B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 18, 1971
3 Tomato
The release of three processing
tomato varieties which are
suitable for machine harvest
have been announced by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture and
horticultural specialists at
Pennsylvania State University
The three varieties—Merit,
Red Rock, and Potomac—all
have better field crack resistance
and ripe fruit burst resistance
than the present round varieties
now commercially grown in the
East, reports Robert F Fletcher,
Extension vegetable crops
specialist, and R W Hepler,
associate professor of plant
breeding, both at Penn State
They point out that resistance
of Red Rock is the best ever noted
in a round type
Test results obtained m Penn
sylvania are based on field trials
in commercial tomato production
areas through the cooperative
efforts of American Home Foods,
Inc , Furman Canning Com
pany, U S Department of
Agriculture Plant Science
Research Division, ad hoc
tomato advisory committee, and
the Penn State College of
Agriculture during the 1970 and
1971 growing season
MKKIT
Merit (tested as 69846 and
70B821) is a medium early
maturing, small-vined type with
good Iruit ripening con
cent) ation Merit possesses the
jointless character and
resistance to Fusanum and
Verticillium wilts Immature
Iruit color is uniform green The
fruits have good resistance to
field cracking, but will show
some ripe Iruit bursting on the
vine alter heavy rains
The Iruits handle well in a
machine (resistance to machine
damage or breakage) They do
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Varieties for
not shatter from the vine at the
point of machine pickup. Vine
fruit separation in the machine is
easy
Average fruit size in Penn
sylvania trials ranges from 0.14
to 016 pounds. The fruits are
round and have a small stem scar
and core With the jointless
character, less than one per cent
of the fruits harvested have
stems. The fruits looked good
when processed as a noncored
whole pack This variety can also
be used for products Color is
good Solids and pH are average.
Merit can be either direct
seeded or transplanted As a
transplant, spacing should be no
more than 12 inches m-row
Direct-seeded spacings of 8 to 12
inches between clumps are
recommended
RED ROCK
Red Rock (tested as 698281 and
70B831) is a mid-season to mid
late maturing variety with a
medium sized vine This variety
possesses the immature uniform
green fruit color and jointless
characteristics It is also
resistant to gray leaf spot,
Fusanum and Verticillium wilts
The fruits have excellent
resistance to field cracking and
ripe Iruit bursting
The fruits are exceptionally
lirm and handle very well
through a machine They do not
shatter at the point of machine
pickup This variety was found to
be more difficult for vine-fruit
machine separation with some of
the machines used than with
other varieties tested The fruits
show extremely good field vine
storage This character allows
lor good concentration of ripe
Iruits
Average fruit size in Penn
sylvania trials ranges from 0 16
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Phone 548-2116
Machine Harvest Listed
The fruits are elongated in
shape with fruit size averaging
0 15 pounds Immature fruit color
is uniform green The fruits show
good field crach resistance Ripe
fruit burst resistance is in
termediate between Merit and
Red Rock
The fruits are firm and handle
very well in a machine Vine-fruit
machine separation is very good.
The variety is not a jointless type
so there will be stems on the fruit
harvested The number of stems
on fruit will be comparable to
pear and normal hand-pick round
types Fruit color is good, solids
are average to better than
average and pH is average
Potomac can be either direct
seeded or transplanted The
foliage color of the plants is light
green to yellow green The plants
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to 0 19 pounds. The fruits are
round to deep round in shape.
Color is excellent, solids are
better than average and pH is
average.
Red Rock can be either direct
seeded or transplanted
Nitrogen management on this
variety is critical. Too much
nitrogen will cause excessive
vine growth, especially in direct
seeded planting.
POTOMAC
Potomac (tested as 698781 and
70B843) is indicated by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture to be
earlier than C2B in maturity.
Pennsylvania trials have shown
the variety to have the same
maturity as C2B or to be a little
later.
Potomac has a medium
compact to medium size vine It
is a free flowering type making
for good concentration of fruit
set Potomac is resistant to gray
leaf spot, Fusanum and Ver
ticilhum wilts.
appear to need nitrogen when it is
not needed.
SEED AVAILABILITY
Seed for reproduction by seed
companies has been distributed
by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture for winter seed in
creases so that seed will be
available for the 1972 planting
season. Fletcher and Hepler feel
these varieties should be tried by
processors and growers to gain
experience and become better
acquainted with the cultural
requirements and practices for
machine harvest varieties.
Companies that have obtained
seed for reproduction from the U.
S. Department of Agriculture
are-
A L. Castle, Inc., P.O Box 877,
Morgan Hill, California 95037
Ferry-Morse Seed Co , Box 100,
Mountain View, California 94040
Joseph Harris Co , Inc.,
Moreton Farm, Rochester, New
York 14624
Keystone Seed Co., P.O. Box
1438, Hollister, California 95023
Peto Seed Co , Inc , P.O Box
4206, Staticoy, California 93003.
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