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Group Title: Cucurbit variety evaluation.
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    Historic note
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    Title Page
        Title Page
    List of Tables
        List of Tables
    Seed sources
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    Cantaloupe
        Page 4
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    Cucumbers, pickling
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    Cucumbers, slicing
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    Squash, green summer
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    Squash, yellow summer
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    Squash, winter
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    Watermelon
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CUCURBIT VARIETY EVALUATION
1977-1980

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER, LEESBURG
G. W. ELMSTROM, CENTER DIRECTOR


HUME LIBRARY

FEB 19 1981

I.F.A.S. Univ. of Florida


Included in these evaluations are pickling cucumber,
slicing cucumbers, muskmelons, green summer squash, yellow
summer squash, winter squash, and watermelons grown at the
ARC, Leesburg.









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LIST OF TABLES






Tables

Seed sources...................................... 1

Cantaloupe (muskmelon)............................. 2-9

Cucumbers, pickling ....... ........ ................. 10-18

Cucumbers, slicing................................. 19-27

Squash, green summer............................... 28-31

Squash, yellow summer ......... ..................... 32-35

Squash, winter..................................... 36-37

Watermelon.......................................... 38-46






Table 1. Sources of seed for the cucurbit varieties evaluated
from 1977 to 1980 at the Agricultural Research Center,
Leesburg.
Abbreviation Address
Agway Agway, Inc.
Box 1333
Syracuse, New York 13201
AL J. D. Norton
Horticulture Department
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama 36830

AR John Bowers
Department of Horticulture
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701
ARC J. M. Crall
Univ. of Florida ARC
P. 0. Box 388
Leesburg, Florida 32748
Asgrow Asgrow Seed Company
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49001

Burpee W. Atlee Burpee Company
300 Park Ave.
Warminster, Pennsylvania 18974

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

Castle A. L. Castle Seeds, Inc.
P. O. Box 877
Morgan Hill, California 95037

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

Dessert Dessert Seed Company, Inc.
P. O. Box 181
El Centro, California 92243

Eigst 0. J. Eigsti
American Seedless Watermelon Corp.
Goshen, Indiana 46526
Esco Eastern Seed Company, Ltd.
P. O. Box 6467
Corpus Christi, Texas 78411







Table 1. (Cont'd.)


Abbreviation


FM



Harris


H. B. Peto


Herbst


Hollar


Address
G. W. Elmstrom
Univ. of Florida ARC
P. O. Box 388
Leesburg, Florida 32748

Ferry Morse Seed Co.
Box 100
Mountain View, California 94040

Harris Seeds
Moreton Farm
Rochester, New York 14624

H. B. Peto
P. O. Box 2434
Bakersfield, California 93303

Herbst Brothers Seedsmen, Inc.
1000 N. Main St.
Brewster, New York 10509

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

Keystone Seed Co.
P. O. Box 1438
Hollister, California 95023

H. C. Mohr
Dept. of Horticulture
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506

Larry Baker
Asgrow Seed Co.
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49001

W. R. Henderson
Dept. of Horticultural Science
Box 5216
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607

Niagara Seed Operation
Box 2508
El Macero, California 95618


Keystone


MSU


Niagara


__






Table 1. (Cont'd.)


Abbreviation
NK


Address
Northrup King Co.
1500 Jackson Street, N.E.
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413


Henry Munger
Dept; of Plant Breeding
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853


Park


Peto


Geo. W. Park Seed Co., Inc.
Greenwood, South Carolina 29646

Peto Seed Co., Inc.
P. O. Box 4206
Saticoy, California 93003

M. LeRon Robbins
Clemson University Truck Experiment
Station
P. O. Box 3158
Charleston, South Carolina 29407


Stokes


Stokes Seeds, Inc.
Box 548
Buffalo, New York 14240

TAKII Plant Breeding & Expt.
Kousei-cho, Kouga-gun,
Shiga-ken, JAPAN


TAKII


Twilley


Sta.


Otis Twilley Seed Company, Inc.
P. O. Box 65
Trevose, PA 19047


C. E. Thomas
U. S. D. A.
P. O. Box 267
Weslaco, Texas 78596


V. D. P.


D. van der Ploeg's Elite Zaden b.v.
NL 3220 Barendrecht
HOLLAND


Willhite


Willhite Melon Seed Farms
Weatherford, Texas 76086








Table 2.


Replicated cantaloupe trial grown on Apopka fine
sand at Leesburg, harvested May 30 through June 20,


1977. G. W. Elmstrom.

Cultivar Marketable Melon Soluble
yield (Cwt/A) weight solids Seed
Early Total (lb/fruit) (%) source


Dixie Jumbo
VBL 74-1
Planters Jumbo
Fla 6-28L
VBL 63-4-M1
VBL 67-1-M4
AC 68-52
1776
Roadside
Zenith
Saticoy
AC 70-154
AC 67-59
AC 68-57
Samson
AC 67-17


148
76
47
68
46
61
38
153
159
151
69
48
17
18
23
28


288
269
253
238
236
232
225
214
201
200
195
178
155
153
146
129


a
ab
abc
abcd
abcd
abcd
abcde
bcdef
bcdef
bcdef
cdefg
defg
efg
fg
fg
g


3.3
3.9
3.7
2.8
2.7
3.6
3.5
2.6
3.4
2.9
3.0
3.0
2.5
2.2
2.7
2.3


8.2
8.4
8.3
10.2
10.6
9.0
8.6
11.9
11.1
10.6
12.8
10.1
9.8
10.4
10.5
9.7


Peto
SC
Asgrow
FL
SC
SC
AL
Peto
Peto
Keystone
Peto
AL
AL
AL
Dessert
AL


ZHarvested by June 10, 1977

YMean separation by Duncan's multiple range test, 5% level.

CONDITIONS Planted March 9-11, 1977 in single-row plots
24 ft long with hills 2 ft apart and rows 10 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 3.


Observational cantaloupe trial grown on Apopka
fine sand at Leesburg, harvested May 30 through
June 20, 1977. G. W. Elmstrom.


Cultivar Marketable Melon Soluble
yield (Cwt/A) weight solids Seed
Earlyz Total (Ib/fruit) (%) source

Fla 6-93L 236 385 3.0 10.0 FL
PMR 45 121 356 3.4 10.1 Willhite
Fla 93-11L 203 313 2.5 11.4 FL
AC 75-1 159 296 2.8 10.4 AL
Supreme Delight 276 286 2.7 9.0 Agway
Fla 15-28L 112 267 2.6 12.7 FL
Star Trek 205 263 2'.7 10.3 Peto
Fla 93-8L 139 249 2.4 8.8 FL
Earlidew 175 196 2.5 12.9 Peto
Honey Drip 129 192 2.6 14.2 TAKII
Imp. TAM-dew 64 170 2.4 12.3 Willhite
AHD-1 98 152 4.2 -- AL
AC 67-71 32 143 2.7 11.4 AL
AC 67-5 0 105 2.2 12.4 AL
3030 62 82 1.6 10.4 Keystone
TP-21 51 74 1.7 -- TX
Cameo 16 63 1.8 11.8 Keystone
Baron 44 44 1.5 12.7 TAKII
Golden Crispy 0 0 -- TAKII
ZHarvested by June 10, 1977.

CONDITIONS Planted March 9-11, 1977 in single-row plots
24 ft long with hills 2 ft apart and rows 10 ft apart.
Fertilization: 800 lb/A 5-15-8 applied preplant and
650 lb/A 15-0-14 in 3 other applications before flower-
ing.







Table 4.


Replicated cantaloupe trial grown on Apopka fine sand
at Leesburg, harvested May 29 through June 19, 1978.
G. W. Elmstrom.


Cultivar Marketable Melon Soluble
yield (Cwt/A) weight solids Seed
Early Total (Ib/fruit) (%) source

AC 75-1 0 cy 259 a 3.8 9.4 AL
Saticoy 5 c 235 ab 3.8 12.4 Peto
Early Dawn 117 a 224 ab 4.2 8.5 Harris
Supermarket 20 c 222 ab 2.8 10.6 Peto
Star Trek 49 b 212 ab 3.3 9.1 Peto
Planters Jumbo 0 c 204 ab 3.5 10.8 Asgrow
AC 68-57 5 c 203 ab 2.5 10.2 AL
VBL 63-4-MI 11 c 203 ab 3.0 9.5 SC
Fla 93-11L 9 c 184 abc 2.9 11.5 FL
Earlidew 54 b 184 abc 3.3 10.9 Peto
AC 67-17 0 c 183 abc 2.6 10.3 AL
Edisto 47 0 c 177 abc 4.0 12.2 Willhite
AC 70-154 5 c 177 ab-c 3.2 10.6 AL
Burpee Hyb. 57 b 169 bc 3.1 9.8 Burpee
AC 67-59 1 c 118 be 2.7 10.8 AL
Fla 93-8L 0 c 112 bc 2.8 11.4 FL
ZHarvested by June 4, 1980.
Mean separation by Duncan multiple range test, 5% level.

CONDITIONS Planted February 27, 1978 in single-row plots 25 ft
long with hills 2.5 ft apart and rows 10 ft apart. Fertiliza-
tion: 800 lb/A 5-15-8 applied preplant and 650 lb/A 15-0-14
in 3 other applications before flowering.






Table 5.


Observational cantaloupe trial grown on
Apopka fine sand at Leesburg, harvested
May 29 through June 19, 1978. G. W.
Elmstrom.


Cultivar Marketable Melon Soluble
yield (Cwt/A) weight solids Seed
Early Total (Ib/fruit) (%) source

75-3042 19 296 3.2 11.3 Charter
G25P 83 263 5.0 10.2 Harris
AC 67-71 0 237 2.4 11.4 AL
Sweetie Pie 58 221 3.3 7.0 Herbst
5001 0 220 3.2 10.5 Castle
Sundae 61 212 2.9 12.2 Herbst
G25B 43 209 3.3 9.6 Harris
PMR 45 0 209 2.6 10.8 Willhite
5003 19 188 2.9 11.5 Castle
IPC 117 188 3.9 10.8 Harris
5004 17 183 3.3 8.6 Castle
5002 38 177 3.0 12.8 Castle
Earlisweet 116 174 1.8 8.6 Peto
W-l 0 145 2.4 13.1 TX
G25VB 60. 134 4.3 7.6 Harris
W-4 0. 120 1.3 6.0 TX
W-3 2 117 2.0 -- TX
W-2 10 65 2.0 9.2 TX
Morgan 5 5 3.0 13.1 FL
TAM-dew 4 4 2.3 13.8 Willhite


ZHarvested by June 6,


1980


CONDITIONS Planted February 27, 1978 in single-row
plots 25 ft long with hills 2.5 ft apart and rows
10 ft apart. Fertilization: 800 lb/A 5-15-8
applied preplant and 650 Ib/A 15-0-14 in 3 other
applications before flowering.








Table 6.


Replicated cantaloupe trial grown on Apopka fine sand at
Leesburg, harvested June 4 through June 21, 1979. G. W.


Elmstrom.

Cultlvar Follar Marketable Melon Soluble
disease yield (Cwt/A) weight solids Seed
resistancez EarlyY Total (Ib/fruit) (%) source

AC 70-154 4.3 a 4 c 39 e 1.8 9.5 AL
AC 68-57 4.7 a 0 c 88 de 2.3 10.6 AL
TopSet 4.0 ab 26 bc 123 cde 3.1 12.6 Peto
Earlidew 1.3 e 52 b 130 cde 4.0 11.8 Peto
Top Mark 1.7 de 0 c 138 bcde 2.4 8.6 NK
Planters Jumbo 4.7 a 4 c 158 abcde 3.7 9.6 Asgrow
Edisto 47 4.0 ab 7 c 168 abcd 3.9 12.4 Twilley
Fla 93-8L 3.0 bc 11 c 171 abcd 3.1 13.7 FL
AC 75-1 4.3 a 2 c 205 abc 3.7 10.3 AL
Star Trek 1.0 e 94 a 208 abc 3.1 10.5 Peto
AC 67-71 4.0 ab 3 c 209 abc 3.7 11.6 AL
Burpee Hyb. 1.0 e 101 a 218 abc 3.9 10.0 Burpee
Fla 93-11L 2.7 cd 10 c 219 abc 3.1 11.6 FL
Supermarket 1.7 de 35 bc 237 ab 3.1 11.0 Peto
Saticoy 2.0 cde 12 c 240 a 3.4 12.7 Peto
Top Score 1.7 de 15 c 250 a 2.9 11.5 Peto


ZGeneral resistance rated from 1, no resistance,


to 5, highly resistant.


YHarvested by June 11, 1979.
XMean separation by Duncan's Multiple range test, 5% level.

CONDITIONS Planted March 7, 1979 in single-row plots 24 ft long with hills
2 ft apart and rows 10 ft apart. Fertilization: 800 Ib/A 5-15-8 applied
preplant and 650 lb/A 15-0-15 in 3 other applications before planting.







Table 7 .


Observational cantaloupe trial grown on Apopka fine sand
at Leesburg, harvested June 4 through June 21, 1979. G. W.


Elmstrom.

Cultivar Follar Marketable Melon Soluble
disease yield (Cwt/A) weight solids Seed
resistancez EarlyY Total (Ib/fruit) (%) source

FGT 4 187 306 3.7 10.4 Harris
5004 4 71 301 2.2 10.9 Castle
FG2P 4 226 284 4.0 9.8 Harris
5002 3 117 281 2.8 12.9 Castle
Sweetie Pie 3 181 277 3.2 9.5 Herbst
MVRTU 4 74 275 5.0 12.2 Harris
5001 2 0 249 2.6 9.1 Castle
G25T 3 125 233 3.8 11.7 Harris
Sundae 2 122 230 3.6 11.2 Herbst
GQT 4 123 222 3.6 12.8 Harris
Fla 93-71L 3 72 216 2.6 12.2 FL
5002 4 71 210 3.3 12.4 Castle
W-6 3 20 168 1.8 11.2 TX
ACSIM 742 4 27 151 2.9 11.6 AL
AC-77-100-10 4 17 134 2.9 11.7 AL
PMR 45 3 7 128 2.7 10.2 Willhite
W-3 4 8 124 1.9 11.7 TX
W-1 5 4 121 2.4 13.5 TX
W-2 4 2 118 2.0 11.3 TX
TAM-dew 4 0 83 3.8 14.9 Willhite
W-5 4 0 60 3.0 11.4 TX
AC-77-1 4 0 24 4.4 10.6 AL
W-4 4 0 11 1.2 10.1 TX


General resistance rated from 1,
tant.


no resistance, to 5, highly resis-


YHarvested by June 11, 1979.

CONDITIONS Planted March 7, 1979 in single-row plots 24 ft long with
hills 2 ft apart and rows 10 ft apart. Fertilization: 800 lb/A
5-15-8 applied preplant and 650 lb/A 15-0-14 in 3 other applications
before planting.







'able 8.


Replicated cantaloupe trial grown on Apopka fine sand at Leesburg,
harvested May 23 through June 18, 1980. G. W. Elmstrom.


ultivar Foliar Marketable Melon Soluble
disease yield (Cwt/A) weight solids Seed
resistance EarlyV Total (lb/fruit) (%) source

C 75-1 4.7Xab 54 bedef 296 a 3.6 10.2 AL
mainstream 4.3 abc 13 ef 285 ab 2.4 10.9 Burrell
uminmet 4.3 abc 101 ab 256 abe 2.8 9.9 Asgrow
Planters Jumbo 4.7 ab 77 bc 252 abc 3.6 11.2 Asgrow
3aticoy 4.0 abcd 55 bcdef 207 abcd 2.4 10.8 Peto
AC 67-71 4.7 ab 40 cdef 207 abcd 3.5 11.1 AL
Burpee Hyb. 3.0 ef 145 a 194 bed 2.3 9.8 Burpee
Pla 93-11L 4.7 ab 36 cdef 194 bed 2.4 10.7 FL
Earlidew 2.7 f 132 a 182 cd 2.6 12.6 Peto
Fla 93-8L 4.3 abc 37 cdef 180 cd 2.1 11.2 FL
AC 68-57 4.0 abcd 5 f 178 cd 1.9 10.6 AL
Earlidew 3.3 def 130 a 175 cd 2.4 12.6 Peto
Top Score 4.0 abcd 69 bcd 173 cd 2.0 8.5 Peto
Exp. Hyb. 124-100 3.7 cde 55 bcdef 169 cd 2.2 7.7 Esco
Shipmaster 4.3 abc 23 def 161 cd 2.6 7.2 NK
Supermarket 4.0 abcd 62 bcde 151 d 2.2 11.0 Peto
Edisto 47 4.0 abcd 30 cdef 146 d 2.7 10.6 Willhite
TopSet 5.0 a 27 cdef 121 d 2.0 6.6 Peto

ZGeneral resistance rated from 1, no resistance, to 5, highly resistant.

YHarvested by June 6, 1980.
XMean separation by Duncan's multiple range test, 5% level.

CONDITIONS Planted February 21, 1980 in single-row plots 28 ft long with
hills 2 ft apart and rows 10 ft apart. Fertilization: 800 lb/A 5-15-8
applied preplant and 650 Ib/A 15-0-14 in 3 other applications before flower-
ing.







Table 9.


Observational cantaloupe trial grown on Apopka fine sand at
Teesburg, harvested May 23 through June 18, 1980. G. W.
Elmstrom.


Cultivar Foliar Marketable Melon Soluble
disease yield (Cwt/A) weight solids Seed
resistance EarlyY Total (lb/fruit) (%) source

Pride of Wise. 3 129 244 2.6 9.0 Burpee
Top Mark 4 109 161 2.2 8.3 FM
Hyb #11 4 56 143 2.2 9.5 Harris
Hyb #10 4 52 139 1.7 7.4 Harris
Scoop 2 34 134 1.6 8.5 Park
Hyb #9 4 33 116 2.5 10.2 Harris
TX-W6 4 30 109 1.2 7.9 TX
PMR-6 4 29 106 2.3 7.6 TX
Harvest Queen 4 24 89 3.1 9.6 Willhite
TX-W5 4 22 72 2.8 10.0 TX
PMR45 4 21 71 1.9 9.2 Willhite
AR-Dwl- 4 19 57 1.2 6.7 AR
AC-SIM 74-2 5 19 30 1.2 5.6 AL
Perlita. 4 9 28 1.3 6.6 Willhite


ZGeneral resistance rated from 1, no resistance,


to 5, highly resistant.


YHarvested by June 6, 1980

CONDITIONS Planted February 21, 1980 in single-row plots 28 ft long
with hills 2 ft apart and rows 10 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. Replicated pickling cucumber trial grown on
Apopka fine sand at Leesburg, harvested
April 30 through May 19, 1977. G. W.
Elmstrom.

Cultivar Yield PCIC Standardz Seed
Early. Total source

Carolina 358 abx 775 a Peto
Compass 402 a 746 a Harris
Calypso 351 abc 738 a Peto
Greenpak 375 ab 737 ab Harris
Lucky Strike 366 ab 720 ab Peto
Green Star 335 bcd 719 ab Harris
Score 280 de 704 ab Asgrow
Triple Cross 349 abc 703 ab Harris
Greenspear 351 abc 695 ab NK
Trispear 288 de 686 ab NK
Pickmore 380 ab 673 ab Harris
Triplemech 358 ab 665 ab Peto
Explorer 294 cde 653 ab Peto
Premier 260 e 570 bc Asgrow
Sumter 141 f 507 c Asgrow
SMR 18 188 f 493 c Harris


ZPickling cucumber improvement
standard, viz.
Diameter
less than 1 1/16 inches
1 1/16 to 1 1/2 inches
1 1/2 to 2 inches
over 2 inches


committee recommended


Value ($/acre)
6
3
2
1


Harvested by May 7, 1977.
XMean separation by Duncan's multiple range test, 5%
leve.

CONDITIONS Planted March 15, 1977 in single-row plots
25 ft long with hills 1.3 ft apart and rows 5 ft
apart. Fertilization: 800 Ib/A 5-15-8 applied pre-
plant and 650 Ib/A 15-0-14 in 3 other applications
before flowering.







Table 11. Observational pickling cucumber trial grown
on Apopka fine sand at Leesburg, harvested
April 30 through May 19, 1977. G. W.
.Elmstrom.

Cultivar Yield, PCIC Standardz Seed
EarlyY Total source

NCX 5009 424 841 Niagara
NCX 5010 482 815 Niagara
FX 4153 398 802 FM
XP 1152 408 770 Asgrow
Earlipik 14 392 748 NK
Tempo 283 726 Harris
Pik Master 341 719 NK
Exp. Hyb. 2667 436 713 Keystone
C10C2 361 707 Harris
XP 1151 403 640 Asgrow
Liberty Bell 324 637 Dessert
Bravo 308 632 Peto
2004 318 631 Castle
Galaxy 271 622 Asgrow
FX 4169 328 589 FM
Sampson 260 558 Peto
Goddess 296 532 Keystone
Perfecto Verde 272 485 NK
XP 1149 127 421 Asgrow
Philly 234 415 Dessert


ZPickling cucumber improvement committee
standard, viz.


Diameter
less than 1 1/16 inches
1 1/16 to 1 1/2 inches
1 1/2 to 2 inches
over 2 inches


recommended


Value ($/acre)
6


YHarvested by May 7, 1977.
CONDITIONS Planted March 15, 1977 in single-row plots
25 ft long with hills 1.3 ft apart and rows 5 ft
apart. Fertilization: 800 Ib/A 5-15-8 applied pre-
plant and 650 Ib/A 15-0-14 in 3 other applications
before flowering.







Table 12.


Observational pickling cucumber by
trial grown on Apopka fine sand at
Leesburg, harvested September 27,
1977 through October 13, 1977.
G. W. Elmstrom.


Cultivar Total yield Seed
(PCIC Standardz) source

NCX 5010 407 Niagara
Compass 406 Harris
Explorer 370 Peto
Carolina 370 Asgrow
Calypso 351 Peto
Pickmore 349 Burpee
XP 1149 349 Asgrow
NCX 5009 348 Niagara
Triplemech 340 Peto
MSU 41 x 581 340 MSU
FX 4153 319 FM
MSU 41 x 669 309 MSU
Greenpak 301 Harris
Lucky Strike 280 Peto
XP 1152 216 Asgrow
Femplus 190 V. D. P.
Greenstar 154 Harris
Femcap 142 V. D. P.
ZPickling cucumber improvement committee re-
commended standard, viz.
Diameter Value ($/acre)
less than 1 1/16 inches 6
1 1/16 to 1 1/2 inches 3
1 1/2 to 2 inches 2
over 2 inches 1

CONDITIONS Planted August 25, 1977 in single-
row plots 60 ft long with hills 2 ft apart
and rows 5 ft apart. Fertilization: 800 Ib/A
5-15-8 applied preplant and 650 Ib/A 15-0-14 in
3 other applications before flowering.







Table 13.


Replicated pickling cucumber trial
grown on Apopka fine sand at Lees-
burg, harvested May 13 through
June 13, 1978. G. W. Elmstrom.


Cultivar Total yield Seed
(PCIC Standardz) source
Earlipik 14 365 aY NK
Pennant 347 ab Harris
Calypso 333 ab Peto
First Pride 328 ab Herbst
Liberty 326 ab Burpee
Perfecto Verde 14 289 ab NK
Carolina 270 ab Peto
Foremost 250 ab Herbst
SMR 58 241 ab Burrell
HiPik 199 b Herbst
ZPickling cucumber improvement committee re-
commended standard, viz.


Diameter
less than 1 1/16 inches
1 1/16 to 1 1/2 inches
1 1/2 to 2 inches
over 2 inches


Value ($/acre)
6
3
2
1


YMean separation by Duncan's multiple range
test, 5% level.

CONDITIONS Planted February 23, 1978 in
single-row plots 24 ft long with 2 ft be-
tween hills and rows 5 ft apart. Ferti-
lization: 800 Ib/A 5-15-8 applied pre-
plant and 650 lb/A 15-0-11 .in 3 other.app.li-
cations before flowering.








Table 14. Observational pickling cucumber trial
grown on Apopka fine sand at Leesburg,
harvested May 13 through June 13,
1978. G. W. Elmstrom.

Cultivar Total yield Seed
(PCIC Standardz) source

TAMU Triple Cross 502 Peto
Tempo 488 Harris
2004 462 Castle
Pik Master 452 NK
Bravo 442 Peto
Triplemech 441 Peto
Explorer 405 Peto
C541C2 376 Harris
County Fair 293 NK
Pickmore 286 Harris
NCX 5009 270 Niagara
Triple Pak 268 Niagara
2003 259 Castle
NCX 5013 222 Niagara
NCX 5010 172 Niagara
ZPickling cucumber improvement committee re-
commended standard, viz.


Diameter
less than 1 1/16 inches
1 1/16 to 1 1/2 inches
1 1/2 to 2 inches
over 2 inches


Value ($/acre)
6
3
2
1


CONDITIONS Planted February 23, 1978 in single-
row plots 24 ft long with 2 ft between hills
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 15. Replicated pickling cucumber trial
grown on Apopka fine sand at Lees-
burg, harvested April 23 through
May 18, 1979. G. W. Elmstrom.


Cultivar


Yield, PCIC Standardz
EarlyY Total


Pik Master
2004
NCX 5009
NCX 5010
Triple Pak
Earlipik 14
Carolina
Perfecto Verde 14
Lucky Strike
NCX 5013
Crispy
Tempo
NCX 5011
Compass
Premier
2003
County Fair
Calypso
Explorer
Triplemech
LaSalle


303
285
242
245
252
250
254
223
200
219
219
188
248
218
212
180
217
145
179
202


aX
ab
abcde
abcde
abcd
abcde
abc
bcdef
cdef
bcdef
bcdef
def
abcde
bcdef
cdef
def
bcdef
f
ef
cdef


536
534
516
473
459
449
435
431
428
413
401
398
397
391
390
389
387
380
362
361
360


a
a
ab
abc
abc
abc
abc
abc
abc
bc
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c


NK
Castle
Niagara
Niagara
Niagara
NK
NK
NK
Peto
Niagara
FM
Harris
Niagara
Harris
Asgrow
Castle
NK
NK
Peto
Peto
FM


ZPickling cucumber improvement committee re-
commended standard, viz.


Diameter
less than 1 1/16 inches
1 1/16 to 1 1/2 inches
1 1/2 to 2 inches
over 2 inches
:YHarvested by May 4, 1979.


Value ($/Cwt)
6
3
2
1


XMean separation by Duncan's multiple range
test, 5% level.

CONDITIONS Planted February 27, 1979 in
single-row plots 24 ft long with 2 ft
between hills' and rows 5 ft apart. Ferti-
lization: 800 Ib/A 5-15-8 applied pre-
plant and 650 lb/A 15-0-14 in 3 other appli-
cations before flowering.


Seed
source







Table 16. Observational pickling cucumber
trial grown on Apopka fine sand
at Leesburg, harvested April 23
through May 18, 1979. G. W.
Elmstrom.

Cultivar Yield, PCIC Standardz Seed
EarlyY Total source

Score 276 599 Asgrow
First Pride 215 428 Herbst
Pennant 174 421 Harris
Liberty 138 407 Burpee
2007 217 394 Castle
SMR 58 161 352 Burrell
Salty 89 243 Peto
ZPickling cucumber improvement committee re-
commended standard, viz.


Diameter
less than 1 1/16 inches
1 1/16 to 1 1/2 inches
1 1/2 to 2 inches
over 2 inches
YHarvested by May 4, 1979.


Value ($/Cwt)
6
3
2
1


CONDITIONS Planted February 27, 1979 in
single-row plots 24 ft long with 2 ft
between hills and rows 5 ft apart.
Fertilization: 800 Ib/A 5-15-8 applied
preplant and 650 Ib/A 15-0-14 in 3 other
applications before flowering.







Table 17. Replicated pickling cucumber
trial grown on Apopka fine sand
at Leesburg, harvested April 22
through May 23, 1980. G. W.
Elmstrom.
Cultivar Yield, PCIC Standardz Seed
EarlyY Total source


Pennant
Target
Spiffy
Triple Crown
NCX 5010
Triple Pak
Pik Master
Calico
NCX 5009
Compass
Liberty
Calypso
Salvo
Commander
Score
Triplemech
First Pride
Tempo
Pickmore
Carolina
Lucky Strike
County Fair
NCX 5013
Explorer


241
205
196
182
180
180
183
171
179
201
174
167
176
186
171
182
148
133
174
166
155
118
116
108


aX
ab
ab
be
bc
be
bc
bcde
bc
ab
bcde
bcde
bcd
abc
bcde
bc
bcdef
cdef
bcde
bcde
bcdef
def
ef
f


489
435
424
415
391
384
380
374
368
365
364
346
346
338
338
337
318
311
304
290
268
246
225
218


a
ab
abc
abc
bcd
bed
bcd
bcde
bcde
bcde
bcde
bcdef
bcdef
cdef
cdef
cdef
defg
defgh
defgh
efghi
fghi
ghi
hi
i


Harris
Peto
Keystone
FM
Niagara
Niagara
NK
Peto
Niagara
Harris
Burpee
Peto
Peto
Peto
Asgrow
Peto
H.B. Peto
Harris
Harris
Peto
Peto
Stokes
Niagara
Peto


ZPickling cucumber improvement committee re-
commended standard, viz.


Diameter
less than 1 1/16 inches
1 1/16 to 1 1/2 inches
1 1/2 to 2 inches
over 2 inches
YHarvested by May 5, 1980.


Value ($/Cwt)
6
3
2
1


XMean separation by Duncan's multiple range
test, 5% level.

CONDITIONS Planted March 5, 1980 in single-
row plots 24 ft long with hills 2 ft apart
in rows 5 ft apart. Fertilization: 800
lb/A 5-15-8 applied preplant and 650 Ib/A
15-0-14 in 3 other applications before
flowering.







Table 18.


Observational pickling cucumber
trial grown on Apopka fine sand
at Leesburg, harvested April 22
through May 23, 1980. G. W.
Elmstrom.


Cultivar Yield, PCIC Standardz Seed
Early Total source

2607 223 456 Keystone
2009 174 441 Castle
2008 184 435 Castle
2603 211 423 Keystone
4JAC 194 414 Harris
2010 203 391 Castle
SMR 58 163 379 Burrell
2602 190 376 Keystone
2003 177 360 Castle
2604 173 358 Keystone
2608 222 354 Keystone
2007 172 345 Castle
JC 153 325 Harris
9RAC 162 324 Harris
2606 167. 316 Keystone
4JAR 149 281 Harris
C5AC 128 254 Harris
2605 142 229 Keystone

ZPickling cucumber improvement committee
recommended standard, viz.
Diameter Value ($/Cwt)
less than 1 1/16 inches 6
1 1/16 to 1 1/2 inches 3
1 1/2 to 2 inches 2
over 2 inches 1
YHarvested by May 5, 1980.

CONDITIONS Planted March 5, 1980 in
single-row plots 24 ft long with hills
2 ft apart in rows 5 ft apart. Ferti-
lization: 800 lb/A 5-15-8 applied pre-
plant and 650 lb/A 15-0-14 in 3 other
applications before flowering.







Table 19'.


Replicated slicing cucumber trial grown on Apopka
fine sand at Leesburg, harvested May 5 through
May 26, 1977. G. W. Elmstrom.


Cultivar Yield (bu/A)
Early Total Seed
Fancy MarketableY Fancy Marketable source

Sprint S 123 ax 201 a 271 a 431 a Asgrow
Slicemaster 119 a 176 ab 224 ab 369 ab Peto
M + M Hyb. 96 ab 137 abcd 205 ab 362 ab Burpee
Victory 101 ab 153 abc 221 ab 351 ab Peto
Belle Aire 98 ab 141 abcd 211 ab 328 ab Agway
Poinsett 69 abc 87 cde 203 ab 283 ab Niagara
Saticoy 92 ab 117 bcd 177 ab 275 ab Peto
Marketmore 59 bc 70 def 169 ab 256 b NK
Super Slice 4 d 4 f 176 ab 250 b NK
Triumph 62 bc 84 cde 150 b 248 b Peto
Slicerite 14 d 18 f 150 b 244 b NK
High Mark II 35 cd 38 ef 151 b 211 b Asgrow

ZHarvested by May 13, 1977.


YMarketable yield includes U.S. Fancy, No.


1, and No.


XMean separation by Duncan's multiple range test, 5% level.

CONDITIONS Planted March 17, 1977 in singe-row plots 24 ft
long with hills 2 ft apart in rows 10 ft apart. Fertili-
zation: 800 Ib/A 5-15-8 applied preplant and 650 Ib/A
15-0-14 applied in 3 applications before flowering.







Table 20.


Observational slicing cucumber trial grown on Apopka fine
sand at Leesburg, harvested May 5 through May 26, 1977.
G. W. Elmstrom.


Cultivar Yield (bu/A)
EarlyZ Total Seed
Fancy MarketableY Fancy Marketable source

Hyslice 167 228 314 478 Castle
FX 3910 123 190 216 374 FM
Sprint 440S 76 149 184 340 Asgrow
PSR 1274 83 175 177 323 Peto
XP 1187 102 149 158 315 Asgrow
Tx-Long x Poinsett 79 125 192 295 SC
XP 1188 61 125 135 258 Asgrow
76R7 36 79 131 225 Harris
Texas #6 24 29 113 187 TX
G4R7 32 62 78 151 Harris
Tx long 4 4 66 72 TX
ZHarvested by May 13, 1977.

Marketable yield includes U.S. Fancy, No. 1, and No. 2.

CONDITIONS Planted March 17, 1977 in single-row plots 24 ft
long with hills 2 ft apart in rows 10 ft apart. Fertili-
zation: 800 Ib/A 5-15-8 applied preplant and 650 lb/A 15-0-14
applied in 3 applications before flowering.







Table 21.


Replicated slicing cucumber trial grown on Apopka
fine sand at Leesburg, harvested May 16 through
June 12, 1978. G. W. Elmstrom.


Cultivar Yield (bu/A)
Early Total Seed
Fancy MarketableY Fancy Marketable source

Sprint S 45 ax 87 a 197 a 389 a Asgrow
Smooth Set 27 ab 67 ab 134 ab 333 ab Herbst
Victory 4 b 19 cd 136 ab 302 abc Peto
Poinsett 76 3 b 8 cd 111 bcd 268 abcd Castle
Belle Aire 11 b 50 abc 96 bcd 265 abcd Agway
Hyslice 17 ab 39 bcd 88 bcde 229 bcd Castle
Slicemaster 20 ab 46 abc 71 bcde 189 bcd Peto
Marketmore 76 2 b 2 d 122 abc 172 bcd Castle
Centennial 13 ab 41 bcd 39 de 162 cd Herbst
Poinsett 0 b 2 d 51 cde 120 d Niagara
Multi Slicer 6 b 12 cd 13 e 112 d Herbst
ZHarvested by May 26, 1978.

YMarketable yield includes U.S. Fancy, No. 1, and No. 2.
Mean separation by Duncan's multiple range test, 5% level.

CONDITIONS- Planted March 29 in single-row plots 24 ft long
with hills 2 ft apart in rows 5 ft apart. Fertilization:
800 lb/A 5-15-8 applied preplant and 650 Ib/A 15-0-14 applied
in 3 applications before flowering.







Table 22.


Observational slicing cucumber trial grown on
Apopka fine sand at Leesburg, harvested May 16
through June 12, 1978. G. W. Elmstrom.


Cultivar Yield (bu/A)
Early Total Seed
Fancy MarketableY Fancy Marketable source

Sprint 440S 65 128 242 513 Asgrow
Dasher 67 116 167 393 Peto
Raider 23 38 177 355 Harris
M + M Hyb. 25 58 169 344 Burpee
Super Slice 12 29 89 191 NK
FX 3910 12 26 86 175 FM
XP 1187 7 24 59 172 Asgrow
Sugar Slice 5 11 25 60 Herbst
MRHS 3 17 9 45 Harris
ZHarvested by May 26,-1978.

YMarketable yield includes U.S. Fancy, No. 1, and No. 2.

CONDITIONS Planted March 29.in single-row plots 24 ft
long with hills 2 ft apart in rows 5 ft apart. Ferti-
lization: 800 lb/A 5-15-8 applied preplant and 650 lb/A
15-0-14 applied in 3 applications before flowering.







Table 23.


Replicated slicing cucumber trial grown on Apopka fine
sand at Leesburg, harvested May 4 through May 30, 1979.


G. W. Elmstrom.


Yield (bu/A)


Early _
Fancy MarketableY


Fancy


Total
Marketable


Belle Aire
Sprint 440S
NCX 5505
Victory
NCX 5504
NCX 5508
Super Slice
Hyslice
Smooth Set
Slicemaster
Poinsett
Poinsett 76
M + M Hyb.
Marketmore 70
Centennial
Multislicer
Marketmore 76


aX
a
ab
a
ab
bcde
bcde
abed
cdef
abc
cde f
efg
cdef
fg
bcde
cdef
g


174
188
166
167
177
116
116
168
117
140
98
90
96
79
109
100
34


201
167
185
189
169
211
201
181
107
153
159
160
142
125
134
125
116


ab
abode
abcd
abc
abcde
a
ab
abcd
e
abcde
abcde
abode
abode
cde
bcde
cde
de


Observational


Saladin
Dasher


18
113


206
196


38
165


469
451
434
426
399
397
391
386
376
366
344
337
312
268
264
254
215


410
354


a
ab
abc
abc
abc
abc
abcd
abcd
abode
abode
abcde
bcdef
cdef
def
def
ef
f


Agway
Asgrow
Niagara
Peto
Niagara
Niagara
NK
Castle
Herbst
Peto
NK
Castle
Burpee
NK
Herbst
Herbst
Castle


Peo
Peto


Harvested by May 15, 1979.

YMarketable yield includes U.S. Fancy, No. 1, and No. 2.

Mean separation by Duncan's multiple range test, 5% level.

CONDITIONS Planted March 7, 1979 in single-row plots 25 ft long
with hills 2.5 ft apart and rows 10 ft apart. Fertilization:
800 Ib/A 5-15-8 applied preplant and 650 Ib/A 15-0-14 in 3 other
applications before flowering.


Cultivar


Seed
source


G. W. Elmstrom.







Table 24.


Observational slicing cucumber trial grown on
Apopka fine sand at Leesburg, harvested September
20 through October 22, 1979. G. W. Elmstrom.


Cultivar Yield (bu/A)
Early Total Seed
Fancy MarketableY Fancy Marketable source

Sprint 440 S 97 264 120 441 Asgrow
Raider 101 238 147 413 Harris
NCX 5505 66 172 125 387 Niagara
Sprint S 71 190 119 335 Asgrow
XP 1187 95 274 127 323 Asgrow
SC 57M 71 219 88 306 SC
Exp 828 83 186 93 284 ?
NCX 5504 70 127 115 274 Niagara
Dual 44 200 51 265 ?
NCX 5508 34 89 108 258 Niagara
Debonaire 41 134 54 242 Niagara
Poinsett 76 37 100 62 232 Castle
Southernsett 44 88 66 219 SC
GDM 25 64 43 196 Harris
Hyslice 26 85 56 180 Castle
SC20M 36 120 42 177 SC
Super Slice 22 80 29 168 NK
Poinmarket 16 58 19 166 SC
Slice 15 59 42 147 SC
Poinsett 13 63 13 123 NK
Marketsett 11 37 19 117 SC
Marketmore 76 0 2 19 81 Castle


ZHarvested by October 5,


1980.


YMarketable yield includes U.S.


Fancy, No. 1, and No. 2.


CONDITIONS Planted August 6, 1979 in single-row plots
24 ft long with hills 2 ft apart and rows 10 ft apart.
Fertilization: 800 Ib/A 5-15-8 applied preplant and
650 lb/A 15-0-14 in 3 other applications before flower-
ing.







Table 25.


Replicated slicing cucumber trial grown on Apopka fine sand at
Leesburg, harvested April 25 through May 22, 1980. G. W.


Elmstrom.

Cultivar Foliar Yield (bu/A)
disease EarlyY Total Seed
resistanceZ Fancy MarketableX Fancy Marketable source

Sprint S 3.7 abcW 183 a 318 a 328 ab 730 a Asgrow
XP 1187 3.7 abc 147 abcd 266 ab 324 ab 705 a Asgrow
NCX 5505 4.7 a 167 ab 260 b 306 ab 703 a Niagar
Belle Aire 3.0 cde 156 abc 232 bc 348 a 654 a Agway
Sprint 440S 4.7 a 128 cde 243 b 242 bc 622 a Asgrow
NCX 5508 4.7 a 113 de 179 cde 315 ab 620 a Niagar
NCX 5504 3.3 bcd 167 ab 283 ab 301 ab 612 a Niagar
Victory 3.7 abc 134 bcd 227 bc 268 ab 610 a Peto
Smooth Set 2.3 de 50 g 167 de 162 c 604 a Herbst
Early Hyb. 2.0 e 135 bcd 241 b 280 ab 596 a Stokes
Dasher 3.3 bcd 141 bcd 251 b 265 ab 579 a Peto
Poinsett 4.7 a 92 ef 145 ef 262 abc 565 a Twille
Hyslice 2.7 cde 133 bcd 233 bc 259 abc 564 a Castle
Poinsett 76 4.7 a 59 fg 100 f 230 bc 537 a Castle
Marketmore 76 4.3 ab 55 g 101 f 251 abc 483 a NK


ZGeneral resistance rated from 1, no


resistance, to 5, highly resistant.


YIIarvested by May 10, 1980,
XMarketable yield includes U.S. Fancy, No. 1, and No. 2.

WMean separation by Duncan's multiple range test, 5% level.

CONDITIONS Planted March 5, 1980 in single-row plots 24 ft long with
hills 2 ft apart and rows 10 ft apart. Fertilization: 800 Ib/A 5-15-8
applied preplant and 650 Ib/A 15-0-14 in 3 other applications before
flowering.







Table 26. Observational slicing cucumber trial grown on Apopka fine sand
at Leesburg, harvested April 25 through May 22, 1980. G. W.
Elmstrom.

Cultivar Foliar Yield (bu/A)
disease EarlyY Total Seed
resistancez Fancy Marketablex Fancy Marketable source

Dublin 3 162 253 304 554 Stokes
Early Marketer 3 79 189 195 510 Burrell
2505 5 124 198 248 473 Castle
Early Surecrop 2 98 167 184 410 Burrell
GDM 5 57 86 204 363 Harris
Shamrock 4 96 150 186 351 Stokes
Pacer 1 76 132 183 351 Harris
Meridian 3 38 80 124 346 Stokes

ZGeneral resistance rated from 1, no resistance, to 5, highly resistant.

YHarvested by May 10, 1980.
XMarketable yield includes U.S. Fancy, No. 1, and No. 2.

CONDITIONS Planted March 5, 1980 in single-row plots 24 ft long with
hills 2 ft apart and rows 10 ft apart. Fertilization: 800 lb/A 5-15-8
applied preplant and 650 lb/A 15-0-14 in 3 other application before
flowering.







Table 27. Observational slicing cucumber trial grown on
Apopka fine sand at Leesburg, harvested September
22 through October 20, 1980. G. W. Elmstrom.

Cultivar Yield (bu/A)
Early Total Seed
Fancy MarketableY Fancy Marketable source

NCX 5504 106 151 279 426 Niagara
GUM 64 103 256 408 Harris
GRM 87 104 252 404 Harris
Slice Master 107 132 249 399 Peto
Dasher 91 134 206 360 Peto
Centurion 75 130 183 356 NK
XP 1251 169 346 Asgrow
FX 4289 74 114 170 326 FM
Slice 35 94 137 315 SC
GDM 56 83 207 306 Harris
G8M. 43 66 228 306 Harris
NCX 5508 51 63 231 294 Niagara
Sprint 440 S 65 124 162 286 Asgrow
Exp 1187 63 120 157 283 Asgrow
Marketsett 33 61 143 281 SC
NCX 5505 62 110 143 281 Niagara
Poinsett 76 34 76 160 265 Dessert
Poinmarket 42 76 121 245 SC
Marketmore 80 23 27 166 214 NY
ZHarvested by October 2, 1980.


YMarketable yield includes U.S.


Fancy, No. 1, and No.


CONDITIONS Planted August 12, 1980 in single-row plots
.24 ft long with hills 2 ft apart and rows 10 ft apart.
Fertilization: 800 lb/A 5-15-8 applied preplant and
650 lb/A 15-0-14 in 3 other application before flowering.







Table 28.


Replicated green summer squash trial
grown on Apopka fine sand at Leesburg,
harvested April 22 through May 23,
1077 W IA lmtrno-rm


,- I *. ,V -J. .l i.hJ Ui. '.Jll.*
Cultivar Yield (bu/A) Colory Seed
Early Total source
Genie 296 abcx 835 a 3.0 Niagara
Scallopini 361 a 764 ab 5.0 Peto
Ambassador 273 bc 733 ab 3.8 Peto
Market King 227 bcd 728 ab 4.5 Keystone
Hizini 302 ab 721 ab 4.2 FM
Hyb. Zucchini 212 cd 704 ab 3.2 Burpee
President 244 bcd 679 ab 3.8 Peto
Greenzini 269 bc 665 ab 4.0 FM
Aristocrat 221 bcd 628 bc 4.5 Burpee
Blackjack 218 bcd 594 bcd 4.5 Peto
Fordhook 172 de 593 bcd 3.8 Burpee
Blackee 102 e 485 cd 3.8 Willhite
Black Beauty 224 bcd 481 cd 4.2 Herbst
Golden 125 e 423 d golden Burpee
ZHarvested by May 6, 1977.
YRated from 1, white, to 5, dark green.
XMean separation by Duncan's multiple range test,
5% level.

CONDITIONS Planted March 14-15, 1977 in single-
row plots 24 ft long with hills 2 ft apart and
rows 5 ft apart. Fertilization: 800 lb/A
5-15-8 applied preplant and 650 Ib/A in 3 other
applications before flowering.







Table 29.


Green summer squash trial grown on
Apopka fine sand at Leesburg, har-
vested April 17 through May 15,
1978. G. W. Elmstrom.


Cultivar Yield (bu/A) ColorY Seed
Early Total source
Replicated
Elite 357 ax 812 a 2.0 Harris
Castle Verde 316 ab 745 a 5.0 Castle
Ambassador 363 a 735 a 3.0 Peto
Burpee Hyb. 255 bc 628 a 2.3 Burpee
Market King 207 cd 582 ab 3.7 Keystone
Castle Black 201 cd 559 ab 5.0 Castle
Hizini 261 bc 549 ab 3.7 FM
Black Eagle 167 d 513 ab 4.0 NK
Genie 138 d 494 ab 2.0 Niagara
Golden Zucchini 54 d 183 b golden Burpee
Observational
4005 215 525 4 Castle
NZ 255 498 3 Harris
Scallopini 207 494 3 Peto

ZHarvested by April 29, 1980.
YColor rated from 1, white, to 5, dark green.
XMean separation by Duncan's multiple range
test, 5% level.

CONDITIONS Planted February 23, 1978 in
single-row plots 24 ft long with hills 2 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 flower-
ing.







Table 30.


Green summer squash trial grown on
Apopka fine sand at Leesburg, har-
vested April 12 through May 5, 1979.


G. W. Elmstrom.
Cultivar Yield (bu/A) ColorY Seed
Early Total source
Replicated
77-2202 367 ax 687 a 4.0 Charter
Green Bay 282 b 600 ab 3.0 Herbst
Castlegrey 280 b 596 abc 2.0 Castle
Genie 231 bcd 538 abc 3.0 Niagara
4005 253 bc 524 bc 4.0 Castle
Ambassador 245 bcd 513 bc 3.5 Peto
Black Magic 209 cd 506 bc 5.0 Charter
NZ 234 bcd 505 bc 4.0 Harris
Castle Verde 235 bcd 495 bc 4.0 Castle
NCX 7111 236 bcd 487 bc 2.5 Niagara
Black Beauty 188 d 461 cd 3.5 NK
Black Angus 105 e 353 d 4.5 Herbst
Observational
Elite 278 621 3.0 Harris
8H-28 232 571 3.0 Castle
8H-13 323 561 2.0 Castle
Senator 308 537 2.5 Asgrow
8H-23 237 523 3.0 Castle
4002 215 474 2.0 Castle
ZHarvested by April 22, 1979.
YColor rated from 1, white, to 5, dark green.
XMean separation by Duncan's multiple range
test, 5% level.

CONDITIONS Planted February 20, 1980 in
single-row plots 24 ft long with hills 2 ft
apart and rows 5 ft apart. Fertilization:
800 lb/A 5-15-8 applied preplant and 650
Ib/A 15-0-14 in 3 other applications before
flowering.







Table 31.


Green summer squash trial grown on Apopka fine sand at Lees-
burg, harvested April 11 through May 8, 1980. G. W. Elmstrom.


Cultivar Yield (bu/A) ColorY Disease resistance Seed
Early Total DM PM source
Replicated
Elite 276 aW 753 a 4.0 4.3 5.3 Harris
Onyx 198 bcd 666 ab 4.3 3.0 3.0 FM
Ambassador 214 b 656 ab 4.0 3.3 5.7 Peto
Green Bay 201 bcd 627 abc 3.0 3.3 3.3 Herbst
Greyzini 137 de 600 abc 2.0 5.0 7.7 Peto
Castlegrey 207 bc 599 abc 2.0 4.7 5.3 Castle
Poseidon 197 bed 598 abc 4.0 4.7 5.7 Harris
Eldorado 169 bcd 583 bc Gold 5.0 3.7 Harris
Castle Verde 176 bcd 548 bc 5.0 3.0 4.3 Castle
Senator 180 bed 534 bed 3.0 4.3 6.3 Asgrow
WZ 146 ed 470 cd 1.0 3.0 3.3 Harris
Chefini 151 bcd 468 cd 3.7 3.7 4.7 Peto
Gold Rush 80 ef 375 de Gold 4.0 4.0 Burpee
Golden Zucchini 35 f 291 e Gold 5.3 4.3 Burpee
Observational
4019 195 609 3 5 4 Castle
4018 157 546 5 4 6 Castle
4017 213 544 4 6 7 Castle
4011 199 485 4 3 4 Castle
4012 195 456 4 5 4 Castle
Yellow Zucchini 86 424 mixed 3 3 Charter
ZHarvested by April 24, 1980.


YColor rated from 1, white, to 5, dark green.
XDowny mildew (DM) and powdery mildew (PM) resistance rated
susceptible, to 10, highly resistant.
WMean separation by Duncan's multiple range test, 5% level.


from 1,


CONDITIONS Planted March 5, 1980 insingle-row plots 24 ft long with
hills 2 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 32. Replicated yellow summer squash trial grown on Apopka
fine sand at Leesburg, harvested April 20 through
May 20, 1977. G. W. Elmstrom.
Cultivar Yield (bu/A) Curva- Smooth- Seed
Early Total turey nessX source
Slenderella 190 abcdw 722 a 1.7 2.0 Niagara
Slendergold 224 a 706 a 2.0 1.2 Niagara
Goldzini 223 a 668 ab 1.5 1.0 Peto
Seneca Butterbar 204 abe 650 abc 1.5 1.0 Burpee
Gold Strike 183 abcd 648 abc 1.5 1.5 FM
Hyrific 126 efg 632 abc 1.8 1.8 FM
Goldbar 152 def 617 abcd 1.2 1.0 Herbst
Dixie 190 abcd 617 abcd 2.3 1.3 Asgrow
Seneca Prolific 214 ab 599 abode 1.0 1.5 Herbst
Butter Pak 155 def 584 abcdef 1.5 1.8 FM
Summer Sun 210 abc 580 abcdef 2.0 1.5 FM
Early Prolific SN 85 g 529 bcdefg 1.2 1.5 Burpee
Sundance 172 bcde 519 cdefg 3.0 1.2 Peto
Gourmet 189 abcd 487 defg 1.0 1.0 Keystone
Golden Rebel 108 fg 473 defg 3.5 2.5 FM
Golden Swan 145 def 460 efg 2.7 1.3 Peto
Goldneck 127 efg 456 efg 3.5 1.2 Herbst
Moneymaker 165 cde 452 fg 2.5 1.0 Keystone
Golden Summer CN 38 h. 417 g 3.0 3.2 Burpee
Ranger 17 h 267 h 3.0 3.0 Burpee
ZHarvested by May 4, 1977.
YRated from 1, straight, to 5, very curved.
XRated from 1, smooth to 5, rough.
WMean separated by Duncan's multiple range test, 5% level.

CONDITIONS Planted March 14, 1977 in single-row plots 24 ft
long with hills 2 ft apart and rows 5 ft apart. Fertilization:
800 lb/A 5-15-8 applied preplant and 650 lb/A in 3 other appli-
cations before flowering.







Table 33.


Yellow summer squash trial grown on Apopka
fine sand at Teesburg, harvested April 17


through May 15, 1978. G. W. Elmstrom.
Cultivar Yield (bu/A) Curva- Seed
Early Total turey source
Replicated
Gold Slice 254 abx 709 a 1.7 Peto
Goldzini 264 a 696 ab 1.3 Peto
Golden Girl 238 abc 621 abc 2.0 Harris
Goldbar 188 cd 617 abc 1.7 Peto
Castlegold 197 bed 595 abc 1.7 Castle
Scottsdale 168 d 582 abc 1.3 Herbst
Dixie 217 abcd 538 bc 3.0 Asgrow
Ingot 213 abcd 533 c 2.3 Keystone
Early Prolific SN 173 ed 528 cd 1.0 Twilley
Daytona 173 cd 489 cd 3.7 NK
Slenderella 171 cd 475 cd 1.7 Niagara
Golden Summer CN 94 e 365 d 4.0 Burpee
Observational
7002 211 528 1 Niagara
Crookette 120 302 3 Niagara
77-2228-9 107 275 2 Charter
PS 1976 111 236 1 Peto
Tara 92 233 4 Harris
4004 108 201 2 Castle
ZHarvested by April 29, 1978.


YRated from 1, straight, to 5, very curved.
Mean separation by Duncan's multiple range
level.


test, 5%


CONDITIONS Planted February 23, 1978 in single-row
plots 24 ft long with hills 2 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 applica-
tions before flowering.







Table 34. Yellow summer squash trial grown on
Apopka fine sand at Leesburg, harvested
April 12 through May 5, 1979. G. W.
Elmstrom.
Cultivar Yield (bu/A) Curva- Seed
Early Total tureY source
Replicated
Slenderella 195 ax 427 a 2.0 Niagara
Slendergold 200 a 424 ab 3.0 Niagara
Gold Slice 191 ab 405 ab 1.7 Peto
8H4 179 abcd 401 ab 3.0 Castle
4004 184 abc 396 ab 4.3 Castle
Golden Girl 201 a 390 ab 1.7 Harris
Dixie 162 abcd 373 ab 3.7 Asgrow
Lemondrop 195 a 373 ab 1.0 Asgrow
Castlegold 195 a 365 ab 1.3 Castle
Seneca Butterbar 130 bed 343 ab 1.7 Burpee
Golden Eagle 118 d 331 ab 2.0 NK
Crookette 135 abcd 309 ab 4.3 Niagara
Gold Strike 121 cd 298 ab 1.0 FM
Observational
Castlepride 218 407. 4 Castle
NCX 7004 158 344 2 Niagara
NCX 7002 128 244 1.3 Niagara
ZHarvested by April 22, 1979.
YRated from 1, straight, to 5 very curved.
XMean separation by Duncan's multiple range test,
5% level.

CONDITIONS Planted February 20, 1980 in single-
row plots 24 ft long with hills 2 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 35. Yellow summer squash trial grown on Apopka fine sand at Lees-
burg, harvested April 11 through May 8, 1980. G. W. Elmstrom.
Cultivar Yield (bu/A) Curva- Disease ResistanceX Seed
Early Total tureY DM PM source
Replicated
Goldbar 147 bcW 471 a 1.3 4.0 5.0 Peto
Goldzini 162 ab 462 a 1.7 3.7 3.3 Peto
Gold Slice 157 bc 461 a 1.3 2.7 4.3 Peto
Golden Girl 150 bc 446 ab 1.7 2.7 3.0 Harris
Scottsdale 119 de 423 ab 2.0 5.0 4.0 Herbst
Tara 147 bc 417 abc 4.0 2.7 5.7 Harris
Dixie 149 bc 409 abc 3.0 2.3 4.3 Asgrow
Cracker 178 a 408 abc 3.3 3.3 3.3 Peto
Castlegold 137 cd 395 bc 1.3 3.3 4.0 Castle
Early Prolific SN 86 f 359 c 1.7 3.7 4.3 Twilley
Crookette 110 e 302 d 4.0 4.3 4.0 Niagara
Ingot 116 e 294 d 1.0 2.0 4.3 Keystone
Castlepride 114 e 278 d 3.0 4.3 4.7 Castle
Early Yel. Sum. CN 71 f 245 d 3.3 3.7 3.7 Twilley
Observational
Gold Strike 152 459 1 2 2 FM
8 PC 127 378 -- -- Harris
NCX 7004 129 371 2 2 5 Niagara
NCX 7002 111 335 2 3 4 Niagara
ZHarvested by April 24, 1980.
YRated from 1, straight, to 5, very curved.
XDowny mildew (DM) and powdery mildew (PM) resistance rated from 1,
susceptible, to 10, highly resistant.
WMean separation by Duncan's multiple range test, 5% level.

CONDITIONS Planted March 5, 1980 in single-row plots 24 ft long with
hills 2 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 36.


Replicated winter squash trial
grown on Apopka fine sand at
Leesburg, harvested May 23, 1979.


G. W. Elmstrom.
Cultivar Yield Size Seed
(bu/A) (Ib/fruit) source
Butternut
Early 264 bcz 1.2 Burpee
Butternut 232 be 1.0 NK
Waltham 205 be 1.1 FM
Butterbush 194 bc 0.8 Burpee
Ponca 182 c 0.9 Niagara
Acorn
Mammoth T. Q. 518 a 2.3 NK
Ebony 370 ab 1.6 NK
Table Queen 271 be 0.8 Niagara
Table Ace 250 be 1.4 Peto
Table King 243 be 1.1 Twilley
Bush T. Q. 226 bc 1.0 Burpee
ZMean separation by Duncan's multiple range
test, 5% level.

CONDITIONS Planted February 20, 1979 in
single-row plots 24 ft long with hills
2 ft apart and rows 5 ft apart. Ferti-
lization: 800 lb/A 5-15-8 applied pre-
plant and 650 Ib/A 15-0-14 in 3 other
applications before flowering.







Table 37.


Replicated winter squash trial grown on Apopka fine
sand at Teesburg, harvested May 20 and June 6, 1980.
r* r n T +- *^.^w


U. W. Ij.LIII iU II1.
Cultivar Yield Size Disease resistancez Seed
(bu/A) (lb/fruit) DM PM source
Butternut
Ponca 253 ay 1.4 7.7 a 5.3 Niagara
Waltham 201 be 1.4 7.3 a 6.3 FM
Ponca 200 bc 1.2 7.0 ab 4.7 Niagara
Butternut 199 bc 1.2 7.0 ab 6.3 NK
Butter Boy 185 cd 1.5 6.0 ab 6.3 Burpee
Early 182 cd 1.2 6.7 ab 6.3 Burpee
Butterbush 114 fg 0.8 5.3 b 6.0 Burpee
Acorn
Table Queen 238 a 1.5 3.3 c 4.3 NK
Royal 212 b 1.6 3.3 c 5.3 Burpee
Mammoth T. Q. 211 b 2.5 2.7 c 3.3 NK
Bush T. Q. 162 b 1.3 1.7 c 4.7 Burpee
Table Gold 139 e 0.8 3.3 c 4.0 Twilley
Ebony 131 ef 1.3 2.0 c 4.7 NK
Table Ace 112 fg 1.2 2.0 c 3.7 Peto
Table King 103 g 1.0 1.7 c 4.0 Herbst


ZDowny mildew
susceptible,


(DM) and powdery mildew resistance rated
to 10, highly resistant.


from 1,


YMean separation by Duncan's multiple range test, 5% level.

CONDITIONS Planted March 4, 1980 in single-row plots 24 ft
long with hills 2 ft apart and rows 5 ft apart. Fertiliza-
tion: 800 Ib/A 5-15-8 applied preplant and 650 lb/A 15-0-14
in 3 other applications before flowering.







Table 38. Replicated watermelon trial grown on Apopka fine sand at
Leesburg, harvested May 23 through June 14, 1977. G. W.
Elmstrom and J. M. Crall.
Cultivar Marketable yield (Cwt/A) Melon Soluble
Earlyz Total weight solids Seed
(Ib/fruit) (%) source


Smokylee 94.6Y bcde 405.4 a
Calhoun Gray 201.8 a 404.6 a
Charleston Gray 133 182.3 ab 337.1 ab
Charleston Gray #5 173.1 ab 336.5 ab
Dixielee 44.2 de 303.4 abc
Allsweet 13.2 e 298.2 abc
Sugarlee 136.4 abcd 256.6 bcd
Dixie Queen 163.7 abc 251.0 bcd
Charleston 76 113.3 abcd 225.5 bcd
Charleston Gray 137.3 abcd 214.7 bcd
Crimson Sweet 102.7 abcde 206.2 bcd
Yellow Baby 144.4 abc 161.0 cde
Jubilee 72.6 cde 122.7 de
Top Yield 39.0 de 48.0 e
Florida Giant 11.3 e 25.7 e
zHarvested by June 1, 1977.
YMean separation by Duncan's multiple range


18.1
17.1
16.7
17.6
17.9
17.8
13.7
14.1
16.5
16.7
14.4
5.1
16.1
8.8
13.1


10.6
8.9
9.2
9.2
10.1
9.3
10.1
8.6
9.7
9.4
9.9
9.6
9.1
9.8
9.0


Twilley
Niagara
Hollar
Hollar
ARC
Twilley
ARC
Burpee
Niagara
Niagara
Niagara
Burpee
F. Morse
Herbst


test, 5% level.


CONDITIONS Planted March 8, 1977, 2 row plots 25 ft long with hills
5 ft apart in rows 10 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 39.


Observational watermelon trial grown on Apopka fine sand at
Leesburg, harvested May 23 through June 14, 1977. G. W.
Elmstrom and J. M. Crall.


Cultivar Marketable yield (Cwt/A) Melon Soluble
Earlyz Total weight solids Seed
(Ib/fruit) (%) source
NC76-H8 560.3 798.7 16.4 9.2 NC
Sweetmeat WRII 511.6 685.6 10.6 8.9 Peto
NC76-H23 339.3 567.2 18.1 10.5 NC
Ark 75-11N 429.8 482.8 9.1 8.4 ARK
NC75-H18 139.2 424.6 11.1 10.3 NC
NC75-H21 353.2 367.1 9.6 10.0 NC
Sugar Doll 152.2 267.1 7.7 9.1 Peto
BJ 82L1 141.8 229.7 12.0 8.7 Burrell
Dixie Queen Fl 77.4 94.0 12.0 9.5 Peto
ZHarvested by June 1, 1977.

CONDITIONS Planted March 8, 1977, 2 row plots 25 ft long with hills
5 ft apart in rows 10 ft apart. Fertilization: 800 lb/A 5-15-8
applied preplant and 650 lb/A 15-0-14 in 3 applications before
flowering.








Table 40.


Replicated watermelon trial grown on Apopka fine sand, Leesburg,
harvested June 1 through July 12, 1978. G. W. Elmstrom and
J. M. Crall.


Cultivar Marketable yield (Cwt/A) Melon Soluble /
EarlyZ Total weight solids Seed
(lb/fruit) () source


Smokylee
Calhoun Gray
Charleston Gray
Dixie Queen
Charleston Gray


#5


Jubilee
Sugarlee
Charleston Gray 133
Allsweet
Crimson Sweet
Dixielee
Yellow Baby
Sweet Princess
Petite Sweet
Klondike Blue Ribbon
Garrisonian
Improved Peacock
ZHarvested by June 15.


194
277
289
211
265
176
277
231
63
220
60
204
134
107
25
52
5


bcdeY
ab
a
abode
abe
cdef
abc
abc
ghi
abode
ghi
abode
defg
fgh
hi
ghi
i


670
.619
612
584
564
542
506
505
479
437
436
312
308
182
117
66
28


a
ab
ab
abc
abc
abc
bc
bc
bc
cde
cde
ef
ef
fg
fgh
gh
h


23.3
19.7
25.6
19.9
20.6
20.4
17.9
18.9
21.3
19.0
20.9
7.5
18.6
9.5
14.9
20.2
16.0


10.3
8.3
8.0
7.8
9.0
8.8
10.2
8.5
9.6
10.0
10.6
8.8
9.3
8.9
9.7
9.6
9.7


Twilley
Willhite
Hollar
Burpee
--
ARC
Charter
Twilley
Burpee
ARC
Burpee
Willhite

Burrell
Twilley
Burrell


Mean separation by Duncan's multiple range test, 5% level.

CONDITIONS Planted February 27, 1978, 2-row plots 25 ft long with hills
5 ft apart in rows 10 ft apart. Fertilization: 800 Ib/A 5-15-8
preplant and 650 Ib/A 15-0-14 in 3 other applications before flower-
ing.







Table 41.


Observational watermelon trial grown on Apopka fine sand,
Leesburg, harvested June 16 through July 5, 1978. G. W.
Elmstrom and J. M. Crall.


Cultivar Marketable Melon Soluble
yield (Cwt/A) weight solids Seed
(Ib/fruit) (%) source
Prince Charles 572 19.4 9.8 Peto
Calhoun Gray 479 17.7 9.4 Willhit.
Au /3 448 19.1 10.7 AL
Au #1 445 16.5 9.3 AL
Au #5 425 14.8 9.8 AL
Sugarlee 412 17.5 10.3 ARC
Mirage 371 17.8 9.8 Asgrow
Crimson Sweet 368 15.7 10.4 Burpee
Mr. X 365 14.5 10.0 Herbst
Charleston Gray 327 18.8 9.9
Dixielee 325 19.7 10.8 ARC
Sunshade 302 16.5 10.5 Asgrow
XP 2008 276 10.9 10.4 Asgrow
Blue Belle 240 9.9 9.2 Asgrow
XP 772 236 10.8 10.2 Asgrow
Smokylee 221 15.9 10.3 Twilley
H23 197 16.1 9.6 NC
Jubilee 158 18.2 8.9 Niagara

CONDITIONS Planted March 16, 1978, single-row plots 25 ft long with hills
5 ft apart in rows 10 ft apart. Fertilization: 800 lb/A 5-15-8 pre-
plant and 650 lb/A 15-0-14 in 3 other application before/lowering.







Table 42.


Observational watermelon trial grown on Apopka fine sand,
Leesburg, harvested June 1 through July 12, 1978. G. W.
Elmstrom and J. M. Crall.


Cu.ltivar Marketable yield (Cwt/A) Melon Soluble
EarlyZ Total weight solids Seed
(Ib/fruit) (%) source
BJ 82L1 299 593 20.7 8.7 Burrell
Sweetmeat WRII 115 517 14.8 10.0 Peto
Burpee Hybrid Seedless 69 398 19.9 9.9 Burpee
Sugar Doll 82 209 12.0 8.6 Peto
Sweet Favorite 104 207 17.0 9.6 Twilley
Sugar Bush 83 83 11.9 8.1 Burpee
ZHarvested by June 15.

CONDITIONS Planted February 27, 1978, 2-row plots 25 ft long with hills
5 ft apart in rows 10 ft apart. Fertilization: 800 lb/A 5-15-8
preplant and 650 lb/A 15-0-14 in 3 other applications before flower-
ing.







Table 43.


Replicated watermelon trial grown on Apopka fine sand at
Leesburg, harvested May 25 through June 20, 1979. G.W.
Elmstrom and J. M. Crall.


Cultivar Marketable yield (Cwt/A) Melon Soluble
Early Total weight solids Seed
(lb/fruit) () source
Charleston Gray #5 64 cdefy 720 a 18.0 10.9 Hollar
Fla 78 SW4 94 cdef 602 ab 18.8 10.8 ARC
Calhoun Gray 37 def 592 abc 17.6 10.4 Niagara
Fla 78SE1 59 cdef 581 abc 21.5 10.7 ARC
Smokylee 49 cdef 571 abcd 17.1 11.6 Twilley
Au#3 111 cdef 557 bcd 18.7 10.9 AL
Sunshade 99 cdef 550 bed 16.3 11.1 Asgrow
Au#5 117 cde 542 bed 19.9 10.5 AL
Charleston Gray 82 cdef 511 bcde 19.5 9.7
Crimson Sweet 141 be 493 bcde 18.4 10.5 Burpee
Fla 78SW2 125 ed 480 bcde 16.2 11.7 ARC
Fla 78SE4 119 cde 466 bcde 18.1 10.7 ARC
Yellow Baby 254 a 435 cde 6.3 11.3 Burpee
Jubilee 59 cdef 415 de 20.1 9.0 NK
Fla 79-1 230 ab 382 ef 6.3 11.8 ARC
Dixielee 24 ef 382 ef* 20.8 11.8 ARC
Sugarlee 95 cdef 379 ef 15.9 12.2 ARC
Allsweet 16 f 254 f 22.8 10.2 Twilley


ZHarvested by June 8,


1979.


YMean separation by Duncan's multiple range test, 5% level.

CONDITIONS Planted February 19, 1979 in 2-row plots 25 ft long with hills
5 ft apart and rows 10 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 44. Observational watermelon trial grown on Apopka fine sand at
Teeburg, harvested Mny 25 through June 20, 1979. G. W.
Elmstrom and J. M. Crall.
Cultivar Marketable yield (Cwt/A) Melon Soluble
Early Total weight solids Seed
(Ib/fruit) (%) source

Tri X319 -- 639 14.9 11.9 Eigsti
Tri X119 -- 590 13.5 12.6 Eigsti
Blue Belle 174 428 12.4 10.9 Asgrow
Mirage -- 398 18.2 10.2 Asgrow
Sugar Bush 25 91 7.1 9.0 Burpee
ZHarvested by June 8, 1979.

CONDITIONS Planted February 19, 1979 in 2-row plots 25 ft long with hills
5 ft apart and rows 10 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 45.


Replicated watermelon trial grown on Apopka fine sand at
Leesburg, harvested May 29 through June 23, 1980. G. W.
Elmstrom and J. M. Crall.


Cultivar Marketable yield (Cwt/A). Melon Soluble
Earlyz Total weight solids Seed
(lb/fruit) (%) source


L390-2
Smokylee
Au#3
Fla 78SW2
Charleston Gray
Calhoun Gray
Crimson Sweet
Charleston Gray #5
Sunshade
Dixielee
Allsweet
Sweet Princess
Tri X313
Sugarlee
Jubilee
Panonia Fl
Early Gray
Sugar Bush
ZHarvested by June 6,


231
310
293
284
286
178
301
224
236
113
45
215
85
255
214
190
70
26


ab c
a
a
ab
ab
cde
a
abc
ab c
def
f
ab c
ef
abc
abc
bcd
f
f


581 a
574 a
570 a
564 ab
547 ab
512 ab
500 ab
494 ab
490 ab
489 ab
445 abc
440 abc
434 abc
426 abc
412 bc
.306 c
85 d
31 d


16.7
19.0
17.6
18.9
19.6
19.3
17.8
18.0
18.3
19.7
20.1
19.4
14.0
15.0
21.3
12.1
14.5
6.2


6.9
8.6
8.3
7.8
7.7
8.0
8.1
7.3
7.5
9.4
9.1
9.0
8.6
8.4
7.5
7.0
6.5
6.9


LA
Twilley
AL
ARC
--
Twilley
Burpee
Hollar
Asgrow
ARC
Herb st
Willhite
Eigsti
ARC

Stokes
Willhite
Burpee


1980.


YMean separation by Duncan's multiple range test, 5% level.

CONDITIONS Planted March 4-5, 1980 in 2-row plots 25 ft long with hills
5 ft apart and rows 10 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 46. Observational watermelon trial grown on Apopka fine sand at
Leesburg, harvested May 29 through June 23, 1980. G. W.
Elmstrom and J. M. Crall.
Cultivar Marketable yield (Cwt/A) Melon Soluble
Early Total weight solids Seed
(Ib/fruit) (%) source

Fla 78SW4 413 629 21.0 6.7 ARC
Fla 79NE 278 533 21.9 9.0 ARC
Fla 78SE4 238 511 21.4 7.7 ARC
Fla 78SE1 227 497 22.0 7.9 ARC
Exp 4250 271 450 13.4 7.8 NK
Fla 79SE 161 387 21.2 8.5 ARC
Tri X119 193 387 13.7 8.7 Eigst:
Petite Sweet 197 230 8.8 7.5
Fla 79-1 105 190 7.0 8.6 ARC
OCTV-5T 82 110 9.4 8.5 KY
ZHarvested by June 6, 1980.

CONDITIONS Planted March 4-5, 1980 in 2-row plots 25 ft long with hills
5 ft apart and rows 10 ft apart. Fertilization: 800 lb/A 5-15-8
applied preplant and 650 Ib/A 15-0-14 in 3 other applications before
following.




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