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Group Title: Winter squash variety evaluation.
Title: Winter squash variety evaluation. 1980-1989.
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WINTER SQUASH

VARIETY EVALUATION

1980 1989


Gary Elmstrom, Professor
and
Annette Chandler, Biological Scientist


Leesburg CFREC
Research Report
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(300 copies)


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APR 24 1990

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TABLE 1
WINTER SQUASH, REPLICATED
VARIETY TRIAL RESULTS-LEESBURG


Unit Reporting: Leesburg Central Florida Research & Education Center
Leader: G. W. Elmstrom
Planted: March 4, 1980
Harvested: May 20, 1980. Last of 2: June 6, 1980
Soil: Apopka fine sand


Marketable Yield Fruit
Mildew Resistancezy (bu/A) Weight
Cultivar Source Downy Powdery Total (lb/fruit)

Acorn
Table Queen Northrup King 3.3 c 4.3 238 a 1.5
Royal Burpee 3.3 c 5.3 212 b 1.6
Mammoth T. Q. Northrup King 2.7 c 3.3 211 b 2.5
Bush T. Q. Burpee 1.7 c 4.7 162 b 1.3
Table Gold Twilley 3.3 c 4.0 139 e 0.8
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Ebony Northrup King 2.0 c 4.7 131 ef 1.3
Table Ace Petoseed 2.0 c 3.7 112 fg 1.2
Table King Herbst 1.7 c 4.0 103 g 1.0

Butternut
Ponca Harris Moran 7.7 a 5.3 253 a 1.4
Waltham Ferry-Morse 7.3 a 6.3 201 be 1.4
Butternut Northrup King 7.0 ab 6.3 199 bc 1.2
Butter Boy Burpee 6.0 ab 6.3 185 cd 1.5
Early Burpee 6.7 ab 6.3 182 cd 1.2
Butterbush Burpee 5.3 b 6.0 114 fg 0.8
Butterbush Burpee 5.3 b 6.0 114 fg 0.8


ZMean separation by Duncan's New Multiple Range Test, 5% level.
YRated from 1, susceptible; to 10, highly resistant.
Comments: Planted March 4, 1980 in single-row plots 24 ft long with hills
ft apart. Fertilization: 800 Ib/A 5-15-8 applied preplant and
other applications before flowering.


2 ft apart and rows 5
650 lb/A 15-0-14 in 3







TABLE 2
WINTER SQUASH, REPLICATED
VARIETY TRIAL RESULTS-LEESBURG


Unit Reporting: Leesburg Central Florida Research & Education Center
Leader: G. W. Elmstroa
Planted: February 24, 1981
Harvested: May 27, 1981
Soil: Apopka fine sand


Marketable Yieldz Fruit
(bu/A) Weight
Cultivar Source Total (lb/fruit)

Acorn
Royal Acorn, New stock Burpee 285 a 2.7
Early Acorn Burpee 234 ab 2.2
Mammoth Table Queen Northrup King 231 ab 2.6
Table Ace Petoseed 206 be 1.6
Royal Acorn Burpee 192 b-d 1.7

Ebony Northrup King 188 b-d 1.6
Table Queen Northrup King 178 b-d 1.2
Table King Herbst 158 b-d 1.3
Table Gold Twilley 151 cd 0.8
Bush Table Queen Burpee 127 d 0.9

Butternut
Ponca Northrup King 208 be 1.3
Waltham Ferry-Morse 197 b-d 1.5
Butterboy Burpee 170 b-d 1.4
Early Butternut Burpee 167 b-d 1.4
Butterbush Burpee 128 d 0.8

ZMean separation by Duncan's New Multiple Range Test, 5% level.
Comments: Planted February 24, 1981 in single-row plots 25 ft long with hills 2.5 ft apart and
rows 5 ft apart. Fertilization: 800 Ib/A 5-15-8 applied preplant and 650 lb/A
15-0-14 in 3 other applications before flowering.






TABLE 3
WINTER SQUASH, REPLICATED
VARIETY TRIAL RESULTS-LEESBURG


Unit Reporting: Leesburg Central Florida Research & Education Center
Leader: G. W. Elmstrom
Planted: February 23, 1982
Harvested: May 18, 1982. Last of 3: June 10, 1982
Soil: Apopka fine sand


Marketable Yield Fruit
Downy Mildew (bu/A) Weight
Cultivar Source Resistancez"y Early Total (lb/fruit)
Acorn
Royal Acorn Burpee 2.3 ed 77 a-c 118 bc 2.2
Early Acorn Burpee 2.0 d 110 a 116 bc 1.6
Tay-Belle Asgrow 2.3 cd 99 ab 107 be 1.6
Mammoth Table Queen Northrup King 2.0 d 60 bc 106 bc 2.1
Table Queen Asgrow 2.3 cd 51 c 94 be 1.2
Royal Bush Asgrow 2.7 b-d 53 c 82 c 1.1
Butternut
Hercules Seedway 3.3 a-c 69 a-c 217 a 2.2
Puritan Asgrow 3.3 a-c 69 a-c 154 b 1.1
Waltham Butternut Ferry-Morse 4.0 a 52 c 115 bc 0.9
Butter Boy Burpee 3.7 ab 69 a-c 114 be 1.2
Ponca Northrup King 3.0 a-d 63 bc 101 be 1.1
Early Butternut Petoseed 2.7 b-d 52 c 86 be 1.0


'Mean separation by Duncan's New Multiple Range Test, 5% level.
YRated from 1, least resistant; to 5, most resistant.
XHarvested by May 26, 1982.
Comments: Planted February 23, 1982 in single-row plots 25 ft long with hills 2.5 ft
rows 5 ft apart. Fertilization: 800 lb/A 5-15-8 applied preplant and 650
15-0-14 in 3 other applications before flowering.


apart and
lb/A







TABLE 4
WINTER SQUASH, REPLICATED
VARIETY TRIAL RESULTS-LEESBURG


Unit Reporting: Leesburg Central Florida Research & Education Center
Leader: G. W. Elmstrom
Planted: February 23, 1983
Harvested: June 3, 1983. Last of 2: June 22, 1983
Soil: Apopka fine sand


Marketable Yieldz Fruit
(bu/A) Weight
Cultivar Source Total (lb/fruit)

Acorn

Tay-Belle Asgrow 469 a 1.7
Royal Acorn Burpee 465 a 2.4
Early Acorn Twilley 419 ab 2.0
Table Queen Asgrow 405 ab 1.2
Mammoth Table Queen Northrup King 375 ab 2.0

Bush Acorn Jersey Golden Burpee 319 a-d 0.75
Royal Bush Asgrow 224 cd 1.2
Table Gold Twilley 207 d 0.58

Butternut

Waltham Butternut Ferry-Morse 440 ab 1.2
Hercules Seedway 382 ab 1.6
Ponca Northrup King 381 ab 1.0
Puritan Asgrow 357 a-c 1.1
Early Butternut Petoseed 308 b-d 1.2

ZMean separation by Duncan's New Multiple Range Test, 5% level.
Comments: Planted February 23, 1983 in single-row plots 28 ft long with hills 2 ft apart and
rows 5 ft apart. Fertilization: 800 lb/A 5-15-8 applied preplant, 100 lb/A 15-0-14
emergence, 300 Ib/A 14-0-14 sidedress, and 275 lb/A 23-0-22 at layby.







TABLE 5
WINTER SQUASH, REPLICATED
VARIETY TRIAL RESULTS-LEESBURG


Unit Reporting: Leesburg Central Florida Research & Education Center
Leader: G. W. Elastrom
Planted: March 2, 1984
Harvested: May 31, 1984
Soil: Apopka fine sand


Marketable Yieldz Fruit
(bu/A) Weight
Cultivar Source Total (lb/fruit)


Acorn

Early Acorn Burpee 276 a 1.9
Tay Belle Asgrow 250 a 1.4
Royal Acorn Burpee 249 a 2.1
Table Ace Harris Moran 217 a 1.3

Butternut

Ponca Northrup King 259 a 1.1
Waltham Butternut Burrell 250 a 1.2
Hercules Seedway 249 a 1.8
Puritan Asgrow 213 a 1.0

ZMean separation by Duncan's New Multiple Range Test, 5% level.
Comments: Planted March 2, 1984 in single-row plots 25 ft long with hills 2.5 ft apart and rows
5 ft apart. Fertilization: 800 Ib/A 5-15-8 applied preplant, 100 lb/A 15-0-14
emergence, 300 lb/A 14-0-14 sidedress, and 275 lb/A 23-0-22 at layby.







TABLE 6
WINTER SQUASH, REPLICATED
VARIETY TRIAL RESULTS-LEESBURG


Unit Reporting: Leesburg Central Florida Research & Education Center
Leader: G. W. Elmstrom
Planted: March 4, 1985
Harvested: May 28, 1985
Soil: Apopka fine sand


Marketable Yield Fruit
Downy Mildew (cwt/A) Weight
Cultivar Source Resistancez y Total (lb/fruit)

Acorn

Table Ace Petoseed 2.7 a 178 a 1.7
Tay Belle Asgrow 2.0 a 147 ab 1.6
Royal Acorn Burpee 3.7 a 126 b 2.2

Butternut

Zenith Hollar 2.3 a 155 ab 1.4
Early Butternut Petoseed 4.0 a 133 b 1.5
Waltham Butternut Harris Moran 2.7 a 131 b 1.3

ZMean separation by Duncan's New Multiple Range Test, 5% level.
YRated from 1, least resistant; to 5, most resistant.
Comments: Planted March 4, 1985 in single-row plots 25 ft long with hills 2.5 ft apart and rows
5 ft apart. Fertilization: 800 lb/A 5-15-8 applied preplant, 100 lb/A 15-0-14
emergence, 300 lb/A 14-0-14 sidedress, and 275 lb/A 23-0-22 at layby.







TABLE 7
WINTER SQUASH, REPLICATED
VARIETY TRIAL RESULTS-LEESBURG


Unit Reporting: Leesburg Central Florida Research & Education Center
Leader: G. W. Elastrou
Planted: February 25, 1986
Harvested: May 28, 1986
Soil: Apopka fine sand


Marketable Yield Fruit
(cwt/A) Weight
Cultivar Source Totalz (lb/fruit)

ACORN

Early Acorn Burpee 223 ab 2.6
Royal Acorn Burpee 217 ab 2.6
Table Ace Petoseed 216 ab 1.9
Tay-Belle Asgrow 190 b 2.2

BUTTERNUT

Zenith Hollar 250 a 1.5
Hercules Sunseeds 223 ab 2.4
Early Butternut Petoseed 202 b 1.5
Waltham Butternut Harris Moran 195 b 1.5
Ponca Burrell 188 b 1.3

ZMean separation by Duncan's New Multiple Range Test, 5% level.
Comments: Planted February 25, 1986 in single-row plots 25 ft long with hills 2.5 ft apart and
rows 5 ft apart. Fertilization: 800 lb/A 5-15-8 applied preplant and 650 lb/A
15-0-14 in 3 other applications before flowering.






TABLE 8
WINTER SQUASH, REPLICATED
VARIETY TRIAL RESULTS-LEESBURG


Unit Reporting: Leesburg Central Florida Research & Education Center
Leader: G. W. Elastrom
Planted: February 23, 1987
Harvested: June 2, 1987
Soil: Apopka fine sand


MildewZ'y General Marketable Yield Fruit
Resistance Foliar Actual (cwt/A) Corrected (cwt/A) Weight
Cultivar Source Powdery Diseasex Total Total (lb/fruit)

ACORN
Table Ace Petoseed 3.0 bc 2.0 e-g 116 a 118 a 1.2
Ebony Acorn Johnny's 3.0 bc 2.3 d-f 107 a 115 a 1.2
Royal Acorn Burpee 3.0 be 2.7 c-e 105 a 106 a 1.8
Early Acorn Burpee 2.7 c 2.0 e-g 99 a 104 a 1.4
Tay-Belle Asgrow 2.7 c 1.7 fg 95 a 103 a 1.3

RXPG 813 Robson 3.0 bc 1.3 g 74 a 88 a 1.1
Sweet Dumpling Johnny's 2.7 ac 1.7 fg 66 a 67 a 0.7

BUTTERNUT
Zenith Hollar 4.0 a 3.0 cd 91 a 96 a 0.8
Waltham Butternut Abbott & Cobb 4.0 a 3.3 bc 89 a 89 a 1.0
Ponca Burrell 4.0 a 3.0 cd 86 a 95 a 0.9-
Early Butternut Petoseed 3.7 ab 4.3 a 84 a 89 a 0.8
Hercules Sunseeds 4.0 a 4.0 ab 69 a 84 a 1.3


ZMean separation by Duncan's New Multiple Range Test, 5% level.
YRated from 1, least resistant; to 5, most resistant.
XRated from 1, plant dead; to 5, plant vigorous.
Comments: Planted February 23, 1987 in single-row plots 25 ft long with hills 2.5 ft
5 ft apart. Fertilization: 800 lb/A 5-15-8 applied preplant and 650 lb/A
other applications before flowering.


apart and rows
15-0-14 in 3




TABLE 9
WINTER SQUASH
VARIETY TRIAL RESULTS-LEESBURG


Unit Reporting: Leesburg Central Florida Research & Education Center
Leader: G. W. Elastron
Planted: March 1, 1988
Harvested: May 26, 1988
Soil: Apopka fine sand


Marketable Yield Fruit
(cwt/A) Weight
Cultivar Source Totalz (lb/fruit)

REPLICATED

Acorn

Royal Acorn Burpee 167 ab 2.6
Early Acorn Burpee 139 be 2.1
Ebony Acorn Burrell 134 b-d 1.8
Table Queen Burrell 126 c-e 1.4
Seneca Autumn Queen Robson 125 c-e 1.5

Table Ace Petoseed 118 c-e 1.5
Table King Harris Moran 117 c-f 1.2
Tay-Belle Asgrow 113 c-g 1.5
Sweet Dumpling Johnny's 75 gh 0.9
MOX 7130 Harris Moran 26 i 1.1

Butternut

HSR 329 Hollar 190 a 1.8
Hercules Sunseeds 151 be 2.0
Zenith Hollar 117 c-f 1.2
Early Butternut Petoseed 98 d-h 1.1
Ponca Burrell 88 e-h 0.9
--------------- -- --------- ----------------





Table 9. Winter squash (cont.)


Marketable Yield Fruit
(cwt/A) Weight
Cultivar Source Total' (lb/fruit)

Waltham Abbott & Cobb 79 f-h 1.0
Burpee Butterbush Stokes 67 h 0.7

Mini-Pumpkin

Jack-Be-Little Abbott & Cobb 98 d-h 0.5
Sweetie Pie Stokes 92 e-h 0.4
Munchkin Harris Moran 75 gh 0.4

OBSERVATIONAL

Butternut

ACX 889829 Abbott & Cobb 123 1.4

ZMean separation by Duncan's New Multiple Range Test, 5% level.
Comments: Planted March 1, 1988 in single-row plots 25 ft long with hills 2.5 ft
apart and rows 5 ft apart. Fertilization: 800 lb/A 5-15-8 applied
preplant and 650 lb/A 15-0-14 in 3 other applications before flowering.







TABLE 10
WINTER SQUASH
VARIETY TRIAL RESULTS-LEESBURG


Unit Reporting: Leesburg Central Florida Research & Education Center
Leader: G. W. Elmstrom
Planted: February 27, 1989
Harvested: May 23, 1989
Soil: Apopka fine sand


Mildew Marketable Yield Fruit
Resistancezy (cwt/A) Weight
Cultivar Source Powdery Total (lb/fruit)

Acorn
Cream of the Crop Musser 3.3 ab 208 a 1.7
88 S 157 Musser 3.0 a-c 186 a 2.1
Seneca Autumn Queen Robson 2.0 d 133 be 1.3
HSR 191 Hollar 3.0 a-c 116 b-d 1.3
Table Ace Petoseed 2.3 cd 103 cd 1.7

Butternut
HSR 329 Hollar 2.7 b-d 212 a 2.2
Early Butternut Petoseed 3.3 ab 134 b 3.0

ZMean separation by Duncan's New Multiple Range Test, 5% level.
YRated from 1, least resistant; to 5, most resistant.
Comments: Planted February 27, 1989 in single-row plots 24 ft long with hills 2 ft apart and
rows 6 ft apart. Fertilization: 800 lb/A 5-15-8 applied preplant and 650 Ib/A
15-0-14 in 3 other applications before flowering.







APPENDIX
SEED SOURCES


Abbreviation

Abbott & Cobb


Asgrow


Borpee


Address


Abbreviation


Abbott & Cobb, Inc.
P.O. Box 307
Feasterville, PA 19047

Asgrow Seed Co.
7000 Portage Rd.
Kalamazoo, MI 49001

W. Atlee Burpee Co.
300 Park Avenue
Warminster, PA 18991


Johnny's


Musser


Northrup King


Address


Johnny's Selected Seeds
Albion, ME 04910


Musser Seed Co., Inc.
P.O. Box 1406
Twin Falls, ID 83301

Northrup King Co.
Vegetable Seed Group
P.O. Box 1827
Gilroy, CA 95023


D. V. Burrell Seed Growers Co.
P.O. Box 150
Rocky Ford, CO 81067


Ferry-Morse Seed Co.
P.O. Box 4938
Modesto, CA 95352-4938

Harris Moran Seed Co.
3670 Buffalo Rd.
Rochester, NY 14624

Out of Business



Hollar and Company, Inc.
P.O. Box 106
Rocky Ford, CO 81067


Robson



Seedway


Sunseeds



Twilley


Robson Seed Farms
1 Seneca Circle
Hall, NY 14463

Seedway, Inc.
Hall, NY 14463-0250


Sunseeds
9531 West 78th Street, #229
Eden Prairie, MN 55344

Twilley Seed Co.
P.O. Box 65
Trevose, PA 19047


Petoseed


Petoseed
P.O. Box
Saticoy,


Ferry-Morse



Harris Moran


Herbst


Hollar


Co.
4206
CA 93003


Burrell










































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