; Talon et al., 1992 ; Varoquaux et al., 2000 ). We have observed that, in the absence of pollination, the two lemon cultivars, Eureka and Villafranca, tend to set parthenocarpic fruits. Material and Methods To obtain seedless ‘Eureka’ and
. These two species made their way to the Western world in the 18th century after being cultivated and treasured in the Orient for thousands of years ( Cothran, 2004 ). Currently, there are more than 22,000 camellia varieties or cultivars cataloged in the
commercially grown in the middle of 18th century ( Husmann and Dearing, 1916 ). The first large-scale muscadine breeding program was initiated in North Carolina in 1907, and this program later released the first hermaphroditic muscadine cultivars ( Dearing
We thank Willard Witte for the gifts of the Cornus kousa cultivars used in this study and the financial support of the Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station and the USDA-ARS through award 58-6404-2-00057.
most popular bedding plants worldwide. The wide variety of cultivars varies extensively in growth habit, flower structure, floral color, and foliage and are generally grouped into four types: zonal ( Pelargonium × hortorum ), ivy ( Pelargonium peltatum
, which contributed about one-third of Canada’s commercial juneberry acreage ( Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, 2010 ). In North Dakota, large-scale juneberry plantings have not been explored. Many juneberry cultivars were selected by Canadian
interspersed male pollenizers. Early on breeders discovered hermpaphroditic vines were occasionally produced from crosses between male and female vines, and the resulting hermaphrodites were used to develop hermaphroditic cultivars ( Dearing, 1917 ). The
value of $14,148,101. About a third of these farms (53) grow squash on over 170 acres. This places Pennsylvania seventh in the nation in number of organic farms growing squash. Winter squash cultivars have not been evaluated for a number of years in the
This paper is a portion of a thesis submitted by Orion Grimmer in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Master of Science degree. We thank Fred Kolb for supplying many of the oat cultivars. Mention of a trademark, proprietary product, or
Each year a wide variety of new cultivars and species are evaluated in the National Cut Flower Trial Programs administered by North Carolina State University and the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers. These new cultivars are tested at