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SEED SHOWCASE
New products for 2022 from Seedway viewed
By Kevin Hosey
Seedway Sales Representative
With thousands of commercial,
untreated and organic vegetable seed
varieties to choose from, and more than
59 years of accrued product knowledge,
each season, Seedway strives to bring
growers the latest and top-performing
products. Here's a look at several new
and promising varieties from Seedway
in 2022.
In sweet corn, Wes Houghton,
Seedway sweet corn product manager,
said there are several new varieties
available this year. Xanadu, is a new
75-day bicolor Sh2 with great seed
quality, vigor and fantastic eating
quality. It produces eight-inch ears
with a good disease package, including
common rust and northern corn leaf
blight. Skyray is a new 78-day bicolor
Sh2 bicolor shipper with easy snap,
small shank and shipping-size ear. It
produces a beautiful husk package
and strong tip fill with high resistance
to common rust and intermediate
resistance to northern corn leaf blight.
In pumpkins, Pam Guigley, Seedway
pumpkin product manager, said
Autumn Pearl is an exclusive 4-6 lb. pie,
yielding 100- to 110-count fruit. Long
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dark handle, distinctive ribbing and
dark orange color give it an appealing
look. Vines are powdery-mildew
tolerant. Two exciting new white
varieties are Honey Moon and Moon
Beam. At 8-10 lbs., both Honey Moon
and Moon Beam offer a true pumpkin
appearance and showcase a bright white
color that holds well in the field. Both
have vigorous semi-bush-type plants
that produce strong canopies that will
also help hold white color in the field.
Vines carry powdery mildew resistance.
For new blues, Mint Prince is a blue
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companion to Porcelain Princess and a
slightly smaller version of Blue Doll at
7-10 lbs. It is also great for stacking.
Chuck Elam, Seedway watermelon
product manager, said there are two
exclusive, exciting and proven varieties
for 2022. Guardsman is a medium-dark
crimson melon with bright red flesh,
producing large seedless fruit. It has a
very strong resistance to Fusarium race
1, anthracnose and powdery mildew.
It is perhaps one of the strongest
resistance products on the market. He
is also excited about Crackerjack, which
continues to show that it is in a class
by itself. It boasts a beautiful, classy,
dark crimson exterior and a deep red
interior. Growers continue to see a
large amount of 45-count melons with
some 36's on the front side. Consumers,
buyers, and shippers are asking for
Crackerjack by name because it is a
big seller on the produce floor and has
exceptional flavor.
Many of Seedway's watermelons
are also available through Seedway's
SowLogic program, which has been
increasingly popular with growers
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ALCALA
AUTUMN PEARL
CRACKERJACK
Caul i flower * 69 Days
Alcala has a tight and
complete wrap when
harvested at a smaller (12
count). Heads can get larger
but will then need to be tied.
Heads are high round and
dense. It has good heat
tolerance and widely adapted.
Pumpkin * 95 Days
Autumn Pearl makes its
introduction into the pie
pumpkin class with an all
around eye catching
appearance: sturdy handle,
distinct ribbing and dark
orange color. One to try for
100-110 count bins.
Recommended spacing is 15
to 18 square feet per plant.
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Triploid Seedless * 80 Days
Consistent yields over wide
range of growing conditions.
Very uniform fruit shape, firm
flesh and deep red interior.
Time and time again customers
rate this our best tasting
watermelon. Have your
customers ask for this variety
by name. 13-17 lbs.
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