February 1981 Compiled by H.M. Munger, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 1. Anthocyaninless Asparagus Lincoln G. Peirce Department of Plant Science, University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H. 03824 Asparagus varieties currently available in the seed trade show substantial purple coloring at the spear base and, to varying degrees, at the spear top. As a product […]
E.A. Kerr
Vegetable Improvement Newsletter No. 22
February 1980 Compiled by H.M. Munger, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 1. Some Germplasm of Rheum rhaponticum and Related Species David W. Davis Dept. of Horticultural Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108 The University of Minnesota has for many years maintained a sizeable collection of rhubarb types brought together by the late […]
Vegetable Improvement Newsletter No. 11
February 1969 Compiled by H.M. Munger, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 1. Summary of Comments on Questionnaire Sixty-seven persons responded to the questionnaire, and 42% of these made some comment. Several persons felt the patents system was not the only desirable regulatory system, but certification was not felt to be ideal either. Some indicated the […]
Vegetable Improvement Newsletter No. 9
February 1967 Compiled by H.M. Munger, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 1. Some Correlation Studies in Asparagus as Related to Cumulative Season Yield Dermot P. Coyne and Robert Fast Department of Horticulture and Forestry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska In evaluating the yield performance of asparagus varieties in trials or selected plants and in a […]
Vegetable Improvement Newsletter No. 7
February 1965 Compiled by H.M. Munger, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 1. Release of Md. 63-84, a Bush Blue Lake Breeding Line Robert J. Snyder Department of Horticulture, University of Maryland The Maryland Station has released Md. 63-84 as a bush Blue Lake breeding line. It has been inbred 7 generations following a cross of […]
Vegetable Improvement Newsletter No. 5
February 1963 Compiled by D.H. Wallace, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 1. Nematode Resistance in Phaseolus Paul G. Smith and Adrian Gentile Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis The last report on nematode resistance in beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) was published in 1939 by Barrons (Jour. Agr. Res. 58:263:72). He postulated resistance found in the […]