Suggestion for Plantfiles

crossposted from PlantFiles How-Tos...

Since I'm busy adding the info I have on apple varieties (I have a database of a couple thousand varieties with notes on them), it would be nice and useful to have some extended option selection menus for searching similar to what is there for roses, japanese maples, etc.

For apples/malus, my suggestion would be:

pollination (used for pollination variety selection)
* diploid
* triploid
* tetraploid

bloom period
* early season flowering
* mid season flowering
* late season flowering

bearing habit (gives an idea as to growth habit and future pruning)
* spur
* semi-spur
* tip
* partial tip

vigor (used to select suitable rootstocks)
* weak
* medium
* very vigorous

disease resistance (the big four)
* Apple Scab
* Apple Powdery Mildew
* Cedar Apple Rust
* Fireblight

Fruit usage
* Dessert
* Culinary
* Crab
* Cider

We can do this (actually, making these changes to the form is the easy part ;o) but my concern is that we have almost 1,000 Malus entries now, so this means a tremendous amount of editing to add these details to those entries.

Is there anything else that needs to be added? If we're going to consider doing this, we need to add every new section and detail at once, if possible.

The listing is pretty much the major sections used when looking up suitable apple varieties for various localities and usage.

Many of the malus entries already posted, I've noticed do not have any details, and I've been updating them as I come across them.

If we can be sure that the details will be checked off (and it looks like they will be) then I highly support adding the extra checkboxes. That's what the system is for. Terry, could you add them in?

Dave

I sure can - I'll have them done this evening ;o)

Sanks! :)

BTW, the new form is now in place - please check it out and let me know if we need to tweak/move/change/add anything.