Trial at Nagano, Japan

Cover of a book on asparagus authored by Dr. Satoru Motoki
Satoru Motoki at Nagano trial site

 

2002 data
2003 Data
2004 Data

 

 

2002 Data

 

2003 Data

 

Yield Data

Hybrid
Size, %
Yield
2L
L
M
S
B
Kg/la
Andreas
3
45
21
16
15
38.6
Apollo
2
48
19
22
10
34.3
Atlas
3
53
24
13
8
24.5
Dulce Verde
0
23
23
39
15
34.3
Gijnlim
3
51
28
13
6
52.9
Grande
6
51
19
17
7
39.6
Guelph Millennium
1
37
26
26
11
34.0
Jersey Giant
0
43
31
17
10
49.2
JWC1
1
30
27
25
17
38.6
KA1617
6
38
24
18
15
22.9
NJ953
1
52
28
15
5
48.0
NJ977
1
47
26
16
10
33.0
NJ978
1
41
29
19
11
34.6
NJ1016 (Purple)
0
41
26
24
9
16.1
NJ1019
1
42
30
17
10
35.7
NJ1064 (Purple)
0
35
30
25
10
23.8
Pacific 2000
1
30
27
24
19
33.3
Pacific Purple
1
45
30
15
10
19.9
Purple Passion
2
45
36
13
7
25.4
UC157
0
37
23
24
17
24.5
Welcome
3
41
22
17
17
24.0
0008G2
5
41
22
17
17
23.9

Planted in 2002 and Data collected in 2003. Harvest period: 30 days Δ

 

 

2004 Data

Hybrid
Spear wt. (g)
Yield (kg/ha)
Size, %
Market-able, %
Open head, %
Primary branch, cm
Daily elongation, cm
2L
L
M
S
B
Andreas
31.0
16,070
25
59
8
6
2
88.1
78.7
30.0
15.4
Apollo
19.9
10,290
5
62
19
10
4
87.3
68.7
37.7
15.3
Atlas
23.0
10,520
10
62
16
8
5
88.3
79.6
43.5
15.0
Dulce Verde
23.5
02,090
11
62
14
10
4
86.9
40.0
48.5
6.0
Gijnlim
20.5
16,430
7
62
21
7
4
95.7
54.6
47.8
17.3
Grande
27.5
11,120
18
63
11
5
3
90.9
49.1
45.4
13.4
Guelph Millennium
18.7
11,750
3
61
24
10
3
93.7
59.5
44.9
16.0
Jersey Giant
18.8
14,670
3
62
22
9
4
91.7
60.5
48.3
15.5
JWC1
18.9
10,140
6
53
22
14
5
91.3
81.3
39.0
13.4
NJ953
19.8
13,000
3
65
19
9
4
93.8
42.0
57.6
15.4
NJ977
24.0
17,480
10
71
11
5
3
95.1
71.0
50.6
16.7
NJ978
21.9
11,410
6
67
15
8
3
90.9
45.2
52.3
15.4
NJ1019
20.7
13,060
5
63
21
8
3
94.9
34.7
56.0
15.2
Pacific 2000
18.1
09,850
3
58
22
12
6
92.2
35.2
47.7
13.6
UC157
22.1
09,100
10
59
17
9
5
85.7
39.7
47.7
14.4
Welcome
23.5
09,500
10
68
14
7
3
87.7
51.7
44.5
12.7
0008G2
26.3
13,400
17
65
12
5
1
91.7
68.6
38.3
11.1
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