ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INDIANA (Purdue University)

We wish to express our appreciation to the following individuals for their cooperation and assistance in conducting the 2001 vegetable variety trials:

Farm Director's Office, Purdue University: Jerry Fankhauser, Jr. and Steve Hawkins

Pinney Purdue Agricultural Research Center, Wanatah: Jon Leuck

Throckmorton/Meigs Agricultural Research Center, Lafayette: Jay Young and Rodney Flowers

Southeast Purdue Agricultural Research Center, Butlerville: Don Biehle

Southwest Purdue Agricultural Research Center, Vincennes: Melbourn Lang

For Central and Southern Indiana: We are grateful to the following seed companies that supplied financial support as well as seeds that allowed us to conduct these trials: Abbott and Cobb Inc., Corona Seeds Inc., D. Palmer Seed Co., Harris Moran Seed Co., Johnny’s Selected Seeds, Novartis/Rogers Seed Co., Rispens Seeds, Inc., Rupp Vegetable Seed, Seedway, Inc., and SunSeeds.

For Northern Indina (PPAC): We are grateful to the following seed companies that supplied seed for this trials: Abbott and Cobb (AC), Asgrow (AS), Harris Moran (HM), Syngenta/Rogers Seeds (SY), Seedway (SW), Stokes (ST), Crookham (CR), Johnny's Selected Seeds (JS), PetoSeed (PS), Rupp (RU), Tomato Growers Supply (TGS), Totally Tomatoes (TT). In addition, the following people are gratefully acknowledged: Sup't. Jon Leuck, Mark O'Neall, and Melvin White at PPAC for technical assistance; R. Bisseker, T. Blake, K. Camel, A. Dorsch, S. Grieger , M. Kominarek, B. Millis, N. Gladdis, R. Shay, J. Sheets, J. Smiddy and C. Uzelac for assistance in plot maintenance, data collection and data entry. Financial support from seed companies submitting varieties to be trialed is also gratefully acknowledged, as are in-kind donations from Roberts Irrigation.

IOWA (Iowa State University, Muscatine Island Research Farm, Fruitland, IA)

The following companies are acknowledged for their contribution of seed and plants for this year’s trials. Their cooperation and support are greatly appreciated.

Asgrow Seed Co., Harris Moran Seed Co., Mesa Maize, Petoseed Co., Rogers Brand-Syngenta Seeds, Sakata Seed America, Inc., Seedway, Stokes Seeds, Inc.

OHIO (The Ohio State University)

This work was made possible through the support of the Ohio Vegetable and Small Fruit Research and Development Program, The Ohio State University Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University Extension, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, and the following seed companies: Abbott and Cobb, American Takii, Asgrow, Bejo, Crookham, D. Palmer, Harris Moran, Mesa Maize, Orsetti, Reed’s, Rispen’s, Sakata, Seedway, Seminis, Siegers, Stokes, Syngenta, and Vilmorin.