( Y $ University of Florida
-"5 \O Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences
Central Florida Research & Education Center
2700 East Celery Avenue
Sanford, FL 32771-9608
Research Report SAN-95-10 June 1995
CABBAGE VARIETY TRIAL r
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Ivalou D. Hancik and J. M. White '
This report summarizes the evaluations of 39 fresh-market cablge cultivars/lines.
Entries were evaluated for their adaptability to central Florida's winter production conditions.
Fertilizer and pesticides were applied as suggested in the Cooperative Extension Service
Control Guide. City of Sanford reclaimed water was used to irrigate on an as needed basis.
At this time, it is not legal to use reclaimed water to overhead irrigate vegetables which will
not be thermally processed.
The seedbed was sown on October 24, 1994. Hybrid 137 was hot-water treated by the
supplier; all other entries were not hot-water treated. Seedlings were transplanted to a Myakka
fine sand on December 13, 1994. Extremely wet weather conditions (more than nine inches
of rain) prior to transplanting caused the seedlings to be weak, non-uniform, and difficult to
establish.
P A randomized block design was used with single-row plots 30' long x 2.5' wide and
9.5" in-row spacing; there were four replications.
Harvesting began on March 31, 1995 (108 days) and ended on April 27, 1995 (135
days). Due to non-uniform head development, each plot was harvested several times as the
heads reached maturity. Yield data and other characteristics rated in this trial are recorded in
Table 1; weather data are noted in Table 2. Green Cup, Rio Verde, and Bravo are considered
standard cultivars for this area and should be used to make comparisons for desirable
characteristics.
Seed Sources
AM AMSA Seed Co., P. O. Box 5301, Modesto, CA 95352-5301
AS Asgrow Seed Co., 7000 Portage Road, Kalamazoo, MI 49001
AT American Takii, Inc., 301 Natividad Road, Salinas, CA 93906
BE Bejo Seeds, Inc. 1001 Castle Road, Geneva, NY 14456
FM Ferry-Morse Seed Co., Box 4938, Modesto, CA 95352-4938
HM Harris Moran Seed Co., 100 Breen Road, San Juan Bautista, CA 95045
PS Petoseed Co., Inc. P. O. Box 4206, Saticoy, CA 93304-0206
RE Reed's Seeds, 3334 NYS Route 215, Cortland, NY 13045
RO Rogers Seed Co., P. O. Box 4188, Boise, ID 83711-4188
SSH Shamrock Seed Co., Inc., P. O. Box 4443, Salinas, CA 93912-4443
Table 1. Replicated cabbage variety trial, Sanford, FL, 1995.
Days to
Entry Source harvest
Yield/acre Y
Crates rcwt
Percent
hnrvected
Avg. head
mxt (lh\
Core"
length
r.m)
Head
,chan' r' r IT'x
Inter-
;:.-t
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Disease rating'
Hold Downy Alter- Black
Colors inr' mildew naria mt
Cheers
AMX 21029
Fortress
Applause
Tempo
AT
AM
FM
HM
AM
124
123
122
119
123
795 az
791 a
751 ab
725 ab
714 ab
398 a
395 a
375 ab
362 ab
357 ab
70 a-d
63 a-e
80 a-c
58 a-e
59 a-e
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TTX -,, -7 71)T-TN A I 'A 1Y).31 11jz -I --I -1 0 -7 ill ---_l_% r%_
oI a-e
87 a
64 a-d
59 a-e
60 a-e
r1iV-AV IL/
CB6-F
PSR 18589
Ramada
XPH 5957
mlivi
RO
PS
BE
AS
. L/t
128
118
121
126
i uL .U
700 a-c
690 a-c
673 a-d
661 a-e
j31 ao
350 a-c
345 a-c
337 a-d
331 a-e
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PIVIA 3oo
CB7
PS23383
Centron
AMX 21030
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RO
PS
SH
AM
SLLz
115
115
121
123
o3o a-i
644 a-f
618 a-g
611 a-g
597 a-g
328
322
309
305
299
a-I
a-f
a-g
a-g
a-g
ou a-e
53 a-e
60 a-e
72 a-d
49 b-e
2.6
2.8
a-g
ab
2.1 a-j
2.9 a
2.7 a-e
z.8 a-c
1.8 f-k
2.5 a-g
2.5 a-g
2.5 a-g
2.3 a-g
2.7 a-d
2.4 a-i
2.0 b-j
2.7 a-f
6.6 a
6.3 a
8.3 a
6.2 a
6.9 a
7/. a
7.4 a
5.8 a
7.0 a
6.7 a
6.4 a
7.9 a
6.2 a
5.8 a
6.6 a
RswOV
OVswP
RswP
R
RswP
KswP
RswP
OVswF
R
R
R OV
RswP
P
R OV
4.0
4.0
4.5
3.0
4.0
4.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
4.0
4.0
3.5
4.0
T BG
T DG
T BG
T G
T BG
T BG
vT BG
T BG
vT G
vT LG
sT LG
sL G
sT G
T BG
T G
4.0
3.5
3.0
4.0
4.0
3.5
4.0
3.5
3.5
3.0
2.5
3.5
2.5
3.0
3.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.5
0.5
0.5
1.0
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
very clean
tend to split
dense
wide core
uniformly "early"
poor shape/stunted
Green Cup AT 119 559 a-g 279 a-g 59 a-e 2.1 a-j 6.5 a OV 3.5 vT G 4.0 0.0 0.5 0.0
FMX 377 FM 128 559 a-g 279 a-g 68 a-d 1.8 g-k 5.5 a P 3.0 sT BG 2.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Blue Gem HM 121 545 a-g 272 a-g 57 a-e 2.2 a-i 6.9 a R 3.5 sT G 3.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 flop overunstable
HMX 3226 HM 122 539 a-g 269 a-g 58 a-e 2.1 a-j 6.5 a R 4.0 vT BG 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 very clean
Bountivoy SH 125 528 a-g 264 a-g 52 a-e 2.3 a-i 6.2 a R 4.0 sT DG 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 wide core
nI. n1- 1xr T A 11 AC'AO r / 1 1 1-T % -
Blue raY i .R.
Izalco
Gideon
HYB 137
XPH 5781
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RO
BE
RE
AS
1ILU
121
127
120
122
49 5 a-g
494 a-g
488 a-g
482 a-g
472 a-g
248 a-g
247 a-g
244 a-g
241 a-g
236 a-g
o6 a-a
51 a-e
47 b-e
56 a-e
81 ab
1.6 hi-K
2.1 a-j
2.3 a-i
2.1 a-j
1.8 gk
6.1 a
7.3 a
6.9 a
6.0 a
7.6a
R
RswP
R
RswF
4.0
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.0
vT
T
vT
sL
T
BG
LG
BG
BG
BG
2.5
4.0
4.0
3.5
2.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.5
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
very leafy
very clean
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Table 1. Cont'd.
Days to
Fntry Source harvest
Yield/acre Y
Crates cwt.
Percent
harvested
Avg. head
wt (lh\
Corew
length
(rm
Head
channe'v nepU
Inter-
inrt
J IjJL V-L. 11"I-VU LVU "L '- -. i L*L at %I'CI V t
Disease rating!
Hold- Downy, Alter- Black
Colors ing' mildew naria rot
Rio Verde
XPH 5904
HMX 1257
Bronco
PSR 4389
RO
AS
HM
BE
PS
130
122
127
129
117
471
466
465
462
455
a-gz
a-g
a-g
a-g
a-g
236
233
232
231
228
a-g
a-g
a-g
a-g
a-g
de
b-e
b-e
c-e
a-e
2.5
2.4
2.4
2.3
1.9
a-g
a-h
a-h
a-i
d-k
8.6
6.2
6.3
7.1
5.3
R
RswF
R
P
R
4.0
3.0
4.0
3.0
2.5
T
T
vT
vT
T
BG
BQ
BG
LG
BG
4.0
3.5
4.0
4.0
3.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
wide core
FMX 381 FM 121 452 a-g 226 a-g 47 b-e 2.2 a-i 7.0 a R 3.5 vT BG 3.0 0.0 0.5 0.5
XPH 5910 AS 121 422 b-g 211 b-g 48 b-e 2.0 c-k 7.3 a RswP 4.0 vT R 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HMX 3224 HM 123 421 b-g 210 b-g 40 de 2.5 a-g 7.4 a RswOV 3.0 T BG 3.5 0.0 1.5 0.0
HMX 3222 HM 120 354 c-g 177 c-g 46 b-e 1.9 e-k 6.5 a OV i 3.5 G 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Solid Savoy RO 120 335 d-g 168 d-g 40 de 1.9 d-k 5.8 a RswOV 3.0 T BG 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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Crimson RO 128 318 e-g 159 e-g 60 a-e 1.3 jk 6.1 a R 3.5 T R 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rondy SH 129 316 e-g 158 e-g 59 a-e 1.2 k 5.3 a RswP 3.0 vT R 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bravo HM 124 311 fg 156 fg 27 e 2.5 a-g 7.1 a R 3.5 T BG 4.0 0.0 0.5 0.5
HMX 3228 HM 126 296 g 148 g 42 c-e 1.5 i-k 6.4 a R 2.5 T R 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
zMean separation in columns by Duncan's Multiple Range Test, 0.05 level General Linear Models Procedure. Means followed by the same letter are not significantly different
YYield expressed as 50 lb cartons/crates per acre.
xPercent harvested relates the actual number of heads harvested in each plot to potential harvest if all plants produced marketable heads.
wAn average measurement of two heads sampled, per replication, at harvest.
'Head shape R=round, OV=oval, F=flat, P=pointed, sw=somewhat, e.g., swP=somewhat pointed.
"Head cover rated l=poor, 2=fair, 3=good, 4=very good, 5=excellent.
'Internal head quality/tightness, an average of two heads/replication, T-tight, L=loose, S=semi, V=very.
sPlant color G=green, BG=bluegreen, DG=darkgreen, LG=light.green, R=red.
rAbility of a variety to remain in the field beyond maturity without splitting, sun scalding or otherwise becoming non-marketable rated two weeks after harvest date 1=poor, 2=fair, 3=good
4=very good, 5=excellent.
qDiseases rated in trial DM=downy mildew, ALT=alternaria (Alternaria dauci), BR=black rot (Xanthomonas campestris); rated 0-5, where 0=absence of disease and
5=severe disease problem.
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Table 2. Temperature and rainfall at CFREC-Sanford during the fall/winter
season (October 24, 1994 April 27, 1995).
Daily temperature (OF) Rainfall
Date Maximum Minimum (in.)
October 24-31
November 1-30
December 1-31
January 1-31
February 1-28
March 1-31
April 1-27
1.14
9.07
5.47
2.44
1.01
2.08
2.83
Total 24.04
1 ft
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