Abbott & Cobb 2016 Vegetable Variety Showcase

The king of kings! Early King is productive and a great addition to our pumpkin line. This hybrid is very large in size weighing approximately 22 to 28 pounds. It has a great deep-orange color, paired with an excellent handle. Maturing early at 90 days, it has nice distinct ribs, a full vine, and has intermediate resistance to powdery mildew.

Garfield is as iconic as its name. It is a hybrid bell pepper with a very attractive orange fruit color, a nice blocky shape, large fruit size, and high resistance to TMV. This is a striking and unique addition for any pepper program.

Outshining the competition, bright white sweet corn glACial has incredible white kernels that maintain their white color beyond full maturity. This dual-purpose variety is great for both processing and fresh market, with big ears, reaching 8 inches in length and with excellent tip fill. It is a high-quality sh2 variety maturing in 76 days with incredible eating quality — a great main-season white.

honey pACk is the yellow version of the popular commercial variety, snACk pACk. It has ample husk protection and good flags. This sh2 variety has an excellent disease package: high resistance Ps/Rp1D; intermediate Et, and has incredible high quality. It is a main-season variety, maturing in about 79 days.

A very popular bicolor, snACk pACk, has incredible eating quality with each kernel jam-packed with great sweet flavor! This sh2 matures in 78 days and is a full season variety, complete with good husk cover and plentiful dark flags. It is ideal for fresh market; with intermediate resistance Ps/Rp1D, Et/Ht1.

SS AChieve, a SSW® genotype, has excellent germ, sturdiness, aggressive vigor, and disease resistance. It also has SRG® aesthetic benefits — attractive darker green plants and husk packages as well as shinier and thicker leaves, making it ideal for fresh market.

This bicolor has SSW^® attributes such as enhanced seed quality, germination, and vigor, as well as extended shelf life. SRG^® benefits include darker green plants and husks, straight rows, and excellent tip fill — making it ideal for fresh market. It’s a late-season variety and has an excellent disease package.

SS Early Riser has great early maturity, 68 days, in addition to SSW® benefits such as superb sweet taste, stronger emergence, stronger stalk and root systems, higher yield potential, and greater vigor. It has intermediate resistance to NCLB and is a great fresh market variety.

Tacana is a large, attractive, medium-green hybrid jalapeño. Naturally bred with many superior attributes such as tolerance to BLS 1-3, TMV, and PVY, resistance to cracking, as well as a smooth texture, makes this variety quite an excellent selection.