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2008 in Review

MISSION STATEMENT: The Cornell Vegetable Program seeks to provide vegetable, greenhouse, potato and dry bean growers, and allied industries, in Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne and Yates Counties with high quality educational programs and cutting-edge research-based information so they can profitably produce and market safe and healthful crops in an environmentally sound manner. This will benefit all residents by supplying safe, high quality, locally grown products to consumers while maintaining viable farms to enhance the rural landscape and economy.

Please follow the link to view the complete 2008 Annual Report:

Cornell Vegetable Program 2008 Annual Report

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Asian and gourmet varieties of eggplants can provide a decent profit for fresh market growers. Knowing your product and knowing your market will improve the sales of this item. Ethnic groups and people who are looking for more diversity when cooking will be especially interested in many of these varieties.

When going into Asian and gourmet eggplant production, it is best to start small with a couple of varieties or have several varieties but not a lot of plants of each. Test your market. See what is the best way to market your produce. Sell larger eggplants by the pound while the smaller ones (ones of different color) might sell better mixed in quart baskets. Taste them for your self using various recipes. Provide recipes for your customers. Learn when the fruit are at the right stage for picking – before they get seedy. This can be different as the season progresses. Smaller fruit or “baby” fruit might sell better than 2-3lb fruit. Keep water available and constant across the season, though during heavy fruit load in the heat, extra water will be necessary. Protecting against insects is especially important from transplanting to flowering. Get good leaf canopy going and watch for Colorado potato beetle, flea beetle, and spider mites.
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Check out the most up to date, research based fungicide recommendations for Botrytis Leaf Blight and Purple Blotch in onions:

Onion Fungicide Recommendations for BLB and PB powerpoint

Onion Fungicide Recommendations for BLB and PB handout

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Twenty-two kraut cabbage varieties were evaluated from five seed companies. Fresco and Bobcat, Kaitlin, and Hinova were used as early, main and late industry standards, respectively.  View entire variety report: 2008 Kraut Cabbage Variety Evaluation Final Report

Picture reviews by maturity class:

Early Maturing Varieties- Kraut 2008

Mid Maturing Varieties- Kraut 2008

Mid-Late Maturing Varieties- Kraut 2008

Late Maturing Varieties- Kraut 2008

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Twenty-two storage cabbage varieties were evaluated from five seed companies.  Amtrak, Huron and Rona were used as industry standards.  Two varieties from Bejo, with black rot tolerance, were entered for field observation only.  See the complete report: 2007-2008 Storage Cabbage Variety Summaries

Summary of scale diagrams: For average head size prior to storage, after common (16 weeks) and cold (refrigerated, 26 weeks) storage, presented in order of approxmiate maturity by type: Head Sizes to Scale 

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Small Green Box Types

Green Amtrak Types

Red Types