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Fresh Market Tomato Cultivar Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2005, Elizabeth T. Maynard
Fresh Market Tomato Cultivar Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2005, Elizabeth T. Maynard
Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports
The Indiana Agricultural Statistics Service reported that tomatoes for fresh market sales were harvested from 1,700 acres in Indiana in 2004 and had a total value of $21 million. Tomato fields are located throughout the state. Traditional wholesale buyers look for a large, firm, round tomato that will be red when ripe. Tomato growers are interested in identifying cultivars that show resistance to common foliar diseases like early blight and bacterial spot. Eleven semideterminate large-fruited red tomato varieties were evaluated in a replicated trial at the Pinney-Purdue Agricultural Center in Wanatah, Indiana. Four indeterminate varieties reported to be resistant to …
Fresh Market Tomato Cultivar Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2004, Elizabeth T. Maynard
Fresh Market Tomato Cultivar Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2004, Elizabeth T. Maynard
Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports
This paper reports on twelve fresh market tomato varieties that were evaluated in a replicated trial at the Pinney-Purdue Agricultural Center in Wanatah, Indiana, and six varieties that were observed in unreplicated plots. Characteristics of interest include marketable and total yield and average fruit size.