Seedlings germinated in Ames and transplanted to containers with soiless mix. Greenhouse inspected by IDALS to be free from Japanese Beetles; Story County is quarantineed by CA for Japanese beetles. Shipped to NALGRU, Parlier, CA. Field increase in silty plots with irrigation, caging, pollination by added bees. Heads with some stalk harvested, shipped to and processed in Ames.