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| Quality characteristics of 8 broccoli varieties grown at Verstuyft farms in the spring of 2004. | |||||
| Variety | Percent Mature on 5/19/04 |
Plant Size(top of head, inches) | Head Size (inches) |
Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Green Magic (9311) |
80 | 13 | 6 x 5 | Beautiful dome shape head | |
 Emerald Pride |
80 | 13 | 6 x 6 | Good heads; some irregularity | |
| Destiny | 60 | 9 | 4.5 x 4.5 | Irregular; leaves in heads | |
| 8509 | 40 | 12 | 5 x 4 | Leaves in heads | |
| 8410 | 1 | 10 | 4 x 3 | Leaves in heads | |
| Marathon | 0 | 10 | -- | May not head | |
| Patron | 0 | 10 | -- | May not head | |
| 514 | 0 | 11 | -- | May not head | |
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Transplanted to the field on 3/25/04; data taken on 5/19/04 Seed source of all varieties is Sabata |
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