Provided by CSU Specialty Crops ProgramTyler Mason, a doctoral student at Colorado State University, wants farmers and gardeners to get great taste and great production from their organic vegetables Ask Tyler Mason what most growers want from their vegetable gardens, and his answer is simple: high yielding and delicious tasting. It doesn’t matter what they’re growing, it’s the quality that counts. Mason, 31, is a doctoral student in the Specialty Crops Program at Colorado State University’s Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture.