Vegetable varities with promise

Vegetable varities with promise

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  Vegetable Varieties with Promise Kiki Fontenot, PhD
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  Heirloom Tomato Trial(2012) • Planted on Mar 19, 2012 • 10 varieties (8 locations) • Thessolaniki, Red Brandywine, Pink Brandywine, Mortgage Lifter, Persimmon, Pruden’s Purple, Black from Tula, Pink German, Old German and Hillbilly Potato Leaf • 2 taste test locations (40ppl Covey Rise ) and (175ppl Burden) • Seed Ordered from Totally Tomatoes
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  Thessaloniki Plant size XL Foliage Little disease until end of season Exterior Color Excellent Cherry red Interior Color Fair white blotchy spots Firmness Excellent Best is trial Cracking Little even after rains Fruit Size small Comments Like •#1 producer
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  Black from Tula Plantsize L (stake well) Foliage Little disease until end of season Exterior Color Burgundy w/ green shoulder Interior Color Maroon with green jelly Firmness Good Cracking Small blossom end and stem scars but many concentric cracks Fruit Size Small Comments Indifferent •#2 producer
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  Red Brandywine Plant size L Foliage Somewhat disease susceptible Exterior Color Excellent cherry red Interior Color Light pink with white spots Firmness Excellent Cracking Very few Fruit Size Small Comments Like •#3 producer
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  Prudens Purple Plant size XL Foliage Somewhat susceptible to disease Exterior Color Dark pink with green shoulder Interior Color Red with white spots and patches Firmness Average Cracking Large stem and radial cracks Fruit Size Large Comments Indifferent •#4 producer
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  Mortgage Lifter Plant size XL Foliage Excellent (no disease till end of season) Exterior Color Dark Pink Interior Color Dark red with some white spots Firmness Average Cracking Small blossom end scar Fruit Size XL Comments Like •#5 producer ; Taste winner Covie Rise
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  Persimmon Plant size XL Foliage Exterior Color Excellent dark Y-O Interior Color Excellent Dark Y-O Firmness Good Cracking Large stem and Blossom end scars Fruit Size XL Comments Like •Taste Winner – Covie Rise
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  Pink Brandywine Plant size XL Foliage Excellent until end of season Exterior Color Excellent Dark pink Interior Color Dark pink many white spots Firmness Excellent Cracking Large stems and blossom end scar Fruit Size M- XL ( varies) Comments Like •Taste Winner - Burden
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  2011 Cherry Tomatoes •Sweet Million – Standard red cherry • Sweet Pea Currant – Tiny grape like clusters • Sun Gold* – Standard orange cherry
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  Bell Peppers (2012) •Planted on April 3, 2012 • 10 varieties (color peppers) • Mavras, Aristotle, Archimedes, Crusader, Golden Summer, Tequila, Summer Sweet 8610, Camelot X3R, Snapper, PSO9941319 XSR • Ordered Seed from Rupp and Totally Tomato
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  MAVRAS Plant size Small Pepper size 2.5 wide/ 3.0 long (average inches) Color Black and shiny Blemishes 20% had a small blemish • Excellent small pepper • 1st top producer in trial in # and total weight harvested
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  TEQUILA Plant size Small Pepper size 2.5 wide/ 2.75 (average inches) long Color Purple Blemishes 14% had a small blemish •Excellent pepper •2nd top producer in trial in # and total weight harvested
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  ARISTOTLE X3R Plant size Small Pepper size 3.5 wide/ 3.0 long (average inches) Color Green end of season turned orange/ red better if matured indoors Blemishes 14% had a small blemish •Excellent large pepper •3rd top producer in trial in # and total weight harvested
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  CAMELOT X3R Plant size Small Pepper size 3.0 wide/ 3.5 long (average inches) Color Green Blemishes <1% had a small blemish
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  PSO9941819 X5R Plant size Small Pepper size 3.25 wide/ 3.0 (average inches) long Color Green Blemishes 19% had a small blemish
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  Watermelon (2012) • Plantedin field on April 3, 2012 • Charleston Gray, Starbrite, Summer Flavor 720, Sangria, Jubilee II, AU Producer, Legacy and Diablo – all red meat. Desert King, Summer Gold and Tendergold
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  Summer Flavor 720 Foliage Good Rind Color Light green w/ dark green stripe Interior Color Dark cherry red Seed Color Dark brown w/ black spots Seed Size (cm) 1.3 BRIX 10 Texture Excellent Avg. weight/ length 22.25lbs/ 12.8 in
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  Summer Gold Foliage No sunburn Rind Color light green dark green stripe Interior Color orange Seed Color black Seed Size (cm) 0.9 BRIX 10.5 Texture Excellent Avg. weight/ length 16.71lbs / 12.33in
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  Cucumbers (2011) • Plantedon March 28, 2011 • 7 varieties • Dasher II, Olympian, Burpless, Space Master, Ashley, Straight Eight, Sumter • Seed ordered from Naylor’s Hardware
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  Dasher II Fruit shape Straight good Yield Excellent Uniformity of fruit Excellent Exterior color Dark green Exterior damage None Avg seed size Soft 6.5mm Interior (texture) Solid Avg diameter 50mm Avg length 7 inches
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  Olympian Fruit shape Straight good Yield Fair Uniformity of Excellent fruit Exterior color Dark green (yellow belly) Exterior damage None Avg. seed size 4 mm very soft Interior (texture) Solid Avg. diameter 46mm Avg. length 6 3/4 – 7 1/4
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  Spring 2013 Repeat top Producing Heirlooms Trial 9 New TSWV resistant tomato varieties Continue the search for color bell peppers 17 varieties
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  Need More Info? Come visit us in the field…. Burden Center off Essen Lane in Baton Rouge LA June 15th! 8am-1pm
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