP) Pip (OP) Pirati (Fl) PP3135 (Fl) Predi (Fl) Pretty Purple (OP) Primadona (Fl) Purple Beauty (OP) Purple King (Fl) Queen (Fl) Ranger (F 1) Rebell (FlI) Red Baby (OP) Red Cherry Large (OP) Red Chili (UP) * Red Dawn (Fl1) ** * * Redgold (F 1) Redstart (F 1) Redwing (Fl1) Reinger (Fl1) Renegade (Fl1) Reinger (Fl1) Resistant Giant #4 (OP) Ring of Fire (OP) Robin (Fl1) Romanian Sweet (OP) RPP 1216 (Fl) RPP 3498 (Fl1) RPP 4277 (Fl1) RPP 5044 (FlI) Rumanian Hot (OP) continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 85 TABLE Rating ** 43, CONTINUED. INDEX OF PEPPER VARIETIES Variety type Hot, Cayenne (G-R) Hot, Jalapeno (Y-O-R) Bell (Y-O-R) Bell (G-R) Hot, Habanero (G-R) Hot, Jalapeno (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Hot, Serrano (G-R) Hot, Serrano (G-R) Hot, Serrano (G-R) Hot, Jalapeno (G-R) Hot, Cayenne (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (Pu) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Hot, Anaheim (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Banana (Y) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-Y) Hot, Cayenne (G-R) Hot, Cayenne (G-R) Hot, Chili (G-O-R) Bell (G-R) Hot, Hungarian Wax (Y) Pimento (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (Pu) Bell (G-Y) Banana (Y) Hot (G-R) Banana (Y-O/R) Cherry (G-R) Bell (G-Br) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Banana(Y) Bell (G-R) Hot, Hungarian Wax (Y) Hot, Tabasco (G-R) Bell (G-R) Hot, Jalapeno (G-R) Hot, Jalapeno (G-R) Hot, Serrano (G-R) Hot, Jalapeno (G-R) Bell (G-Y) Seed source Burpee Petoseed Siegers Seeds Stokes Jordan, Rupp Harris Seeds Jordan, Novartis Novartis, Rupp Gurney's Jordan, Petoseed Rupp Hollar Harris Seeds Asgrow Sakata Johnny's Stokes Vilmorin Petoseed Petoseed Seedway Stokes Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Rupp Rupp Petoseed Jordan, Petoseed Stokes Stokes Stokes Stokes, Sakata Stokes Stokes Stokes Abbott & Cobb Jordan, Petoseed Rupp Johnny's Rupp Seedway Stokes Burpee Stokes Rupp Takii Petoseed Gurney's Siegers Seeds Petoseed D. Palmer Seed Variety name Salsa Delight (F1) Santa Fe Grande (OP) Santana (F1) Scarlet King (F1) Scotch Bonnet (OP) Senorita (F1) Sentinel (F1) Sentry (F) Serrano (OP) Serrano Chili (OP) Serrano Tampinqueno (OP) Sierra Fuego (F1) Sizzler (Fl) Skipper (F l) Slim Pim (F1l) Smarty (F1) Sofia (F 1) Soni (Fl) Sonora (OP) Spanish Spice (F1) Staddon's Select (OP) Sugar Banana (F1) ** * ** * * Summer Sweet Summer Sweet Summer Sweet Sunbright (OP) Super Cayenne Super Cayenne #830 (F1) #870 (Fl) #880 (Fl) (F l) II (Fl) ** Super Chili (Fl) Super Greygo Hybrid (F l) Super Hungarian Hot (F1) Super Red Pimento (F1l) ** Superset (Fl) ** Super Shepherd (OP) Super Stuff (OP) Super Sweet Banana (F1) Surefire (F 1) Sweet Banana (OP) Sweet Cherry (OP) Sweet Chocolate (OP) Sweet Giant (F l) Sweet Italian (F1) Sweet Hungarian (OP) Sweet Toro (F1) Szentesi Semi Hot (OP) Tabasco (OP) Takii's Ace (F1l) Tam Jalapeno #1 (OP) Tam Mild Jalapeno (OP) Tampico Fiesto (F1) Tam Vera Cruz (OP) Tarog (OP) continued 86 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE 43, CONTINUED. INDEX OF PEPPER VARIETIES Rating ** * ** Variety name Taurus (OP) Tazza (F1) Tenno (F1) Tequila (Fl) Thai Dragon (Fl) Thai Hot (OP) Top Star (F1) Tres Rios (F1) Trinidad (OP) Triple 4 (F1) Trojan (OP) Tula (F1) Turino (F l) Ultra Set (Fl) Valencia (F l) Valiant (F l) Vanguard (F 1) Variety #830 (Fl) Variety #840 (Fl) Variety #860 (Fl) Variety #862R (Fl) Variety #870 (Fl) Variety #880 (Fl) Variety #890 (F l) Varingata (OP) Verdel (F1) Victoria (F1) Vidi (F l) Vivaldi (F1l) Volcano (Fl) White Fire (F l) White King (F l) Whopper Improved (F l) Wizard X3R (Fl) Wonder Bell (F1) Yankee Bell (OP) Yellow Baby (OP) Yellow Belle (OP) Yellow Cayenne (F l) Yellow Cheese Pimento (OP) Yolo L (OP) Yolo Wonder A (OP) Yolo Wonder B (OP) Yolo Wonder L (OP) Yorktown (F1) Xena (F1l) Zarco (F 1) Zerto (F1) YIVIIIIIIIIII Variety type Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (Pu -R) Hot, Thai (G-R) Hot, Thai (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Hot (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Hot, Jalapeno (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-O) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-Y) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Hot, Hungarian Wax (Y) Hot, Jalapeno (G-R) Bell (W) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-Y) Bell (G-Y) Hot, Cayenne (G-Y) Pimento (G-Y) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) Bell (G-R) I I.II III-I\ Seed source Rupp Nunhems Nunhems Rupp Gurney's Harris Seeds, Jordan Takii Petoseed Rupp Enza Zaden Shamrock Siegers Seeds Seedway Stokes Jordan, Novartis Petoseed Johnny's Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Rupp Novartis Enza Zaden Jordan, Rupp, Vilmorin Vilmorin Rupp Stokes Stokes Novartis Rupp, Petoseed Takii Johnny's Rupp Stokes Burpee Stokes Rupp Jordan, Petoseed Petoseed Asgrow Asgrow Siegers Seeds Vegetable Seed Nunhems * * * * * ** ** * ** ** FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST IRISH POTATO Solanum tuberosum L. Family: Solanaceae 87 Harvestable plant part: tuber Observed days to maturity: 100 days Main production challenges in Alabama: sunsclad, scab, early blight, potato tuberworm, wireworm, late blight Ready for harvest: tuber size, viral diseases Typical harvest schedule: once over harvest TABLE Rating 44. INDEX OF IRISH POTATO VARIETIES Variety type Long, brown Crisp , blue Oblong, white Big, golden Medium-large, yellow Early, red Oblong, white Smooth, red Large, smooth Smooth, white Late, smooth Smooth, red Smooth, red Early-midseason, smooth Crisp Midseason-late, red Large, rosy Small, rose Medium, pink Long, golden Small, smooth Jumbo,red Early, white Early, golden Early, white Seed source Burpee Gurney's Foundation Seed Producer Gurney's Johnny's Johnny's Burpee Foundation Seed Producer Gurney's Gurney's Gurney's, Burpee Foundation Seed Producer Foundation Seed Producer Gurney's Gurney's Gurney's, Burpee Gurney's Johnny's Johnny's Burpee Johnny's Gurney's Foundation Seed Producer Gurney's Burpee ++ ++ ++ ++ Variety name Acadia Russet (Fl) All Blue (F1) Atribute (F1) Beltsville (F 1) Carola (F1) Dark Red Norland (F1) Frontier (F 1) Ida Rose (F1) Improved Butte (F1) Irish Cobbler (F1) Kennebeck (F1) LaRouge (Fl) Nor Donna (F1) Norgold Russet (F1) Red Norland (Fl1) Red Pontiac (F 1) Red La Soda (Fl) Rose Fin Apple (F l) Rose Gold (Fl1) Russian Banana (Fl) Swedish Peanut (F l) Viking (F1) Yukon (F1) Yukon Gold (F l) White Cobbler (Fl) 88 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION PUMPKIN Cucurbitapepo and/or maxima L. Family: Cucurbitaceae Harvestable plant part: mature fruit Observed days to maturity: 75 to 108 days (for Halloween market, from seeds) Main production challenges in Alabama: powdery and downy mildew, viral diseases, pickleworm, water supply Ready for harvest: by size, after color development Typical harvest schedule: once over harvest TABLE 45. SEED SOURCE, RELATIVE EARLINESS, AND FRUIT SIZE OF SELECTED PUMPKIN VARIETIES Variety Alagold Appalachian Aspen Autumn Gold Baby Bear Baby Boo Baby Pam Big Autumn Big Max Buckskin Bushkin Carnival Casper (White) Cinderella (Red) Connecticut Field Dill's Atlantic Giant Early Autumn Early Sweet Sugar Fairytale First Prize Frosty Funny Face Gold Rush Gold Strike Howden Howden Biggie Jack-Be-Little Jack-Be-Quick Jack-of-All-Trades Jackpot Jarrahdale (White) Jumpin' Jack Lil' Goblin Little Lantern Lumina (White) Type OP FI Fl F1 OP OP OP Fl FI Fl OP Fl OP OP OP OP OP OP OP F1 Fl OP OP F1 OP OP OP OP F1 Fl OP OP Fl OP OP Seed source Auburn U. Rupp Seeds Rupp Seeds,Hollar Novartis Rupp Seeds Burpee SeedWay Novartis Asgrow Rupp Seeds Burpee Harris Seeds Rupp Seeds Vilmorin Rupp Seeds/Asgrow Stokes Rupp Seeds Novartis Rupp Seeds Rupp Seeds Stokes Rupp Seeds Rupp Seeds Rupp Seeds Stokes, Harris, Rupp Harris Seeds Novartis Rupp Seeds Rupp Seeds Harris Seeds Rupp Seeds Rupp Seeds Harris Seed Stokes Rupp Seeds/ Stokes Days to Fruit wt. maturity (lbs.) 95 90 90 90 105 105 100 90 120 100 105 85 90 95 115 120 100 90 100 120 90 100 120 100 100 115 95 95 88 100 95 120 100 100 90 10-15 20-25 15-25 8-10 1-2 1-10 10-12 15-20 35-50 15 1-10 0.25' 10-20 20-30 15-25 40+ 10-14 6-8 20-40 50-200 10 10-12 30-40 15-22 15-20 35-50 0.25 0.25 9-10 10-12 15-20 30-50 2-3 1-2 10-15 Years Times Times % in eval. eval. in top 5 top 5 95 95-98 98 95-98 95-98 98 96 95-98 96-98 97,98 98 98 95-97 95-98 96-98 98 97,98 95,96 97,98 98 97 97,98 96-98 96,98 95-98 96 95 95-98 95,96,98 95-98 98 95-98 97-98 95-98 96-98 3 7 2 6 8 2 1 8 8 3 2 2 5 8 7 2 5 3 8 2 3 4 6 5 18 2 2 12 8 8 2 9 3 4 5 0 5 2 1 2 2 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 71 100 17 25 100 0 25 25 100 0 0 0 37 43 0 40 0 37 0 67 25 33 40 0 0 0 8 13 50 0 22 0 0 0 continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 89 TABLE 45, CONTINUED. SEED SOURCE, RELATIVE EARLINESS, AND FRUIT SIZE OF SELECTED PUMPKIN VARIETIES Variety Type Seed source Days to Fruit wt. (lbs.) maturity % in Years Times Times eval. eval. in top 5 top 5 67 96-98 6 4 100 20-30 Rupp Seeds F1 Mother Lode 0 0 98 2 100 2 Harris Seeds Fl Mystic 0 2 0 3-6 98 105 Johnny's New England Pie OP 0 95-98 10 0 105 3-5 Harris Seeds Oz FI 0 0 95,96 3 120 15-20 OP Harris Seeds Pankows Field 0 8 0 3-4 95-98 90 FI Rupp Seeds Peek-A-Boo 100 2 2 40+ 98 120 Rupp Seeds OP Prize Winner 0 2 0 10-15 98 OP Rupp Seeds Rex 38039 100 2 2 98 10-15 Rupp Seeds OP Rex 38040 0 0 98 4 * 10-15 Fl Novartis RWS 6260 0 5 0 96-98 100 7 Stokes/ Asgrow Fl Small Sugar 0 6 0 10-12 95,96 98 Fl Petoseed Spirit 0 0 95-98 7 105 5-6 OP Harris Seeds Spookie 10 10 1 3-5 95-98 85 Petoseed FI Spooktacular 0 0 95-98 8 90 3-5 Fl Rupp Seeds Sugar Treat 0 2 0 98 0.25' 100 Rupp Seeds Sweet Dumpling F1 0 0 95-98 5 110 0.25 OP Stokes Sweetie Pie 0 0 95,98 5 110 15-30 Stokes OP Tallman 0 4 0 16-35 96,97 110 SeedWay Thomas Halloween OP 3 30 95-98 10 98 10-12 Petoseed F1 Trick-or-Treat 0 0 96,98 3 90 3-3.5 F1 Rupp Seeds Trickster 0 0 95-97 7 90 15-20 Abbott&Cobb F1 Var. #300 8 1 13 95-98 95 18-22 Abbott&Cobb F1 Var. #500 0 7 0 22-26 95-97 95 F1 Abbott&Cobb Var. #510 0 0 98 2 110 1 Novartis F1 Wee-Be-Little 0 0 95-98 8 115 10-15 Harris Seeds Fl Wizard Type: OP = open-pollinated; Fl = hybrid. Except Cinderella, Sweetie Pie, Fairytale and Alagold (cooking), selected varieties are ornamental pumpkins. * = not available; from seed catalogues. 'specialty pumpkin. 90 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 90 ALABAMA AGRICULTURALXEXPERIMENTVS Rat ing 0 ** ** Variety name Alagold (OP) Appalachian ** * *** *** *** * ** ** * * ** * * * ** ** * * * ** * * * *** * * ** ** ** ** *** * ** *** * ** Weight class (lbs.) 10-15 25-30 Aspen (Fl) 15-20 Atlantic Giant (OP) 100± Autumn Gold (Fl) 10-12 Baby Bear (OP) 1-2 Baby Boo (OP) 0.25 (white) Baby Pam (OP) 2-4 Big Autumn (Fl) 15-20 50-100 BigMax(FI) Big Moon (OP) 40-200 Buckskin (Fl) 12-15 (brown) Bushkin (OP) 1-10 10-20 (white) Casper (OP) 0.25 (specialty) Carnival Cinderella (OP) 20-30 (red) Connecticut Field (OP) 15-25 Cushaw Green Striped (OP) 3-5 Dill's Atlantic Giant (OP) 100± 10-14 Early Autumn (Fl) 20-30 Early Sweet Sugar (OP) Fairytale (OP) 50 ± (brown) 15-25 Fat Boy (OP) First Prize (Fl) 100 + Frosty (Fl) 15-20 Funny Face (OP) 10-12 Ghost Rider (OP) 15-25 (white) Gold Fever (OP) 15-17 Gold Rush (OP) 20-3 5 18 Gold Standard (OP) Gold Strike 15-22 Gremlin (OP) 2-4 Half Moon (OP) 14-16 Happy Jack (OP) 10-12 Harvest Moon (OP) 10-18 Howden (OP) 20-25 Howden Biggie (OP) 35-50 Howden's Field (OP) 25-30 Howden's Howden (OP) 20-30 Hybrid Pam (F 1) 3-8 Ichabod (OP) 15-35 Jack-Be-Little (OP) 0.25 Jack-Be-Quick (OP) 0.25 Jack-of-All-Trades (Fl1) 15-20 10 Jack O' Lantern (OP) 10-12 Jackpot (Fl1) 6-10 (grey) Jarrahdale (OP) Jumpin Jack (OP) 20-40 Lil'Goblin (Fl1) 1-2 2 Lil'Ironsides (Fl1) Little Lantern (OP) 1-2 V (Fl) (Fl) (Fl) Seed source Auburn University Petoseed, Stokes Stokes, Hollar Harris Seeds, Stokes Novartis Jordan, Rupp Jordan, Stokes Harris Seeds, Stokes Novartis Harris Seeds, Asgrow Rupp Rupp Burpee Rupp, Shamrock Harris Seeds Vilmorin Stokes, Asgrow Jordan Rupp Jordan, Rupp, Novartis Novartis Rupp Jordan, Shamrock Rupp Jordan, Stokes Jordan, Rupp Stokes, Shamrock Rupp Rupp Rupp Rupp Liberty Seed Jordan, Rupp Petoseed Rupp Harris Seeds, Stokes Harris Seeds Liberty Seed Siegers Seedway Seedway Jordan, Stokes Rupp Jordan, Stokes Rupp, Asgrow Harris Seeds Johnny's Rupp Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Rupp, Stokes continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 91 9 TABLE Rating 46, CONTINUED. INDEX OF PUMPKIN VARIETIES Weight class (lbs.) 21-26 6-10 10-15 (white) 10-20 16-24 20-24 15-25 18-25 0.25 5-10 4-6 3-5 15-20 3-5 3.5-4 20-50 50-100 9-12 0.5-1 16-20 20-24 20-24 12-18 10-15 10-15 12-20 20 (red) 15-20 7 12-15 6-7 1-3 15-20 5-6 3-5 3 0.25 (specialty) 0.25 15-30 12-24 15-30 25-40 10-12 2-3 4-6 4-6 (white) 0.5 - 1 10-15 8-l0 -I~rrnat Rnr~-\n I k I \ Variety name Long Face (Fl) Long Island Cheese (OP) Seed source Siegers Seeds Johnny's Harris Seeds, Stokes Rupp Harris Seeds Jordan, Rupp Harris Seed Rupp Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Johnny's Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Novartis, Rupp Rupp Rupp Jordan, Harris Seeds Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb, Rupp Abbott & Cobb, Rupp Abbott & Cobb, Rupp Johnny's Rupp Rupp Johnny's Rupp, Vilmorin Liberty Seed Novartis Jordan Harris Seeds, Asgrow Seedway Jordan, Stokes Jordan, Harris Seeds Harris Seeds, Stokes Rupp Rupp Stokes Stokes Johnny's Rupp, Seedway Seedway Jordan, Rupp Jordan, Rupp Jordan, Rupp Johnny's Seedway Harris Seeds Rupp i t ** Lumina (OP) ** * **** ** *** * * * *** ** Majic (Fl) Majic Lantern (Fl) Mammoth Gold (OP) Merlin (Fl) Mother Lode (Fl) Munchkin (OP) Mystic (Fl) New England Pie (OP) Oz (F1) Pankow's Field (OP) Peek-A-Boo (Fl) PMT Peek-A-Boo Pik-A-Pie (Fl) Prize Winner (Fl) ProGold Var.H100 (Fl) ProGold Var.#200 (Fl) ProGold Var.#300 ProGold Var.#500 (Fl) ProGold Var.#510 (Fl) Racer (Fl) REX 38040 (OP) REX 38041 (OP) Rocket (Fl) Rouge Vif d'Etampes (OP) RW 523 (OP) RWS 6260 (Fl) (Fl) (Fl) Seneca Harvest Moon (Fl1) Small Sugar (OP) Snackjack (OP) **** ** Spirit (FlI) *** ** ** ** ** ** *** ** *** Spookie (OP) Spooktacular (Fl1) Sugar Treat ( l ) Sweet Dumpling (Fl1) Sweetie Pie (OP) Tallman (OP) Tom Fox (OP) Thomas Holloween (OP) Trax Field (OP) Trick-or-Treat (Fl1) Trickster (Fl1) Triple Treat (OP) Valenciano (OP) Wee-Be-Little (OP) Wizard (Fl1) Young's Beauty (UP) 92 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION RADISH Raphanus sativus L. Family: Brassicaceae Harvestable plant part: mixed tubercule (root/stem) Observed days to maturity: 21 days Main production challenge in Alabama: no commercial production TABLE 47. INDEX OF RADISH VARIETIES Rat ing Variety name All Season (OP) Altabelle (OP) Altaglobe (OP) April Cross (F l) Arista (OP) Augusto (OP) Ball Cross (OP) Boy (OP) Burpee White (OP) Cabernet (F 1) Cavalier (OP) Champion (OP) Cherriette (F1) Cherry Belle (OP) Cherry Bomb (OP) China Rose (OP) China White (OP) Chinese White Winter (OP) Comet (OP) ,, ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ Crimson Giant (OP) Crunchy Red (F 1) D'Avignon (OP) Early 40 Days (OP) Early Scarlet Globe (OP) Easter (OP) Easter Egg (F1) Everest (OP) Fanal (OP) Fireball (F l) Flamivil (OP) French Breakfast (OP) Fuego (OP) Furabella (OP) Galahad (OP) Gentoku (F 1) Giant White Glove (OP) Gloriette (F1) Green Meat (OP) Hilight (OP) Hilo (OP) Icicle Short Top (OP) Inferno (Fl) Jumbo Scarlet (OP) Kaiser (F1) Variety type White Bright red Dark red White Dark red Burgundy red White Red White Dark red Bright red Bright red Bright red Bright red Deep red White White White Bright red Red Red White White Bright red White Multicolored White Red Dark red Deep red Scarlet with white tip Deep red Deep red Dark green White White Red Deep green Light green Dark red White Dark red Bright scarlet White Seed source Sakata, Takii Rupp, Vegetable Seed Johnny's Rupp, Takii Nunhems Johnny's Takii Nunhems Burpee Siegers Seeds Vegetable Seed Jordan, Gurney's Siegers Seeds, Sa kata Carolina Seeds, G urney's Burpee Carolina Seeds, J ordan Rupp, Vegetable Seed Willhite Jordan Jordan, Rupp Jordan, Sakata Johnny's Sakata, Takii Jordan, Rupp Takii Carolina Seeds, G urney's Takii Nunhems Seedway, Siegers Seeds Johnny's Jordan, Gurney's Jordan, Rupp Shamrock Stokes Sakata Gurney's Sakata Takii Takii Nunhems Harris Seeds Johnny's Takii Sakata continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 93 TABLE Rating 47, CONTINUED. INDEX OF RADISH VARIETIES Variety type Bright red White White White White White Green Red Red Red White Green White Black White White Deep red Bright red Pink Bright red Dee red Red Bright red Green Scarlet red Scarlet red Green Bright red Black skinned White Rosy pink Pure white Bright red Scarlet red Scarlet red White Long, pink White Red Red to white White Dark red White Bright green White Scarlet red Deep purple White Green to white Deep red White White Seed source Shamrock Sakata Takii Jordan, Sakata Sakata Jordan, Siegers Seeds Rupp, Vegetable Seed Jordan Rupp, Vegetable Seed Siegers Seeds Sakata Takii Johnny's, Takii Johnny's Jordan, Sakata Sakata Gurney's Nunhems Johnny's Seedway Vegetable Seed Stokes Harris Seeds Johnny's, Takii Vegetable Seed Vegetable Seed Takii Shamrock Siegers Seeds, Jordan Seedway Burpee Takii Gurney's Stokes Vegetable Seed Sakata, Takii Johnny's Rupp, Vegetable Seed Nunhems Jordan, Rupp Johnny's Siegers Seeds Johnny's Siegers Seeds Takii Seedway Johnny's Jordan, Sakata Stokes Harris Seeds, Siegers Seeds Jordan, Rupp Carolina Seeds, Gurney's Variety name Marabelle (OP) Mikura Cross (F1) Mino Early Long White (OP) Mino Early Sakata's Improved (OP) Mino Spring Cross (Fl) Minowase Summer Cross (Fl) Misato Green (OP) Misato Red (OP) Misato Rose Flesh (OP) Mister Red (F1) Miura Cross (F1) Miyashige Green Neck (OP) Miyashige White Neck (OP) Nero Tondo (OP) Okura Cross (F 1) ++ Omny (F1l) ++ Parat German Giant (OP) Patricia (OP) Pink Beauty (OP) Rebel (OP) Red Baron (OP) Red Boy (OP) Red King (OP) Red Meat (OP) Red Pak (OP) Red Prince (OP) Relish Cross (OP) Ribella (OP) Round Black Spanish (OP) Round White (OP) Salad Rose (OP) Sakurajima Mammoth (OP) Saxa (OP) Scarlet Globe Special (OP) Scarlet Knight (OP) Shogoin Round (OP) Shunkyo Semi-Long (OP) Snow Belle (OP) Sora (OP) Sparkler (OP) Spring Song (F1) SRA 3503 (Fl) Summer Cross #3 (F l) Tae Baek (Fl) Tama Winter (OP) Tinto (Fl) Trevisio Red Preco (OP) Tsukushi Spring Cross (F1) Valentine (OP) Vintage (OP) White Globe Hailstone (OP) White Icicle (OP) ,___.~_ .. 94 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 94 ALABAMA AGRICUTRLEPIMNSAIO RHUBARB Rheum rhabarbarumL. Family: Polygonaceae Harvestable plant part: shoot Observed days to maturity: 60 to 63 days Main production challenge in Alabama: no commercial production TABLE Rating 48. INDEX OF RHUBARB VARIETIES Variety type Yellow, gold, red Cherry-red, sweet Bright red, sweet Red, sweet White stems Bright red Deep green Dark green Red, sweet Dark red Seed source Harris Seeds Gurney's Gurney's Gurney's Harris Seeds Burpee Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Gurney's Rupp Variety name Bright Lights (OP) Cherry Red (OP) Chipman's Canada Red (OP) Crimson Red (OP) Large White Rib (OP) MacDonald (OP) Rhubarb chard (OP) Silverado (OP) Valentine (OP) Victoria (OP) FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST RUTABAGA Brassicanapus L. Napobrassica group Family: Brassicaceae Harvestable plant part: root Observed days to maturity: 95 to 100 days Main production challenge in Alabama: no commercial production 95 TABLE Rating ++ ++ ++ 49. INDEX OF RUTABAGA VARIETIES Variety type Purple crown Purple Mild white Deep purple Purple Seed source Gurney's, Jordan Burpee Johnny's Jordan, Siegers Seeds Johnny's Variety name American Purple Top (OP) Burpee's Purple Top (OP) Gilfeather (OP) Laurentian (OP) York (OP) 96 ALABAMA 96 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION SOUTHERNPEA Vigna unguiculata L. Waip. Family: Leguminosae Harvestable plant part: mature seed Observed days to maturity: 60 to 70 days Main production challenges in Alabama: curculio, viral disease Ready for harvest: 5000 dried pods Typical harvest schedule: once over harvest TABLE 50. INDEX OF SOUTHERNPEA VARIETIES Uli Variety type Blackeye Cream Blackeye Blackeye Blackeye Blackeye Crowder Crowder Crowder Crowder Pinkeye Pinkeye Crowder Pinkeye Crowder Cream Blackeye Blackeye Blackeye Cream Pinkeye Crowder Cream Pinkeye Pinkeye Crowder Crowder Pinkeye Pinkeye Pinkeye Blackeye Cream Pinkeye Pinkeye Seed source Auburn U. US Vegetable Lab. US Vegetable Lab. Local Rating ** Variety name AUBE (OP) Bettergreen (OP) Bettergrow Blackeye (OP) *** California Blackeye #5 (OP) California Blackeye #46 (OP) California Blackeye #88 (OP) Carolina (OP) Carolina Sugar (OP) Clemson Purple (OP) *** ** Colossus 80 (OP) Corona (OP) *** * Coronet (OP) C.T. Dimpled Brown (OP) *** * C.T. Pinkeye Purplehull (OP) C.T. Tennessee White (OP) *** Freezgreen (OP) Genegreen (OP) * Giant Blackeye (OP) *** Giant Blackeye-BVR (OP) *** Green Acre (OP) Kiawah (OP) ** Magnolia Blackeye (OP) Mississippi (OP) *** Mississippi Pinkeye (OP) Mississippi Purple (OP) *** Mississippi Shipper (OP) *** Mississippi Silver (OP) Pinkeye Pinkpod (OP) **** Pinkeye Purplehull-BVR (OP) **** Pinkeye Purplehull-GSC (OP) Royal Blackeye (OP) Sa-Dandy (OP) ** Santee Early (OP) Texas Pinkeye (OP) Worthmore (OP) Zipper Cream (OP) ** u-----rr- Retail Crowder Cream U. of California U. of California US Vegetable Lab Great Plains Res. Clemson U. US Vegetable Lab Ga. Seed Dev. Comm. Montgomery Seed Peas, Inc. Peas, Inc. Peas, Inc. Auburn U. Auburn U. Auburn U. Auburn U. Western Seed Multipl. US Vegetable Lab. Rupp, Siegers Seeds Rupp, Wax Seed Wax Seed Siegers, Wax Seed Siegers Seeds, Wax Seed Siegers Seeds Montgomery Seed Ga. Seed Dev. Comm. Westerm Seed Multipl. Louisiana State U. Peas, Inc. US Vegetable Lab. Texas A&M U. Ga. Seed Dcv. Comm. Wax Seed FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 97 9 SPINACH Spinacia oleracea L. Family: Chenopodiaceae Harvestable plant part: leaf Observed days to maturity: 36 to 48 days Main production challenge in Alabama: no commercial production TABLE Rating 51. INDEX OF SPINACH VARIETIES Seed source Takii Novartis, Asgrow Asgrow ++ Variety name Alrite (Fl) Ambassador (Fl) Avon (Fl) Attica (Fl) Baker (Fl) Bengal (Fl) Bloomsdale Long Standing (OP) Bolero (Fl) Bossanova (Fl) Butterflay (OP) Camano (Fl) Carambole (Fl) Carpo (Fl1) Cascade (Fl) Catalina (Fl) CFX 94684 (Fl) Chinook II(Fl) Coho (Fl1) Cold Resistant Savoy (OP) Correnta (F 1) Crystal Savoy (Fl) Cypress (Fl) Dash (Fl1) Decatur (Fl1) Denali (Fl1) Dynasty (Fl) Rupp Rupp Sakata Jordan, Rupp Petoseed Petoseed Nunhems Asgrow Novartis Nunhems Abbott & Cobb Asgrow Siegers Seed Abbott & Cobb Siegers Seed Stokes Siegers Seeds Vegetable Seed Asgrow Takii Asgrow Siegers Seeds Sakata Asgrow Asgrow Rupp Asgrow Johnny's Asgrow Fall Green (OP) Fidalgo (FlI) Giant Noble (OP) Gladiator (Fl1) Hector (Fl1) High Pack (Fl1) Hybrid #7 R (Fl1) Hybrid 612 (Fl1) Indian Summer (Fl1) Kent (Fl1) Lina (FlI) Abbutt & Cubb Abbott & Cobb Jordan, Novartis Asgrow Nunhems Stokes Longstanding Bloomsdale (OP) Malacca (OP) Mazurka (Fl1) Medania (OP) Megaton (Fl1) Sakata Jordan, Siegers Seed Gurney's Takii continued 98 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE Rating 51, CONTINUED. INDEX OF SPINACH VARIETIES Seed source Petoseed, Stokes Asgrow Asgrow Rupp Sakata Novartis Takii Harris Seeds, Stokes Asgrow Sakata Sakata Asgrow Nunhems Petoseed Nunhems Abbott & Cobb Nunhems Alf Christianson Seed Sakata Asgrow Rupp, Siegers Seeds Abbot & Cobb Asgrow Alf Christianson Seed Asgrow Asgrow Johnny's, Seedway Seedway Seedway Abbott & Cobb Takii Takii Burpee Johnny's Harris Seeds, Stokes Petoseed Jordan, Petoseed Asgrow Harris Seeds, Stokes Shamrock Alf Christianson Seed Rupp Novartis Variety name Melody (Fl) Meridian (Fl) Miquel (Fl) New Zealand (OP) No. 4 (OP) Nordic IV (Fl) Okame (Fl) Olympia (Fl) Orcas (Fl) Orient (Fl) Pacific (OP) Packer (Fl) Paton (Fl) Polka (Fl) Protekta (OP) Rhythm (Fl) Rico (Fl) Rushmore (Fl) S - 460 (OP) San Juan (Fl) Samish (Fl) Sassy (Fl) Seven R (Fl) Shasta (Fl) Sinclair (Fl) Skookum (Fl1) Space (Fl1) Spain (OP) Springfield (Fl1) St. Helens (Fl1) Summer Focus (Fl1) Super Alrite (Fl1) Teton (OP) Tetragonia (OP) Tyee (Fl1) Unipack 12 (Fl1) Unipack 151 (Fl1) Vancouver (FlI) Vienna (Fl1) Vivat (Fl) Whitney (Fl1) Winter Bloomsdale (OP) Wolter (Fl1) \ / FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 99 SWEETPOTATO Ipomoea batatas L. Family: Convolvulacea Harvestable plant part: storage root Observed days to maturity: 110 to 120 days (spring production, from slips) Main production challenges in Alabama: sweetpotato weevil, white fringed beetle larvae, rough skin, weed control Typical harvest schedule: once over harvest TABLE 52. SEED SOURCE, DISEASE RESISTANCE, AND SUSCEPTIBILITY OF SELECTED SWEETPOTATO VARIETIES Variety Beauregard Origin LSU Year release 1987 Resistance Fusarium Wilt Soil Rot (Pox) Internal Cork Sclerotia Blight Circular Spot Susceptibility Southern Root-Knot Nematode Bacterial Soft Rot Years Times eval. eval. 94-98 14 Carolina Nugget Carolina Rose Carolina Ruby Cordner Fusarium Wilt Stem Rot Southern Root-Knot Nematode Southern Root-Knot 94-96 9 1995 Soil Rot LSU Darby Fusarium Wilt Nematode Reniform Nematode Stem Rot Internal Cork Fusarium Root Rot Bacterial Root Rot Soft Rot 9 94-96 Nematodes Stem Rot 1974 UGA Georgia Jet 9 94-96 Internal Cork Fusarium Wilt 1992 LSU Hernandez Stem Rot Southern Root-Knot Nematode Soil Rot Bacterial Root Rot 94-97 12 Stem Rot Nematode · 1970 NCSU Jewel Origin: AU = Auburn University; LSU = Louisiana State Urniversity; NCSU = North Carolina State University; OSU = Oklahoma State University; TAM = Texas A&M; UGA = University of Georgia; from variety-release bulletins. * = not available; from seed catalogues. NCSU, AU NCSU NCSU TAM, OSU 1985 1997 1997 1984 Stem Rot Nematode * * Soil Rot (Pox) 94-96 96-98 96-98 94-96 100 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 100 ALABAMA AGRICUTURALREXIE Rating ** ** ** * ** * * ** * ** * ** ** ** * * Variety type Orange Orange Orange Orange Orange Carolina Ruby Centennial Orange Cordner (Fl) Orange Orange Darby (Fl) Georgia Jet (Fl) Orange Hernandez (Fl) Orange Jewel (Fl) Orange Nancy Hall (Fl1) White O' Henry (F White Porto Rico (Fl1) Orange Regal (Fl1) Orange Resisto (FEl) Orange Orange Southern Delite (Fl1) Orange Sweet Red (Fl1) Travis (El1) Orange Vardaman (Fl1) Orange White Delight (Fl1) I (rl ICream ~~r~n~~ Variety name Beauregard (Fl) Bush Porto Rico Carolina Nugget (Fl) Carolina Rose (Fl) (Fl) (Fl) (Fl) 1) Seed source Foundation Seed Producer Burpee Foundation Seed Producer Foundation Seed Producer Foundation Seed Producer Burpee, Gurney's Foundation Seed Producer Foundation Seed Producer Burpee, Gurney's Foundation Seed Producer Burpee, Gurney's Foundation Seed Producer Foundation Seed Producer Burpee, Gurney's Foundation Seed Producer Foundation Seed Producer Foundation Seed Producer Foundation Seed Producer Foundation Seed Producer Burpee, Gurney's Foundation Seed Producer FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST TOMATO Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. 101 Family: Solanaceae Harvestable plant part: mature fruit Observed days to maturity: 55 to 78 days (spring production, from transplant) Main production challenges in Alabama: blights, blossom-end rot, viral diseases Ready for harvest: by size Typical harvest schedule: once every six to eight days TABLE 54A. SEED SOURCE, RELATIVE EARLINESS, AND DISEASE CLAIMS OF SELECTED TOMATO VARIETIES Variety Type Seed source Sakata Days to harvest Disease claims Years Times Times % in eval. eval. in top 5 top 5 95,96 97 97,98 4 1 2 1 9 2 4 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 10 9 3 2 3 7 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 5 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 25 100 50 100 56 50 50 0 100 100 100 50 0 50 0 0 100 50 100 0 0 0 30 11 67 50 33 29 50 0 0 0 Acclaim Affirm Agriset 761 Atomic Celebrity Champion Colonial Daybreak Emperador EX-10091 Flavor More Florida 47 Golden Boy Granola Husky Gold Joker Lemon Boy Liberty Majesty Marglobe Market Pride Medina Merced Mt. Delight Mt. Fresh Mt. Gold Mt. Pride Mt. Spring Mt. Supreme Muril Olympic Orange Queen Fl Fl Fl Fl F1 F1 Fl F1 F1 Fl Fl Fl F1 Fl F1 F1 F1 F1 F1 OP Fl F1 Fl Fl Fl OP Fl F1 F1 Fl F1 OP Sakata Agrisales/ U. of Florida Sakata * 72 Petoseed Ball Seed Petoseed Petoseed Petoseed Asgrow Ferry-Morse Asgrow Petoseed Nunhems Stokes Vilmorin Park Seed Twilley Asgrow Kelly Harris Seeds Vilmorin Novartis Petoseed Ferry-Morse Stokes Stokes Novartis Asgrow Nunhems Petoseed Stokes Fresh market 73 VW,FW,N,TbMV ASC,St * * 62 76 68 * * * * 80 70 75 72 80 75 70 80 * 97 94-97 VW,FW,N,TbMV ASC,St 94 VW,FW,N,TbMV VW,FW,ASC,St 94,96,97 97 VW,FW,ASC,St 98 98 FW,VW 97 96-98 ASC 97 VW,FW,TbMV,St 95 -97 VW,FW,N,TbMV ASC ASC,FW,NE,St,VW -95 95 94 97 98 94 94-98 94-97 96-98 96-98 96-98 94-98 94 94,95 95 96-97 ASC,FW,NE,St,V ASC,FW,VW VW,FW -95,96 69 70 75 70 77 69 75 65 76 65 VW,FW,TbMV V,FW,ASC,St VW,FW VW,FW VW,FW,ASC,St VW,FW VW,FW VW,FW.N,St VW,FW,ASC,St continued 102 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE 54A, CONTINUED. SEED SOURCE RELATIVE EARLINESS, AND DISEASE CLAIMS OF SELECTED TOMATO VARIETIES Variety Type Seed source Days to harvest Disease claims % in Years Times Times eval. eval. in top 5 top 5 2 4 2 2 1 4 1 1 4 2 8 3 1 2 1 1 9 1 4 1 2 2 8 5 1 2 1 Pilgrim Redstone Regency RFT-4413 Royal Mountie Scarlet Express Shady Lady Solar Set Spitfire Springfield Sunbeam Sunbelt Sunbrite Suncrest Sunleaper Sunmaster Sunpride Sunstart Supersonic Sweepstakes Tango Top Forcer Ultramagnum Ultra Sweet Marina Mt. Belle Veronica Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl F1 Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl F1 F1 Fl Fl F1 F1 Fl Fl Fl 96-97 VW,FW,ASC,St 68 Seedway 94,95 VW,FW 66 Stokes 94 VW,FW Harris Seeds 76 98 * Novartis 97 Asgrow 94-95 VW,FW 64 Stokes 98 Sunseed/Street 97,98 * ASC,FW,St,VW Asgrow 96-97 VW,FW,ASC,St Ferry-Morse 68 97-98 * Ferry-Morse 94-98 75 VW,FW Asgrow 72 VW,FW,N,ASC,St 96-98 Petoseed 98 * ASC,FW,St,VW Asgrow 97-98 Novartis 98 * 70 Novartis 97 72 ASC,FW Park Seed 94-98 VW,FW,ASC,St 80 Asgrow 98 Asgrow 95-97 V,FW Harris Seeds 79 FW,NE,St,TbMV, V 97 * Park Seed 94 V,FW,TbMV,St 75 Novartis 94 Takii 94-97 68 FW,VW,TbMV Stokes 95-97 VW,FW,TbMV 62 Stokes Cherry and Saladette 97 * Sakata 96-98 FW,VW 65 Seedway Sakata * * 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 50 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 50 38 33 100 50 100 100 56 100 25 0 0 0 25 20 0 0 0 97 Roma type 0 0 95 2 VW,FW 70 Fl Stokes Capri 0 0 3 95-96 VW,FW Harris Seeds 76 OP Macero II 0 0 95 2 * VW,FW Nunhems Fl1 Olinda 0 0 96 2 VW,FW,N Ferry-Morse 74 F1 Sheriff 1 100 1 98 VW,FW,N 75 F1 Johnny's Tuscany Marmande type 0 0 95 1 VW,FW,TbMV * Nunhems Fl Marinda Type: Fl = hybrid; OP= open-pollinated. Disease Claims: FW= Fusarium Wilt; VW =Verticillium Wilt; ASC - Alternaria Stem Canker; St = Stemphylium (gray leaf spot); N = Rootknot Nematodes; TbMV = Tobacco Mosaic Virus. -= none; * = not available; from seed catalogues. FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 103 TABLE 54B. FRUITING CHARACTERISTICS OF SELECTED TOMATO VARIETIES Variety Plant habit Fresh market Det Acclaim Affirm Det Det Agriset 761 Det Atomic Det Celebrity Det Champion Det Colonial Det Daybreak Det Emperador EX-10091 Det Flavor More Det Det Florida 47 Ind Golden Boy Det Granola Ind Husky Gold Ind Joker Ind Lemon Boy Det Liberty Det Majesty Det Marglobe Det Market Pride Det Medina Det Merced Det Mt. Delight Det Mt. Fresh Det Mt. Gold Mt. Pride Det Det Mt. Spring Det Mt. Supreme Det Muril Det Olympic Det Orange Queen Det Pilgrim Det Redstone Plant Habit : Det = determinate; Ind = Fruit color Variety Plant habit Fruit color Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Pink Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Red Fresh market, continued Red Regency Det Det RFT-4413 Red Red Royal Mountie Det Red Det Scarlet Express Red Shady Lady Det Solar Set Det Red Red Det Spitfire Red Springfield Det Red Sunbeam Det Red Sunbelt Det Red Sunbrite Det Red Suncrest Det Det Golden Sunleaper Red Sunmaster Det Yel. Det Sunpride Red Det Sunstart Yel. Supersonic Ind Red Det Sweepstakes Det Red Tango Red Top Forcer Det Red Det Ultramagnum Red Det Ultra Sweet Red Cherry and Saladette Red Det Marina Red Mt.Belle Det Det Golden Veronica Red Roma type Red Capri Det Det Red Macero II Det Red Olinda Det Red Sheriff Det Orange Tuscany Marmande type Red Ind Red Marinda indeterminate. 104 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE Rating(S/N) **/* 55. INDEX OF TOMATO VARIETIES Variety type Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Greenhouse Processing Novelty Fresh Market, garden (orange) Garden Greenhouse Fresh Market Fresh Market, garden (pink) Fresh Market Garden (yellow) Roma Fresh Market Fresh Market, garden (yellow) Cherry Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Garden Processing Fresh Market Garden Fresh Market Garden Garden Fresh Market Brown Fresh Market, garden (purple) Greenhouse Fresh Market Fresh Market, garden Fresh Market Processing Saladette Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market, garden Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market, garden Fresh Market Fresh Market Processing Seed source Sakata Petoseed Sakata Vilmorin UFI/Agrisales Petoseed Asgrow Stokes Rupp Rupp Petoseed Harris Seeds Rupp Sakata Rupp Petoseed, Stokes Jordan Rupp D. Palmer Seed Stokes Harris Seeds Jordan, Stokes Jordan, Rupp Stokes Takii Petoseed, Stokes Jordan, Stokes Jordan, Rupp Rupp Abbott & Cobb Gurney's Rupp Stokes Novartis Petoseed, Rupp Gurney's Asgrow Novartis Johnny's Burpee Petoseed Harris Seeds Burpee Rupp Stokes Petoseed Nunhems Variety name Acclaim (F1) */* **/* Ace 55 VF (OP) Affirm (F 1) Agora (F 1) Agriset (FI) Alberto (F1) Allegro (F1) Allure (OP) Amanna Orange (OP) Amish Paste (OP) Andre (F l) Apex (OP) Arkansas Traveler (OP) */* Atomic (F l) Azoychka (OP) Aztec (F1) Baja (Fl) Banana Legs (OP) Bar 123 (OP) Basket Vee (OP) Beef King (F l) Beefmaster (F 1) Beefsteak (OP) Bellestar (OP) Bestom (F l) Better Boy (F l) Big Beef (Fl) Big Boy (Fl) Big Girl (F l) Bingo (F1) Black Krim (OP) Black Prince (OP) Boa (F1) Bonita (F l) Bonny Best Improved (OP) Brandywine (OP) Brigade (F1) Brixy (F l) Buffalo (F1) Burpee's Early Pick (F l) Burpee's Big Boy (F1) Burpee Supersteak (Fl) Bush Early Girl (F1) Bush 506 (OP) Bush Beefsteak (OP) Cal-Ace (OP) Calgary (F1) continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 105 TABLE Rating(S/N) 55, CONTINUED. INDEX OF TOMATO VARIETIES Variety type Greenhouse All Purpose Roma Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Greenhouse Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Saladette Processing Fresh Market Cherry (yellow) Fresh Market (burgundy) Fresh Market Cherry Cherry (yellow) Fresh Market, Cherry Cherry Cherry (pink) Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Garden Fresh Market Fresh Market Processing Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Garden, greenhouse Fresh Market, garden Fresh Market Fresh Market Garden Fresh Market FreshMarket Greenhouse Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Garden Fresh Market Processing Seed source Petoseed Petoseed, Stokes Stokes Petoseed Abbott & Cobb Petoseed Rupp Stokes Abbott & Cobb Petoseed, Stokes Rupp Nunhems Stokes Asgrow Liberty Seed Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Carolina Seeds Stokes Stokes Petoseed, Stokes Novartis Stokes Asgrow Asgrow Novartis Vilmorin Gurney's Petoseed Novartis Nunhems Petoseed D. Palmer Seed Abbott & Cobb Liberty Seed Petoseed Johnny's Petoseed Jordan, Rupp Harris Seeds Petoseed Takii Novartis Vilmorin Vilmorin Jordan, Petoseed Sakata Asgrow Rupp Petoseed Petoseed Variety name Cambria (F l) Campbell 1327 (OP) **/** Capri (F1) Captiva (F1) Carmen (F1) Carnival (F1) Carolina Gold (Fl) Caruso (F1) Casa Del Sol (F1) ***/*** Celebrity (Fl) */* Celebrity Supreme (OP) Celtics (F l) Cencara (F1) Centurion (F1) Champion (Fl) Chello (F1) Cherokee Purple (F1) Cherokee Red (F l) Cherry Express II (Fl) Cherry Gold (Fl) Cherry Grande (F1) Cherry King (F) Cherry Pink (Fl) Cisco (OP) Clemente (OP) Cobia (F l) Cobra (F l) Cold Set (OP) Colonial (F1) ***/** Conquest (F l) Consul (OP) Contessa (F1) Coronado (F l) Count II (F l) Crimson Fancy (Fl) Currant (OP) Daniela (F l) ***/*** Daybreak (F1) Delicious (OP) Del Oro (F l) DeVille (OP) Disco (F l) Diva (F l) Doly (Fl) Dona (F l) Duke (Fl) Dynamo (F 1) Eagle (OP) Earligirl (F l) Early Cascade (F1) Earlypear (F 1) continued 106 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE Rating(S/N) **/* 55, CONTINUED. INDEX OF TOMATO VARIETIES Variety type Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market, garden (green) Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Greenhouse Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Garden Fresh Market, garden Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Greenhouse Garden Fresh Market, garden (pink) Fresh Market (pink) Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market, garden (yellow) Cherry (yellow) Fresh Market (yellow) Fresh Market (yellow) Fresh Market (yellow) Fresh Market (pink) Fresh Market Fresh Market Seed source Petoseed Jordan, Petoseed Petoseed Seedway Johnny's Rupp Asgrow Seedway Jordan, Stokes Shamrock Petoseed Sakata Sakata Sakata Sakata Rupp Petoseed Harris Seeds Asgrow Novartis Ferry-Morse Ferry-Morse Ferry-Morse Rupp Ferry-Morse Ferry-Morse Jordan, Petoseed Rupp Jordan, Petoseed Asgrow Asgrow Novartis Burpee Siegers Seeds Stokes Rupp Rupp Carolina Seeds Liberty Seed Harris Seeds, Stokes Petoseed Rupp Liberty Seed Johnny's Johnny's Stokes Takii Nunhems Variety name Emperador (F1) Empire (F1) Enchantment (F 1) Ensalada (OP) Estiva (F1) Evergreen (OP) EX - 10091 (F l) **/** */* Fabulous (F1l) Fantastic (F1) Favori (OP) Felix (F l) Fireball (F1) Firebird (F1) Firedance (F1) Fireglow (F1) First Lady (Fl) First Lady II (Fl) First Pik (Fl) Flash (F l) Flavor King (F1) Flavor More (F l) Flavor More 180 (F1l) Flavor More 207 (Fl) Flavor More 210 (F1) Flavor More 212 (Fl) Flavor More 215 (F l) Flora-Dade (OP) Floralina (OP) Floramerica (F 1) Florasette (F1) Florida 47 (Fl) ***/** Fortaleza (F l) Fourth of July (F l) FTE 30 (F1l) Furon (F l) Garden Peach (OP) German Johnson (OP) Giant Belgium Pink (Fl) Giant Tree (OP) Glamour (OP) Golden Boy (Fl) Gold Nugget (OP) Golden Jubilee (OP) Goldie (OP) Gold Dust (OP) Grande Rose (F1) Grandeur (F l) Granola (F1) */* */* continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 107 TABLE Rating(S/N) 55, CONTINUED. INDEX OF TOMATO VARIETIES Variety type Fresh Market (white) Fresh Market, garden (yellow) Fresh Market, garden Cherry Processing Processing Processing Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Processing Processing Processing Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Greenhouse Fresh Market Cherry (yellow) Cherry Fresh Market (yellow) Fresh Market, garden (pink) Fresh Market, garden Roma Processing Processing Processing Processing Processing Processing Processing Processing Processing Processing Fresh Market Processing Processing Fresh Market (yellow) Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Seed source Harris Seeds Rupp Rupp Jordan Vegetable Seed Vegetable Seed Vegetable Seed Gurney's Siegers Seeds Stokes Asgrow Ferry-Morse Petoseed Petoseed Burpee Stokes Petoseed, Stokes Stokes Carolina Seed Petoseed Petoseed Takii Rupp Asgrow Jordan, Petoseed Jordan, Petoseed Petoseed, Stokes Petoseed Petoseed, Stokes SeedWay Asgrow Petoseed Petoseed Petoseed Petoseed Petoseed Petoseed Petoseed Petoseed Petoseed Gurney's Nunhems Nunhems Harris Seeds Rupp Harris Seeds, Stokes Johnny's Rupp, Vilmorin Petoseed Variety name Great White (OP) Green Grape (OP) Green Zebra (OP) Ground Cherry (OP) GS 12 (Fl) GS 20 (Fl) GS X1 (F1) Gurney's Burgermaster (Fl) Halley 3155 (Fl) Harvestvee (OP) Hawk (OP) Hayslip (OP) Heatmaster (Fl) Heatwave (F l) Heatwave II (F1) Heintz 1350 (OP) Heintz 1439 (OP) Heintz 1765 (OP) Hillbilly (F l) Homestead 24 (OP) Homestead 500 (OP) Hope #1 (F1) House Tough Boy (OP) Humaya (F1) Husk Cherry Gold (F1) Husky Cherry Red (Fl) Husky Gold (Fl) Husky Pink (Fl) Husky Red (F1l) Hybrid 882 (Fl) Hybrid 896 (F1l) Hypack 2409 (F l) Hypeel 45 (F l) Hypeel 108 (F1l) Hypeel 136 (Fl) Hypeel 153 (F1) Hypeel 287 (F1) Hypeel 562 (Fl) Hypeel 696 (F1) Hypeel 2196 (Fl) Improved Gurney Girl (Fl) Incas (F l) Isola (F 1) Italian Gold (Fl) Jackpot (OP) Jet Star (Fl) Johnny's 361 (Fl) Joker (Fl) Jubilee (OP) */* */* continued 108 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE Rating(S/N) 55, CONTINUED. INDEX OF TOMATO VARIETIES Variety type Fresh Market (yellow) Greenhouse Fresh Market Fresh Market Greenhouse Processing Fresh Market Fresh Market (yellow) Saladette Fresh Market Fresh Market Processing Fresh Market Roma Fresh Market Roma Fresh Market Fresh Market (yellow) Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Roma Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Processing Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Processing Garden, greenhouse Fresh Market, garden Fresh Market Garden (pink) Fresh Market Fresh Market Cherry Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market (orange) Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market (yellow and red) Cherry Cherry (yellow) Seed source Rupp Stokes Petoseed Street Vilmorin Vegetable Seed Siegers Petoseed, Stokes Novartis Twilley Gurney's Nunhems Novartis Stokes Petoseed, Stokes Harris Seeds Asgrow, Rupp Takii Stokes Petoseed, Kelly Sakata Nunhems, Seedway Harris Seeds Takii Harris Seeds Petoseed Burpee, Vilmorin Nunhems Novartis, Stokes Stokes Siegers Seeds Gurney's Abbott & Cobb Nunhems Johnny's Petoseed Ferry-Morse, Rupp Rupp Asgrow, Harris Seeds Johnny's Novartis, Seedway Petoseed Ferry-Morse, Stokes Novartis, Stokes Petoseed, Stokes Novartis, Stokes Rupp, Asgrow Harris Seeds Sakata Sakata Variety name Jubilee Golden (OP) Jumbo (F1) Kada (F1) Keren (F1) Kyndia (Fl) La Rossa (Fl) Leila (F1) Lemon Boy (F l) Lerica (F l) Liberty (Fl) Long Keeper (OP) Loni (F l) Lucia (F l) Lunch Box (Fl) Lynx (F l) Macero II (F l) Majesty (F l) Mandarin Cross (F1) Manitoba (OP) Marglobe (OP) Marina (F l) Marinda (F l) Market Pride (Fl) Master #2 (F1) Max (F l) Maya (F1) Medina (F1) Meran (F1l) Merced (F1) MH 6203 (OP) Milano (F l) Miracel Sweet (OP) Mogambo (F1l) Monix (F l) Monroe (F1l) Monte Carlo (F1) Monte Verde (OP) Mortgage Lifter (OP) Moreton (F l) Moskvich (OP) Mountain Belle (F1) Mountain Delight (F1) Mountain Fresh (Fl) Mountain Gold (OP) Mountain Pride (F l) Mountain Spring (F1) */* */* ***/*** */* */* **/** */* */* ***/*** **/*** **/*** */** */** **/**** **/*** **/*** Mountain Supreme (Fl) Mr. Stripey (OP) MS- 5 (Fl) MS - 10 (Fl) continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 109 TABLE Rating(S/N) */* 55, CONTINUED. INDEX OF TOMATO VARIETIES Variety type Seed source Variety name Muril (F1) N 4761 (Fl) N 4764 (Fl) N 4771 (Fl) N 4772 (Fl) Napoli (OP) Nebraska Wedding (OP) Nema 512 (F1) Nema 1401 (F l) Nema 1435 (F1) New Yorker (OP) Niagra Belle (F1) Northern Exposure (F1) NVH 4473 (F1) Odoriko (F Ohio 7870 (OP) Old German (OP) Ole' (Fl) I) **/** Olinda (Fl) */* */* **/* Olympic (F l) Orange Queen (OP) ORB (Fl) Oregon Spring (OP) Ortigia (F l) O-Sole-Mio (F1) Oxheart (OP) Pacheco (F1) Pacific (F l) Paragon (F l) Passion (F l) Patio (F l) Pepe (F l) Peron Sprayless (OP) Persimmon (OP) Peto 81 (OP) Peto 95-43 (OP) Peto 98 (OP) Peto 111 (OP) Peto 343 (OP) Peto 882 (OP) Piedmont (OP) Pik Red (Fl) Pik Ripe 193 (F1) Pik Ripe 747 (F) Pik Ripe 748 (F1) Pik Rite (F1) Pilgrim (F l) Pineapple (OP) Pink Girl (F1) Pirineos (F l) Plum Dandy (Fl) Nunhems Fresh Market Vegetable Seed Processing Vegetable Seed Processing Vegetable Seed Processing Vegetable Seed Processing Vegetable Seed Fresh Market Rupp Garden (orange) Petoseed Processing Petoseed Processing Petoseed Processing Harris Seeds, Stokes Fresh Market Stokes Cherry Burpee Fresh Market Abbott & Cobb Fresh Market Sakata Garden Petoseed Processing Fresh Market (yellow,red) Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Fresh Market Nunhems Roma Petoseed Fresh Market Stokes Fresh Market (orange) Sakata Fresh Market, roma Rupp Garden Nunhems Processing Takii Fresh Market Jordan, Rupp Garden Asgrow Processing Asgrow Fresh Market Johnny's Fresh Market Takii Greenhouse Petoseed, Stokes Garden Takii Cherry Gurney's Fresh Market Harris Seeds Fresh Market (pink) Petoseed Processing Petoseed Processing Petoseed Processing Petoseed Processing Petoseed Processing Carolina Seed Processing Carolina Seed Fresh Market Harris Seeds Fresh Market Petoseed Fresh Market Petoseed Fresh Market Petoseed Fresh Market Harris Seeds Fresh Market Jordan, Petoseed Fresh Market Harris Seeds Fresh Market Petoseed Fresh Market, garden Takii Fresh Market Rupp Saladette continued 110 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE Rating(S/N) 55, CONTINUED. INDEX OF TOMATO VARIETIES Variety type Garden (yellow) Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market,garden Fresh Market, garden Fresh Market Garden Garden (dark pink) Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Processing Fresh Market, cherry Fresh Market, cherry Fresh Market Garden (yellow and red) Processing Fresh Market Fresh Market Garden Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Processing Fresh Market Processing Fresh Market Fresh Market Roma Roma Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Roma Fresh Market, garden Fresh Market Processing Cherry Saladette Fresh Market Processing Fresh Market Fresh Market Seed source Rupp Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Rupp Gurney's Harris Seeds Rupp Rupp Abbott & Cobb Petoseed Jordan, Petoseed Novartis Sakata Nunhems Petoseed, Stokes Petoseed Harris Seeds Rupp Nunhems Sakata Burpee Rupp Rupp, Stokes Sakata Stokes Jordan Johnny's Harris Seeds Vegetable Seed Novartis Petoseed Petoseed Stokes Harris Seeds, Stokes Rupp Gurney's Liberty Seed Asgrow Sakata Harris Seeds Sakata Sakata Vilmorin Rupp Stokes Siegers Seed Novartis Novartis Petoseed Stokes Stokes Variety name Plum Lemon (OP) Pole King (F l) Pole King II (Fl) Ponderosa Pink (OP) Ponderosa Red (OP) Primetime (F l) Principe Borghese (OP) Prudens Purple (OP) PS 45573 (Fl) PS 8266 (F1) Puebla (F l) Quick Pick (F1) Ramapo (F1) Ranger (F1) Red Cherry Large (OP) Red Cherry Small (OP) Red Currant (OP) Red Gold Stripe (OP) Red Hunter (OP) Red King (Fl) Red October (F l) Red Pear (OP) Red Rider (F1) Red Queen (Fl) **/*** Redstone (Fl) */* */* */* */* Red Star (F1) Red Sun (F l) Regency (F l) Reliant (Fl) RFT - 4413 (F l) Rio Colorado (OP) Rio Grande (OP) Roadside Red (F1) Roma (OP) Roma Hybrid (F l) Royal Chico (OP) Royal Flush (Fl) Royal Moutie (Fl) Rutgers (F1) Rutgers 39 (OP) S - 808 (OP) S - 901 (OP) Salsa (F1) Sanibell (F1) San Marzano (OP) Santa (F1) Santa Fe (F1) Santiago (F l) Sausalito (Fl) Scarlet Express (F1) Scotia (OP) continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 111 TABLE Rating(S/N) */* ***/*** 55, CONTINUED. INDEX OF TOMATO VARIETIES Variety type Fresh Market Roma Fresh Market Fresh Market Processing Cherry Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Roma Roma Roma Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Roma Fresh Market Fresh Market Saladette Garden Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Cherry (yellow) Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Roma Fresh Market Garden Cherry Fresh Market Plum Fresh Market Fresh Market Cherry Seed source Sunseeds Ferry-Morse D. Palmer Seed Carolina Seeds Asgrow Petoseed, Stokes Asgrow Nunhems Asgrow Petoseed Petoseed Petoseed, Stokes Petoseed Jordan, Stokes Rupp, Ferry-Morse Stokes Stokes Stokes Asgrow Rupp Stokes Gurney's Stokes Stokes Asgrow, Stokes Petoseed Asgrow Rupp, Asgrow Novartis Sakata Jordan, Rupp Johnny's Petoseed Novartis, Rupp Petoseed Asgrow, Jordan, Asgrow, Rupp Carolina Seeds Asgrow, Stokes Asgrow, Jordan Gurney's Novartis, Rupp Rupp Harris Seeds Carolina Seeds Harris Seeds, Novartis Burpee Siegers Seed Sakata Ferry-Morse Stokes Variety name Shady Lady (F l) Sheriff (F1) * */* Shirley (F1) Siberia (F1) Sierra (F1) Small Fry (F1) Solar Set (F l) Solido (Fl) Solimar (OP) Spectrum 385 (Fl) Spectrum 579 (F l) Spectrum 882 (F1) Springset (F l) Spitfire (Fl) Springfield (Fl) **/** */** Square Paste (OP) Stakeless (OP) Starfire (OP) Stella (F l) Stripy-Hillbilly (OP) Sub-Arctic Maxi (OP) Sub-Arctic Plenty (OP) Summerpink (F 1) Summerset (F1) ****/** ***/** Sunbeam (Fl) Sunbelt (Fl) ** **/** Sunbolt (OP) Sunbrite (Fl) Suncrest (F1) **/** */* ****/** Sundance (F l) Sun Gem (Fl) Sun Gold (Fl) Sunjay (OP) Sunleaper (F 1) Sunmaster (F1) Sunny (F1l) Sunpride (Fl) **/* Sunray (OP) Sunrise (F1) Sunstart (Fl) Super Beefsteak (OP) Super Bush (F1) Super Marzano (F1) Supersonic (F1) */*** */* Supersteakes (F1) Supersweet 100 (F l) Super Tasty (F1) Supra (F1) Surprise (F1) Sweepstakes (F l) Sweet 100 (F l) continued 112 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE Rating(S/N) 55, CONTINUED. INDEX OF TOMATO VARIETIES Variety type Cherry Cherry Cherry (yellow) Cherry Cherry (orange) Cherry Fresh Market (orange) Fresh Market Fresh Market (yellow) Fresh Market, garden Cherry Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market (tomatillo) Cherry Fresh Market Cherry Fresh Market Saladette Fresh Market Processing Fresh Market Greenhouse Fresh Market Greenhouse Fresh Market Greenhouse Cherry Roma Processing Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market (pink) Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Fresh Market Processing Greenhouse Fresh Market (tomatillo) Fresh Market Processing Roma Fresh Market Fresh Market Cherry Garden Roma Fresh Market (yellow) Fresh Market (yellow) Fresh Market (yellow) Roma Novelty (yellow) Saladette 1 . I rr Seed source Jordan, Stokes Petoseed Stokes Stokes Burpee, Stokes Petoseed Burpee Jordan, Novartis Johnny's Rupp Stokes Petoseed, Stokes Nunhems Jordan, Petoseed Takii Takii Harris Seeds Takii Ferry-Morse Seedway Nunhems Carolina Seed Stokes Asgrow Stokes Takii Stokes Burpee Johnny's Petoseed Stokes Stokes Stokes Stokes Stokes Stokes Johnny's Vegetable Seed Stokes Stokes Gurney's, Petoseed Sakata Petoseed Jordan, Petoseed Johnny's Carolina Seeds Rupp Burpee Petoseed Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Petoseed Seedway Stokes Ferry-Morse Variety name Sweet Chelsea (F1) Sweet Cherry (F1) Sweet Gold (F1l) Sweet Million (F1) Sweet Orange (F1) Sweetie (OP) Sweet Tangerine (F1) Tango (Fl) Taxi (OP) Thessaloniki (OP) Tigrette Cherry (Fl) Tiny Tim (OP) Tissot (F 1) Toma Verde (OP) Tomboy (F1) Tommy (F l) Tootsie (F ) Top Forcer (F1) Toro (F l) Tough Boy (F l) Trajan (F l) Travler 76 (Fl) Trend (F1) Tres-Rios (F1) Tropic (F1) Tropic Boy (F l) Trust (F l) Tumbler (F1) Tuscany (F l) UC 82-L (OP) Ultra Boy (Fl) Ultra Girl (Fl) Ultramagnum (F1) Ultra Pink (Fl) Ultrasonic (F l) Ultra Sweet (Fl) */* */* */* ***/*** ***/*** */* Valley Girl (F1) Valerie (F1) Veeroma (OP) Vendor (OP) Verde Puebla (OP) Veronica (F1) VF 6203 (OP) Viva Italia (F1) Voyager (F1) White Wonder (F l) Window Box (OP) Winter Red (F1) Yaqui (F l) Yellow Brandywine (OP) Yellow Currant (OP) Yellow Pear (OP) Yellow River (F1l) Yellow Stuffer (Fl) Zorro (F l) rrl~ FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST TURNIP 113 Brassica rapa L. Rapifera group Family: Brassicaceae Harvestable plant part: leaf/root Observed days to maturity: 40 to 55 days Main production challenges in Alabama: black rot, foliar disease Ready for harvest: leaf size (green) or root size (root) Typical harvest schedule: one to three cuts depending on fertilization program TABLE 56. SEED SOURCE, FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS, AND RELATIVE EARLINESS OF TURNIP VARIETIES Variety Type Seed source Days to harvest 50 50-60 50 60 35 50 35 Years eval. 97 97-98 97 97-98 98 98 97 Times eval. 2 3 2 3 1 1 2 Sakata OP All Top Rupp Seeds OP Purple Top White Globe Stokes Fl Royal Crown Asgrow,Stokes OP Seven Top Takii Fl Tokyo Cross Rupp Seeds OP White Egg Stokes Fl White Lady Type: F1 = hybrid; OP = open-pollinated. TABLE Rating' *** , 57. INDEX OF TURNIP VARIETIES Seed source Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Seedway Takii Johnny's Gurney's Jordan, Rupp Sakata Takii Sakata Asgrow, Stokes Siegers Seed Stokes, Gurney's Abbott & Cobb Asgrow, Stokes Jordan, Rupp Sakata Carolina Seed Sakata Sakata Sakata Siegers Seed Rupp, Siegers Rupp Sakata Rupp ** * *** ** * Variety name Alamo (Fl) All Top (F l) Fortress (F 1) Fuku Komachi (Fl) Hakurei (F 1) Jicama (OP) Just Right (F1) Market Express (F l) Oasis (F1) Presto (OP) Purple Top White Globe (OP) Royal Crest (F 1) Royal Crown (F1) Royal Globe II (F1) Seven Top (OP) Shogoin (OP) Spring Cutie (Fl) Tokyo Cross (F1) Tokyo Market Second Early (OP) Tokyo Top (F l) Tornado (F 1) Top Star (F1) Topper (Fl) Tyfon (F 1) White Count (Fl) White Egg (OP) ** White Knight (F1) White Lady (F1) ** Ratings for leafy green production. Sakata Stokes, Sakata 114 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 114 ALABAMA AGRICUTRLEPIMNSAIO WATERMELON Citrullus lunatus (Thunb.) Matsum & Nakai Family: Cucurbitaceac Harvestable plant part: mature fruit Observed days to maturity: 70 to 85 days (spring production, from seeds) Main production challenges in Alabama: Fusarium wilt, powdery and downy mildew, gummy stem blight, pollination, water supply Ready for harvest: dry tendril opposite to the watermelon turning black; hollow sound when thumping; ground spot turning yellow Typical harvest schedule: two to three harvests TABLE 58. SEED Type SOURCE, FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS, AND RELATIVE EARLINESS OF SELECTED WATERMELON VARIETIES Seed source Flesh color R R R Y R R R R R R R R{ R R Y Variety Days to harvest Disease resis./tol. Years Times Times eval. eval. in top 5 97,98 94 94,96,97 10 4 3 2 5 6 4 3 1 1 3 1 0 %o in top 5 50 0 14 33 50 83 17 75 33 0 11 10t0 100 100 100 Arriba! JU,F1 Hollar Asahi Miyako IC,F1 Takii AU Allsweet ASOP Auburn U. AU Golden Producer CS,OP Willhite AU Producer AU Sweet Scarlet AU SS Sweet Scarlet Baron Carnival Carolina Cross CS,OP Willhite CS,OP Willhite CSOP Auburn U. PCF 1 American Sunmelon AS,FI1 Novartis JU,OP Petoseed Diploids 82 ANT,FW 75 77 88 ANT,FW,(SB 95,96,97 DM ANT,FW,GSB 95 ANT,FW,GSB 94,95,97 96,97 96,97 86 ANT,FM 97,98 94 96-98 94 94 95 98 94,95 97,98 94,97,98 94-97 94 94,97-98 94 97,98 96 96,97 94,96 Crimson Glory CS,F 1 Petoseed Crimson Sweet CS,OP Novartis Crimson Tide CS,F 1 Novartis JU,F 1 Nunhems Crisbi Desert King JU,OP Rupp 82 85 84 77 FW ANT,FiW ANT,FW Dumara Ferrari Fiesta Huck Finn Jubilee Jubilee II Juliett Mardi Gras Oasis Paladin Paradise _ JU,FI1 Nunhems ASFI Shamrock AS,FI1 Novartis J U, F I Ferry-Morse JUOP Asgrow JUOP Asgrow JU,OP Novartis ASFi Novartis JU,FI1 Harris Seeds CS,FI1Sakata JU,FI Harris Seeds 83 88 85 95 90 86 74 75 __ FW ANTEFW ANT,F W FW ANT,FM ANT,F W ANT,FW 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 2 3 0 2 17 0 60 22 0 50 0 0 100 0 29 continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 115 TABLE 58, CONTINUED. SEED SOURCE, FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS, AND RELATIVE EARLINESS OF SELECTED WATERMELON VARIETIES Variety Red Honey Regency Royal Flush Royal Majesty Royal Star Royal Sweet RWM-8036 RWM-8052 Samos Sangria Sapphire Seville SSC-460063 SSC-460068 Starbrite StarGazer Stars n'Stripe Sugar Baby Sunsweet Sweet Favorite Var.#500 Var.#510 Vista Yellow Baby Yellow Doll Crimson Trio Favorite Ball Genesis Laurel Scarlet Trio SSC-46072 Sterling Tifany Triten Tri - X 313 Type IC,FI AS,F1 AS,FI AS,F1 AS,F1 JU,F1 AS,F I AS,F1 PC,F1 AS,F 1 AS,F1 AS,F1 AS,F1 AS,F1 JU,F1 AS,FI JU,F1 IC,OP AS,F I PC,F1 AS,F1 AS,F1 JU,FI IC,F1 IC,F1 Fl Fl Fl Fl F1 Fl F1 Fl Fl Fl Seed source Nunhems Petoseed Petoseed Petoseed Petoseed Petoseed Novartis Novartis Nunhems Novartis Hollar Hollar Shamrock Shamrock Asgrow Asgrow Asgrow Kelly Novartis Sakata A&C A&C Hollar Park Seed Petoseed Flesh color R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R Y Y R R R R R R R R R R Days to harvest Disease resis./tol. Years Times Times eval. eval. in top 5 94,95 94,96-98 98 94,96 98 94,96-98 98 98 95 94,97 98 97 97 97 94,97,98 98 97,98 94,98 94 96 97 96,97 98 97 96 94 98 98 94,96-98 98 6 8 1 5 1 10 1 1 4 3 1 2 1 1 7 1 4 1 1 3 1 2 2 1 5 2 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 2 4 % in top 5 17 75 75 60 100 30 0 0 100 33 0 0 0 0 100 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 25 Novartis Van Diepen Shamrock Takii Novartis Shamrock Hollar Asgrow Clemson U. American 75 ANT,FW 83 * 90 ANT,FW * 85 ANT,FW * * 82 87 ANT,FW * 85 FW * * 85 ANT,FW 85 ANT,FW ANT,FW 85 * * 83 88 84 * 75 68 Triploid * * * * 1 6 1 3 1 3 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 -94 -98 -94 * * * -95 -96-98 Sunmelon 25 1 4 -96-98 R American Tri - X Shadow Fl Sunmelon 0 0 4 96-98 R American Tri - X Sunrize F1 Sunmelon 0 0 1 -97 88 Y Fl A&C Var.#3521Y 33 1 94,96 3 * R F1 A&C Var.#5244 25 4 1 -96,97 R * A&C F1 Var.#5544 25 4 1 95 R 110 Pioneer Fl W-1003 2 50 4 120 -95 R Fl Pioneer W-1025 Type: OP = open-pollinated; Fl = hybrid. AS = Allsweet; CS = Crimson Sweet; JU = Jubilee; PC = Peacock; IC = Icebox. Flesh Color: R = red; Y = yellow. Disease Resistance/Tolerance: ANT= Anthracnose; FW = Fusarium Wilt; GSB = Gummy Stem Blight; DM = Downy Mildew. * = not available;- = none; from seed catalogues. 116 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 116 ALABAMA AGRICLTUREXIEN Rat ting Variety name Ace of Hearts (F I) Allsweet (OP) Arriba! ** (Fl) * * **** Asahi Miyako (Fl) Aswan (Fl) AU Allsweet (OP) AU Golden Producer (OP) AU Jubilant (OP) AU Producer (OP) AU Sweet Scarlet (OP) AU SS Sweet Scarlet (OP) Banner (Fl) Baron (Fl) *** ** ** ** Big Crimson (OP) Big Stripe (Fl) Big Top (Fl) Black Diamond (OP) Blue Belle Bush Sugar Baby (OP) Cal Sweet (OP) Cal Sweet Classic (OP) Canada Supersweet Cardinal (Fl) Carmen (Fl) Carousel (Fl) Carolina Cross (OP) (Fl) (Fl) * * Carnival (Fl) * Carolina Cross #183 (OP) Carolina Cross #200 (OP) Charleston Elite (OP) Charleston Gray (OP) Chiffon (Fl1) ** * * * ** Chubby Gray (OP) Chilean Black (OP) Cobb Gem (OP) Congo (OP) Crimson Delight (OP) Crimson Glory (Fl1) Crimson Jewel (Fl1) Crimson Sweet (OP) Crimson Tide (Fl1) Crimson Treat (OP) Crimson Trio (F 1) Crisby (Fl1) Cyclone (Fl1) Desert King (OP) Desert Storm (F 1) Deuce of Hearts (F 1) Disko (Fl1) Dixielee (OP) Variety type Triploid Allsweet Jubilee Icebox Icebox Allsweet Crimson Sweet (yellow) Jubilee Crimson Sweet Crimson Sweet Crimson Sweet Triploid Peacock Crimson Sweet Jubilee Gray Peacock Icebox Icebox Allsweet Allsweet Jubilee Allsweet Triploid Triploid Jubilee Allsweet Jubilee Jubilee Gray Gray Triploid (yellow) Gray Peacock Peacock Peacock Crimson Sweet Crimson Sweet Triploid Crimson Sweet Crimson Swcct Icebox Triploid Jubilee Icebox Jubilee (yellow) Jubilee Triploid Triploid Icebox Seed source Petoseed Jordan, Petoseed Hollar Seeds, Rupp Takii Sakata Auburn University Stokes, Wilihite Willhite Willhite Wilihite Auburn University Siegers Seed American Sunmelon Wilihite Willhite Sakata Jordan, Gurney's Asgrow Burpee Rupp, Wilihite Abbott & Cobb Stokes Asgrow Jordan, Harris American Sunmelon Petoseed Rupp Burpee Rupp Rupp Asgrow, Jordan Harris Seeds Willhite Asgrow Rupp Petoseed Hollar Seed Jordan, Petoseed Rupp Asgrow, Stokes Nuvartis Rupp Novartis Nunhems, Seedway Sakata Nunhems, Rupp Siegers Seed Petoseed Johnny's Willhite continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 117 17 TABLE Rating *** 59, CONTINUED. INDEX OF WATERMELON VARIETIES Variety type Seed source Nunhems, Seedway Petoseed Petoseed Jordan, Petoseed Petoseed Van Diepen Jordan, Shamrock Johnny's Novartis Gurney's Burpee Siegers Seed Florida Seed Gurney's Petoseed Willhite Willhite Shamrock Takii Takii Abbott & Cobb Burpee Petoseed Jordan, Rupp Rupp Asgrow Stokes Petoseed Nunhems Novartis Jordan, Petoseed Asgrow Novartis Juhnny's Novartis Takii Jordan Petoseed Rupp,Taki i Willhite Willhite Takii Takii Nunhems Asgrow Rupp Shamrock Hollar Seed Jordan, Stokes Willhite Variety name Dumara (Fl) r ** **** Early Jubilee (Fl) Early Star (Fl) Emperor (F) Family Fun (Fl) Favorite Ball (Fl) Ferrari (Fl) Festival (Fl) Fiesta (Fl) Florida Giant (OP) Fordhook (F1) Freedom (Fl1) FS 4502 Seedless (Fl1) Funbell (Fl1) Garden Baby (F 1) Garrisonian (OP) Gem-Dandy (Fl1) Genesis (Fl1) Glory (Fl1) Gold Baby (Fl1) Guld Dust (Fl1) Golden Crown (Fl) Honeyheart (Fl) Huck Finn (FI1) Imperial (Fl) Improved Peacock (OP) Jack of Hearts (F 1) Jade Star (Fl) Jonia (Fl) Jubilation (Fl) Jubilee (OP) Jubilee II (OP) Jubilee Improved (OP) Judo (Fl1) Juliett (OP) Jupiter (F I) King & Queen (OP) King of Hearts (Fl) Laurel (Fl1) Long Crimson (OP) Louisiana Sweet (OP) Loyalty (Fl1) Lucky Sweet (Fl1) Macis (Fl1) Madera (Fl) Mardi Gras (Fl) Maseratti (F 1) * ** ** ** * *** Matador (OP) Mickylee (OP) Mid-Night (Fl1) Jubilee Jubilee Icebox Allsweet Jubilee Triploid Allsweet Icebox Allsweet Allsweet Icebox Triploid Triploid Jubilee Icebox Allsweet Triploid Triploid Gray Crimson Sweet (yellow) Tripluid (red) Icebox (red Triploid Jubilee Jubilee Peacock Triploid Icebox Jubilee Jubilee Jubilee Jubilee Jubilee Tripluid Jubilee Triploid Icebox Triploid Triploid Crimson Sweet Allsweet Icebox Crimson Sweet Peacock Crimson Sweet Allsweet Allsweet Peacock Icebox Peacock continued 118 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 118 TABLE Rating ALABAMA AGRICULUA XEIMN TTO 59, CONTINUED. INDEX OF WATERMELON VARIETIES Variety type Jubilee Triploid Jubilee Triploid Allsweet Peacock Gray Crimson Sweet Crimson Sweet Triploid Icebox (orange) Jubilee Jubilee (orange) Jubilee (orange) Triploid (orange) Crimson Sweet Triploid Jubilee Jubilee Jubilee Peacock Gray Peacock Allsweet Allsweet Triploid Triploid Triploid Jubilee Icebox Icebox Allsweet Triploid Allsweet Jubilee Allsweet Allsweet Jubilee Jubilee Al lsweet Allsweet Allsweet Peacock Allsweet Allsweet Triploid Allsweet Jubilee Triploid (yellow) Allsweet Allsweet Seed source Burpee Jordan, Rupp Asgrow Shamrock Willhite Rupp Sakata Sakata Sakata Jordan, Rupp Johnny's Harris Seeds Willhite Willhite Siegers Sakata American Sunmelon Harris Seeds Willhite Willhite Petoseed Asgrow Asgrow Takii Willhite Shamrock Abbott & Cobb Petoseed Gurney's Sakata Nunhems Petoseed Shamrock Petoseed Jordan, Petoseed Jordan, Petoseed Jordan, Petoseed Jordan, Petoseed Stokes Rupp Novartis Novartis Nunhems Jordan, Novartis Hollar Seed Novartis Hollar Burpee Shamrock Shamrock Shamrock Variety name Million Bucks (Fl) Millionaire Mirage (Fl) Monarch (Fl) Mountain Hoosier (OP) Moon & Stars (OP) No.161 (OP) No.195 (Fl) No.205 (Fl) Nova (Fl) New Orchid (Fl) Oasis (Fl) Orangeglo (OP) Orange Flesh (OP) Orange Sunshine (Fl) Paladin (Fl) Palomar (Fl) Paradise Parker (Fl) Patriot (Fl) Peacock Improved (OP) Perola (OP) Picnic (OP) Pilo Lady (Fl) Pinata (Fl) Premiere (Fl) Quality (Fl) Queen of Hearts (Fl) Rattlesnake (OP) Red Cutie (Fl) (Fl) *** ** * (Fl) ** RedHoney(F1) * ** * ** ** * * ** ** ** * * ** * * * Regency (Fl1) Revelation (Fl1) Royal Flush (Fl1) Royal Jubilee (Fl1) Royal Majesty (Fl1) Royal Star (Fl1) Royal Sweet (Fl1) Royal Windsor (Fl1) Royalty (Fl1) RWM -8036 (F1) RWM -8052 (Fl1) Samos (Fl1) Sangria (Fl1) Sapphire (Fl1) Scarlet Trio (Fl1) Seville (FlI) ** ** Showing Hybrid (FlI) Solid Gold (Fl1) SSC-460063 (Fl1) SSC-460068 (Fl1) continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 119 19 TABLE Rating **** ** 59, CONTINUED. INDEX OF WATERMELON VARIETIES Variety type Triploid Jubilee Allsweet Jubilee Allsweet Triploid Jubilee Icebox Icebox Icebox Crimson Sweet Peacock Icebox Icebox Icebox (red) Jubilee Gray Icebox Allsweet Gray Jubilee (yellow) Crimson Sweet (yellow) Allsweet (yellow) Gray Jubilee Icebox Gray Allsweet Icebox (yellow) Allsweet (yellow) Jubilee (orange) Triploid Jubilee Gray Triploid (yellow) Triploid Triploid Triploid Triploid Triploid Triploid Triploid Triploid Triploid (yellow) Triploid Triploid Triploid Triploid Crimson Sweet Jubilee Seed source Shamrock Asgrow Asgrow Asgrow Asgrow Hollar Stokes Takii Petoseed, Stokes Sakata Burpee Sakata Jordan, Petoseed Willhite Sakata Villhitc Asgrow Johnny's Novartis Jordan Willhite Takii Willhite Sakata Stokes, Sakata Takii Willhite Sakata Willhite Willhite Abbott & Cobb Asgrow Petoseed, Stokes Jordan Rupp Seedway Seedway Rupp Harris Seeds Clemson University American Sunmelon!/Novartis American Sunmelon/ Novartis American Variety name SSC-46072 (Fl) Starbrite (Fl) StarGazer (Fl) Stars n'Stripes (Fl) StarSet (Fl) Sterling (Fl) Stokes Sugar Hybrid (F I) Striped Sugar (OP) Sugar Baby (OP) Sugar Belle Sugar Bowl (Fl) Sugar Delicata (Fl) Sugar Doll PS (Fl) Sugarlee (OP) Sungold (Fl) Sunny's Pride Sunshade (OP) Sunshine (Fl) Sunsweet (OP) Summer Festival (Fl) Summer Gold (Fl) Summer Rich *** ** (Fl) (Fl) * (Fl) ** ** Super Gold (Fl) Super Top (F I) Sweet Favorite (Fl) Sweet Marvel Sweet Princess (OP) SWM 2301 (UP) Tastigold (OP) Tender Gold (OP) Tender Sweet (OP) Tiffany (Fl1) Tiger Baby (Fl1) Top Yield (Fl1) Treasure Chest (Fl1) Triple Crown (Fl1) Triple Prize (F I) Triple Star (Fl1) Triplesweet (Fl1) (Fl) * * Triten (FlI) * ** * ** * ** Tri-X-313 (Fl1) Tri-X-626 (Fl1) Tri-X Carousel (Fl1) Tri-X Chiffon (Fl1) Tri-X Palomar (Fl) Tri-X Shadow (Fl1) Tri-X Sunrise (Fl1) Tri-X Triple Sweet (Fl1) Valentine (Fl1) Variety #400 Sunmelon! Novartis Sunmelon/ Novartis Sunmelon/ Novartis Sunmelon/ Novartis Sunmelon/ Novartis Sunmelon/ Novartis Cobb (Fl) American American American American American Rupp Abbott & continued 120 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 1 20 TABLE Rating * ALABAMA AG RICULUA XEIMN TTO 59, CONTINUED. INDEX OF WATERMELON VARIETIES Variety type Jubilee Allsweet Allsweet Allsweet Jubilee Jubilee Allsweet Allsweet Allsweet Allsweet Allsweet Triploid Triploid (yellow) Triploid Triploid Triploid Peacock Jubilee Triploid Triploid Icebox (yellow) Peacock (yellow) Crimson Sweet (yellow) Icebox (yellow) Icebox (yellow) Peacock (yellow) Allsweet (yellow) C1 P~ C \.1 Variety name Variety #420 (Fl1) Variety #500 (Fl) Variety #5 10 (Fl1) Variety #610 (Fl1) Variety #700 (Fl1) Variety #710 (Fl) Variety #800 (Fl) Variety #810 (Fl) Variety #820 (Fl) Variety #900 (Fl) Variety #910 (Fl) Variety #2532 (Fl) Variety #3521 (Fl) Variety #5032 (Fl) Variety #5244 (Fl) Variety #5544 (F 1) Verona (OP) Vista (Fl) Seed source Abbott Abbott Abbott Abbott Abbott Abbott Abbott Abbott Abbott Abbott & Cobb & Cobb & Cobb & Cobb & Cobb & Cobb & & & & Cobb Cobb Cobb Cobb * Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb 0 ** ** ** 0 W-1003 (Fl) W-1025 (Fl) Yellow Baby (Fl1) Yellow Belly Black Diamond (OP) Yellow Crimson (OP) Yellow Cutie (Fl) Yellow Doll (Fl) Yellow Flesh Black Diamond (OP) Yellow Rose (F1) Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Willhite Hollar Seed Pioneer Pioneer Rupp Willhite Willhite Sakata Jordan, Petoseed Willhite Novartis 0 ,III ~ FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 121 WINTER SQUASH Cucurbitapepo (acorn) and/or maxima and/or moschata L. Family: Cucurbitaceae Harvestable plant part: immature fruit (scallop), mature fruit (other types) Observed days to maturity: 97 days (spring production, from seeds) Main production challenges in Alabama: powdery and downy mildew, proper curing Ready for harvest: by size, when skin has become hard Typical harvest schedule: once over harvest (all types except scallop); three times per week (scallop type) TABLE 60. SEED SOURCE, FRUIT TYPE, AND RELATIVE EARLINESS OF SELECTED WINTER SQUASH VARIETIES Variety Butternut Supreme (F1) Carnival (F1) Early Butternut (F1) Golden Delicious (OP) Golden Hubbard (OP) Honey Delite (Fl) Hubbard Improved Green (OP) Nicklow's Delight (Fl) Type Butternut Novelty Butternut Delicious Hubbard Buttercup Hubbard Butternut Seed Days to Growth source harvest habit Stokes Harris Seeds Stokes Stokes Stokes Sakata 97 90 75 100 90 90 Vining Erect Years Times eval. eval. 96,97 96,97 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 Times % in in top 5 top 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 50 100 0 0 0 0 0 50 50 0 Semi-Erect 96,97 Vining 96,97 Vining 96,97 Vining 96 96,97 97 Stokes Solar Seeds Swan White Acorn (OP) Acorn Stokes Sweet Mama (Fl) Buttercup Stokes Sweet Dumpling (OP) Sweetpotato Stokes Tay Belle (Fl) Bush Acorn Stokes, Asgrow Tivoli (Fl) Spaghetti Sakata Ultra Butternut (F1) Butternut Seedway Vegetable Spaghetti (OP) Spaghetti Stokes Waltham Butternut (OP) Butternut Asgrow, Stokes Type: OP = open-pollinated; Fl = hybrid. 120 Vining - Vining 80 75 100 68 90 90 70 90 Vining 96 Semi-Erect 96,97 Vining 96,97 Erect 96,97 Erect Vining Vining Vining 96,97 96,97 96,97 97 122 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE Rat ing 61. INDEX OF WINTER SQUASH VARIETIES Variety type Buttercup Buttercup Buttercup Acorn Hubbard Buttercup Hubbard Buttercup Hubbard Hubbard Butternut Hubbard Hubbard Buttercup Butternut Butternut Buttercup Buttercup Butternut Acorn (multicolor) Buttercup Hubbard Buttercup Lebanese Acorn (white) Specialty Specialty Buttercup Specialty Hubbard Acorn (dark green) Butternut Specialty Buttercup Specialty Hubbard Specialty Specialty Hubbard Butternut Vegetable spaghetti Acorn (bicolor) Buttercup Buttercup Buttercup Buttercup Hubbard Buttercup Specialty Specialty Specialty Seed source Jordan, Novartis Harris, Jordan Harris, Jordan Stokes Rupp Rupp Rupp Johnny's Johnny's Rupp Jordan Siegers Seed Rupp Harris Seeds Petoseed Seedway Stokes Jordan Petoseed, Stokes Harris Seeds Johnny's Rupp Jordan Stokes Harris, Jordan Rupp Rupp, Seedway Jordan, Rupp Harris, Stokes Rupp Seedway Petoseed, Stokes Rupp Sakata Stokes Stokes Jordan Stokes Rupp Harris Seeds Seedway Novartis Vegetable Seed ** * ** ** *** ** *** ** Variety name All Season (F1) Ambercup (F1) Autumn Cup (Fl) Autumn Queen (OP) Baby Blue (OP) Baby Delica (F1) Baby Green (OP) Black Forest (OP) Blue Ballet (OP) Blue Hubbard (OP) Blue Kuri (OP) Boston Marrow (OP) Blue Majic (F1) Burgess Buttercup (OP) Burpee's Butterbush (OP) Butterboy (F l) Buttercup (OP) Buttercup Bush Emerald (OP) Butternut Supreme (Fl) Carnival (Fl) Cha- Cha (F1) Chicago Warted (F l) Chirimen (OP) Cousa (F1) Cream of the Crop (F l) Cushaw Gold Striped (OP) Cushaw Green Striped (OP) Delica (F l) Delicata (OP) Delicious Golden (OP) Early Acorn (F 1) Early Butternut (F 1) Festival (F l) Golden Debut (OP) Golden Delicious (OP) Golden Hubbard (OP) Golden Nugget (OP) Green Delicious (OP) Green True (OP) Harris' Butternut (F1) Hasta-La-Pasta (F 1) Heart of Gold (F1) Hercules (OP) Hokkori (F1) Home Delite (OP) Honey Delite (F1) Hubbard Improved Green (OP) Iron Cap (OP) Jarrahdale (OP) Lakota (OP) Long Island Cheese (OP) Sakata Sakata Stokes, Sakata Jordan, Stokes Sakata Johnny's Seedway Johnny's continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 123 TABLE Rating 61, CONTINUED. INDEX OF WINTER SQUASH VARIETIES Variety type Butternut Acorn Hubbard Hubbard Butternut Hubbard Butternut Butternut Butternut Buttercup Vegetable spaghetti Butternut Butternut Butternut Vegetable spaghetti Butternut Buttercup Acorn Acorn Spaghetti Vegetable Spaghetti Specialty Specialty Acorn (white) Buttercup Specialty (bicolor) Hubbard Buttercup Buttercup Acorn Acorn (orange) Acorn Acorn Buttercup Buttercup Acorn Specialty Vegetable spaghetti Acorn (black green) Specialty (bicolor) Specialty Butternut Buttercup Specialty Vegetable spaghetti Butternut Hubbard Butternut \ r Variety name Mammoth Sandwich Island (OP) Mesa Queen (F1) Mini Green Hubbard (OP) Mini Orange Hubbard (OP) Neck Pumpkin (OP) New England Blue Hubbard (OP) Nicklow's Delight (F1) NVH 4008 (Fl) NVH 4009 (F1) Orange Dawn (Fl) Pasta (F1) Pilgrim (F 1) Pink Banana Jumbo (OP) Ponca (OP) PS 11899 (F1) Puritan Butternut (OP) Queensland Blue (OP) Royal Acorn (OP) Seneca Autumn Queen (F1) Small Wonder (F1) Spaghetti (OP) Stripetti (F 1) Sugar Loaf (OP) Swan White Acorn (OP) Sweet Delite (OP) Sweet Dumpling (OP) Sweet Hubbard (OP) Sweet Mama (F1) Sweet Meat (OP) Table Ace (F l) Table Gold (OP) Table King (OP) Table Queen (OP) Tastie Delight (F1) Tatume (OP) Tay Belle (F1) Tiny Turk (OP) Tivoli (Fl) Tuffy (OP) Turk's Turban (OP) Uchiki Kuri (OP) Ultra Butternut Hybrid (F1) Valenciano (OP) Vegetable Marrow Bush (OP) Vegetable Spaghetti (OP) Waltham Butternut (OP) Warted Hubbard (OP) Zenith (F l) l Seed source Stokes Hollar, Rupp Stokes Stokes Harris Seeds Stokes Johnny's Novartis Novartis Rupp Jordan, Petoseed Rupp Seedway Rupp Petoseed Seedway Johnny's Rupp Jordan, Rupp Rupp Rupp Jordan, Stokes Jordan Stokes Sakata Harris, Stokes Harris Seeds Jordan, Stokes Jordan Petoseed, Stokes Harris,Stokes Jordan, Stokes Jordan, Stokes Seedway Abbott & Cobb Asgrow, Stokes Asgrow, Rupp Jordan, Rupp Johnny's Jordan Jordan Jordan, Seedway Johnny's Stokes Asgrow, Stokes Asgrow, Stokes Stokes Jordan, Stokes ** ** ** ** ** ** *** *** ** 124 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION YELLOW SUMMER SQUASH Cucurbitapepo L. Family: Cucurbitaceae Harvestable plant part: immature fruit Observed days to maturity: 35 to 42 days (spring production, from seeds) Main production challenges in Alabama: powdery and downy mildew, viral dis- eases, blossom-end rot Ready for harvest: by size Typical harvest schedule: three times per week TABLE 62. SEED SOURCE, FRUIT TYPE, AND RELATIVE EARLINESS OF SELECTED SQUASH VARIETIES Variety Type Seed source Novartis Asgrow Asgrow Asgrow Ferry-Morse Ferry-Morse Novartis Petoseed Hollar Asgrow A&C Asgrow Asgrow Ferry-Morse Asgrow Asgrow Seneca Hybrid Novartis Petoseed Novartis Novartis Harris Seeds Solar Seeds Days to harvest Disease resis./tol. Years Times Times % in eval. eval. in top 5 top 5 94,98 97,98 94-98 95 97 97 95-98 94-98 98 97,98 96 96-98 94-96 96-98 97,98 95-98 95 95,98 98 94 94,96 97 2 3 13 1 2 2 7 10 1 3 1 5 6 6 3 7 1 4 10 2 1 5 1 1 1 9 1 1 1 6 4 0 1 1 2 5 6 1 5 1 3 3 2 1 4 0 50 33 69 100 50 50 86 40 0 33 100 40 83 100 33 71 100 75 30 100 100 80 0 Crescent Destiny III Dixie Freedom II FMX-690 FMX-694 Gentry Goldie Horn of Plenty Liberator III Medalion Meigs (YPG) Pavo Picasso Prelude Prelude II RXPG 843 Sunbrite Sundance Sunglo Sunrise Supersett (YPG) Suwanee Enterprise Gold Slice Lemondrop L. Monet Prolific Fl F1 F1 F1 F1 F1 F1 FI Fl F1 FI FI F1 Fl F1 F1 Fl F1 F1 F1 F1 F1 F1 F1 F1 Fl Fl Fl Yellow Crookneck 45 * CMV,WMV,ZYMV 41 * ZYMV,WMV,PM * * 43 42 52 42 40 40 * 40 44 43 45 * CMV,ZYMV,WMV PM ZYMV,WMV,PM -94-98 - 40 50 * Novartis 1 1 100 Petoseed 1 1 100 Asgrow 9 8 89 Ferry-Morse 1 1 100 Seneca 2 2 100 Hybrids Seneca Supreme F1 Rupp Seeds 45 94,97,98 3 2 67 SS-6 F1 Novartis * -97 1 1 100 Sunbar (YPG) Petoseed 43 -94,96-98 4 3 75 XPHT-1740 Fl Asgrow * -98 1 1 100 Variety: YPG = Yellow Precocious Gene; this gene masks the green stripes of viral infections; peduncles are yellow instead of green for standard varieties. Type: F1 = hybrid. Disease Resistance/Tolerance: CMV = Cucumber Mosais Virus; PM = Powdery Mildew; DM = Downy Mildew; ZYMV =Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus; WMV = Watermelon Mosaic Virus.none; * = not found; from seed catalogues. Yellow Straightneck 41 -97 45 -94 41 -94-98 48 -96 45 -95,97 F1 FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 125 12 TABLE Rat ing 63. INDEX OF YELLOW SUMMER SQUASH VARIETIES Variety type Crookneck Semnicrookneck Scallop Straightneck Straightneck Scallop Straightneck Crookneck Crookneck (Transgenic) Crookneck Straightneck Crookneck Straightneck Straightneck Crookneck (Transgenic) Crookneck Crookneck Straightneck Crookneck Straightneck Straightneck Straightneck Straightneck Crookneck Crookneck Crookneck Straightneck Crookneck (Transgenic) Crookneck Crookneck (YPG) Straightneck Straightneck Straightneck (YPG) Crookneck Straightneck Scallop Crookneck Crookneck Straightneck Crookneck Crookneck (Transgenic) Straightneck Semicrook (YPG) Crookneck Straightneck Scallop Straightneck Straightneck Straighitneck Straightneck Scallop Seed source Petoseed Abbott & Cobb Jordan, Johnny's Asgrow, Jordan Gurney's Vegetable Seed Petoseed Novartis Asgrow Asgrow Rupp, Willhite Willhite, Ferry-Morse Novartis Novartis Rupp Ferry-Morse Ferry-Morse Asgrow Novartis Stokes Petoseed Petoseed Jordan, Petoseed Rupp Petoseed Rupp, Hollar Asgrow Asgrow Abbott & Cobb Asgrow Willhite Ferry-Morse, Rupp Harris Seeds Asgrow Petoseed Petoseed Ferry-Morse Seedway Abbott & Cobb Asgrow Rupp, Asgrow Seneca Petoseed Seneca Hybrids Willhite Petoseed, Stokes Johnny's Rupp, Seedway Abbott & Cobb Novartis Vegetable Seed * ** **** Variety name Amarillo (Fl) Bandit II (Fl) Benning's Green Tint (OP) Blondie (Fl) ButterBar (Fl) Butter Scallop Butterstick (Fl) Crescent (Fl) Destiny III (Fl) (Fl) Dixie(Fl) ** * * * * *** Early Prolific (Fl) Early Summer Yellow (OP) Enterprise (Fl) Fortune (Fl) Freedom II(Fl) FMX-690 (Fl) FMX-694 (Fl) General Patton (Fl) Gentry (Fl) ** * ** Ghada (Fl) Gold Bar (Fl) Gold Rush (Fl) Gold Slice (Fl) Golden Summer (OP) Goldie (FI) Horn of Plenty (Fl) Lemondrop L. (Fl) Liberator III (Fl) Medallion (El) Meigs (Fl) ** *** *** ** ** ** * ** Midas (F 1) Monet (Fl1) Mutipik (Fl1) Pavo (Fl1) Patriot (FlI) * ** ** ** ** * ** ** ** Peter Pan (Fl) Picasso (Fl) Pic-N-Pic (Fl1) Precious II (Fl) Prelude (Fl) Prelude II (Fl1) Prolific (Fl) PS 37092 (Fl1) RXPG 843 (Fl) Saffron Prolific (OP) Scallopini (Fl1) Seneca Prolific (Fl1) Seneca Supreme (Fl1) Smoothie (Fl1) S5-6 (Fl) Star Flower (Fl1) continued 126 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE Rating ** * 63, CONTINUED. INDEX OF YELLOW SUMMER SQUASH VARIETIES Variety type Straightneck (YPG) Crookneck Scallop Scallop Crookneck Seed source Petoseed, Stokes Novartis Johnny's, Rupp Stokes Petoseed, Stokes Jordan,Rupp Seedway Novartis Sunseeds Sunseeds Novartis Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Siegers Seed, Sollar Seed Willhite Asgrow Gurney's, Rupp Johnny's, Rupp Ferry-Morse Johnny's Variety name Sunbar (Fl) Sunbrite (Fl) Sunburst (Fl) Sunburst (OP) Sundance (Fl) ** Scallop Sun Drops (Fl) Straightneck Sunray (Fl) Crookneck Sunrise (Fl) * Crookneck SUNEX 9602 (Fl) Straightneck SUNEX 9651 (Fl) Crookneck Sunglo (Fl) ** Straightneck (YPG) Superpik (F 1) Crookneck (YPG) Supersett (Fl1) Crookneck Suwannee (F1) Scallop White Bush Scallop (OP) Straightneck XPHT - 1740 (Fl1) Scallop Yellow Bush Scallop (OP) Crookneck Yellow Crookneck (OP) Crookneck Yellow Summer Imp. (OP) Straightneck Zephyr (FI) Variety type: YPG= Yellow Precocious Gene. FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST ZUCCHINI SQUASH Cucurbitapepo L. 127 Family: Cucurbitaceae Harvestable plant part: immature fruit Observed days to maturity: 45 to 55 days (spring production, from seeds) Main production challenges in Alabama: powdery and downy mildew, viral diseases, blossom-end rot Ready for harvest: by size Typical harvest schedule: three times per week TABLE 64. SEED SOURCE, FRUIT TYPE, AND RELATIVE EARLINESS OF SELECTED ZUCCHINI SQUASH VARIETIES Variety Type Seed source Days to harvest Disease resis./tol. % in Years Times Times eval. eval. in top 5 top 5 ACX-27 (Yellow) Fl A&C 97,98 2 1 50 Botna Fl Nunhems 50 95 1 1 100 Caiman F1 Shamrock * 98 2 0 0 1 1 100 Commander F1 Petoseed 50 94 Condor Fl Vilmorin 44 95-97 5 2 40 1 0 0 ZYMV 98 Declaration F1 Asgrow Dividend Fl Novartis 98 2 0 0 4 2 50 Elira Fl Nunhems 56 94,95 9 6 86 Embassy Fl Petoseed 49 PM,DM 94-97 Essor F1 Vilmorin * 95 2 2 100 95 2 2 100 Giada Fl Nunhems 53 Gold Rush (Yellow) F1 Stokes 52 96,98 2 1 50 Golden Dawn 100 FI Novartis * 98 1 1 III (Yellow) 2 0 0 * ZYMV 97,98 Independence II F1 Asgrow -96 1 0 0 Magda Fl Vilmorin * 95 2 0 0 President Fl Petoseed 49 Revenue F1 Novartis * 98 2 0 0 100 F1 Novartis * -98 1 1 RSQ-494 * 98 1 1 100 RSQ-496 F1 Novartis -97 1 1 100 Seasons Fl Abbott&Cobb 50 41 -94-98 10 6 60 Senator F1 Asgrow 0 0 Seneca Zucchini F1 Seneca Hybrids 42 -97,98 2 Asgrow 40 96-98 3 2 67 Sensation F1 -94-98 6 1 17 Spineless Beauty F1 Novartis 43 2 2 100 Super Select F1 Stokes 48 PM,DM 96,97 * 95,96 3 3 100 Taylor F1 Vilmorin Tigress Fl Harris Seeds 47 ZYMV,WMV 95,96 3 2 67 1 0 0 XPH 1777 F1 Asgrow * -97 ZYMV 98 1 0 0 XPH 1784 Fl Asgrow * Fl Novartis * 98 1 0 100 ZS-7 F1 Seneca Hybrids 42 95,98 3 2 67 Zucchini Zucchini Elite Fl Harris Seeds 48 95,96,97 4 3 75 0 0 Zucchini Select Fl Stokes 47 PM,DM 95 2 Type: Fl = hybrid; OP = open-pollinated. Disease Resistance/Tolerance: PM = Powdery Mildew; DM = Downy Mildew; ZYMV = Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus; WMV = Watermelon Mosaic Virus. * not available; - none; from seed catalogues. 128 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TABLE 65. Ra ting ** INDEX OF ZUCCHINI SQUASH VARIETIES Variety type Yellow Yellow Medium green Dark green Very dark green Medium green Medium green Yellow Light green Dark green Dark green Black Yellow Light green Medium green Medium green Yellow Medium green Medium green Medium green Medium green Medium green Dark green Medium green Medium green Medium green Medium green Dark green Medium green Dark green Medium green Medium green Medium green Dark green Dark green Dark green Medium green Light green Medium green Medium green Medium green Medium green Medium green Dark green Medium green Yellow Yellow Yellow Yellow Yellow Dark green Light green Medium green Light green Seed source Rupp Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Abbott & Cobb Petoseed Petoseed Novartis Ferry-Morse Petoseed, Stokes Gurney's Rupp, Willhite Asgrow Seedway Nunhems Petoseed Petoseed Shamrock Petoseed Jordan Petoseed Petoseed Petoseed Asgrow Petoseed Vilmorin Asgrow Asgrow Johnny's Rupp Ferry-Morse Asgrow Rupp, Novartis Hollar Seed, Seedway Nunhems Ferry-Morse Petoseed, Stokes Sunseed Sunseed Vilmorin Seedway Rupp Shamrock Asgrow Nunhems Harris Seeds, Petoseed Novartis Siegers Seed Harris Seeds Asgrow Vegetable Seed Ferry-Morse Seedway Petoseed Variety name 49er (F1) ACX-27 (Fl) ACX-34 (F1) ACX-45 (F 1) ACX-45A (Fl) Ambassador (F1) Aristrocrat (F1) Aztec (F1) Barg (F1) Blackjack (F1) Black Magic Zucchini (OP) Black Zucchini (OP) Blondie (Fl) Bonita (F1) * Botna (F1) * Burpee's (F1) Butterstick (Fl) Caiman (F I) Chefini (F1) Clarabella (F1) Clarimore (Fl) Classic (F1) Commander (F1) Congress (F1) Counselor (F1) Condor (Fl) ** * *** ** Consul (F1) Corsair (F1) Costata Romanesco (OP) Dark Green Zucchini (OP) Dali (F1) Declaration (F1) Dividend (F1) Eightball (F1) Elira (F1) **** El Greco (F1) Embassy (F1) Eminent (F1l) Envoy (F1l) Essor (F l) ** Excel (F1) Garden Spineless (FI) Gator (F1) Gemma (F l) * ** Giada (F1) Gold Rush (F1) Golden Dawn II (F1) *** Golden Dawn III (F1) Golden Rod (Fl) Goldfinger (F1) Gourmet Globe (F1) Goya (F1) Green Eclipse (Fl) Greyzini (Fl) continued FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 129 TABLE Rating 65, CONTINUED. INDEX OF ZUCCHINI SQUASH VARIETIES Variety type Medium green Dark green Medium green Medium green Dark green Medium green Dark green Medium dark Medium green Light green Dark green Medium green Medium green Black Yellow Medium green Dark green Medium green Medium green Medium green Dark green Light green Specialty (round) Medium green Medium green Medium green Medium green Medium green Medium green Gray green Medium green Medium green Medium green Dark green Light green Yellow Gray Medium green Light green Medium green Dark green Medium green Dark green Medium green Medium green Medium green Light green Medium green Medium green Medium green Medium green Medium green Seed source Petoseed Siegers Seed Rupp Asgrow Gurney's Ferry-Morse Harris Seeds Johnny's Vegetable Seed Vilmorin Ferry-Morse Willhite Harris Seeds Rupp Abbott & Cobb Petoseed Gurney's Harris Seeds Novartis Rupp, Novartis Petoseed Seedway Vilmorin Novartis Novartis Abbott & Cobb Asgrow Harris Seeds, Stokes Asgrow Ferry-Morse Petoseed Harris Seeds, Stokes Petoseed Sunseed Sunseed Vegetable Seed Sunseed Stokes Burpee Burpee Vilmorin Harris Seeds Sunseed Petoseed Asgrow Asgrow Johnny's Novartis Seneca Hybrids Harris Seeds Jordan Stokes Variety name Grey Zucchini (OP) Hurricane (Fl) Independence (Fl) Independence 1(F1) Jackpot Zucchini (OP) Jade (F1) Jaguar (F1) JSS 9601 Zucchini (F1) Largo (F 1) Magda (F1) ** ** Midnight Express (F1) Milano (F l) Noblesse (F1) Onyx (F l) Pay Day II (F1) ** President (Fl) *** Pride Zucchini (OP) Puma (F l) Raven (F l) Revenue (Fl) Richgreen (F l) Roly Poly (F1l) Ronde de Nice (F RSQ 494 (F1) RSQ 496 (F1) Seasons (Fl) I) * * ** ** * ** ** Senator (F1) Seneca Zucchini (F1) Sensation (F1) *** ** Shuroug (F l) Spacemiser (F l) Spineless Beauty (Fl) Storr's Green (Fl) SUNEX 9703 (F1) SUNEX 9715 (F l) Sun Top (F l) Sunzini (F l) Super Select (F l) Sweet Gourmet Sweet Zuke (F1) Taylor (Fl) *** *** * ** ** ** ** ** Tigress (F l) Verdemax (F1) Viceroy (Fl) XPH 1777 (F1l) XPH 1784 (Fl) Zahra (F1l) ZS- 7 (F1) Zucchini (Fl) Zucchini Elite (F1) Zucchini Round (F1) Zucchini Select (F1) I 130 130 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION SPONSORS AND SUPPLIERS Abbott & Cobb Inc. 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Rep: Mark Willis P.O. Box 22960 60 Saginow Dr. Rochester, NY 14692-2960 Ph: (716) 442-0410 Fax: (716) 442 -9386 Tech. Rep: John Kemery 615 Weston Ridge Dr. Walland, TN 37886-2010 Ph: (423) 681-3509 Fax: (423) 983-7034 E-mail: jkemery998@aol.com Harris Moran Seed Co. To order: (209) 579-7333 Tech. Rep: Laura Isaac P.O. Box 4938 Modesto, CA 95352 Ph: (209) 579-7333 Fax: (209) 527-8674 FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 131 Hollar Seeds To order: (719) 254-7411 Tech. Rep: John Kolmer P.O. Box 106 Rocky Ford, CO 81067-0106 Ph: (719) 254-7411 Fax: (719) 254-3539 Website: www.hollarseeds.com Johnny's Selected Seeds To order: (207) 437-4395 Tech. Rep: Steve Woodward 1 Foss Holl Rd. RR1 Box 2580 Allion, ME 04910-9731 Fax: (800) 437-4290 Jordan Seed To order: (651) 731-9578 Tech. Rep: Jake Junior 6400 Upper Afton Rd. Woodbury, MN 551125 Ph: (651) 739-9578 Fax: (651) 731-7690 Kelly Seed Co. To order: 1-800-654-0726 Tech. Rep: Jack Stuckey 100 Shilo Rd. P.O. Box 370 Hartford, AL 36344 Fax: (334) 588-6144 Liberty Seed Co. To order: 1-800-541-6022 New Philadelphia, OH 44663-0806 Ph: (330) 364-1611 Fax: (330) 364-6415 Nunhems Seed Co. To order: 04759-9222 P.O.Box 4005 6080 AA Haelen, Holland Ph: 04759-9222 Fax: 04759-5104 Petoseed Co. To order: (850) 894-8026 Tech. Rep: Cameron Sutherland 6604 Tomy Lee Tallahassee, FL 32308-1643 Ph: (850) 894-8026 Fax: (850) 894-8036 Rupp Seed To order: 1-800-700-1199 Tech. Rep: Roger Rupp 17919 County Rd. B Wansiom, OH 43567 Ph: (419) 337-1841 Fax: (419) 337-5491 Sakata Seed America, Inc. To order: (914) 369-0032 Tech. Rep: Atlee Burpee P.O. Box 1103 Lehigh, FL 33970-1118 Ph: (914) 369-0032 Fax: (914) 369-7528 Sandors Rogers/Novartis To order: (912) 560-1863 Tech. Rep: Curt Pollard Ph: (912) 560-1863/(912) 244-2922 E-mail: curt.pollar@seed.novartis.com Seedway To order: 1-800-952-7333 Tech. Rep: James J. Pullins 1225 Zeager Rd. Elizabethtown, PA 17022 Ph: (717) 367-1075 Fax: (717) 367-0387 E-mail: info@seedway.com Seneca Hybrids P.O. Box 128 Hall, NY 14463 Ph: (716) 526-6398 Fax: (716) 526-5988 132 ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION Shamrock Seed Co., Inc. To order: (408) 351-4443 Tech. Rep: Estella Barajas, Jim Davis 3 Harris Place Salinas, CA 93901 Ph: (800) 351-4443 Fax: (408) 771-1517 Shepperd's Garden Seeds To order: (860) 482-3638 Tech . Rep: Renee Beaulieu 30 Irene Torrington, CT 06790 Ph: (860) 482-3638 Fax: (860) 567-9293 Siegers Seeds To order: 1-800-962-4999 Tech. Rep: Darren Deal 326 River Oaks Dr. Bainbridge, GA 31717 Ph: (912) 248-8354 Fax: (616) 772-0333 Website: www.siegers.com Sollar Seeds To order: 1-800-carrots Tech. Rep: Roland Verlaik 302 South Center Street Eustis, FL 32726 Stokes Seed Inc. To order: 1-800-263-7133 Tech. Rep: Joe Butwin P.O. Box 548 Buffalo, NY 14240-0548 Fax: (905) 684-8499 Sunseed To order: (407) 791-9061 Tech. Rep: Richard Wojaciak Ph: (407) 791-9061 Website: www.sunseeds.com Takii Seed To order: (831) 43-4901 Tech. Rep: Taka Ando 301 Natividad Rd. Salinas, GA 83906 Ph: (831) 443-4901 Twilley Seeds To order: (561) 795-2588 Tech. Rep: Brian Nungesser 14460 Fortune Circle West Palm Beach, FL 33414 Ph: (561) 795-2588 Fax: (561) 795-2650 E-mail: bnun4ac@aol.com Vilmorin To order: (607) 387-3959 Tech. Rep.: Tom Gordon 16 Gregg Street Trumansburg, NY 14886 Ph: (607) 387-3959 Fax: (607) 387-3357 E-mail: vilseed@fltg.net Wax Seed Co. To order: (601) 256-3511 Barry Wax P.O. Box 60 Amory, MS 38821 Ph: (601) 256-3511 Fax: (601) 256-9720 Willhite To order: 1-800-828-1840 Tech. Rep: Don Dobbs P.O. Box 23 Poolville, TX 76487 Fax: (817) 599-5843 FROM ARTICHOKE TO ZUCCHINI: VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST 133 REFERENCES Simonne et al. 1999. Fall 1998 vegetable variety trials. 30 pp. Ala.Ag.Ex. Sta.Regional Bulletin 02. Auburn University cooperating with the University of Georgia, Clemson University, and Mississipi State University. Simonne et al. 1998. Spring 1998 commercial vegetable and strawberry variety trials. 50 pp. Ala. Ag. Exp. Sta. Regional Bulletin 01. Auburn University cooperating with the University of Georgia and Mississipi State University. Simonne et al. 1998. Fall 1997 vegetable variety trial report. 30 pp. Ala. Ag. Exp. Sta. Prog. Rept. 133, Auburn University, AL. Simonne et al. 1997. Spring 1997 commercial vegetable variety trial report. 31 pp. Ala. Ag. Exp. Sta. Prog. Rept. 132, Auburn University, AL. Simonne et al. 1997. Fall 1996 vegetable variety trial report. 21 pp. Ala. Ag. Exp. Sta. Prog. Rept. 131, Auburn University, AL. Simonne E., Kemble J., and Boozer B. Varieties for the Alabama Vegetable Industry and the Southeast. 70pp. AAES Regional Bulletin 632. Auburn University, AL. Alabama's Agricultural Experiimeit Station AUBURN UNIVERSITY With an agricultural AIN research unit in every major soil area. Auburn University '7 1' ; JWRENCE "CBGI \/N serves the needs of field crop, livestock. forestry. and horticultural producers in each region in Alabama. Every citizen ot the state has a stake in this research program. since any advantage from new and more economical ways of producing and handling farm products directly benefits the consuming public. 13 14 arch Unit Identification * 1 Main Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn. E V Smith Research Center, Shorter pe Alabama A&M University 1 Tennessee Vai ey Research and Extension Center. eel e Mina 8 Black Belt Research and Extension Center, Marion Junction ? Sand Mouintain Research and Extension Center. Crossville 9 Lo er Coastal Plain Researcn Station. Carden 10 Monroevi le Exper iment Field, Monroeville o N rth Alabcma Hort culture Stat on, Cullman 11 Wiregrass Research and Extension Center, Head and 4 oter CoastaB Plain Research Station, Wintield 12 Sro vtor Experirent Field, Brewton. 5 C or. Area Horticulture Station, Clanton 13 Ornamental Horticu ture Statior. Spring H II 6 P eanont Research Station, Camp Hill 14 Gulf Coast Research and Extension Center, Fairnope 7. Prattv lie Experiment Field Prattvi le.