Cooperative Extension Service
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
The University of Georgia
George Boyhan, Extension Horticulturist-Vegetables
East Georgia Extension Center
Rosenwald Building, Third Floor
PO Box 8112
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA 30460
912-681-5639 | 912-681-0376, Fax | 912-682-3481, mobile
Last month's newsletter contained CA results from the Vidalia Onion and Vegetable Research Center. This month, I've included both the VOVRC and Bland Farm results. Please note that the LSDs listed on the VOVRC results are higher than last month. I have adjusted them so there is a more conservative comparison of the results. The onions were pulled from CA storage on 10/2-3/01.
The top five varieties for CA storage from the Bland Farm trial were Southern Honey, WI-609, Nirvana, Sweet Melody and PS 7092. Only 'Southern Honeh' is the variety that appears in the top five in both the VOVRC and Bland Farm trials.
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Controlled Atmosphere Results from Bland Farm Trial, 2001 |
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| Cultivar | Weight
Loss (%) |
Marketable
Onions by Weight (%) |
Marketable
Onions by Number (%) |
| Southern Honey | 5.7% | 63.2% | 64.7% |
| WI-609 | 6.1% | 57.7% | 57.8% |
| Nirvana | 9.5% | 56.8% | 57.8% |
| Sweet Melody | 8.0% | 49.4% | 53.9% |
| PS 7092 | 8.9% | 47.4% | 46.4% |
| Granex 1035 | 11.8% | 45.9% | 45.2% |
| DPS 1032 | 8.5% | 45.1% | 47.3% |
| Cyclops | 9.7% | 43.6% | 39.1% |
| Granex 2025 | 12.3% | 41.8% | 43.0% |
| Southern Belle | 8.2% | 38.2% | 39.6% |
| Savannah Sweet | 9.5% | 38.0% | 38.3% |
| Granex 107 | 11.4% | 37.6% | 38.2% |
| DPS 1024 | 10.3% | 37.4% | 40.7% |
| Sweet Vidalia | 9.8% | 36.9% | 37.7% |
| PS7292 | 9.6% | 29.2% | 33.3% |
| DPS 1033 | 9.4% | 27.8% | 29.6% |
| King Midas | 10.1% | 27.8% | 26.5% |
| Y33 (Granex 33) | 9.4% | 27.5% | 52.8% |
| Sweet Advantage | 8.2% | 25.1% | 25.0% |
| WI-3115 | 7.0% | 21.8% | 23.8% |
| Pegasus | 9.0% | 20.7% | 23.4% |
| Sweet Success | 11.3% | 18.4% | 19.0% |
| Sweet Melissa | 9.3% | 17.5% | 24.5% |
| R2 | 0.484 | 0.438 | 0.354 |
| CV | 13% | 32% | 33% |
| Adjusted LSD (P</=0.05) | 0.4% | 10.2% | 13.1% |
| Controlled Atmosphere Storage Results (2000-2001 Season) | |||
| Percent Weight Loss in Storage | Percent Marketable by Weight | Percent Marketable by Number | |
| Sweet Vidalia | 11.3% | 95.5% | 95.9% |
| Granex 1035 (DPSX 1035) | 4.3% | 94.9% | 96.3% |
| Savannah Sweet | 4.8% | 92.8% | 94.5% |
| Southern Honey | 4.4% | 92.7% | 95.2% |
| Sweet Melody | 4.7% | 91.6% | 92.6% |
| DPS 1024 | 5.4% | 90.9% | 92.5% |
| Granex 107 | 5.1% | 90.4% | 91.1% |
| Granex 33 | 4.9% | 89.6% | 90.0% |
| Cyclops | 5.4% | 88.8% | 88.9% |
| Sweet Success | 4.1% | 86.9% | 90.4% |
| Granex 2025 | 5.1% | 86.0% | 89.3% |
| PS 7092 | 6.0% | 84.7% | 84.7% |
| Asgrow 6846 | 6.1% | 83.8% | 83.2% |
| Sweet Melissa | 4.6% | 83.1% | 83.2% |
| PS7292 | 7.2% | 82.4% | 83.6% |
| DPS 1033 | 6.1% | 82.0% | 81.9% |
| EX 19013 | 6.2% | 79.1% | 80.4% |
| King Midas | 5.6% | 76.5% | 78.0% |
| Liberty | 7.0% | 76.4% | 87.7% |
| EX 075 | 6.0% | 73.1% | 79.2% |
| DPS 1032 | 6.6% | 72.0% | 74.0% |
| Pegasus | 6.6% | 68.2% | 68.0% |
| Nirvana | 7.4% | 62.6% | 60.6% |
| SBO 133 | 5.9% | 56.6% | 57.8% |
| Sweet Advantage | 9.2% | 56.2% | 57.3% |
| Southern Belle | 10.1% | 55.2% | 54.8% |
| WI 609 | 6.6% | 47.2% | 48.5% |
| WI 3115 | 6.4% | 46.2% | 48.0% |
| R2 | 0.517 | 0.640 | 0.620 |
| CV | 19% | 20% | 21% |
| LSD | 0.3% | 7.8% | 9.1% |
January will be a busy month, with several meetings planned. The Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Grower Association Conference is scheduled for January 11-13, 2002, in Savannah. This meeting has grown so much that it will be held at the Civic Center for the first time this year. Winter School is also scheduled in January -- January 22-24, 2002, at Rock Eagle. The first day will be devoted to water issues. We plan on having a Vegetable Update on January 24 from 8:00 a.m. until 11:3- a.m. in the Hastings 1 Building. This should be a good opportunity to get an update on new items, etc., in vegetables.
From My DeskThe end of the year is upon us, and this is my last newsletter for the year. Thank goodness!
I hope all of you have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. See you in the new year!