Carl Cantaluppi is a retired Area Horticulture Agent, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. For over 30 years, asparagus growers have known about male hybrid varieties that have overtaken the yields of the open-pollinated varieties like Mary Washington. These male hybrids have out-yielded the open-pollinated varieties by 3 to 1. Growers can then start to recoup…Read more about New Asparagus Varieties and Sources[Read More]
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