Mary Washington 500 W Improved	Most popular Open Pollinated variety, both for fresh market and processing. High yield and winter hardy. Free from purple tipped color. Large good spears.
Mary Washington Improved	This variety is tolerant to Asparagus Rust and produces plenty of large green spears with just a tint of purple on the tip. Very fine flavor.
UC-72	A variety with good tolerance to Fusarium Wilt and Rust. Produces high yields of large, dark green spears with fairly compact heads. Developed by the University of California-Davis.
UC 157 F1	A hybrid developed by the University of California-Davis with support of the California Asparagus industry. Has a strong tendency to initiate clusters of 3-5 spears at a time. Deep green, smooth cylindrical spears, with early uniform production. This variety produces higher yield than older standard varieties.
UC 157 F2	A second generation hybrid produced from the original UC 157, developed and released by University of California-Davis. This variety shows earliness in production, multi-spear initiation (3-5 at a time), uniformity in color & size, and heavier yields than other commercial varieties. Some resistance to Fusarium root rot.