D6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 14,1981
HERS HEY Most of the tomato
varieties which appear to offer
great promise for the 1980’s will be
for fresh market uses, some for
processing and a few may be ac
ceptable for both purposes, said
Peter Ferretti of Penn State’s
Dept, of Horticulture
Many of the fresh market types
can be termed multipurpose
because they are equally ac
ceptable for greenwraps, pinks or
red npes, he said
The first successful firm, large
fruited, small-vined tomato
variety for fresh market use is Pik-
Red (formerly Red Pak) It should
be grown only on plastic mulch for
early crops of pinks and red-npes
It was the first major tomato
variety to show a large response to
plastic mulch The newer
varieties, Count, Duke, and
Freedom also appear responsive to
plastic mulching.
Jet Star is included primarly for
comparative purposes It has soft
fruit when compared to Pik-Red
However, in tests under heavy
stresses, it was the most
productive all season
Baron has a smaller vine and is
as early as Jet Star It is a heavy
producer of jointless, firm, good
flavored, large fruits, and may be
used for a machine harvest
process type A good Early Blight
spray program is needed when
growing this variety.
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Early Bush 76 is similar to Baron
but has a vine about twice as large
(still a small, determinate vme),
and has jointed fruit which are
firmer It is a multi-purpose, non
machine harvest fresh market
variety
In tests last year, Count was
probably the best-performing
tomato variety. Using the Agway
Penetrometer test, it was as firm
as Floradade even after eleven and
fifteen days after picking It is a
highly productive, multi-purpose
variety for all fresh uses and
possibly processing, since it is
jointless and maintains its firm
ness.
Duke has larger fruits than any
of the other new, jointless
varieties. The fruit is quite firm
and the vine is smaller than Count
but larger than Baron or Early
Bush It was also an impressive
producer on black plastic mulch
last season under wet conditions
Fruit flavor is especially good
Because of the very large fruit
size, cat-facing could be more
severe under poor growing con
ditions, said Ferretti.
Freedom has a somewhat larger
vme than Count but still is
determinate and fairly compact
when compared to older varieties
It is jointless and quite productive
both unmulched and on black
plastic mulch. It appears to ripen
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