Squash and Zucchini CROP GUIDE

We are committed to helping growers get the most from their crops, both now and for generations to come. Partnering with our customers every step of the way, we offer advanced, innovative solutions that provide growers with the tools they need in the field to ultimately put the food on the table. After all, our job is about helping customers deliver high-quality, nutritious vegetables to the market. We leverage our rich history in the industry, strong presence in the market and significant investment in the future of agriculture to help you do just that.

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Partnering for SuccessOur roots in the vegetable industry run deep, tracing back to 1876 with the establishment of ROGERS® brand seed. For more than 130 years, we have worked boot-to-boot with our vegetable customers to provide a truly cutting edge, individualized approach to solution building.

Addressing Whole-farm Challenges We believe that, to be successful, sustainable agriculture metrics must be integrated into day-to-day operations and decision-making, and that the value of doing this must exceed the cost. Through our AgriEdge Excelsior® program, we’re providing growers with data-rich, whole-farm management tools that help them make agronomically sound decisions, operate more efficiently and meet sustainable sourcing demands.

Supporting the Industry Our commitment to customer satisfaction extends beyond solutions, service, and support – it’s an investment in the future success of the industry as well. We are proud to partner closely with industry organizations, such as the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA), California Association of Pest Control Advisers (CAPCA), Produce for Better Health, Produce Marketing Association and United Fresh Produce Association, as an advocate for sustainable vegetable production and consumption.

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Innovating for the Future Backed by global resources and a daily investment of more than $3 million in research and development, we bring to market innovative, integrated solutions that help ensure your high-value vegetable crops reach their full genetic potential. Our state-of-the-art research facilities located across the U.S. are incubators for innovation in the field and in the marketplace, helping to ensure that we’re providing growers with the tools they need to put food on the table.

Naples Research Station

This station lies just south of the frost line in Florida, allowing two generations per year of most crops. It includes more than 100 open-field acres and contains more than 60,000 square feet of greenhouse space, as well as controlled growth environments and laboratories.

Pasco Seed Processing Facility

This 40-acre, 200,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility processes both large-seeded and small-seeded vegetables. It houses a unique, two-pass drying system that most closely resembles natural drying in the field. Seed is stored within optimal parameters of temperature and humidity, ensuring a consistent supply of high-quality seed.

Woodland Research Station

This station serves as a hub for cereal, corn, cucurbit and fruiting vegetable research in the California Central Valley, and is home to the Syngenta Cucurbit Research Center of Excellence.

Nampa Research Station

This facility is the Center of Excellence for breeding of large-seeded vegetables including sweet corn, snap peas and garden beans. Its Product Quality Control laboratory manages quality control of all Syngenta vegetable seeds for North America and facilitates approximately 50,000 samples annually.

Research Triangle

Park, NC

Syngenta Research Stations

Syngenta SeedProcessing Facilities

Spineless Beauty• Industry standard

• Glossy, high-quality fruit

• Truly spineless plant

• High yield potential

• Adapted to all eastern growing areas

Cashflow• Consistent high yields

• Very good adaptability

• Excellent fruit quality

• Vigorous plant

Payroll• Performs well under spring

and summer conditions

• Widely adapted

• Excellent fruit quality

• Upright plant

Payload• Glossy zucchini with cylindrical,

uniform shape

• Medium-green color slightly darker than Paycheck

• Open plant with reduced spines

• Medium vigor growth habit

Medium green zucchini

Spineless Perfection• Spineless petioles minimize fruit

damage during harvest

• Classic Spineless Beauty-type fruit with high gloss

• Open, upright plant habit for ease of picking

• Refined flecking produces a rich green color

• Similar yields to Spineless Beauty

Paycheck• Good for Fall season when

CMV can be an issue

• Very good adaptability

• High yield potential

• Excellent fruit quality

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EvergladeEverglade is a medium-dark green zucchini for the eastern U.S. market with robust virus and disease resistance and strong yield capability. It features an open, upright plant and offers improved fruit quality with desirable color and flecking.

• Dark, glossy, cylindrical fruit

• Open plant and reduced spines

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• More vigorous plant than comparable varieties

• Open, upright plant structure offers easier harvest and minimized fruit damage

Spineless Supreme• Glossy, club-shaped fruit

• Refined flecking produces a rich green fruit color

• Attractive, high gloss fruit appeals to buyers

• Open plant habit saves time and labor

• Resistance package helps keep plant healthy throughout season to maximize yield

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• High yield potential

• Robust disease and virus resistance package

Jacobo• Improved disease resistance

• Good early yields

• Glossy, attractive fruit

Raven• Industry standard

• Outstanding yield potential

• Proven performance

• Open plant habit

Noche• Nearly spineless plant

• Excellent fruit quality

• Proven yield performance

Dark green zucchini

PascolaPascola packages disease resistance with high yields in early harvests of attractive, marketable fruit.

• Outstanding disease resistance

• Slender-type fruit

• Nearly spineless plant

• Good for mid- to late-season plantings as CMV pressure increases

• High yield potential in early harvests

• Uniform, dark green, glossy fruit, medium to long in length

• Open, upright, nearly spineless plant for improved fruit quality during harvest

Golden zucchini

Golden GlorySimilar to Golden Delight, Golden Glory offers the added benefit of intermediate resistance to powdery mildew. It produces high yields of quality, smooth, uniform, golden yellow fruit.

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• Improved disease resistance

• Upright plant

• High yield potential

Yellow squash

Enterprise• Proven performance

• Outstanding yield potential

• Vigorous plant

• Broad adaptability

GrandprizeGrandprize is a straightneck squash variety that produces high quality fruit with a glossy, deep yellow appearance and green peduncle. It boasts an enhanced disease package and vigorous plant that delivers solid yield performance over other yellow straightneck varieties.

• Glossy, deep-yellow fruit with strong outer walls

• Erect, semi-open plant with reduced spines

• Strong outer texture to withstand harvest, packing, and transport

• Plants reach maturity quickly and deliver solid yield capability

Gentry• Industry standard

• Broad adaptability

• Small blossom scar

• Smooth, high-quality fruit

Fortune• Excellent fruit smoothness

and uniformity

• Early-maturing plant with medium vigor and continuous setting ability

• High-quality fruit with good yield capabilities

• Sturdy plant neck offers minimized chance of breakage

Gold Star• Improved disease resistance

• Reduced spines

• Vigorous plant

Goldprize• Improved disease resistance

• Glossy, smooth fruit

• Attractive yellow color

• Excellent quality fruit with uniform shape for a high-quality pack

• Longer harvest and improved fruit quality thanks to excellent disease protection

• Higher yields for better profitability

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Sunburst• High-demand variety for both full-size

and baby vegetable markets

• Unique, glossy, deep yellow fruit that consumers prefer with dark green blossom end

San IsidroA darker gray zucchini variety, San Isidro includes an intermediate disease resistance package with an extended harvest window for excellent yield potential. The open, nearly spineless plant has uniformity and an attractive appearance.

• High-quality fruit with excellent yield potential

• Uniform shape and appearance

• Nearly spineless open plant with no silvering

• Extended harvest window due to disease resistance package

• Tender, buttery flavor sustained in larger, mature squash

• Compact, bushy plant

• Adapted to all major production areas

Technical data: squash

Variety Approximate days to maturity

Fruit shape Average diameter (in)

Average length (in)

Plant characteristics Disease resistance

ZUCCHINI: MEDIUM GREEN

Paycheck 42 Cylindrical 2 7 - 8 Open, upright plant with reduced spines IR: ZYMV / WMV / CMV / Px

Payload 43 Cylindrical 1.5 - 2 7 - 8 Open, upright, reduced spines IR: ZYMV / WMV / CMV / Px

Spineless Beauty 43 Cylindrical 1.5 7.5 - 8.5 Open, medium vigor; spineless leaves and petioles

None reported

Spineless Perfection

44 Cylindrical 1.5 - 2 7 - 8 Strong open, upright plant; spineless leaves and petioles

IR: ZYMV / WMV / Px

Payroll 47 Cylindrical 1.75 7 Open, upright plant with reduced spines IR: ZYMV / WMV / Px

Cashflow 47 Cylindrical 1.75 7.5 - 8.5 Open, vigorous plant IR: ZYMV

ZUCCHINI: MEDIUM DARK GREEN

NEW Everglade 43 Cylindrical 1.5 - 2 6 - 7 Open erect plant with high yield IR: ZYMV / WMV / CMV /PX

Spineless Supreme

44 Cylindrical 1.5 - 2 6 - 7 Open erect plant with no spines IR: ZYMV / WMV / CMV /PX

Envy 45 Cylindrical 1.75 7 Upright, open plant with reduced spines IR: ZYMV / Px

ZUCCHINI: DARK GREEN

Jacobo 42 Cylindrical 1.75 - 2 7 - 8+ Upright, open plant, reduced spines for ease of harvest

IR: ZYMV / WMV / Px

Pascola 42 Cylindrical 2 - 2.5 7 - 8 Upright, open plant, reduced spines for ease of harvest

IR: ZYMV / WMV / CMV / Px

Raven 43 Cylindrical 2.5 - 3.5 7 - 8 Open, reduced spines None reported

Noche 45 Cylindrical 2 - 2.5 7 - 8 Open, reduced spines IR: ZYMV / WMV

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Technical data: squash

Variety Approximate days to maturity

Fruit shape Average diameter (in)

Average length (in)

Plant characteristics Disease resistance

ZUCCHINI: GOLDEN

Golden Glory 50 Cylindrical 1.75 7 - 8 Open, upright, semi-spineless plant with dark green foliage

IR: ZYMV / WMV / Px

YELLOW SQUASH

Fortune 39 Bottle-shaped 1.75 6 - 7 Early-maturing plant with medium vigor None reported

Enterprise 41 Straightneck 1.75 7 - 8 Productive, vigorous plant with broad adaptability

None reported

Goldprize 42 Straightneck 1.75 6 - 7 Open, semiprostrate plant IR: ZYMV / WMV

Gold Star 42 Semicrookneck 1.5 - 1.75 5.5 - 6 Vigorous plant with reduced spines IR: CMV / Px

Grandprize 42 Straightneck 2 6 - 7 Erect, semi-open plant IR: ZYMV / WMV / PX

Gentry 43 Semicrookneck 1.5 - 1.75 5.5 - 6 Vigorous plant with reduced spines None reported

SPECIALTY SQUASH

San Isidro 45 Club-shaped 1.5 - 2 6 - 7 Open, erect plant with no silvering and reduced spines

IR: Px / ZYMV

Sunburst 50 Disc-shaped 3 2.5 Compact; open None reported

ZYMV Zucchini yellows (Zucchini yellow mosaic virus)

WMV Watermelon mosaic (Watermelon mosaic virus)

CMV Cucumber mosaic (Cucumber mosaic virus)

Px Powdery mildew (Podosphaera xanthii (ex Sphaerotheca fuliginea))

SLCV Squash leaf curl (Squash leaf curl virus)

HR High resistance

IR Intermediate resistance

Disease abbreviation key

In cases where specific races or strains are not noted, the variety is resistant to some, but not necessarily all known races or strains of the pathogen. For complete disease resistance information, please visit www.SyngentaUS.com/vegetables.

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Product performance assumes disease presence.

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