1 / 59

Vegetable Variety Updates

Explore the latest updates on vegetable varieties presented by Timothy Coolong from the Department of Horticulture at Rutgers University. Gain insights into diverse tomatoes, muskmelons, pumpkins, and onion varieties, focusing on their days to maturity, yield potential, disease resistance, and fruit characteristics. Learn about options like Early, Mount Glory, and Primo Red tomatoes, along with a range of muskmelons such as Orange Sherbert and Wrangler. Discover key information for gardeners and growers to optimize their crop selection and achieve better harvests.

tibor
Télécharger la présentation

Vegetable Variety Updates

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Vegetable Variety Updates Timothy Coolong Department of Horticulture

  2. Sunshine • Early-66-68 days • Smaller 8 oz fruit • Very concentrated fruit set • 2-3 picks then done • Do not prune Rutgers.edu

  3. Primo Red • 70-72 days from maturity • Fusarium, Verticillium, ToMV and TSWV resistant • Yields just okay-but early

  4. Mt. Glory • 72 days from transplant • Produced large numbers of medium fruit • Fusarium 1,2; gray leaf mold; verticillium 1; TSWV • Also yielded poorly this year, despite previously good results

  5. Phoenix • 74 Days • Good for late seeding dates • Sets fruit well in heat • Good, not great yielder

  6. Mt. Fresh and Mt. Fresh + • 77 Days from transplant (mid season) • Produces medium and large fruit • Fusarium 1, Verticillium 1,2, Early Blight tolerance, Nematodes(+)

  7. JTO-99197 • 77 days to harvest • Produced mostly medium fruit • Resistant to early blight* • Yielded in the top 1/3rd when trialed in 2009 www.johnnyseeds.com

  8. Red Defender • 80 days to harvest • Large numbers of medium fruit • nice round fruit • Fusarium 1,2; Verticillium 1; TSWV; Alternaria stem canker; Gray leaf spot

  9. Geronimo-Hydroponic • Very vigorous vine • 8-9 oz fruit • Very small stem scar • Few problems with blotchy ripening, deficiencies

  10. Big Beef-Tunnel/Hydroponic • Not a hydroponic tomato • Many grow it for perceived flavor benefits • Seed are cheaper • Yields earlier • Stems getting very small/weak at this point

  11. Trust-Hydroponic • Very common variety • Normal vigor, 8-9 oz fruit • Prone to cracking in periods of rapid water uptake • To reduce cracking increase fruit

  12. Revolution • Elongated Seedless • 20 pound average • High yielder • 84 days • Seed not available in 2011

  13. Matrix • Elongated seedless • 21-24 pounds • High yielder • 86 days • Seed may not be available much longer

  14. Crunchy Red • Large 20 pound • Seedless oblong • Good sugars • Good yielder • 84-86 days

  15. Fascination • Good flavor • 16-18 lb melon • Nice seedless round/blocky • 82-84 days

  16. Fenway • Great flavor 12% sugars • 12 lb round melon • Good yields-(better flavor early than late)

  17. Hollar Seeds Numbered Lines All elongated seedless types, 4620 is most promising

  18. Pollenizers • Usually planted in row after every 3rd or 4th plant • OR planted on side of bed between 3rd and 4th plants • Longer vines keep male flowers closer to females • Small fruit take up little space easily crushed Ace

  19. Pollenizers Sidekick-early Patron- early

  20. Muskmelon update • 2010 Dr. John Strang conducted a muskmelon trial in Lexington

  21. Orange Sherbert • Orange Sherbert • Rupp or Seedway • 83 days to harvest • 8.1 lbs per fruit • 9,250 melons per acre • Very sweet, some splitting

  22. Atlantis • Atlantis • 74 days to harvest • Rupp and Seedway • 6.0 lbs per fruit • Smooth flesh • Good yielder-larger numbers of fruit per acre

  23. Wrangler • Tuscan muskmelon • Tested 3 years • Yields similar to Athena • Small-5-6 lbs • Very attractive • Good powdery mildew resistance Wrangler

  24. Harper Hybrid • Harper hybrid • 86 days to harvest • Harris moran • Smaller fruit-4.0 lbs per fruit • Smooth, good sugar, but soft • Not great for shipping/storing

  25. Maverick • Maverick • 83 days • Hollar Seed or Harris Moran • Small 4.7 lbs per fruit • Large numbers of fruits per acre • Very sweet, good flavor • Soft not a good shipper

  26. Green Bean Evaluation

  27. Top Overall Four Varieties

  28. Pony Express

  29. Tema

  30. Brio

  31. Jade

  32. Royal Burgundy

  33. Pumpkin PM Trial 2009/2010

  34. Varieties • Camaro • Lighter colored • Little suturing • 15-20 lbs • Extremely PM resistant

  35. Varieties • Gladiator • 20-25 lbs • Deep orange • Nice suturing • Good PM resistance

  36. Varieties • Warlock • 20-25 lbs • PM resistant • Dark Orange • Little suturing • A little “warty”

  37. Magic Lantern • Magic Lantern • Most commonly grown PMR pumpkin • Average pm resistance • 12-20 lb average weight • Nice stems • High numbers per acre

  38. Magic Wand • Magic Wand • Better than average PM resistance • Smaller, 13 lb average • Nice sturdy stems • Good color

  39. Varieties • Super Herc • Larger 25-35 lbs • Good PM resistance • Nice stems & attachment • Deep sutures

  40. Aladdin • Aladdin • 20 lb/fruit when sprayed • Fair stem • Heavy fruit for size • Deep orange

  41. Corvette • Corvette (HSR 4721) • Small fruit (10 lb) • Excellent PM resistance • Good stems • Pale yellow/orange color

  42. Onions • White and Yellow Onions • Expression • Candy • Sweet Spanish • Superstar • Walla Walla • Peso • Ailsa Craig • Red Onions • Red Wing • Red Burgermaster • Mars • Red Beauty • Red Defender • Red Zepplin • Grateful Red • Desert Sunrise • Red Bull

  43. Red Wing

  44. Red Burgermaster

  45. Mars

  46. Red Beauty

  47. Ornamental Corn

  48. Ornamental Corn

  49. Ornamental Corn Oaxacan Green

  50. Ornamental Corn

More Related