Seedway Showcases Latest Vegetable Varieties For Florida
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Opportune
Opportune is a dark-green podded variety that shows good quality for fresh market use. It has long 6-inch pods that help contribute to yield potential. Growers should expect best performance in cooler slots. The variety matures in 54 days.
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AP 426
AP426 is a high-quality bi-color supersweet that can be used in both shipping and local markets. AP426 has shown adaptability from Florida and north with good snapped and husked ear appearance. It matures in 78 days.
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Python
Python is a strong choice for early season productivity and quality throughout extended picks. It produces high-quality, dark-green, smooth fruit with the ability to maintain length throughout multiple harvests. It matures in 55 days.
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Hercules
Hercules is an excellent full-season variety for shipping, generating strong yields. Hercules has strong plant vigor, making it well adapted for late summer, fall, and southern winter production. It matures in 84 days.
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LAZOR
LAZOR has smooth, firm fruit and a sturdy neck that promotes easy handling. The fruit also has an attractive, glossy appearance. It matures in 45 days. LAZOR has intermediate resistance to zucchini yellow mosaic virus.
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Exclamation
Exclamation is a full-season variety with blocky crimson fruit, generating high-quality 36 to 45 counts. Its interior quality is excellent with small pips and firm flesh. Growers will appreciate the strong vines adapted for later season production and Exclamation’s consistency and uniformity. It matures in 90 days.
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Islamorada
This uniformly sized pepper yields fruit in the extra-large class with resistance to bacterial leaf spot (races 1-5). Its smooth, dark-green fruit maintains size on a large plant that provides good canopy. Islamorada is well adapted to southern growing regions and matures in 72 days.
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Deli King
Deli King is a productive pickling cucumber with a strong ability to hold color and quality throughout multiple picks. It produces a high percentage of marketable fruit with strong plants that work in later season plots. The plants carry resistance to WMV and ZYMV.
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Respect
Respect is a medium-dark green zucchini that provides consistent quality and strong yields throughout multiple picks. The fruit has a smooth, refined appearance and its color is well suited to eastern markets. The plant is nearly spineless. Respect carries resistance to PRSV, WMV, ZYMV, and PM.
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Opportune
AP 426
Python
Hercules
LAZOR
Exclamation
Islamorada
Deli King
Respect
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Paul Rusnak is the Senior Online Editor of American Vegetable Grower, American Fruit Grower, and Greenhouse Grower magazines, all Meister Media Worldwide brands. He is based in Northeast Florida. See all author stories here.