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- Broccoli | Standard Heading Varieties | Comparison Chart / Planting Program (PDF)
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Succession Planting Program: Standard Varieties
Succession Planting & Season Extension for Broccoli
Successive plantings of different broccoli varieties allows you to extend your harvest of premium-quality, standard heading broccolis across the growing seasons. Determine which standard heading broccoli varieties to sow during which seasonal slots by evaluating the sowing and harvesting periods indicated in the charts below.
| Succession Planting & Harvesting Chart • Broccoli | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Key |
Transplant | Harvest | |||||||
| Variety | Cool/Spring | Warm/Summer | Cool/Fall | Cold/Winter | |||||
| 'Monty' | |||||||||
| 'Green Magic' | |||||||||
| 'Amadeus' | |||||||||
| 'Emerald Crown' | |||||||||
| 'Gypsy' | |||||||||
| 'Eastern Magic' | |||||||||
| 'Purple Magic' | |||||||||
| 'Belstar' | |||||||||
| 'Kariba' | |||||||||
| 'Imperial' | |||||||||
| 'Marathon' | |||||||||
| Variety Comparison Chart • Broccoli | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variety | Notes | Days to Maturity | Heat tolerance | Cold Tolerance |
| 'Monty' | Superior heat tolerance. | 56 | Excellent | Average |
| 'Green Magic' | Superior heat tolerance. | 57 | Very good | Average |
| 'Amadeus' | Early for spring sowings. | 59 | Good | Average |
| 'Emerald Crown' | Bright green heads resist purpling. | 59 | Average | Good |
| 'Gypsy' | Strong root system for below-average fertility. | 60 | Good | Average |
| 'Eastern Magic' | Excellent in the Northeast. | 62 | Average | Good |
| 'Purple Magic' | Purple heads and stems. | 62 | Average | Good |
| 'Belstar' | Organic hybrid for spring & summer plantings. | 65 | Average | Good |
| 'Kariba' | Cold tolerant for fall and winter production. | 66 | Poor | Excellent |
| 'Imperial' | Best heat tolerance. | 66 | Excellent | Average |
| 'Marathon' | Best for over-winter production. | 68 | Poor | Good |
