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VEGETABLE CROP RESEARCH 41
Through the efforts of plant breeders at the South Carolina station
(coop. USDA) a profitable industry in that State may be reestablished.
This station has introduced new mosaic-resistant cos lettuce, named
Parris Island. Growers in South Carolina recall the success of the
earlier cos or romaine lettuce varieties that were in demand 20 years
ago. A virus disease, known popularly as mosaic, wiped out this
industry in South Carolina. Now, with a new mosaic-resistant variety
available, a superior cos from the Carolinas may again appear on the
market. Tests in both North and South Carolina evaluate Parris
Island as a dark green type with a good head, equal in quality to the
older varieties of cos and, most important, highly resistant to the virus
disease that caused failures to this desirable type of lettuce in the
past.
Delicious 51 muskmelon
The specter of a crop of muskmelons devastated by fusarium wilt
is unlikely with the introduction of Delicious 51 muskmelon. This
new variety, developed by the New York (Cornell) station, is similar
in appearance, maturity, and quality to the standard Delicious, but
carries resistance to fusarium wilt, a disease capable of destroying the
entire crop once the soil becomes heavily infested. Delicious 51 is
considered to be an earlier but companion variety to the popular
Iroquois.
Onion hybrids
Further successes in the cooperative breeding program to produce
superior, high-yielding onion hybrids are reported with the introduction
of two new varieties by the Texas station (coop. USDA). Granex
and Crystal Hybrid are the names given to these newcomers which
have produced outstanding yields in Texas tests. Granex is a large,
flat, light yellow onion, with an exceptionally mild flavor. Crystal
Hybrid is a flat, white onion with a slightly more pungent flavor than
Granex. A limited supply of seed will be available from commercial
seedsmen for fall planting in 1952.
A new southern pea
Cream 40 is the name given to a new southern pea developed by
the Texas station. It was produced from a cross between Extra Early
Blackeye and a viny, midseason commercial cream variety. The new
introduction combines the qualities of both parents, being early, longpodded,
and a good yielder of quality peas that process well. In addition,
the growth habit of Cream 40 makes it desirable for efficient
harvesting. Its vininess is not excessive and occurs near the ground
so does not interfere with harvesting by hand or mechanical means.
New sweet-corn hybrids
Brown silks on the interior of sweet corn have long been a problem
to processors. The removal of these silks to insure a pleasing dish of
sweet corn for the consumer is both laborious and costly. The Indiana
station has developed a hybrid yellow corn yielding 10 to 15
percent more than Golden Cross Bantam and having white, rather than
brown, interior: silks. Golden Harvest, the name given to this new
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United States. Office of Experiment Stations. Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1952, book, January 1953; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5990/m1/43/?rotate=90: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.