Lists 1-27 Combined
Edited by Carlos F. Quiros
Department of Vegetable Crops
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
Baja (PYC 66-D-2) – Breeder and vendor: Pybas Vegetable Seed Co. Parentage: UC-1. Characteristics: especially suited for the midwestern U.S. processing industry; tall, vigorous, exceptionally dark-green; relatively easy bolting. Resistance: excellent to fusarium yellows. Adaptation: Michigan, Wisconsin, Mid-western U.S. 1998.
Bishop (CRY 002) – Breeder and vendor: Moran Seeds. Characteristics: open pollinated, longer petioles than 52-70 types; compact hearts with dark green color; petioles are capped more than typical 52-70 types; dark green color extends well into basal region. Resistance: tolerance to fusarium yellows. Similar: Tall Utah 52-70 R. Adaptation: California coastal valleys. 1982.
Calmario (NCX 151) – Breeder and vendor: Niagara Chemical Division, FMC. Parentage: Florida 683 x Utah 52-70R. Characteristics: productive, green type with heavy petiole and high pack out of medium large petioles. Resistance: tolerance to pink root. Similar: Florida 683. Adaptation: general. Amer. Vegetable Grower, December, 1971.
Calypso – Breeder and vendor: Bejo Seeds. Parentage: open pollinated. Characteristics: smooth, compact plant, intermediate Fusarium and bolt tolerance. Adaptation: Coastal California. 2004.
Challenger (Exp 107) – Breeder and vendor: Pybas Vegetable Seed Co. Parentage: UC390. Characteristics: smooth, dark-green petioles, compact, relatively easy bolting. Resistance: fusarium yellows. Adaptation: California. 1999.
Clean Cut (H30) – Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris Co. Characteristics: open pollinated, 125 days from transplanting, ships well with excellent quality, large heavy petioles of good length: relatively few side shoots. Similar: Utah 52-70. Adaptation: northern mucklands. 1975.
Comet (RS2027) – Breeder: D. Sousa. Vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: Tall Utah type main season, western shipper type for summer and fall harvest, uniform maturity. Resistance: some tolerance to fusarium race 2. Similar: Florida 683. 1995.
Command (PYC 2531) – Breeder and Vendor: Pybas Vegetable Seed Co. Parentage: Matador; open pollinated. Characteristics: Similar to Matador though somewhat shorter with more smooth dark green petioles; slower to bolt than Matador. Resistance: Fusarium yellows. Adaptation: California coastal valleys. 2004.
Compak 2 – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Mountain View, California. Characteristics: deep, rich, green color; compact plant; good stem count; long petioles. Resistance: brown check, magnesium yellows. Similar: Tall Utah 52-70. Adaptation: general. Ferry-Morse Seed Company, 5 April 1963.
Compak I – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Mountain View, California. Characteristics: compact heads, main crop for shipping; medium width, dark green, thick, deeply cupped stems; medium long petioles. Resistance: brown check. Similar: Compak 2. Adaptation: general. Ferry-Morse Seed Company, 15 April 1963.
Conquistador – Breeder: Pybas Vegetable Seed. Characteristics: highly refined Tall Utah 52-75 selection, dark green color, smooth petioles. Resistance: good tolerance to bolting. Adaptation: West Coast. 1992.
Copernico (PS 14892) – Breeder and vendor: Seminis Vegetable Seeds-Petoseed. Parentage: open pollinated. Characteristics: taller than Ponderosa; improved quality; dark green; commercial quality. Resistance: fusarium yellows. Adaptation: California, Michigan. 1999.
Cornell 6 – Breeder: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Parentage: Golden Self Blanching x Utah. Adaptation: Cornell 19 cultivar. Characteristics: self-blanching, smooth, thick petioles, brittle, high quality. Cornell University Agric. Expt. Sta. Annual Report 1941:145, 1942.
Cornell 19 – Breeder: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Parentage: Golden Self Blanching x Utah. Characteristics: smooth, self-blanching, petioles in a little taller and not quite as thick as Cornell 6, brittle and of high quality. Resistance: fusarium Yellows. Similar: Cornell 6 cultivar. Cornell University Agric. Expt. Sta. Annual Report 1941:145, 1942.
Cornell 6.19 – Breeder: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Parentage: Cornell 6 x Cornell 19. Characteristics: petiole thickness of Cornell 6, length of Cornell 19; less brittle and slightly better heart than either parent. Resistance: fusarium yellows. Similar: Cornell 19. Adaptation: northeastern United States. 1953.
Deacon (CRY 001) – Breeder and vendor: Moran Seeds. Characteristics: open pollinated, taller than 52-70 types, compact hearts, and thick, smooth, round ribs; petioles are very dark green all the way to the base. Resistance: tolerance to fusarium yellows. Similar: Tall Utah 52-70. Adaptation: California coastal valleys. 1982.
Delmar (XP 304) – Breeder: H. Reif. Vendor: Asgrow Seed Company, New Haven, Connecticut. Characteristics: about 1 week earlier than Utah 52-70. Resistance: high to pithiness, tolerance to bolting. Similar: Utah 52-70. Adaptation: California coastal area. 1961.
Discovery F1 (PCH6848) – Breeder and Vendor: Pybas Vege-table Seed Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid similar to Command with smooth medium green petioles. Resistance: Fusarium yellows. Adaptation: California coastal valleys. 2006.
Dutchess (PYC 9112) – Breeder and Vendor: Pybas Vegetable Seed Co. Parentage: open pollinated. Characteristics: improved XP 85 type, best suited for celery processing in the Midwestern United States. Resistance: Fusarium yellows. Adaptation: Michigan, Wisconsin. 2002.
Emerson Pascal – Breeder: Cornell University and Everglades and Central Florida Expt. Sta., Ithaca, New York, and Belle Glade, and Sanford, Florida, respectively. Parentage: Danish (White Plume) x Golden Self Blanching x Cornell 19 x Cornell 6. Characteristics: green type, deeply cut leaves, smooth, thick petioles, brittle and high in quality; poor heart development. Resistance: moderate to cercospora and septoria blights. Similar: Summer Pascal. Farm. Research 18(1):11. 1952.
Fiesta (Exp130) – Breeder and vendor: Pybas Vegetable Seed Co. Parentage: Summit. Characteristics: long, dark green, moderately smooth petioles; moderate level of bolting tolerance; heavy yielding in Fusarium-free soils. Adaptation: California coastal valleys. 1999.
Floribelle M9 – Breeder: E. Wolf. Vendor: University of Florida. Characteristics: intermediate growth habit between Crystal Jumbo and Utah types, midseason cultivar, 92-99 day maturity after transplant; petioles and leaves moderate glossy and green, susceptible to blackheart. Resistance: early and bacterial blight. 1991.
Florida 683 (EES 683) – Breeder: Florida Everglades Expt. Sta., Belle Glade. Parentage: selection from Utah 52.70. Characteristics: cylindrical compact plants with excellent heart formation, highly productive. Resistance: node crack and boron deficiencies. Similar: Utah 52-70, but darker green. Adaptation: fall and winter crops in the Florida Everglades. Florida Circ. S156. 1964.
Florida Slobolt M68 – Breeder: E. Wolf. Vendor: University of Florida. Characteristics: medium green Utah type. Resistance: bolting in Everglades. Adaptation: Florida production in April, early May. 1993.
Florigreen (XP 74) – Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co. Characteristics: open pollinated, attractive uniform, vigorous green-stalked cultivar developed to provide a distinct petiole type for fancy grade pack. Resistance: tolerance to brown spot, western celery mosaic, brown check. Similar: Florida 683. Adaptation: wide. 1976.
Florimart (391-19C) – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Mountain View, California. Characteristics: tall, cylindrical plant, relatively slow bolting. Resistance: cercospora. Similar: Summer Pascal. Adaptation: Florida. Ferry-Morse Seed Company, 19 August 1963.
FM Green E5A (E5A) – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Mountain View, California. Characteristics: tall, compact plant, stems medium thick and medium wide; stem color medium green. Similar: Tall Utah 52-70. Adaptation: general. Ferry-Morse Seed Company, 15 April 1963.
FM-D5 (D5) – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Mountain View, California. Characteristics: stems are medium wide, very thick, deeply cupped, smooth and waxy, dark green; petioles long; plant habit slightly open. Resistance: brown check, magnesium yellows. Similar: Tall Summer Pascal. Adaptation: general. Ferry-Morse Seed Company, 15 April 1963.
Fuerte (PYC66) – Breeder and vendor: Pybas Vegetable Seed Co. Parentage: UC-1. Characteristics: a shorter, dark-green fresh market type, with unusually uniform petioles in length, compact and medium smoothness; moderately slow resistance. Resistance: excellent to fusarium yellows. Adaptation: Michigan, Wisconsin, Midwestern U.S. 1999.
Glademaster (X 136) – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Co. Characteristics: compact, slightly darker green than 52-70; very uniform. Resistance: feather leaves. Adaptation: Florida. 1968.
Golden Plume 4162 – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Mountain View, California. Parentage: selection from Golden Plume. Characteristics: hardy for a Golden type but possibly too dwarf. Similar: Golden Plume. Adaptation: eastern United States. 1938.
Golden Spartan (68-51) – Breeder: Michigan Agric. Expt. Sta., East Lansing. Vendor: Keystone Seed Co. Parentage: Early Fortune x Emerson Pascal. Characteristics: nonbolting, yellow, round and thick petioles with few fibers. Resistance: bolting. Similar: Cornell 19. Michigan Agric. Expt. Sta. Research Report. 1973.
Grande (60-13-68A) – Breeder and vendor: Keystone Seed Co. Parentage: selection out of Tall Utah 50-70 R. Characteristics: open pollinated. Resistance: fusarium oxysporum appii, boron deficiency. Similar: Tall Utah 52-70 R strain. Adaptation: California coast. 1981.
Green Bay (XP-166) – Breeder and vendor: Pybas Vegetable Seed Co. Parentage: UC1. Characteristics: tall, dark green plant, suitable for mid season processing and for early and late fresh market; compact bunch, upright, petioles moderately smooth. Resistance: fusarium yellows race 2, suckering; moderate for bolting. Adaptation: Michigan, Wisconsin, midwestern U.S. 1997.
Green Giant – Vendor: American Takii. Characteristics: hybrid, early harvest, medium tall, upright, medium green color, petioles of moderate length and width.
Green Light – Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris Company, Rochester, New York. Characteristics: numerous, long petioles and blocky at base of stalk. Similar: 52-70. Adaptation: northern United States. Harris catalog, 1956.
Green Light Tall Strain – Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris and Co. Parentage: selection from Green Light. Characteristics: tall erect with many medium sized petioles, bolts easily under early spring or cool planting. Similar: Green Light. Adaptation: northeast and east coast of the United States. Harris Catalog, 1958.
Hercules (FM 1218) – Breeder: L. Gautney. Vendor: Ferry-Morse. Characteristics: good uniformity and petiole length, earlier than Tall Utah 52-75 and has a darker green, longer and wider petioles. Similar: Deacon. 1989.
Holiday – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Mountain View, California. Parentage: Summer Pascal x Red. Characteristics: stems good quality, tinted pink to red, stronger flavor. Adaptation: wide. Ferry-Morse Seed Company list. 1961.
Matador – Vendor: Pybas Vegetable Seed. Characteristics: Tall Utah type, smooth petioles, moderate bolting, medium green color, good replacement for T.U. 52-70R. Resistance: fusarium yellows race 2. 1990.
Michigan State Green Gold – Breeder: Michigan State College, East Lansing. Vendor: Grand Rapids Growers. Parentage: Michigan Golden x Fordhook. Characteristics: light green, erect, taller and less brittle than Pascal types, quick blanching, tall, erect habit favors blight escaping. Resistance: fusarium yellows. Michigan Quart. Bul. February. 1951.
Mission (PYC 2510) – Breeder and Vendor: Pybas Vegetable Seed Co. Parentage: open pollinated. Characteristics: like Napoleon, but slightly taller, with more dark green smooth petioles. Tolerant to bolting. Resistance: Fusarium yellows. Adaptation: California coastal valleys. 2004.
Pacifica (PSP 003) – Breeder: B. Briggs. Vendor: Pacific. Characteristics: processor type, very dark green petiole, very good flavor very few secondary petioles, 18″ stalks, good for dehydrating. Similar: Camlynn celery. 1990.
Pascal 259-19 – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Detroit. Parentage: single plant selection from Summer Pascal. Characteristics: ribs 9-10″ long, smooth, rounded; good rib count; dark green, taller plants than Summer Pascal, larger sizes. Similar: Summer Pascal. Adaptation: wide. Ferry-Morse Seed Company Des. List, 1956. 1954.
Pascal 284 – Breeder: Colorado Agric. Expt. Sta., Fort Collins, Colo. Parentage: Weirlich Short Pascal x Apels tall strain. Characteristics: tall, vigorous, uniform, large crown, dark green, fair storage type. Resistance: fusarium yellows. Similar: Giant Pascal. Adaptation: Northern Colorado. Farm Bul. 3(3). 1945.
Peto 285 – Vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: Tall Utah type, good stalk length, thickness and petiole nesting, recommended for upper Midwest and Northwest. Resistance: tolerant to fusarium race 2. 1993.
Picador – Vendor: Pybas Vegetable Seed. Characteristics: Tall Utah type, long, semi-smooth, petioles, dark green color; good cultivar for processing industry. Resistance: fusarium yellows race 2, moderate bolting. 1988.
Ponderosa (PSX 10490) – Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: medium dark green summer Tall Utah type celery, medium height, some ribbiness. Resistance: fusarium wilt races 1, 2. Similar: Tall Utah 52-70R Improved. 1993.
Promise – Breeder: C. Quiros. Vendor: University of California Davis. Characteristics: Tall Utah type, moderate green and smooth petioles, moderate bolting. Resistance: fusarium yellows race 2. 1995.
Rocket (RS7124) – Vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: smooth petioles, uniform length, good color, high yield potential in California. Resistance: good tolerance to fusarium yellows race 2.
Sabroso (PYC66-D-2) – Breeder and vendor: Pybas Vegetable Seed Co. Parentage: UC1. Characteristics: suited for celery processing, excellent girth and weight, moderate bolting resistance. Resistance: high to fusarium yellows race 2. Adaptation: Michigan, Wisconsin, midwestern U.S. 1998.
Slow Bolting Green 12 – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Mountain View, California. Parentage: Non Bolting Golden Plume x Utah. Characteristics: slow bolting; for out of season planting. Resistance: yellows and bolting. 1952.
Slow Bolting Green 13B – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Mountain View, California. Parentage: Non Bolting Golden Plume 2A x Utah 52-4. Characteristics: slow bolting; out of season planting; good stem length; fine color; prominently ribbed. Resistance: bolting. Adaptation: general, extensively used in California. 1952.
Slow Bolting Green 96 – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Mountain View, California. Characteristics: medium width, deeply cupped, medium green stems; petioles long, but plant not compact; withstands conditions that cause other cultivars to bolt. Resistance: brown check. Adaptation: mostly to California’s coastal areas. Ferry-Morse Seed Company, 15 April 1963.
Sonora (248-C) – Breeder and vendor: Pybas Vegetable Seed Co. Parentage: T.U.52-75. Characteristics: excellent fresh market celery; medium height, compact with smooth, dark green petioles. Resistance: high to bolting; moderate to fusarium yellows. Similar: T.U.52-75. Adaptation: California coastal valleys. 1997.
Spartan 162 – Breeder: Michigan Agric. Expt. Sta., East Lansing. Selection from Cornell 19. Characteristics: a slow bolting Pascal. Resistance: magnesium yellowing. Michigan Expt. Sta. Quart. 41:378-380. 1958.
Starlet – Breeder: Petoseed. Characteristics: Tall Utah type, long petioles, moderate bolting, medium green color; western shipper, harvest summer, fall and early winter. Resistance: fusarium yellows race 2. 1988.
Stix (PYC 6651) – Breeder and Vendor: Pybas Vegetable Seed Co. Parentage: open pollinated. Characteristics: exceptionally tall dark green celery with medium-smooth, slender petioles; especially suited to processing into shorter sticks. Resistance: Fusarium yellows. Adaptation: California coastal valleys. 2006.
Summer Pascal – Breeder: University of Massachusetts, Waltham Field Station, Waltham. Vendor: Boston Market Gardeners Association. Parentage: selected from material obtained from Gross Brothers in Carlisle, Philadelphia. Characteristics: easy bleach, full heart, smooth petioles, high yields. Adaptation: eastern United States.
Summit (E0223) – Breeder: Tambo. Vendor: Ferry-Morse. Characteristics: early, 85 day maturity after transplanting, long petioles 11-13″, medium green color, very uniform tops, plants compact. Resistance: tolerance to fusarium yellows in infested fields. Similar: Tall Utah 52-70R TMP. 1982.
Supreme Golden – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Mountain View, California. Parentage: Old Golden. Characteristics: a taller, dwarf Golden Self Blanching. Similar: Golden Detroit. Adaptation: wide. 1937.
Surepak (E0207) – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Co. Characteristics: compact, vigorous, attractive medium dark green with long, thick, ribbed, durable petioles of high quality and high marketable yield. Similar: Florida 683. Adaptation: Florida, California, Michigan, Ohio, New York, Canada.
Tall Fordhook – Breeder and vendor: Eastern States Farmers Exchange, West Springfield, Massachusetts. Parentage: cross of Houser Giant Pascal and Gross Pascal, made by Israel Gross of Camp Hill, Philadelphia. Characteristics: early maturity, smooth meaty petiole, good heart. Resistance: partial to septoria. Similar: Summer Pascal cultivar. Adaptation: upland soils, the northeastern United States. Eastern States Cooperator, January. 1940.
Tall Non Bolting Golden Plume – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Mountain View, California. Parentage: Golden Plume. Characteristics: slow bolting. Similar: Taller Golden Plume. Adaptation: wide. 1940.
Tall Utah 52-10B – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Mountain View, California. Parentage: field cross on Reg. Utah. Characteristics: large, heavy and compact hearts; thick, smooth and round ribs. Resistance: fusarium yellows. Similar: Tall Utah. Adaptation: wide. 1940.
Tall Utah 52-70R Improved – Vendor: Harris Moran. Characteristics: selection of T.U. 52-70R, moderate petiole length, dark green color, compact plant habit, western shipper.
Tendercrisp (X 236H) – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Co. Characteristics: very large, excellent petiole length, darker green, smoother and more sheen than Tall Utah 52-70. Resistance: boron and magnesium deficiencies; tolerance to western celery mosaic. Similar: FM D5. Adaptation: general, particularly in California coastal area. 1969.
Transgreen (E4212 and 3037) – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Co. Characteristics: open pollinated, wide thick petioles and excellent yield potential. Similar: Florida 683. Adaptation: California, Florida, Canada, and the midwestern United States. 1975.
Triple Eight (PS 06510888) – Breeder and vendor: Seminis Vegetable Seeds. Parentage: open pollinated. Characteristics: Tall Utah type; medium green color with slightly wider petioles; uniform height; tight shingling of inner stalks and cover; planted in spring and summer in Santa Maria and Salinas Valley, California; winter transplants in Ventura County, California. Similar: Sonora, Conquistador. Adaptation: Salinas Valley, Santa Maria and Ventura County, California. 2004.
Troubador (48-C) – Breeder and vendor: Pybas Vegetable Seed Co. Parentage: T.U.52-75. Characteristics: slightly better bolting tolerance and slightly better girth than T.U.52-75 and Sonora. Resistance: bolting. Similar: T.U.52-75 and Sonora. Adaptation: California coastal valleys. 1997.
Utah 15 – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Mountain View, California. Parentage: selection Crystal White Jumbo. Characteristics: tall, compact, dark green, smooth thick stems. Resistance: foliar discoloration and fusarium yellows. Similar: Crystal Jumbo. Adaptation: wide. 1941.
Utah 52-70 – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Mountain View, California. Parentage: Utah 52-10B. Characteristics: longer ribs than 10B and has less tendency toward foliar discoloration. Similar: Utah 52-10B. Adaptation: wide. 1953.
Utah 52-70H – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Mountain View, California. Parentage: selection from Utah 52-70. Characteristics: slightly longer ribs, less foliar discoloration and longer standing than Utah 52-70. Similar: Utah 52-70. Adaptation: wide. 1955.
Ventura (FM 1213) – Breeder: Tambo. Vendor: Ferry-Morse. Characteristics: Tall Utah type with long petioles, glossy green with very smooth ribbing. Resistance: field tolerance to fusarium. Similar: Calmario Tall Utah 52-75. 1983.
Vicar – Breeder: Harris Moran. Characteristics: longer petioles with deeper cupping than T.U. 52-70R, Improved Tendercrisp type.
Wolf-249 – Breeder: B. Scully. Vendor: University of Florida. Characteristics: midseason cultivar, 87-98 day maturity after transplant, glossy, medium green petioles, moderate ribbed. 1994.