Virginia for Recommended Vegetables
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, Virginia Cooperative Extension VEGETABLE VARIETY Asparagus Jersey Giant F 1 (2-3 years) Jersey Gem F 1 (2-3 years) Bean, Bush Roma II (59) DwarfHorticultural (65) Derby (55) Slenderette (55) Kentucky Wonder 125 (60 Beans, Lima Bridgeton (65) Jackson Wonder (65) Fordhook 169 (75) Beet Ruby Queen (65) Detroit Dark Red (60) Broccoli Packman (60) Windsor (66) Green Goliath (80) Brussels Sprouts Jade Cross (11 0) Cabbage Gourmet (70) Stonehead (75) Dynamo AAS (68) Guardian (80) Two Season (85) Carrots *Gold King (72) Danvers (72) Imperator (78) Vegetables Recommended for Virginia Charles R. O'Dell and Diane Relf * R EMARKS shell beans canning bu sh, with pole bean fl avor RESISTANT TO THE FOLLOWING furasium crown and root rot, rust mosaic, mildew mosaic NY 15 and common mosaic mosaic mosaic, mildew downy mildew heat and drought downy mildew (races A,B, & D) fo r earl y crop heat for fa ll crop (and spring in mtns) heat - downy mildew bea rs over long peri od longstanding Chinese cabbage nearl y ca reless yellows yellows bacterial spot (2# dwarf heads) black rot VEGETABLE VARIETY Cauliflower Candid Charm (65) White Sails (55) Corn, Sweet Silver Princess (73) Breeders Choice (68) Silver King (82) "Improved Silver Queen Golden Queen (95) Cucumber Dasher II (60) Everslice (60) Bush Whopper (68) Sweet Slice (65) County Fair (55) Eggplant Mission Bell (95) Black Knight (11 0) Little Fingers Kale Yates DwarfBlue (55) Dwarf Siberian (80) Lettuce Salad Bowl (50) Summer Time (72) Mission (80) (Trial) Dark Green Boston (70) Parris Island Cos (75) Buttercrunch (65) REMARKS early spring or fa ll , self- bl anching (wrapper leaves protect head) early maturing good husk protection earlier white, ti ght hu sk slicing s li cing sli cin g slicing pickling & s li cin g oval shape slender, oriental type spring or fall overwinter leaf head, heat tolerant loose heading, heat tolerant Romaine, heat tolerant Bibb-type * Extension Specialists, Horticulture, Virginia Tech Virginia IIJlTech • VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY Vi rgin ia Cooperative Extension progra ms and empl oyme nt are open to all, regard less of race, color, re li gion, sex, age, veteran status, national o ri gin. di sabilit y, or politi cal affiliation. An equal opportunit y/a ffirmative ac tion empl oyer. Iss ued in furtherance of Coopera ti ve Extension work, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univers it y, Virgi ni a State Uni versity, and the U.S. Department of Ag ri c ulture cooperat ing. J. David Barrett, Direc tor, Virginia Coope rati ve Extension, Virginia Tec h, Blacks burg; Lorenza W. Lyons, Ad ministrator. 1890 Extension Program, Vi rgi ni a State, Petersburg. VT/028/0500/6M/203532/426480 -!:; • 1' - u.\::::.1 I (i.l, Environmental Horticulture - ._..........,........... -"'"i- ... PUBLICATION 426-480 RESISTANT TO THE FOLLOWING more heat tolerant more heat tolerant birds anthracnose, leaf spot, mosaic mildew, scab same as Dasher II anthracnose, leaf spot, mildew mosaic, downy mildew anthracnose, leaf spot, mosaic, scab, mildews cucumber beetles/bacterial wilt VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY
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ears
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Bea
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65)
Der
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55)
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125
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Bea
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Bri
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65)
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Won
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(65)
F
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169
(75)
Bee
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(65
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Red
(60
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Bro
ccol
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ackm
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60)
Win
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(66
) G
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Gol
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(80
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Bru
ssel
s S
prou
ts
Jade
Cro
ss (
11 0
)
Cab
bage
G
ourm
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70)
Sto
nehe
ad (
75)
Dyn
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AA
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68)
Gua
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n (8
0)
Tw
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5)
Car
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Kin
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2)
Dan
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(78)
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and
root
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st
mos
aic,
mil
dew
mos
aic
NY
15
and
com
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mos
aic
mos
aic
mos
aic,
mil
dew
dow
ny m
ilde
w
heat
and
dro
ught
do
wny
mil
dew
(ra
ces
A,B
, &
D)
for
earl
y cr
op
heat
fo
r fa
ll cr
op (
and
spri
ng in
mtn
s)
heat
-do
wny
mil
dew
b e
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over
lo
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lon
gsta
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g
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nes
e ca
bbag
e
nea r
ly c
are
less
yell
ows
yell
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bact
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l sp
ot (
2# d
war
f hea
ds)
blac
k ro
t
VE
GE
TA
BL
E V
AR
IET
Y
Cau
lifl
ower
C
andi
d C
harm
(65
) W
hite
Sai
ls (
55)
Cor
n, S
wee
t S
ilve
r P
rinc
ess
(73)
B
reed
ers
Cho
ice
(68)
S
ilve
r K
ing
(82)
Argen~,(86)
"Im
prov
ed S
ilve
r Q
ueen
G
olde
n Q
ueen
(95
)
Cuc
umbe
r D
ashe
r II
(60
)
Eve
rsli
ce (
60)
Bus
h W
hopp
er (
68)
Sw
eet
Sli
ce (
65)
Cou
nty
Fai
r (5
5)
Egg
plan
t M
issi
on B
ell
(95)
B
lack
Kni
ght
(11
0)
Lit
tle
Fin
gers
Kal
e Yat
es D
war
fBlu
e (5
5)
Dw
arf S
iber
ian
(80)
Let
tuce
S
alad
Bow
l (5
0)
Sum
mer
Tim
e (7
2)
Mis
sion
(80
) (T
rial
) D
ark
Gre
en B
osto
n (7
0)
Par
ris
Isla
nd C
os (
75)
But
terc
runc
h (6
5)
RE
MA
RK
S
earl
y sp
rin
g or
fal
l, s
elf
blan
chin
g (w
rapp
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s pr
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ad)
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atur
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good
hu
sk p
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, tig
ht h
usk
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slic
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pick
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, ori
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pe
spri
ng o
r fa
ll ov
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r
leaf
he
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eat
tole
rant
loo
se h
eadi
ng, h
eat
tole
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omai
ne, h
eat
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type
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ensi
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dow
ny m
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w
anth
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t
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TA
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ITY
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TA
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AR
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RE
MA
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TO
TH
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WIN
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VE
GE
TA
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AR
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MA
RK
S
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SIS
TA
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To
TH
E F
oL
LO
WIN
G
Mus
kmel
on
Pum
pkin
A
mbr
osia
(82
) fi
ne f
lavo
r po
wde
ry a
nd d
owny
mil
dew
M
agic
Lan
tern
(10
0)
12-1
5" i
nch
carv
ing
pow
dery
mil
dew
A
poll
o to
lera
tes
pow
dery
mil
dew
&
fusa
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wil
t M
erli
n 12
-15
" ca
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wde
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w
frui
t sp
ot
How
den
Big
gie
larg
e un
ifor
m t
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*
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'n S
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5)
very
dw
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vine
s W
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all,
uni
form
for
pre
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uniq
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wee
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ste,
goo
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, fu
sari
um w
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-Be-
Lit
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very
sm
all,
orn
amen
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larg
e, p
. mil
dew
tol
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adis
h M
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rd
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24)
roun
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(40)
Ic
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(30
) lo
ng,
whi
te
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ther
n G
iant
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led
( 45)
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pina
ch
Okr
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elod
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0)
tole
rate
s he
at
Ann
ie O
akle
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0)
spin
eles
s V
ienn
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0)
seed
lat
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pine
less
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g, f
or M
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ash,
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mer
W
hite
Por
tuga
l (1
00)
whi
te
But
terb
ar (
50)
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ow
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dwic
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st
art
seed
in
Jan.
; V
adal
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ype
Sup
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k (5
0)
yell
ow,
earl
y, h
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, cro
wn
set
mul
tipl
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ruse
s br
own
Gol
drus
h (5
0)
yell
ow z
ucch
ini
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neze
r (1
10)
brow
n; s
tore
s w
ell
afte
r cu
ring
P
uma
Fi
(50)
gr
een
zucc
hini
m
ulti
ple
viru
ses
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tang
(11
0)
Squ
ash,
Win
ter
Pea
s *T
able
Ace
(80
) ac
orn
Kni
ght
(56)
(ea
rly)
to
lera
tes
heat
, st
ring
less
! fu
sari
um w
ilt
*But
terb
ush
(96)
bu
tter
nut
Sug
ar S
now
(70
) (s
nap)
to
lera
nt o
f do
wny
mil
dew
and
fu
sari
um w
ilt
Wal
tham
But
tern
ut (
96)
whi
te
fusa
rium
wil
t B
utte
rcup
( 1
00)
whi
te
squa
sh b
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W
ando
(68
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ible
pod
, fl
at, s
now
pea
G
reen
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ow
(70
) S
wis
s C
hard
R
huba
rd (
50)
red
Dw
arf G
ray
Sug
ar (
68)
fu
sari
um w
ilt
Luc
ullu
s (4
5-55
) gr
een
Pea
s, S
outh
ern
Tom
ato
Que
en A
nne
(56)
B
ig B
eef (
AA
S)
(73)
ex
cell
ent
flav
or,
larg
e, e
arly
fu
rasi
um w
ilt,
ver
tic,
lea
p sp
ots,
P
urpl
e H
ull
Cro
wd
er (
60-7
0)
TM
Vv
iru
s M
ount
ain
Spr
ing
conc
entr
ated
set
, go
od c
anni
ng
vert
icil
lium
, fu
sari
um w
ilt
Pep
per
exce
llen
t fl
avor
L
ady
Bel
l ( 1
1 0)
sw
eet
drou
ght,
mos
aic
Cel
ebri
ty (
70)
vert
icil
lium
, fu
sari
um w
ilt
Boy
dton
Bel
l sw
eet,
ear
ly c
ompa
ct p
lant
, ba
cter
ial
leaf
spo
t B
ette
r B
oy
VF
N (
105)
gr
een
bell
tur
ns b
righ
t re
d (r
aces
1,
2, &
3)
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eet
100
( 65)
ch
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tom
ato
vert
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lium
, fu
rasi
um w
ilt
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ho-N
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(10
0)
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m D
andy
(R
om
a ty
pe)
plum
, top
fla
vor,
yie
lds
Hug
e Ja
lape
nos
hot
viru
ses
Red
Cay
enne
(11
0)
hot
Tur
nip
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oyo
Cro
ss (
40)
whi
te, f
all
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ato,
Iri
sh
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ple
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lobe
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) fa
ll cr
op o
nly
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(ea
ster
n V
a) (
100)
re
d A
ll t
op F
I (4
5)
for
gree
ns o
nly
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rn V
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100)
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gh f
lavo
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blig
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stor
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ell
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erm
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rn V
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tern
Va
on S
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SE
slo
pes
uses
112
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psum
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pou
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f P
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wee
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seed
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-fur
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to
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ush
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pou
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anth
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and
fusa
rium
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