Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission
Jim Baggett and Jack Stang
OSU Dept of Horticulture
Objectives:
- Evaluate head quality, maturity time and total yield of 10 promising (based on 90-91 observations) cauliflower varieties at a wide range of planting times; relate timing of maturity to turning of curd initiation and the period between curd initiation and harvest; screen additional cauliflower varieties to identify those having head characteristics suitable for processing.