1999 Green Pepper Cultivar Evaluation

 

William B Evans and Bob Precheur

Muck Crops Branch. Celeryville, OH

Dept. of Horticulture and Crop Science, OSU Columbus

 

In Cooperation with Wiers Farms Inc., Willard, OH

 

 

Table 1. Yield of Extra Large plus Large Fruit

Early (First Harvest)

 

 

Total (3 Harvests)

 

Cultivar

 

Boxes/A

 

Cultivar

Boxes/A

Victoria

 

364

 

Lafayette

599

Colossal

 

328

 

Victoria

597

Lafayette

 

304

 

Colossal

528

Palladin

 

212

 

RPP 6088

383

X3R Wizard

172

 

King Arthur

310

RPP 6088

 

153

 

X3R Wizard

305

Yorktown

143

 

Palladin

293

Brigadier

 

143

 

Commandant

270

King Arthur

140

 

Camelot

268

Commandant

127

 

Yorktown

253

Camelot

 

108

 

Brigadier

222

Enterprise

66

 

Enterprise

182

Pimento

 

0

 

Pimento

0

LSD 0.05

 

142.9

 

 

188.5

 

 

Table 2. Marketable Yield (Extra Large + Large + Medium + Small + Select)

Early (First Harvest)

 

 

Total (3 Harvests)

 

 

 

 

Cultivar

 

Boxes/A

Cultivar

Boxes/A

% Marketable

 

Lafayette

 

566

Lafayette

1120

87

 

Victoria

 

565

King Arthur

1044

86

 

King Arthur

510

Victoria

 

1018

83

 

Palladin

 

436

Enterprise

1015

88

 

Colossal

 

409

Yorktown

967

84

 

X3R Wizard

406

Pimento

 

894

72

 

Enterprise

384

RPP 6088

 

876

85

 

Yorktown

345

X3R Wizard

872

87

 

Commandant

326

Palladin

 

858

83

 

Brigadier

 

323

Commandant

803

87

 

RPP 6088

 

289

Brigadier

778

80

 

Pimento

 

217

Colossal

766

82

 

Camelot

 

196

Camelot

619

78

 

LSD 0.05

 

261.3

 

 

 

360.3

 

 

 

 


Table 3. Observational Trial (1 replication only)  Extra Large plus Large

Early (First Harvest)

 

Total (3 Harvests)

 

Cultivar

Boxes/A

Cultivar

Boxes/A

 

Orion

 

730

RPP6110

572

 

PX333694

440

EX12285

536

 

PS213896

 

377

Encore

517

 

EX12285

 

347

PS213896

477

 

Diego

 

325

PX333694

441

 

Encore

 

310

EX12262

432

 

RPP6110

 

286

Sentry

407

 

Vivaldi

 

213

Diego

325

 

EX12262

 

213

Mandarin

313

 

Sentry

 

207

EX12284

286

 

Boynton Bell

201

Vivaldi

280

 

Mandarin

179

EX12266

234

 

EX12284

 

179

EX12279

207

 

EX12279

 

140

PS334094

167

 

EX12266

 

134

Bravo

140

 

RPP6089

 

134

EX12262

133

 

PS334094

 

100

RPP6089

nd

 

EX12262

 

33

Orion

nd

 

Bravo

 

0

Boynton Bell

nd

 

 

 

Table 4. Observational Trial (1 replication only)  Marketable Yield
                        (Extra Large + Large + Medium + Small + Select)

Early (First Harvest)

 

Total (3 Harvests)

 

 

Cultivar

Boxes/A

Cultivar

Boxes/A

 

PX333694

1264

PX333694

1316

 

 

Vivaldi

946

EX12279

1281

 

 

Orion

865

Mandarin

1231

 

 

EX12279

846

EX12266

1200

 

 

EX12266

816

Sentry

1159

 

 

RPP6110

627

Vivaldi

1146

 

 

Boynton Bell

620

RPP6110

1145

 

 

EX12262

605

EX12262

1141

 

 

EX12285

564

Bravo

1021

 

 

PS334094

520

EX12285

995

 

 

Diego

506

Encore

894

 

 

Encore

500

EX12284

880

 

 

PS213896

458

PS334094

846

 

 

Sentry

448

PS213896

846

 

 

Mandarin

424

Diego

506

 

 

EX12284

397

EX12262

415

 

 

Bravo

383

RPP6089

nd

 

RPP6089

161

Orion

nd

 

EX12262

160

Boynton Bell

nd

 

 

Nd = not determined

 

1999 Pepper Sources

 

Cultivar                                 Source

Victoria                                   Enza Zaden

Colossal                                 Novartis/Rogers

Lafayette                                Novartis/Rogers

Palladin                                  Novartis/Rogers

X3R Wizard                           PetoSeed

RPP6088                               Novartis/Rogers

Yorktown                                Asgrow

Brigadier                                Rogers

King Arthur                             PetoSeed

Commandant                         Novartis/Rogers

Camelot                                 PetoSeed

Enterprise                              Asgrow

Pimento (RPP3345)             Novartis/Rogers

PX333694                             PetoSeed

Vivaldi                                    Vilmorin

Orion                                       Enza Zaden

EX12279                               Asgrow

EX12266                               Asgrow

RPP6110                               Novartis Rogers

Boynton Bell                           Harris-Moran

EX12262                               Asgrow

EX12285                               Asgrow

PS334094                             PetoSeed

Diego                                     Enza Zaden

Encore                                    Novartis/Rogers

PS213896                             PetoSeed

Sentry                                     Novartis/Rogers

Mandarin                                Novartis/Rogers

EX12284                               Asgrow

Bravo                                      Enza Zaden

RPP6089                               Novartis/Rogers

EX12262                               Asgrow