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Vegetable Crops Extension Publication
June
2004
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Vegetable Crops Extension Publication
June
2004
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Florida's Biggest
Vegetables - Tomato
REcord Broken after
14 Years!
A 14-year record for largest tomato has been broken by Mr. Walter Ross of Farmhouse Tomato in Lake Worth, Florida. He grew a 3 lb-3 oz 'Brandywine Red' variety and harvested it on May 16, 2004. It was grown hydroponically in Suwannee county and measured a 21 in circumference.
Although retired, Jim Stephens still keeps up with Florida’s biggest vegetables as one of his Emeritus Professor duties. The system he employs still requires the assistance of Extension agents in each county following guidelines established in1989. Prior to that year, no one kept records of big vegetables grown in Florida. Palm Beach County holds the most Florida records with 10 out of the 53 kept. The runner-up is Suwannee County, holder of nine records. The following is a list of the current record-size big vegetables (through June, 2004).
|
Florida
Record-size
Vegetables |
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|
Vegetable |
Variety |
Size |
County |
Grower |
Date |
Phone |
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Bean, Lima |
Pole |
9 1/2 inches |
St. Lucie |
Walter |
04\12\95 |
407-335-7476 |
|
Beet |
Detroit Red |
8 lb. 1 oz. |
Duval |
Lewis |
05\30\98 |
904-725-1177 |
|
Boniata |
- |
12 lb. 10 oz. |
Seminole |
Phillips |
03\05\91 |
904-297-9251 |
|
Broccoli |
- |
5 lb. 4 oz. |
Suwannee |
Graham |
06\06\93 |
904-658-1110 |
|
Cabbage |
Early Round Dutch |
20 lb. 9 oz. |
St. Johns |
Worley |
05\28\97 |
904-829-8418 |
|
Cantaloupe |
unknown |
35 lbs 3 oz |
Canniff |
Manatee |
06\19\03 |
941-761-7484 |
|
Carrot |
Chantenay |
3 lb. 1 oz. |
Pinellas |
Nehls |
04\16\93 |
813-784-5305 |
|
Cassava |
unknown |
15 lb. 4 oz. |
Palm Beach |
Ozaki |
1/23/04 |
561-391-4112 |
|
Cauliflower |
- |
15 lb. 6 oz. |
Alachua |
Severino |
02\19\92 |
904-373-7563 |
|
Chicory |
Magdeburg |
1 lb. 3 oz. |
Alachua |
Lazin |
02\13\86 |
904-392-1928 |
|
Collard |
Georgia |
13 ft. 3 in. |
Leon |
Kelso |
08\26\93 |
904-385-3869 |
|
Corn, sweet |
Skyscraper |
3 lbs |
Suwannee |
Graham |
6/21/00 |
904-658-1110 |
|
Cucumber (wt) |
Burpless |
4 lb. 7 oz. |
Suwannee |
Graham |
06\29\92 |
904-658-1110 |
|
Cucumber (length) |
Burpless |
27 in. |
Suwannee |
Graham |
06\29\92 |
904-658-1110 |
|
Cucumber Armenian |
Japanese |
30 in. |
Escambia |
Harrison |
08\01\96 |
904-477-0953 |
|
Eggplant |
Black Beauty |
4 lb. 8 oz. |
Palm Beach |
LaIuppa |
01\17\92 |
407-798-0153 |
|
Garlic |
Elephant |
1 lb. 8 oz. |
St. Johns |
Hester |
05\20\93 |
904-287-5874 |
|
Gourd |
Field’s Common |
55 lbs. |
Suwannee |
Graham |
08\08\95 |
904-658-1110 |
|
Gourd, cucuzzi |
- |
61.5" |
Hernando |
Pizzino |
07\18\94 |
- |
|
Honeydew |
Tam-dew |
11 lbs. 2 oz. |
Escambia |
Harrison |
08\04\96 |
904-477-0953 |
|
Jicama |
- |
21 lb. 8 oz. |
Palm Beach |
Oppe |
01\26\93 |
407-233-1749 |
|
Kohlrabi |
- |
19 lb. 8 oz. |
Duval |
Faustini |
06\05\93 |
904-744-5445 |
|
Lettuce |
Grand Rapids |
58 oz. |
Suwannee |
Graham |
05\06\97 |
904-362-2771 |
|
Malanga |
unknown |
29 lb. 15 oz. |
Palm Beach |
Ozaki |
01\12\96 |
407-793-7767 |
|
Melon, winter |
- |
80 lbs. 13 oz. |
Palm Beach |
Yee |
01\17\97 |
407-793-7767 |
|
Mustard |
India - Fla. Broadleaf |
20 lbs. 4 oz. |
Palm Beach |
Torcivia |
1/23/04½ |
561-744-5984 |
|
Okra, pod (wt) |
- |
8 oz. |
Suwannee |
Graham |
06\28\93 |
904-658-1110 |
|
Okra, pod (length) |
- |
22 1/4 in. |
Suwannee |
Graham |
06\28\93 |
904-658-1110 |
|
Okra, stalk |
La. Green Velvet |
19' 10½" |
Flagler |
Mikulka |
10\27\94 |
904-498-7652 |
|
Onion |
Grano |
3 lb. 11 oz. |
Manatee |
Geraldson |
08\07\90 |
813-792-9514 |
|
Pepper |
X3R Wizard |
1 lb. 3.84 oz. |
Palm Beach |
Hyatt |
04\12\02 |
863-692-1602 |
|
Potato, irish |
Frito #92 |
2 lb. 13 oz. |
St. Johns |
Kight |
05\23\89 |
904-824-4564 |
|
Potato, sweet |
- |
34 lb. 14 oz. |
Manatee |
Henderson |
01\19\01 |
941-729-1228 |
|
Pumpkin |
Atlantic Giant |
610 lb. |
Manatee |
Canniff |
06\08\01 |
941-756-9800 |
|
Radish, S. |
Red Summer |
3 lb. 12 oz. |
Palm Beach |
Vanderlaan |
01\31\90 |
904-965-5093 |
|
Radish, W. |
- |
25 lb. |
Hillsborough |
Breslow |
1977 |
- |
|
Radish, W. |
Daikon |
23 lb. 5 oz. |
Alachua |
Neilson |
03\28\92 |
904-472-2340 |
|
Rutabaga |
- |
22 lbs. |
Lake |
Salter |
11\19\93 |
904-343-2623 |
|
Squash, calabaza |
LaPrima |
36 lbs. 8 oz. |
Seminole |
Chitty |
08\16\91 |
407-365-5259 |
|
Squash, hub. |
- |
131 lb. 12 oz. |
Santa Rosa |
Bynum |
10\26\94 |
904-675-6108 |
|
Squash, banana |
- |
47 lb. |
Putnam |
Bryant |
07\12\96 |
- |
|
Squash, butternut |
- |
23 lb. 12 oz. |
Santa Rosa |
Bynum |
09\26\92 |
904-675-6108 |
|
Squash, scal. |
- |
3 lb. 12 oz. |
Nassau |
Horne |
06\22\99 |
904-879-4861 |
|
Squash, spaghetti |
47 lb. 9 oz. |
Duval |
Beck |
09\09\96 |
904-642-6746 |
|
|
Squash, zucchini |
Park’s Black |
14 lb. 10 oz. |
Nassau |
Lynch |
06\22\99 |
904-879-4861 |
|
Squash, Zucchini hybrid |
Cross-pollinated |
16 lb. 6 oz. |
Marion |
Licari |
06/8/01 |
352-591-1360 |
|
Squash, summer |
YSN |
6 lb. 2 oz. |
Escambia |
Harrison |
07\13\95 |
904-944-0315 |
|
Taro |
- |
8 oz. |
Palm Beach |
Oppe |
01\17\92 |
407-233-1749 |
|
Tomato |
Brandywine Red |
3 lb. 3 oz. |
Palm Beach |
Ross |
5/16/04 |
561-968-6971 |
|
Turnip |
Just Right |
18 lb. 4 oz. |
Union |
Clyatt |
01\20\93 |
904-752-7439 |
|
Watermelon |
Carolina Cross |
205 lb. |
Levy |
Bumgardner |
07\21\92 |
904-447-3555 |
|
Yam (True) |
- |
12 lb. 15 oz. |
Palm Beach |
Oppe |
01\26\93 |
407-233-1749 |
|
Yardlong Bean |
- |
52 inches |
Orange |
Yoganand |
01/07/97 |
407-578-8583 |
(Jim Stephens, professor emeritus, Horticultural Sciences Department, Vegetarian 04-06)