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The Doctor's Guide To Veggie Varieties Vegetable gardening is one of the most popular backyard hobbies in the United States. In coastal North Carolina such delicacies as toma toes, okra, cucumbers, yellow crook-neck squash, butterbeans, and pink-eye purple hull peas make summer eating something special. A summer meal without fresh veg etables is not right. In general, most summer vegeta bles are best planted after April 15 since historical weather data indicate late frosts are less likely to occur af ter this time (but not impossible). Killing frosts have been reported as late as the first week of May in the coastal Carolinas. A good vegetable garden requires soil that has good water drainage, full-sun, adequate fertility, a soil pH approaching 6.0, and a vegetable cultivar that is adapted to your con ditions. Soil tests through the N.C. Department of Agriculture and the Cooperative Extension Service can help you with adjusting your soil fertility and pH, but choosing the right vegetable variety can be a little more difficult. Choosing the "right" vegetable variety can be difficult. If you have had good experience with a certain vegetable variety, then I would cer tainly recommend you continue to cultivate it. However, if diseases, in sects, and nematodes plague your garden, then consider planting some of the new and improved pest-resis tant vegetable varieties. I know a man that insists on planting the tomato variety "Rut gers" and every year he complains that his tomato crop fails. Som ething, like nematodes or a fungus, is always eating up or destroying his crop. Matter of fact, scientists often use "Rutgers" tomatoes in field ex periments because they are so sus ceptible to diseases. I have suggested to him on nu merous occasions to switch to one of the disease- and nematode-resistant varieties, but he resists because one year(many years ago) he had a good crop of "Rutgers" tomatoes. Change comes harder to some than others. North Carolina State University field tests hundreds of old and new vegetable varieties each year for yield, pest tolerance (disease, in sect, ana nematode susceptibility), fertility requirements and a host of other factors. Most testing is done to help the commercial vegetable farm er select cultivars that will be most profitable so not all the selections will be suitable for the average home garden. Dr. Doug Sanders (Horticulture Department, NCSU) produces an information packet (Horticulture In formation Leaflet "Suggested Com mercial Vegetable Varieties," Janu ary, 1994) that details specific char acteristics of most North Carolina grown vegetables. This information leaflet can be reviewed at any North Carolina Cooperative Extension Of fice. 1994 Suggested Commercial Vegetable Varieties (also suitable for most home veg etable gardens!) ?ASPARAGUS: Greenwich, Jer sey Gem or Mary Washington; ?BEANS (snap): Bush-type: Atlantic, Bronco, Bush Blue Lake 47, Bush Blue Lake 274, Eagle, Goldrush, Harvester, Hi aleah. Opus, Pod Squad, Provider, Roma II, Spurt, Strike, Sunrae; Pole-type: Dade, Stringless Blue Lake, White-Seeded Kentucky Won der; ?LIMA BEANS Bush-type: Bridgeton, Early Thorogreen, Fordhook 242, Hender son Bush, Nemagreen (small-seeded but nematode-resistant); Pole-type: Carolina Sieva, King of the Garden; ?CARROTS: A&C Nantes, Camden, Danvers 126, Orlando Gold; ?SWEET CORN: Early White: Platinum Lady, Quick Silver; Mid- season White: Alpine. Cha lice, Silverado, Silverette, Snow belle, Viva; Late-season White: Camelot, Even Sweeter, Peasus, Silver Queen, Ssupersweet 8801, Frontier; Early Yellow: Champ, Maple Sweet, Senaca Horizon, Sundance, 62Y; Mid-season Yellow: Bellringer, Bodacious, Challenger, Crisp N' Sweet 711, Incredible, Landmark, Merit, Pinnacle, Supersweet 7210, Summersweet 7360, Zenith; Late-season Yellow: Excel, Se naca, Sweetie; Bicolor types: Butter & Sugar, Top Notch, Calico, Dazzle, Super sweet 8102, Ssupersweet 8502, Sweeter Bi Far, Sweet Sue, Biqueen; ?CUCUMBERS: Slicers: Centurion, Dasher II, General Lee, Guardian, Marketmore 76, Maximore 100, Poinsett 76, Revenue, Speedway, Sprint 440 S, Striker, T\irbo, Val-91-Morello; Pickling types: Calypso, Fanci pak, Napolean, Raleigh, Transamer ica; ?EGGPLANT: Classic, Epic, Little Fingers, Long Tom, Sonata, Special Hibush; ?HONEYDEW MELON: Ho neybrew, Earli -Dew; ?CANTALOUPES: Ambrosia, Athena, Burpee Hybrid, Cordele, Durango, Eastern Star, Gold Star, Primo, Summet, Supermarket, Ssuperstar, Tasty Sweet; ?OKRA: Annie Oakley, Clemsop Spineless, Emerald, Lee ?SOUTHERN PEAS: Colossus, Dixie Lee, Hercules, Mississippi Purple, Mississippi Silver, Princess Anne; ?PEPPER Bell: Capistrano, Keystone Resis tant Giant #3, Jupiter, Pip, Yolo Wonder L, Bell Captain, Bell King, Camelot, Clovis, Elisa, Ggtorbelle, Hybelle, King Arther, Marengo, Melody, Mission Bell, Mitla, Oro belle, Purple Bell, Ranger, Skipper, Ssupersweet 860, Ssupcrweet 862, Verdel; Hot: Hungarian Wax, Jalapeno M; ?PUMPKIN: Autumn Gold, Big Max, Big Tom, Howden, Connect icut Field, Wizard, Ghost-Rider, Jack-Be-Little, Jackpot, Mammoth Gold, Munchkin, ProGold 500, ProGold 510, Small Sugar, Spookie; ?SQUASH Summer: Dixie, Elite, Goldbar, Lemondrop L, Medallion, Multipik, Seneca Prolific, Sunbar, Superpik, Supersett; Winter: Buttercup, Butternut, Gold Nugget, Puritan, Table Queen, Tay Belle, Vegetable Spaghetti; ?SWEET POTATOES: Beaure gard, Cordner, Goldstar, Hernandez, Jewel; ?TOMATOES Fresh: Colonial, Duke, Flora Dade, Mountain Delight, Mountain Gold, Mountain Pride, Mountain Spring, Monte Verde, Pik-Red, Polar Set, Summit, Sunbeam, Sunny, Sunrise; Cherry Types: Castlette, Cherry Grande, Mountain Belle, Red Cher ry; Canning: Heinz 722, Peto 882, Wolfpack 1. Wolfpack 2; ?WATERMELONS: Open-pollinated types: Charles ton Gray, Jubilee, Crimson Sweet; Hybrid types: Early Jubilee, Fiesta, Jubilation, Mirage, Regency, Royal Jubilee, Royal Majesty, Royal Star, Royal Sweet, Sangria, Star brite; Ice Box types: Mickylee, Mini lee, Sugar Baby, Tiger Baby; Send your gardening questions or comments to the Plant Doctor, P.O. Box 109, Bolivia NC 28422. Auditions Set For Two Cape Fear Shakespeare Productions Cape Fear Shakespeare will hold open auditions on Monday and Tuesday, April 18 and 19 for sum mer productions of "Romeo and Juliet" and "The Tempest." Auditions begin at 7 p.m. in the main studio of the Community Arts Center. "Romeo and Juliet will be per formed at the DeRossett House, Second and Dock Street, June 3 and 4 and again June 17 and 18. The production will be directed by DeFoy Glen of Charlotte's GM Theatre. "The Tempest" will be staged at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater June 10 and 11 and June 24 and 25. It will be directed by Daniel Morris of Wilmington. Cape Fear Shakespeare is a non profit production group co-spon sored by the City of Wilmington, the Arts Council of the Lower Cape Fear and private patron donations. Admission to all performances will be free, and curtain time is 8 p.m. The classic productions contain roles for males and females of all ages. A prepared 90-second audition piece is recommended but not re quired, according to a news release. For more information, call Cape Fear Shakespeare at (910) 251-9457. JL AAAAAAA A A A A A A A A A i s-r-:> Brunswick Little Theatre Presents Kis Friday, April 15th Saturday, April 16th 8 p.m. Odell Williamson Auditorium Brunswick Community College, Supply Tickets $10.00 Senior Citizens & Students $8.00 Ticket Information: 457-6790 ? 278-4212 Tickets available at: Southport/Oak Island Chamber of Commerce South Brunswick Islands Chamber of Commerce-Shallotte B.C.C. 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