Midwest Vegetable Trial Report for 2008
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Midwest Vegetable Trial Report for 2008 Compiled by Elizabeth T. Maynard Table of Contents Sources of Vegetable Seeds.......................................................................................................5 Chard Swiss Chard: A New Look At An Old Crop (West Virginia) Lewis W. Jett .....................................................................................................................11 Eggplant 2008 Eggplant Variety Trial in Central Missouri (Missouri) Sanjun Gu and Theresa Blank............................................................................................14 Muskmelon and Specialty Melon Muskmelon and Specialty Melon Variety Evaluations (Kentucky) John Strang, Amy Poston, Chris Smigell, Darrell Slone, and John Snyder ......................17 Lettuce Romaine Lettuce Cultivar Trial (Kentucky) Dave Spalding and Timothy Coolong................................................................................28 Onion Spring Onion Cultivar Evaluation in Central Kentucky (Kentucky) Timothy Coolong...............................................................................................................30 Evaluation of Eighteen Sweet Onion Cultivars in Southwest Michigan (Michigan) Ron Goldy, Darryl Warncke, Virginia Wendzel, and Stephanie Archer...........................33 Influence of Tillage and Herbicides in Onion Field Data — Year 2 (North Dakota) Sarah Gegner, Harlene Hatterman-Valenti, Walt Albus, and Collin Auwarter.................38 2008 Sweet Spanish Onion Variety Trial (Pennsylvania) M.D. Orzolek .....................................................................................................................43 Pepper Evaluation of Bell Peppers for Resistance to Phytophthora Blight (Phytophthora capsici) (Illinois) M. Babadoost and A. Jurgens ............................................................................................48 Pumpkin Effects of Rye Cover Crop on Strip-Till Pumpkin Production in Northern Illinois (Illinois) Maurice Ogutu ...................................................................................................................50 Pumpkin Variety Performance With and Without Treatment for Powdery Mildew in Northern Indiana, 2008 (Indiana) Elizabeth Maynard.............................................................................................................55 Evaluation of Powdery Mildew Tolerance in Pumpkin in Central Kentucky (Kentucky) Timothy Coolong and Kenneth Seebold............................................................................63 Pumpkin Cultivar Evaluation in Ohio, 2008 (Ohio) Bob Precheur, Jim Jasinski, Mac Riedel, Landon Rhodes, and Gretchen Sutton..............69 Continued on next page 3 Table of Contents (continued) Sweet Corn Sweet Corn Hybrid Disease Nursery – 2008 (Illinois) Jerald Pataky, Marty Williams, Mike Meyer, Bryan Warsaw, and Jim Moody................73 Sugar-enhanced Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation for Northern Indiana, 2008 (Indiana) Elizabeth Maynard.............................................................................................................98 Supersweet Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation for Northern Indiana, 2008 (Indiana) Elizabeth Maynard...........................................................................................................103 Use of Biological Seed Treatments for Improved Seedling Establishment and Disease Control in Sweet Corn (Ohio) Mark Bennett, Elaine Grassbaugh, Brian McSpadden-Gardener, and Matt Hofelich.....109 Sweet Potato Evaluation of Ten Sweet Potato Cultivars in Southwest Michigan (Michigan) Ron Goldy and Virginia Wendzel....................................................................................111 Tomato On-Farm Evaluation of Tomato Cultivars for Disease Resistance, 2008 (Indiana) Elizabeth Maynard, Butch Zandstra, and Dan Egel.........................................................114 Yield and Income of Spring Staked Tomato Cultivars in Eastern Kentucky (Kentucky) R. Terry Jones, Crystal Sparks, Ryan Hays, and John C. Snyder....................................117 Evaluation of Fourteen Tomato Cultivars in Southwest Michigan (Michigan) Ron Goldy and Virginia Wendzel....................................................................................122 ABA for Transplant Height Control in Processing Tomatoes – 2008 (Ohio) Mark Bennett ...................................................................................................................125 Plant Population and Cultivar Selections for Optimum Yield in Processing Tomatoes – 2008 (Ohio) Mark Bennett, Elaine Grassbaugh, and Matt Hofelich....................................................128 Performance of Conventionally and Organically grown Grafted ‘Celebrity’ Tomato in Ohio in 2008 (Ohio) Matthew D. Kleinhenz, David M. Francis, Michelle Young, Troy Aldrich,and Sonia Walker.......................................................................................131 Watermelon Grafted Watermelon Performance in Kentucky (Kentucky) Nathan Howell, Amy L Poston, Nathan Howard, and Timothy Coolong .......................140 Mixed Crops 2008 Fresh Market Vegetable Varieties Trial Report (Ohio) Brad R. Bergefurd, Dr. Shawn Wright, Thom Harker, Wayne Lewis, Al Welch, and Lynn Miller..............................................................................................143 New Vegetable Cultivar Releases for 2008 (Ohio) Elaine Grassbaugh, Mark Bennett, and Matt Hofelich....................................................146 Authors’ Addresses................................................................................................................152 4 Sources of Vegetable Seeds* Seed Seed Company Name and Address Code AC Abbott and Cobb, Inc., PO Box 307, Trevose, PA 19053-0307; (800) 345-SEED; www.abbottcobb.com ACR Alf Christianson Seed Company, PO Box 98, Mount Vernon, WA 98273; (360) 336-9727; www.chriseed.com AT American Takii, Inc., 301 Natividad Road, Salinas, CA 93906; (831) 443-4901; www.takii.com BC Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, 2278 Baker Creek Road, Mansfield, MO 65704; (417) 924-8917; rareseeds.com Bas Basso Seeds, Monteverde 3390, 1852 Burzaco, Buenos Aires, Argentina; (54) 11 4299 0880; Fax: (54) 11 4238 3527; www.basso-seed.com BE Bejo Seeds, Inc., 1972 Silver Spur Place, Oceano, CA 93445; (805) 473-2199; www.bejoseeds.com BHN BHN Seed, PO Box 3267, Immokalee, FL 34142; (239) 352-1100; Fax: (239) 352-1981; www.bhnseed.com BS Bodger Seed Ltd., 1800 North Tyler Ave., South El Monte, CA 91733; www.bodger.com BU Burpee, 300 Park Ave., Warminster, PA 18991; www.burpee.com CS Chesmore Seed Co., PO Box 8363, St. Joseph, MO 64508 CE/CEN Centest Seeds, 23017 Rte. 173, Harvard, IL 60033 CF Cliftons Seed Co., 2586 NC 43 West, Faison, NC 28341; www.cliftonseed.com CO Cook’s Garden Seed, PO Box 5010, Hodges, SC 29653; www.cooksgarden.com CN Corona Seeds, Inc., 590-F Constitution Ave., Camarillo, CA 93012; (805) 388-2555; Fax: (805) 445-8344; www.coronaseeds.com CR Crookham Co., PO Box 520, Caldwell, ID 83606; www.crookham.com DM Del Monte USA, Agric. Research, PO Box 89, Rochelle, IL 61068 DP D. Palmer Seed Co., 8269 South Highway 95 (at Mile Post 35), Yuma, AZ 85365; Fax: (928) 341-8496; www.dpalmerseed.com DR DeRuiter Seeds, Inc., 13949 W. Colfax Ave, Building #1, Suite 220, Lakewood, CO 80401; (303) 274-5511; Fax: (303)-274-5514; www.deruiterusa.com DVG Dutch Valley Growers, Inc., PO Box 304, South Holland, IL 60473; Fax: (708) 333-1029; www.dutchvalleygrowers.com Continued on next page 5 Sources of Vegetable Seeds* (continued) Seed Seed Company Name and Address Code EV Evergreen Seeds, Evergreen YH Enterprises, PO Box 17538, Anaheim, CA 92817; (714) 637-5769; www.evergreenseeds.com EW East/West Seed International Ltd., No. 50/1 Moo 2, Sainoi-Bang Bua Thong Road, Amphur Sainoi, Nonthaburi 11150, Thailand; www.eastwestseed.com EX Express Seed, 51051 U.S. Highway 20, Oberlin, OH 44074; (800) 774-2259; Fax: (440) 774-2728; www.expressseed.com EZ Enza Zaden, PO Box 7, 1600 AA, Enkhuisen, Netherlands 02280-15844; www.enzazaden.com GG General Mills/Green Giant, Agric. Res., 1201 N. 4th St., LeSueur, MN 56058 GU Gurney’s Seed and Nursery Co., PO Box 4178, Greendale, IN 47025-4178; (513) 354-1491; www.Gurneys.com HM Harris Moran Seed Company, PO Box 4938, Modesto, CA 95352; (209) 579-7333; Fax: (209) 527-5312; www.harrismoran.com HR/H Harris Seeds, 60 Saginaw Drive, Box 22960, Rochester, NY 14692; (800) 514-4441; Fax: (716) 442-9386; www.harrisseeds.com HL Hollar & Co., Inc., PO Box 106, Rocky Ford, CO 81067; www.hollarseeds.com HO Holmes Seed Co., 2125 46th St., N.W., Canton, OH 44709; (330) 492-0123; www.holmesseed.com HZ Hazera Seed, Ltd., PO Box 1565, Haifa, Israel; www.hazerainc.com IFS Illinois Foundation Seeds, PO Box 722, Champaign, IL 61824-0722; (217) 485-6260; Fax: (217) 485-3687; www.seedgenetics.com J Jordan Seeds, Inc., 6400 Upper Afton Road, Woodbury, MN 55125; (651) 738-3422; www.jordanseeds.com JS Johnny’s Selected Seeds, Foss Hill Road, Albion, ME 04910-9731; (877) 564-6697; www.johnnyseeds.com JU Jung Seed and Nursery, Randolph, WI 53957; (800) 297-3123; www.jungseed.com KU Known-You Seed Co., LTD., 26 Chung Cheng 2nd Road, Kauhsiung, Taiwan 80271; www.knownyou.com LS Long & Sweet LLC, PO Box 502, 516 N. 5th Street, Lafayette, IN 47902; (765) 420-9606 Continued on next page 6 Sources of Vegetable Seeds* (continued) Seed Seed Company Name and Address Code MM Mesa Maize, Inc., PO Box 250, 202 Industrial Ave., Olathe, CO 81425; www.mesamaize.com MCS Morgan County