Asgfow explains tomato developments
KALAMAZOO, MI.
Representatives of California’s
tomato processors and growers
were recently given a tour of
Asgrow Seed Company’s trial
planting of experimental hybrid
tomatoes at the company’s
Processing Tomato Field Day,
held at the company’s Pacific
Coast Breeding Station at San Juan
Bautista, California.
The group heard a report on
Asgrow’s development of methods
to vigorize and coat seed to im
prove its performance, par
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ticularly under adverse conditions,
from Mary Beth Vertovec, seed
coating project leader who also
coordinates trial plantings of
coated and vigorized seed.
Ms. Vertovek showed the tomato
growers and processors
greenhouse plantings of vigorized
and non-vigorized seeds, pointing
out the greater uniformity of
emergence and quicker
emergence of the treated and
coated seed. She said differences
are even more evident when the
seed is planted under stress con
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“In February trial plantings,
there was as much as four days
difference between emergence
between the treated and mal
treated seed,” she said.
Dr. Jakob Vos, Asgrow’s
director of worldwide seed
production, told the group of the
company’s ongoing efforts and
procedures to assure that seed
produced by Asgrow is of the
highest quality possible in the
categories of genetic,
physiological, physical and
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pathological quality.
Mel Hansen, Asgrow sales
consultant specializing in
processing tomatoes, outlined
observations of this year’s per
formance of Asgrow Hybrids 896
and 898, which were introduced
last year, and have now undergone
their first year of commercial
growing.
Hybrid’s 896’s standing as an
early tomato, with maturity at 110
to 115 days has been well
established this year, Hansen said,
noting that it makes the hybrid a
good candidate for replantings as
well as first early plantings.
Growers and processors also
found thatjlybrid 896 peels easily,
and that yields of 30 to 35 tons per
acre are common, Hansen said.
“The tomato has high solids for a
peeler class tomato, with readings
in the 5.0 to 5.5 range. Growers who
tried 896 this year also learned that
the fruit has good vine holding
capability.”
Hansen said Hybrid 896, which is
field tolerant to Verticillium wilt,
race 1; and Fusarium wilt, race 1,
should be planted in double rows on
good soil. “The vine of Hybrid 896
is small, and does not have the
cover needed when planted in a
single row,” he explains.
Hybrid 898 can be grown on a
wide range of soils, including
mineral, peat and soil with high
clay content, and can be grown in
all areas of California except,
perhaps, the desert areas, Hansen
told the audience.
“This hybrid can be grown in
either double or single rows, it has
an excellent root system,” he
continued.
Hybrid 898 matures in about US
-120 days in California, Hansen
said. Yields ranged from 34 to 42
tons per acre in the major tomato
growing districts, he reported.
“Hybrid 898 typically has solids in
the 5.8-plus range. The hybrid also
has multiple disease resistance,
including resistance to race H of
Fusarium.” It has also demon
strated good field holding
capacity, and growers found this
season that it has a very
manageable vine that often
requires no training to remain up
on the bed, he said.
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