@Richard
In response to the chart:
- Thanks
- Anyone in a warm long season climate should consider “11-13”, which is a BEF53 seedling & sibling of Susquehanna & Potomac.
It has large fruit size of superior quality & is higher yielding than Susquehanna.
The reason it was not selected for release is because it sets 3 to 4 fruits per cluster, the fruits ripen up to 5 weeks apart & it is the latest ripening of all cultivars at KSU.
Repeated fruit checking & squeezing was required to pick at the right time in Kentucky.
However, conditions should be very different in hotter long season environments.
I had considered hybridization of “11-13” with the early ripening cultivars NC-1 & selecting elongated seeds, because that is an anecdotal trait of elevated gibberellin hormone levels.
Your thoughts?