Waynesville, North Carolina

The Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Exension Center in Waynesville hosts broccoli trials supervised by Jeanine Davis, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist with the Department of Horticulture at North Carolina State University. In addition to evaluating variety performance at a higher elevation, researchers here are investigating the potential for broccoli production in the Southern Appalachian region.

Dr. Davis also posts updates about her broccoli work to her blog at http://ncalternativecropsandorganics.blogspot.com/.

North Carolina Broccoli trial planted on white plastic, Spring 2011. Photo: Emily Bernstein.

The first planting was evaluated in July 2011. Reference cards are used to standardize quality ratings across trial sites. Photo: Vicky Heatherly.

Samples from the first 2011 North Carolina planting were frozen and shipped to the University of Tennessee, Knoxvile, for nutritional analysis. Photo: Vicky Heatherly.

Evaluations from the second planting are underway and will be completed by mid-October. Photo: J. Davis program, NCSU.