Spring (Stage 3) Pickling Cucumber Trial – 2003

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Todd C. Wehner
Professor

Tammy L. Ellington
Agric. Res. Tech. III


Department of Horticultural Science
North Carolina State University
            Raleigh, NC 27695-7609


Spring (Stage 3) Pickling Cucumber Trial
2003
Todd C. Wehner and Tammy L. Ellington

Experiment Design
1.   A randomized complete block with 3 replications of pickle cultivars
     and breeding lines (collectively referred to as cultigens) was grown.
2.   Plots were single 20 ft. rows with 5 ft. alleys at each end.
3.   Rows were on raised 18" beds spaced 60" apart (center to center).
4.   Fertilizer consisted of 80-80-80 lb/A (N-P-K) broadcast preplant and
     30-0-0 lb/A (N-P-K) sideplaced at the 2 to 4 leaf stage.
5.   Curbit was applied preemergence at the rate of 1 lb. a.i./A.
6.   The trial was planted 24 April, and harvested 6 times
     (Mondays and Thursdays) between 16 June and 3 July.

Data Collection
1.   Firmness was measured on 3 Grade 3 fruits using a Magness-Taylor tester
     with a 5/16" tip.
2.   Length/Diameter ratio was calculated by measuring 5 Grade 2 fruits.
3.   Quality ratings were from 1 to 9, with 1 = worst, 9 = best.
4.   Disease ratings were from 0 to 9, with 0 = no disease, 1-2 = trace,
     3-4 = slight, 5-6 = moderate, 7-8 = severe, 9 = plant dead.
Results
The following cultigens performed well, and could be advanced
to the next stage:
01   SRQP-3146                       SunSeeds     
02   Raleigh                         NCState Univ
03   Johnston                        NCState Univ
04   SRQP-2982                       SunSeeds     
05   HMX-1477                        Harris Moran 
06   HMX-2478                        Harris Moran 
07   SRQP-2860                       SunSeeds     
08   G5xNC-57                        NCState Univ
09   NC-Lexington (NC-66x69)         NCState Univ
10   NC-Davie (NC-54x55)             NCState Univ
11   NC-Moriah (NC-71x73)            NCState Univ

Table 6.  Stage 3 spring pickle trial - yield data (cultigens are ranked
by fruit value).
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                                                 Fruit grade distribution  Plants
      Cultivar          Seed        Value Weight       (% by weight)        per A
Rank   or line         source        ($)   (cwt) Cull  No.1 No.2 No.3 No.4 (x1000)
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  1   SRQP-2982       SunSeeds       1868    346   22    3   17   49    8   26
  2   G4xNC-53        02GH1621x1624  1811    329   18    4    9   61    8   25
  3   SRQP-3146       SunSeeds       1734    291   18    5   17   54    6   26
  4   SRQP-2860       SunSeeds       1679    298   26    6   16   49    4   26
  5   H-19            Seminis        1629    206   11   11   41   32    6   26
  6   Johnston        NCState Univ.  1609    258   18    6   17   55    5   21
  7   G4xNC-52        02GH1620x1623  1585    269   22    6   15   53    4   25
  8   HMX-2478        Harris Moran   1578    272   18    3   14   60    5   26
  9   G5xNC-57        02GH1628x1631  1557    257   22    6   18   50    4   22
 10   G5xNC-54        02GH938x852    1556    256   19    8   18   47    9   15
 11   Longhrst68x69   02GH1609x1610  1553    195   13   11   37   38    1   26
 12   HMX-1477        Harris Moran   1551    254   13    4   14   63    6   26
 13   Raleigh         NCState Univ.  1532    263   15    5   11   61    8   15
 14   G4xNC-56        02GH1622x1625  1507    297   23    3   13   52    9   26
 15   SRQP-2752       SunSeeds       1468    242   19    6   17   55    4   26
 16   Lexingtn66x69   02GH1607x1610  1439    224   11    7   27   37   17   19
 17   SVR4506143      Seminis        1438    274   26    2   11   58    2   26
 18   G5xNC-55        02GH1627x1630  1432    250   21    5   19   48    8   23
 19   HMX-2479        Harris Moran   1421    255   14    3   12   60   12   26
 20   Linda(67x69)    02GH1608x161   1405    163   12   17   37   30    3   21
 21   Calypso         NCState Univ.  1404    253   19    5   11   54   11   24
 22   G4xNC-57        02GH932x941    1373    263   21    3   12   56    8   24
 23   Napoleon        SunSeeds       1334    223   13    3   17   58    8   20
 24   M 21            NCState Univ.  1290    210   21    6   17   54    2   26
 25   G5xNC-52        02GH1626x1629  1283    215   18    7   15   51    9   13
 26   Duplin(56x57)   02GH1618x1619  1267    221   20    4   19   51    6   25
 27   Merritt(70x72   02GH1582x1583  1241    244   33    5   12   47    2   26
 28   Davie(54x55)    02GH1616x1617  1199    220   17    4   17   50   13   21
 29   Moriah(71x73)   02GH1584x1585  1134    202   30    6   19   41    4   26
 30   Wis.SMR 18      Univ. Wis.      988    204   32    4   11   45    7   25
 31   LexingtonPrth   02GH1607x1610   710     98    8   10   30   41   11   18
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      LSD (5%)                        418     63    8    4    6   10    7    4
      Mean                           1438    244   19    6   18   50    7   23
      CV (%)                           18     16   25   44   22   12   60   11
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Correlation (Fruit value with fruit weight) = 0.80**

Table 7.  Stage 3 spring pickle trial - earliness data (cultigens are ranked
by fruit value in harvests 1 and 2).
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                                        Cumulative fruit value and % of
                                     total valuez (6 harvests) for harvest:
     Cultivar         Seed          1        1-2       1-3       1-4       1-5_
Rank  or line        source      $/A  %    $/A  %    $/A  %    $/A  %    $/A  %
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 1 G4xNC-53       02GH1621x1624  976  53 1125  61  1493  82  1683  93  1769  97
 2 HMX-1477       Harris Moran   839  54  923  59  1300  84  1428  92  1479  95
 3 HMX-2478       Harris Moran   832  53  895  57  1339  85  1430  91  1509  96
 4 SRQP-3146      SunSeeds       747  43  877  50  1365  78  1508  86  1639  94
 5 Raleigh        NCState Univ.  738  48  874  57  1184  77  1248  82  1422  93
 6 SVR4506143     Seminis        798  56  852  59  1222  85  1351  94  1405  98
 7 G4xNC-56       02GH1622x1625  740  50  827  56  1219  81  1376  92  1456  97
 8 Johnston       NCState Univ.  694  43  811  51  1238  77  1348  84  1521  95
 9 G4xNC-52       02GH1620x1623  714  46  801  52  1214  79  1323  85  1480  94
10 SRQP-2860      SunSeeds       647  39  780  46  1230  73  1403  84  1588  95
11 SRQP-2752      SunSeeds       663  45  769  52  1081  74  1209  82  1372  93
12 HMX-2479       Harris Moran   672  47  763  54  1081  76  1233  87  1338  94
13 G5xNC-55       02GH1627x1630  638  45  736  52  1150  81  1267  88  1341  94
14 SRQP-2982      SunSeeds       659  36  719  39  1288  69  1454  79  1768  95
15 G4xNC-57       02GH932x941    619  45  685  50  1073  78  1219  89  1308  96
16 G5xNC-57       02GH1628x1631  581  38  676  44  1144  74  1361  88  1462  94
17 Napoleon       SunSeeds       528  39  629  47   989  74  1114  83  1259  94
18 Calypso        NCState Univ.  540  39  626  45  1040  74  1187  85  1299  92
19 M 21           NCState Univ.  547  42  626  48   920  71  1053  82  1175  91
20 G5xNC-54       02GH938x852    393  25  612  39  1017  66  1197  77  1467  94
21 Longhrst68x69  02GH1609x1610  384  25  604  39  1082  70  1305  84  1460  94
22 G5xNC-52       02GH1626x1629  494  38  595  46   934  72  1075  84  1198  93
23 Merritt(70x72  02GH1582x1583  512  41  590  48   972  79  1063  86  1175  95
24 Duplin(56x57)  02GH1618x1619  440  35  563  45   912  72  1068  85  1199  95
25 Moriah(71x73)  02GH1584x1585  410  36  510  45   861  75   993  87  1076  94
26 Davie(54x55)   02GH1616x1617  388  32  504  42   817  68   998  84  1143  95
27 H-19           Seminis        315  19  493  30   898  56  1111  69  1459  90
28 Linda(67x69)   02GH1608x161   298  21  487  34   831  59  1092  77  1328  95
29 Lexingtn66x69  02GH1607x1610  342  24  446  32   768  54  1088  76  1333  92
30 Wis.SMR 18     Univ. Wis.     312  30  389  38   690  69   793  79   886  89
31 LexingtonPrth  02GH1607x1610  108  14  150  20   207  29   308  43   564  80
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   LSD (5%)                      182   9  203  10   305   9   340   9   401   5
   Mean                          567  39  675  46  1050  72  1203  83  1351  94
   CV (%)                         20  13   18  13    18   7    17   6    18   3
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Correlation (Fruit value with value in harvests 1 and 2) = 0.74**

Table 8.  Stage 3 spring pickle trial - fruit quality data (cultigens are
ranked by average quality).
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                                                                        Overall
        Cultivar            Seed        Average                   Seed-  impres-
Rank    or line            source       qualityz   Shapez  Colory  cellz  sionz
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    1   Raleigh          NCState Univ.    7.4        8       7      6      8
    2   Lexingtn66x69    02GH1607x1610    7.3        8       7      7      8
    3   LexingtonPrth    02GH1607x1610    7.1        8       4      8      5
    4   Davie(54x55)     02GH1616x1617    7.1        8       6      5      8
    5   Napoleon         SunSeeds         7.1        8       9      6      7
    6   H-19             Seminis          7.1        7       6      7      7
    7   G5xNC-54         02GH938x852      7.0        8       6      5      8
    8   Linda(67x69)     02GH1608x161     7.0        7       8      7      7
    9   M 21             NCState Univ.    7.0        7       7      7      7
   10   Johnston         NCState Univ.    6.9        7       7      7      7
   11   Longhrst68x69    02GH1609x1610    6.8        7       7      8      6
   12   SRQP-3146        SunSeeds         6.7        7       7      7      6
   13   Calypso          NCState Univ.    6.7        7       5      6      7
   14   Moriah(71x73)    02GH1584x1585    6.3        6       8      7      7
   15   Duplin(56x57)    02GH1618x1619    6.2        7       7      5      7
   16   Merritt(70x72    02GH1582x1583    6.2        6       7      5      7
   17   SRQP-2860        SunSeeds         6.2        7       7      6      6
   18   G5xNC-55         02GH1627x1630    6.2        6       8      6      6
   19   SRQP-2982        SunSeeds         6.0        7       8      5      6
   20   SRQP-2752        SunSeeds         6.0        7       6      5      6
   21   G5xNC-57         02GH1628x1631    6.0        7       8      5      6
   22   HMX-2479         Harris Moran     5.8        6       7      5      6
   23   Wis.SMR 18       Univ. Wis.       5.7        7       4      5      5
   24   HMX-2478         Harris Moran     5.7        7       7      4      6
   25   HMX-1477         Harris Moran     5.7        6       7      5      6
   26   G5xNC-52         02GH1626x1629    5.7        6       7      5      6
   27   SVR4506143       Seminis          5.6        6       6      6      5
   28   G4xNC-53         02GH1621x1624    5.4        6       8      4      6
   29   G4xNC-56         02GH1622x1625    5.4        5       7      5      6
   30   G4xNC-57         02GH932x941      4.8        6       7      4      5
   31   G4xNC-52         02GH1620x1623    4.6        5       6      4      5
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        LSD (5%)                          1.0        2       1      2      1
        Mean                              6.3        7       7      6      7
        CV (%)                           10.1       14      13     18     13
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z Quality rated 1 to 9 (1 = poor, 5 = average, 9 = excellent).
y Color rated 1 to 9 (1 = white, 5 = medium green, 9 = very dark green).
Correlation (Fruit value with average quality) = -0.12ns

Table 9.  Stage 3 spring pickle trial - other quality data (cultigens are
ranked by average quality).z
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     Cultivar           Seed       Firm-  L/D      Defects1°          Defects2°
Rank  or line          source      ness  ratio   2     4     6      2     4     6
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  1 LexingtonPrth   02GH1607x1610  19.0   3.2    K     P     W      W     W     A
  2 Longhrst68x69   02GH1609x1610  19.0   3.6    K     V     X      GX    X     T
  3 Lexingtn66x69   02GH1607x1610  16.7   3.3    K     G     K      V     T     G
  4 H-19            Seminis        16.0   3.3    K     V     V      X     K     A
  5 HMX-1477        Harris Moran   16.0   3.1    K     T     T      T     G     K
  6 Johnston        NCState Univ.  15.3   3.9    G     O     G      T     R     T
  7 Calypso         NCState Univ.  15.3   3.1    K     K     W      T     H     K
  8 Duplin(56x57)   02GH1618x1619  14.7   3.2    A     K     K      G     T     A
  9 SRQP-2860       SunSeeds       14.7   3.2    H     K     D      K     H     H
 10 G5xNC-57        02GH1628x1631  14.7   3.3    K     K     G      T     G     T
 11 Wis.SMR 18      Univ. Wis.     14.7   3.0    Y     T     Y      D     K     W
 12 Davie(54x55)    02GH1616x1617  14.3   3.0    K     K     K      K     K     T
 13 Linda(67x69)    02GH1608x161   14.3   3.6    K     K     V      AX    T     T
 14 HMX-2478        Harris Moran   14.3   3.1    K     H     K      T     K     W
 15 SVR4506143      Seminis        14.3   3.1    T     H     N      D     T     H
 16 G4xNC-53        02GH1621x1624  14.3   2.9    A     K     N      H     T     D
 17 G4xNC-57        02GH932x941    14.3   3.1    C     K     H      H     H     D
 18 Raleigh         NCState Univ.  13.7   3.2    K     K     M      T     K     K
 19 Merritt(70x72   02GH1582x1583  13.7   3.3    U     K     D      H     T     T
 20 SRQP-2752       SunSeeds       13.7   3.1    K     D     M      D     T     K
 21 HMX-2479        Harris Moran   13.7   3.0    G     K     K      T     T     F
 22 G4xNC-56        02GH1622x1625  13.7   2.8    K     H     T      D     T     O
 23 Napoleon        SunSeeds       13.3   3.0    K     K     K      H     K     K
 24 G5xNC-55        02GH1627x1630  13.0   3.3    T     K     T      K     T     G
 25 SRQP-2982       SunSeeds       13.0   3.3    K     H     K      D     K     G
 26 G4xNC-52        02GH1620x1623  13.0   2.7    W     H     H      H     T     N
 27 M 21            NCState Univ.  12.7   3.7    G     K     G      K     G     M
 28 Moriah(71x73)   02GH1584x1585  12.7   3.4    U     K     G      T     T     T
 29 G5xNC-52        02GH1626x1629  12.7   3.3    G     K     G      T     G     T
 30 G5xNC-54        02GH938x852    12.0   2.5    K     K     D      K     K     K
 31 SRQP-3146       SunSeeds       12.0   3.0    K     T     K      T     G     F
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    LSD (5%)                        3.3   0.5
    Mean                           14.3   3.2
    CV (%)                         14.0   9.0
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z Quality rated 1 to 9 (1 = poor, 5 = average, 9 = excellent).
Defects were rated as follows (giving primary and secondary for each harvest):
 A - wArty fruit             J – RiDGed               S - Separated carpels
 B - Blossom end defects     K - Keep(excellent)      T - Tapered ends
 C - Crooks excessive        L - Late maturity        U - Uniform green
 D - Dogbone shape           M - Mottled fruit        V - Varicolor (dark stem
 E - Early maturity          N - Nubs excessive           end, light blossom end)
 F - Four celled             O - Offtype fruit        W - White fruit
 G - lonG fruit              P - Placental hollows    X - neCKS on fruit
 H - sHort fruit             Q -                      Y - Yellow fruit
 I - strIped fruit           R - Reject (poor)        Z - diSeased fruit

Table 10.  Stage 3 spring pickle trial - fruit keeping ability data (cultigens
are ranked by % weight loss).
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                                           Weight    Rating (0 - 9)y   Firm-
         Cultivar            Seed           loss     Shriv-  Rots &    ness
Rank     or line             source         (%)z     eling   disease   (lb.)x
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   1    Longhrst68x69    02GH1609x1610       12        2        2       15
   2    M 21             NCState Univ.       13        5        4       11
   3    G5xNC-57         02GH1628x1631       13        2        1       15
   4    LexingtonPrth    02GH1607x1610       13        1        1       18
   5    Johnston         NCState Univ.       13        3        1       13
   6    Wis.SMR 18       Univ. Wis.          14        7        1       13
   7    SRQP-2860        SunSeeds            15        4        1       12
   8    Napoleon         SunSeeds            15        1        1       11
   9    HMX-2479         Harris Moran        15        4        3       14
  10    Lexingtn66x69    02GH1607x1610       15        2        1       14
  11    G5xNC-55         02GH1627x1630       15        2        3       15
  12    G5xNC-54         02GH938x852         15        4        3       13
  13    SRQP-2982        SunSeeds            16        3        2       11
  14    Raleigh          NCState Univ.       16        2        1       13
  15    HMX-2478         Harris Moran        16        5        5        8
  16    Linda(67x69)     02GH1608x161        16        3        2       17
  17    SRQP-2752        SunSeeds            16        4        2       11
  18    Merritt(70x72    02GH1582x1583       16        5        2       12
  19    G4xNC-53         02GH1621x1624       16        4        3       11
  20    G4xNC-56         02GH1622x1625       17        3        1       13
  21    G4xNC-52         02GH1620x1623       17        3        2       11
  22    H-19             Seminis             18        5        1       16
  23    Duplin(56x57)    02GH1618x1619       18        2        1       13
  24    G5xNC-52         02GH1626x1629       19        6        6       14
  25    Moriah(71x73)    02GH1584x1585       19        6        3       13
  26    G4xNC-57         02GH932x941         19        5        3       13
  27    SVR4506143       Seminis             19        4        1       13
  28    HMX-1477         Harris Moran        19        5        4       13
  29    Davie(54x55)     02GH1616x1617       20        2        2       14
  30    SRQP-3146        SunSeeds            20        3        2       10
  31    Calypso          NCState Univ.       21        5        2       14
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        LSD (5%)                              4        3        3        4
        Mean                                 16        4        2       13
        CV (%)                               14       42       74       21
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z After storage at room temperature for 8 days in open kraft paper bags.
y Shriveling & disease rated 0-9 (0=none, 1-3=slight, 4-6=moderate, 7-9=advanced).
x Firmness after storage using Magness-Taylor fruit punch tester.
Correlation (Weight loss with shriveling) = 0.23*
Correlation (Weight loss with firmness) = -0.18ns

Table 11.  Stage 3 spring pickle trial - bloater resistance data (cultigens
are ranked by bloater resistance).z
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                                              Total
          Cultivar              Seed         bloater                    Honey-
   Rank    or line             source        damage   Balloon   Lens    comb
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     1    Longhrst68x69    02GH1609x1610        0         0       0       0
     2    M 21             NCState Univ.        0         0       0       0
     3    Raleigh          NCState Univ.        3         2       2       0
     4    Calypso          NCState Univ.        3         2       2       0
     5    Napoleon         SunSeeds             4         2       1       1
     6    Duplin(56x57)    02GH1618x1619        5         5       0       0
     7    SRQP-3146        SunSeeds             5         5       0       0
     8    Wis.SMR 18       Univ. Wis.           6         2       0       3
     9    Lexingtn66x69    02GH1607x1610        6         3       0       3
    10    SRQP-2860        SunSeeds             7         4       1       2
    11    G4xNC-56         02GH1622x1625        7         5       0       2
    12    H-19             Seminis              7         6       0       2
    13    Johnston         NCState Univ.        8         5       1       2
    14    G4xNC-57         02GH932x941          8         7       1       0
    15    G4xNC-53         02GH1621x1624        8         7       0       2
    16    LexingtonPrth    02GH1607x1610        9         6       1       2
    17    SRQP-2982        SunSeeds             9         2       3       5
    18    G5xNC-55         02GH1627x1630        9         8       1       0
    19    Linda(67x69)     02GH1608x161         9         9       0       0
    20    G4xNC-52         02GH1620x1623       10         9       1       0
    21    G5xNC-57         02GH1628x1631       11         8       2       0
    22    SVR4506143       Seminis             12         7       0       5
    23    Merritt(70x72    02GH1582x1583       12         8       3       0
    24    HMX-1477         Harris Moran        12         2       3       7
    25    SRQP-2752        SunSeeds            13        10       3       0
    26    Davie(54x55)     02GH1616x1617       14        12       3       0
    27    HMX-2478         Harris Moran        17        12       3       2
    28    Moriah(71x73)    02GH1584x1585       19        15       2       2
    29    G5xNC-54         02GH938x852         19        13       6       0
    30    HMX-2479         Harris Moran        19        17       0       3
    31    G5xNC-52         02GH1626x1629       21        15       4       2
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          LSD (5%)                             11        10       4       5
          Mean                                  9         7       1       1
          CV (%)                               69        90     187     226
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z Data are means of 2 harvests, 5 fruits/cultigen.
Fruits tested in 5 gal. pails purged with 100% CO2.

Table 12.  Stage 3 spring pickle trial - bloater resistance data (cultigens
are ranked by total bloater + defect resistance).z
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                                   Bloaters   Total          Blossom Placen
       Cultivar            Seed        +     bloater  Total   -end   -tal   Soft
 Rank   or line           source    defects  damage  defects defects hollow center
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    1  M 21           NCState Univ.     0       0        0      0     0     0
    2  Longhrst68x69  02GH1609x1610     1       0        1      0     0     1
    3  Lexingtn66x69  02GH1607x1610     6       6        0      0     0     0
    4  Calypso        NCState Univ.     8       3        5      2     0     3
    5  Duplin(56x57)  02GH1618x1619     8       5        3      3     0     0
    6  Johnston       NCState Univ.     9       8        2      0     2     0
    7  Napoleon       SunSeeds         10       4        5      0     2     3
    8  H-19           Seminis          10       7        3      2     0     1
    9  LexingtonPrth  02GH1607x1610    11       9        2      2     0     0
   10  Linda(67x69)   02GH1608x161     11       9        2      2     0     0
   11  Raleigh        NCState Univ.    12       3        8      5     2     2
   12  G4xNC-53       02GH1621x1624    12       8        3      3     0     0
   13  SRQP-2860      SunSeeds         12       7        5      3     0     2
   14  G4xNC-56       02GH1622x1625    12       7        5      4     0     1
   15  SRQP-3146      SunSeeds         12       5        7      5     2     0
   16  G5xNC-55       02GH1627x1630    13       9        3      2     0     2
   17  G4xNC-57       02GH932x941      13       8        6      3     0     2
   18  Wis.SMR 18     Univ. Wis.       14       6        8      5     0     3
   19  G5xNC-57       02GH1628x1631    14      11        3      3     0     0
   20  SRQP-2982      SunSeeds         14       9        5      3     0     2
   21  Merritt(70x72  02GH1582x1583    15      12        3      0     0     3
   22  HMX-1477       Harris Moran     15      12        3      2     2     0
   23  Davie(54x55)   02GH1616x1617    16      14        2      2     0     0
   24  G4xNC-52       02GH1620x1623    16      10        6      3     0     3
   25  SRQP-2752      SunSeeds         18      13        5      5     0     0
   26  SVR4506143     Seminis          20      12        8      3     3     2
   27  G5xNC-54       02GH938x852      21      19        2      2     0     0
   28  HMX-2479       Harris Moran     21      19        2      2     0     0
   29  HMX-2478       Harris Moran     22      17        5      3     2     0
   30  Moriah(71x73)  02GH1584x1585    22      19        3      2     0     2
   31  G5xNC-52       02GH1626x1629    25      21        4      3     0     1
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       LSD (5%)                        13      11        6      5     2     3
       Mean                            13       9        4      2     0     1
       CV (%)                          61      69       98    118   320   205
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z Data are means of 2 harvests, 5 fruits/cultigen.
Fruits tested in 5 gal. pails purged with 100% CO2.

Table 13.  Stage 3 spring pickle trial - sex expression and vine data
(cultigens are ranked by gynoecious rating).
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               Cultivar            Seed           Gyn.   Vine    Vine
       Rank     or line           source        ratingz  sizey   colorx
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         1    SVR4506143       Seminis             8       8       7
         2    Calypso          NCState Univ.       8       7       7
         3    G4xNC-53         02GH1621x1624       8       7       7
         4    G5xNC-52         02GH1626x1629       8       7       7
         5    SRQP-2982        SunSeeds            8       7       8
         6    G4xNC-52         02GH1620x1623       8       7       8
         7    HMX-2478         Harris Moran        7       8       8
         8    G5xNC-55         02GH1627x1630       7       7       8
         9    G5xNC-57         02GH1628x1631       7       7       8
        10    Raleigh          NCState Univ.       7       7       7
        11    SRQP-2752        SunSeeds            7       7       8
        12    Johnston         NCState Univ.       7       7       8
        13    HMX-1477         Harris Moran        7       8       8
        14    G4xNC-56         02GH1622x1625       7       8       7
        15    G4xNC-57         02GH932x941         7       7       7
        16    SRQP-3146        SunSeeds            7       7       8
        17    G5xNC-54         02GH938x852         7       7       7
        18    SRQP-2860        SunSeeds            7       6       8
        19    Moriah(71x73)    02GH1584x1585       6       7       7
        20    HMX-2479         Harris Moran        6       8       8
        21    LexingtonPrth    02GH1607x1610       6       7       7
        22    Lexingtn66x69    02GH1607x1610       5       6       7
        23    Duplin(56x57)    02GH1618x1619       5       8       8
        24    Davie(54x55)     02GH1616x1617       5       7       7
        25    M 21             NCState Univ.       5       6       7
        26    Longhrst68x69    02GH1609x1610       5       6       6
        27    Napoleon         SunSeeds            5       6       8
        28    Merritt(70x72    02GH1582x1583       4       7       7
        29    H-19             Seminis             4       7       6
        30    Linda(67x69)     02GH1608x161        3       6       7
        31    Wis.SMR 18       Univ. Wis.          3       7       6
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              LSD (5%)                             2       1       1
              Mean                                 6       7       7
              CV (%)                              21      12      12
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z Gynoecious rating (1 = androecious, 2-3 = andromonoecious, 4-6 = monoecious,
  7-8 = predominately gynoecious, 9 = gynoecious).
y Size rated 1 to 9 (1=very small, 9=very large).
x Color rated 1 to 9 (1=yellow, 9=very dark green).
Correlation (Yield with gynoecious rating) = 0.24*
Correlation (Yield with vine size) = 0.00ns

Table 14.  Stage 3 spring pickle trial - disease data (cultigens are ranked
by anthracnose rating).z
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                Cultivar              Seed             Anthracnose
        Rank     or line             source              rating
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          1    Johnston           NCState Univ.            1.0
          2    Moriah(71x73)      02GH1584x1585            1.0
          3    Duplin(56x57)      02GH1618x1619            1.0
          4    Davie(54x55)       02GH1616x1617            1.0
          5    Longhrst68x69      02GH1609x1610            1.0
          6    G5xNC-57           02GH1628x1631            1.3
          7    G4xNC-56           02GH1622x1625            1.3
          8    HMX-2479           Harris Moran             1.3
          9    LexingtonPrth      02GH1607x1610            1.3
         10    Lexingtn66x69      02GH1607x1610            1.3
         11    H-19               Seminis                  1.3
         12    Linda(67x69)       02GH1608x161             1.3
         13    Calypso            NCState Univ.            1.7
         14    SRQP-2982          SunSeeds                 1.7
         15    G5xNC-55           02GH1627x1630            1.7
         16    HMX-1477           Harris Moran             1.7
         17    SRQP-3146          SunSeeds                 1.7
         18    G5xNC-54           02GH938x852              1.7
         19    M 21               NCState Univ.            1.7
         20    G4xNC-53           02GH1621x1624            2.0
         21    G5xNC-52           02GH1626x1629            2.0
         22    G4xNC-52           02GH1620x1623            2.0
         23    Raleigh            NCState Univ.            2.0
         24    G4xNC-57           02GH932x941              2.0
         25    HMX-2478           Harris Moran             2.3
         26    Napoleon           SunSeeds                 2.3
         27    SVR4506143         Seminis                  3.0
         28    SRQP-2752          SunSeeds                 3.0
         29    SRQP-2860          SunSeeds                 3.0
         30    Merritt(70x72      02GH1582x1583            3.0
         31    Wis.SMR 18         Univ. Wis.               5.7
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               LSD (5%)                                    1.5
               Mean                                        1.9
               CV (%)                                     47.6
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z Disease rated 0 to 9 (0=none, 1-2=trace, 3-4=slight, 5-6=moderate, 7-8=advanced,
9=plant dead).
Correlation (Yield vs. disease rating) = -0.03ns

Table 15.  Stage 3 spring pickle trial - selection indexes (cultigens ranked
by SWI1).z
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                                             Simple weighted  Average rank
            Cultivar             Seed            indexes         indexes__
    Rank     or line            source        SWI1    SWI2    ARI1    ARI2
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       1    G4xNC-53         02GH1621x1624     9.8     8.1    16.1    13.6
       2    SRQP-3146        SunSeeds          9.2     7.8    11.1    13.0
       3    Raleigh          NCState Univ.     9.0     7.7     9.6    10.9
       4    Johnston         NCState Univ.     9.0     7.6     9.9    10.3
       5    SRQP-2982        SunSeeds          8.9     7.7    15.0    15.3
       6    HMX-1477         Harris Moran      8.8     7.4    15.4    13.1
       7    HMX-2478         Harris Moran      8.7     7.3    16.4    15.2
       8    SRQP-2860        SunSeeds          8.6     7.3    15.2    15.1
       9    G4xNC-56         02GH1622x1625     8.4     7.3    16.7    14.4
      10    G5xNC-57         02GH1628x1631     8.3     7.2    16.2    15.7
      11    Longhrst68x69    02GH1609x1610     8.3     7.0    13.4    14.3
      12    G5xNC-55         02GH1627x1630     8.2     7.1    15.7    15.7
      13    HMX-2479         Harris Moran      8.2     7.1    16.7    15.0
      14    SVR4506143       Seminis           8.1     7.0    19.4    17.0
      15    G5xNC-54         02GH938x852       8.1     7.1    13.9    16.5
      16    SRQP-2752        SunSeeds          8.1     6.9    17.4    17.5
      17    G4xNC-52         02GH1620x1623     8.0     6.9    20.9    19.1
      18    H-19             Seminis           8.0     6.9    13.3    15.7
      19    Napoleon         SunSeeds          7.9     6.9    14.1    16.1
      20    Calypso          NCState Univ.     7.8     6.9    15.4    15.6
      21    M 21             NCState Univ.     7.7     6.8    15.3    16.5
      22    Linda(67x69)     02GH1608x161      7.6     6.6    14.6    17.0
      23    Lexingtn66x69    02GH1607x1610     7.6     6.8    13.3    14.8
      24    G4xNC-57         02GH932x941       7.5     6.6    21.3    18.7
      25    Duplin(56x57)    02GH1618x1619     7.4     6.7    16.9    16.0
      26    Davie(54x55)     02GH1616x1617     7.4     6.7    14.5    15.3
      27    G5xNC-52         02GH1626x1629     7.2     6.4    19.4    19.8
      28    Merritt(70x72    02GH1582x1583     7.2     6.5    19.4    18.9
      29    Moriah(71x73)    02GH1584x1585     7.1     6.4    17.5    18.0
      30    Wis.SMR 18       Univ. Wis.        5.5     5.0    24.1    23.6
      31    LexingtonPrth    02GH1607x1610     5.4     4.8    18.1    18.5
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            LSD (5%)                           1.3     0.9     5.6     4.6
            Mean                               8.0     6.9    16.0    16.0
            CV (%)                             9.7     7.7    21.5    17.5
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z SWI is simple weighted index calculated from the performance of a cultigen for
  yield; earliness; fruit shape, seedcell size and overall impression; and disease
  resistance.  The index is calculated with 2 different methods of weighting each
  trait (10 is best, 1 is worst).
ARI is the average ranking of each cultigen for yield, earliness, fruit quality
  and disease resistance.  The index is calculated with 2 different sets of
  secondary traits added in with the primary traits (1 is best).
Correlation (Yield with SWI1) = 0.90**
Correlation (Yield with ARI1) = -0.48**