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Class - Orange Shades/Tints
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Common Names: geranium; bedding geranium |
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Pelargonium x hortorum L.H. Bail. |
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| Common plant pest problems: arthropods such as insects, mites and pill bugs; gastropods such as slugs and snails; plant diseases such as fungus, bacteria and virus. | |
| Insects/other: aphids, four-lined plant bug, whitefly. Other reported arthropods: tobacco budworm [Heliothis virescens (Fabricius) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae); twospotted spider mite [Tetranychus urticae Koch (Arachnida: Acari: Tetranychidae)]; cyclamen mite [Phytonemus pallidus (Banks) (Arachnida: Acarina: Tarsonemidae)], corn earworm [Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)] (Featured Creatures. University of Florida.). | |
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Disease: Alternaria alternaria leaf spot; Botrytis cineria gray mold, Pseudomonas cichorii bacterial leaf spot, Xanthomonas campestris pv. pelargonii, bacterial leaf spot, stem rot, Fusarium sp; Phytophthora sp., root rot; Pythium spp., black leg, stem rot; and Sclerotinium sp., stem rot. Other diseases identified on crop: Bipolaris maydis leaf spot, petal spot; Cercospora brunkii, leafspot; Colletotrichum sp., leaf spot; Cylindrocladium scoparium, leaf and flower spot; Drechslera setariae, leaf spot and petal spot; Erwinia carotovora, bacterial leaf spot. Glomerella sp., stem rot; Phyllosticta sp., leaf spot; Puccinia peargonii-zonalis, rust; plant viruses: crinkle virus, cucumber mosaic virus, tobacco ringspot virus and tomato ringspot virus; Physiological: edema ( Index of Plant Diseases in Florida. 1984. Division of Plant industry. Bulletin 11). |
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Notes: only one series was entered. It suffered from confirmed Fusarium wilt. Very healthy surviving plants are shown here. |
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Class - Orange Shades/Tints |
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'Maverick Coral' | Goldsmith Seeds | 5.0 | ||
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Best-of-class. | 'Maverick Light Salmon' | Goldsmith Seeds | 5.3 | |
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'Maverick Salmon' | Goldsmith Seeds | 3.8 | ||
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Class - Pink (Dark) |
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Best-of-class, uncontested. | 'Maverick Pink' | Goldsmith Seeds | 4.7 | |
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Class - Pink (Dark)/White |
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Best-of-class, uncontested. | 'Maverick Star' | Goldsmith Seeds | 5.0 | |
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Class - Purple, Blue-violet/White |
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Best-of-class, uncontested. | 'Maverick Quicksilver' | Goldsmith Seeds | 4.2 | |
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Class - Purple, Red-violet (Light) |
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Best-of-class, uncontested. | 'Maverick Lavender' | Goldsmith Seeds | 4.9 | |
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Class - Purple |
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Best-of-class, uncontested. | 'Maverick Violet' | Goldsmith Seeds | 4.4 | |
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Class - Red |
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Best-of-class, uncontested. | 'Maverick Red' | Goldsmith Seeds | 4.0 | |
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Class - Red |
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Best-of-class, uncontested. | 'Maverick Scarlet' | Goldsmith Seeds | 4.4 | |
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Class - White |
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Best-of-class, uncontested. | 'Maverick White' | Goldsmith Seeds | 4.3 |
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