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‘Emerald’ asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) is a new cultivar well-adapted to northern states. It is intended for fresh market use, where the bright green spears provide an attractive alternative to typical asparagus showing anthocyanin at both spear base and tip. Quality appears to be equal to that of commonly used ‘Mary Washington’ and ‘Viking’, but winter survival and yield in young plantings have been superior.
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‘Jersey Centennial’ asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.), tested under the designation Rutgers-Michigan Hybrid 202, is a new cultivar that is more vigorous, rust resistant, and productive than the ‘Mary Washington’ strain when grown on the fusarium-infested soils of New Jersey. It was also the most productive asparagus cultivar in a Michigan yield trial on noninfested soil.
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‘Freezegreen’ southernpea, (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) has been released by the Auburn University Agricultural Experiment Station to fill a need in the processing industry for a cultivar which maintains its green seed color to maturity. ‘Freezegreen’ should have added consumer appeal because of a more uniformly green frozen pack and an enhanced green color.
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‘Oregon 17’ is an early maturing bush green bean of ‘Blue Lake’ pod type. Its use may permit an earlier beginning of operations by Oregon processors. ‘Oregon 17’ is about two days earlier than ‘Oregon 1604’, a standard cultivar for commercial canners in western Oregon. ‘Oregon 17’ should yield less than ‘Oregon 1604.’ However, this deficiency may be offset by greater processing efficiency of ‘Oregon 17’ pods, which are smoother and straighter than those of ‘Oregon 1604’.
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‘Oregon Cherry’ is a highly determinate, compact, fruitful, and early maturing cultivar. Developed in the Willamette Valley of Western Oregon, it should be adapted to cool summer areas where most cherry tomato culti-vars are late to mature. Similar to the F1 hybrid ‘Small Fry’ in fruit size and quality, ‘Oregon Cherry’ is less vegetative and vigorous, but more concentrated in fruit set, and generally earlier in production pattern. This cultivar should be useful in home gardens and for early fresh market production. It should be superior to most existing cultivars where a compact plant and earliness are needed.
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‘Elite’ (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.), has been released by the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, to meet the needs of gardeners and commercial processors for a well adapted cream type.
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‘Kootenai’ and ‘Sandpoint’ tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) are dwarf, ultra-early cultivars intended for use in cool and short growing season areas. ‘Kootenai’ is named for an Indian tribe of northern Idaho and ‘Sandpoint’ is named for the city of Sandpoint where it was first selected.
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The South Carolina Agriculture Experiment Station and the United States Department of Agriculture announce the joint release of ‘Carolina’ collard Brassica oleracea L. (Acephala group). ‘Carolina’ offers potential because of its resistance to downy mildew incited by Penospora parasitica (Pers.) ex Fr., because of its desirable horticultural characteristics, and because it broadens the genetic base of collard.
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‘Tuckcross 756P’ is an early, large, pink-fruited three-way hybrid tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) that is adapted for greenhouse culture in the northern U.S. and Canada. Since 1971 it has performed well in experiment station and commercial greenhouse trials (2, 3, 4). With early production of good quality fruit, ‘Tuckcross 756P’ is also resistant to fusarium wilt and tolerant to leaf mold.
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‘Santa’, ‘Gem State’, and ‘Benewah’ tomatoes {Ly copersicon esculentum Mill.) are 3 new “ultra early” cultivars. ‘Santa’ and ‘Benawah’ resemble the “Sub Arties” (1) whereas ‘Gem State’ is a dwarf patio type similar to ‘Pixie’.