Where to Find Vegetable Variety Trial Information

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
   
2. Ontario Research Reports
   
3. Quebec Research Reports
   
4. Midwest Vegetable Variety Trial Report
   
5. Other US Research Reports
6. Additional Resources

Introduction

Variety selection is one of the most important factors in the success of your crop, but independent, replicated vegetable variety trials can be few and far between. Here you will find a list of some vegetable variety trial information available for Ontario, Quebec, and the Midwest.

Many of these reports are from areas that may differ in climate, soil type, pest pressure, or production practices from your farm. Consider these factors when evaluating this information. By studying reports from many areas, you may find varieties that are consistent performers over a wide range of conditions. Talk to seed suppliers, researchers, extension staff, processors, and other growers for more information on cultivars adapted to your area. Most importantly, do your own field trials to evaluate varieties under your local growing conditions.

Each season, researchers may evaluate other crops besides those listed here. Check the web-sites or contact the researcher to learn about current research projects.

Ontario Research Reports

Processing peas, processing cucumber, bacterial leaf spot resistant bell peppers.

• Online: www.ridgetownc.uoguelph.ca/research/research_reports.cfm.
• Contact: John Zandstra, jzandstr@ridgetownc.uoguelph.ca, Ridgetown Campus - University of Guelph, 120 Main Street E., Ridgetown, Ontario, N0P 2C0. Tel: (519) 674-1627. Fax: (519) 674-1600.

Carrots, onions.

• Online: www.uoguelph.ca/muckcrop/index.html.
• Contact: Dr. Mary Ruth McDonald, mrmcdona@uoguelph.ca, University of Guelph - Muck Crops Research Station, 1125 Woodchoppers Lane, R.R. #1, Kettleby, Ontario L0G 1J0. Tel: (905) 775-3783. Fax: (905) 775-4546.

Other (contact for information).

• Online: www.plant.uoguelph.ca/research/homepages/amckeown/.
• Contact: Dr. Alan McKeown, University of Guelph - Simcoe Campus, 1283 Blueline Rd. Box 587, Simcoe, Ontario N3Y 4N5. Tel: (519) 426-7127. Fax: (519) 426-1225.
  

Quebec Research Reports

Processing peas, processing beans, processing sweet corn, processing cucumbers. Trials supported by the Centre de Références en Agriculture et Agroalimentaire du Quebec (CRAAQ) with funding from le ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation du Quebec (MAPAQ).

• Online: http://www.agrireseau.qc.ca/ (click on "Légumes de champ", then "Recherche et innovation").
  

Midwest Vegetable Variety Trial Report

Beans, beets, chard, cucumber, eggplant, leek, lettuce, muskmelon, onion, pepper, pumpkin, specialty melon, squash, sweet corn, sweet potato, tomato, watermelon. Reports from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia are included.

• Online: www.hort.purdue.edu/fruitveg/reports.shtml.
• To purchase:
  Purdue Extension Education Store. Tel: 1-888-398-4636. Online: http://extension.purdue.edu/store/. A new bulletin is published each year reflecting current season's trials from Midwestern states. Past issues are sometimes available.
  

Other US Research Reports

 

Illinois

Sweet corn.

• Online: http://www.sweetcorn.uiuc.edu/
• Contact: Dr. Jerald Pataky (j-pataky@uiuc.edu), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, N-433B Turner Hall, Department of Crop Sciences, 1102 S. Goodwin, Urbana, IL 61801. Tel: (217) 333-6606

 

Indiana

Pumpkin, sweet corn, tomato.

• Online: www.hort.purdue.edu/fruitveg/reports.shtml.
• Contact: Tel: 1-888-398-4636.

 

Kentucky

Beet, cucumber (slicing), sweet potato, sweet corn, tomato (fresh market), pumpkins.

• Online: www.uky.edu/Ag/Horticulture/comveggie.html. Look for the latest " Fruit and Vegetable Crops Research Reports".

 

New York

Melon.

• Online: www.hort.cornell.edu/extension/commercial/vegetables/crops/index.htm. Click on the name of the crop of interest.

Ohio

Asparagus, pepper (green bell), ornamental corn, pumpkin, summer squash, sweet corn, watermelon.

• Online: www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~vegnet/. The latest research reports are on this page. Click on "The Library", then "Research Reports" for past years' research.
• Contact: Dr. Bob Precheur (precheur.1@osu.edu), The Ohio State University, 240B Howlett Hall, 2001 Fyffe Ct., Columbus, OH 43210. Tel: 614-292-3857. Fax: 614-292-2505.

Processing tomato.

• Online: http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/tomato/
  Click on "Current Research" to find "Trial Results".
• Contact: Dr. David M. Francis (francis.77@osu.edu), The Ohio State University, OARDC, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, OH 44691. Tel: (330) 263-3893. Fax: (330) 263-8337.

Cucumber, canteloupe, ornamental corn, pepper (bell), pumpkins, summer squash, tomato (fresh market), tomato (grape), watermelon.

• Online: http://southcenters.osu.edu/horticulture/results/.
• Contact: Ohio State University South Centers, 1864 Shyville Rd., Piketon, OH 45661. Tel: 1-800-297-2072 (Ohio only) or (740) 289-2071.

Other (contact for information).

• Online: http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/kleinhenz/
• Contact: Dr. Matthew D. Kleinhenz (kleinhenz.1@osu.edu), Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, OH 44691-4096. Tel: (330) 263-3810. Fax: (330) 263-8337.

Additional Resources

Vegetable Cultivar Descriptions for North America

• Online: http://cuke.hort.ncsu.edu/cucurbit/wehner/wehnermain.html. Click "Wehner Publications/Cultivars/Software" then "Vegetable Cultivars List".