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(11/18/25) Varieties like the Red-N-Sweet watermelon are being rediscovered thanks to the North Louisiana Seed Preservation Program.
(09/05/25) Saving seeds is a time-honored practice that saves money, helps preserve genetic diversity and makes it easy to swap favorite and unique varieties.
The North Louisiana Seed Preservation Program preserves seeds from fruit and vegetable varieties developed at the Calhoun Research Station in Ouachita Parish.
In 1910, work began at the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station to develop a wilt resistant tomato variety.
Red Global was released in 1959 and developed by Julian C. Miller, Teme P. Hernandez, and Eugene C. Tims as part of the tomato breeding program at LSU.
Louisiana Gulf State is an improved strain of Gulf State Market, developed by Julian C. Miller through the tomato breeding program at LSU.
Louisiana Dixie was developed by Julian C. Miller and is a cross between Louisiana Pink and Walter Richard.
Louisiana AllSeason was developed by Julian C. Miller and released in 1950.
Creole was developed by Dr. Teme Hernandez in 1970 as part of the tomato breeding program.
Dr. Blair Buckley continued efforts to develop bush type plants with top producing characteristics better suited for machine and hand harvesting.
Dr. Donn Lancaster of the Calhoun Research Station released ‘Royal Blackeye’, the first southern pea developed with both a purple pod and black eye.
In 1966, A.C. Miller released his second wilt resistant variety, “Calhoun Purplehull’.
Professor A.C. Miller took over the southern pea breeding program in 1958 and worked with his team to develop new wilt resistant varieties.
This variety is perfect for canning, freezing, or fresh market.
A southern pea breeding program was initiated by Dr. P. L. Hawthorne at the Calhoun Research Station in 1941.
This pea is very vigorous and productive and is resistant to cold, heat, mildew, and root rot.
One of the crops that received attention was the sweet or English pea.
Some would call Julian C. Miller a pioneer in horticulture. To others, he was either the father or savior of several agricultural industries.
(01/10/24) A watermelon cultivar developed at the LSU AgCenter has been nominated for boarding onto the Slow Food Ark of Taste.
(05/08/23) On an overcast and windy day in Franklin Parish, a group of grain producers gathered to hear the latest updates on crops.
(05/04/23) The skies, though gloomy, did not deter a large crowd of beef cattle and hay producers from attending the LSU AgCenter’s beef and forage field day.
(05/02/23) The LSU AgCenter Northeast Research Station will host a wildlife forum and field day May 12.
Vegetable and fruit varieties developed at the LSU AgCenter Calhoun Research Station, which was closed in 2011, are being revived.
