Vegetable Cultivar Descriptions for North America – Southernpea (Cowpea)

Lists 1-27 Combined Edited by Richard Fery USDA/ARS Vegetable Laboratory 2875 Savannah Highway Charleston, SC 29414 Alabrowneye – Breeder: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn. Vendor: Farm Security agencies. Parentage: browneye selection from Virginia Blackeye. Characteristics: brown eye and three to five days earlier. Similar: Virginia Blackeye. Adaptation: central to northern Alabama. Southern Seedsman, August, 1938. 1944. […]

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Vegetable Cultivar Descriptions for North America – Shallot

Lists 1-27 Combined Edited by Michael J. Havey USDA/ARS, Department of Horticulture University of Wisconsin Madison, WI 53706 Bayou Pearl – Breeder: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Parentage: selection from open-pollinated Louisiana Pearl. Characteristics: produces high yields when planted in the fall from sets. Adaptation: southern and central Louisiana. USDA Rpt., 1953 (H.A. Jones). 1955. […]

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Vegetable Cultivar Descriptions for North America – Rutabega

Lists 1-27 Combined Edited by Irwin Goldman Department of Horticulture University of Wisconsin Madison, WI 53706 Acadia (Acadia Swede) – Breeder: Division of Forage Plant, Expt. Farm, Ottawa, Canada. Parentage: Danish Bangholm in 1914, by mass selection for high yield, type, and color. Characteristics: top growth large, neck relatively thick, roots mostly globular, frequently course […]

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Vegetable Cultivar Descriptions for North America – Rhubarb

Lists 1-27 Combined Edited by Todd C. Wehner, Jeanine M. Davis and George B. Cox Department of Horticultural Science North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 Alberger – Breeder: Mr. Alberger, Busleton, Pa. Vendor: Eastern States Farmer Exchange, West Springfield, Mass. Parentage: unknown. Characteristics: short neck, flat globe shape, reddish top, pale yellow flesh, small […]

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Vegetable Cultivar Descriptions for North America – Radish, Daikon

Lists 1-27 Combined Edited by Al Burkett and Jewel Yates Seminis Vegetable Seeds 37437 State Highway 16 Woodland, CA 95695 and Jon Behling Alf Christianson Seed Co. 6011 185th Street SW Lynnwood, WA 98037 April Cross – Vendor: Takii and Co. Characteristics: white shouldered, 60-day maturity radish, and 40-cm root length. Resistance: moderate tolerance to […]

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Vegetable Cultivar Descriptions for North America – Pumpkin

Lists 1-27 Combined Edited by Linda Wessel-Beaver Department of Agronomy and Soils University of Puerto Rico, Box 9030 Mayaguez, PR 00681-9030 Aladdin (HMX 6689) – Breeder: Ted Superak. Vendor: Harris Moran. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: Cucurbita pepo pumpkin; strong vine; large fruit, round to tall shape, averaging 12 inches in width and 15 inches tall; […]

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Vegetable Cultivar Descriptions for North America – Potato

Lists 1-27 Combined Edited by David Douches Crop and Soil Science Department Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 Abnaki – Breeder: Akeley, Murphy, Cetas, USDA; and Correll, U. Maine. Parentage: USDA X1276-185 x B4116-2. Characteristics: not in production; high yield of white, round tubers; late maturity, good for tablestock, medium tuber solids. Resistance: verticillium […]

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Vegetable Cultivar Descriptions for North America – Popcorn

Lists 1-27 Combined Edited by William F. Tracy Department of Agronomy University of Wisconsin Madison, WI 53706 Burpee’s Peppy Hybrid – Breeder and vendor: W. Atlee Burpee Co., Philadelphia. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, early, two or three ears per stalk, white pointed and hulless kernels. Similar: Minhybrid. Adaptation: wide. Burpee catalog. 1958. Carnival – Breeder: Univ. […]

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Vegetable Cultivar Descriptions for North America – Pepper (M-Z)

Lists 1-27 Combined Edited by Paul W. Bosland Department of Agronomy and Horticulture New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM 88003 Maccabi (HA-1005) – Vendor: Hazera Quality Seed. Characteristics: F1 hybrid Lamuyo bell pepper type, green maturing to red, 160 · 80 mm fruit size, large elongated fruit, medium thick fruit walls, 3 lobed, pendant, […]

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