Cultivation

Fresh market use

Labeling a variety as intended for fresh market use indicates that priority is given to appearance, organoleptic properties, and fruit texture during breeding. Such varieties require specific agronomic practices with an emphasis on maintaining harvest integrity and marketable yield.

Mentioned in descriptions 38 375 varieties reference book.

Varieties for fresh market use are characterized by an attractive shape, color, balanced flavor, and tender flesh texture. During the breeding process, preference is given to visual appeal and gastronomic quality, although such varieties often have thinner skin and are less adapted to mechanized harvesting.

Cultivation of these varieties requires particular attention to product preservation, as the presence of defects such as dents, scratches, or sunburn significantly reduces market value. To achieve a high marketable yield, additional agronomic techniques are applied, including fruit thinning and careful monitoring of mineral nutrition, which ensures fruit uniformity in size and quality.

Selecting a variety for fresh market sale implies the necessity of careful manual harvesting and cautious logistics. Unlike processing varieties, which are focused on gross mass and processing metrics, table varieties require greater investment in post-harvest handling, packaging, and sorting, but provide higher added value when sold through retail or markets.

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Breakdown by crop

Fresh Apple Consumption 1 299 Fresh Market Tomato 1 136 Fresh Market Pepper 702 Fresh Market Cucumber 460 Fresh Consumption of Pears 427 Fresh Consumption of Lettuce 382 Fresh Market Consumption — White Cabbage 363 Fresh market peach consumption 343 Fresh Consumption of Plum 332 Fresh Market Sweet Cherry Consumption 330 Fresh market carrot consumption 319 Fresh market consumption of bean 284 Fresh Market Consumption of Peas 249 Fresh Consumption of Apricots 208 Fresh table grape consumption 189 Fresh Market Consumption of Figs 166 Fresh Potato Consumption 158 Fresh Market Use — Cauliflower 153 Fresh Market Consumption — Garden Strawberry 137 Fresh Market Consumption — Onion 121 Fresh table grape consumption 114 Fresh market consumption of melon 114 Fresh Consumption of Gooseberry 107 Fresh Market Raspberry 105

Found in these crops

Tomato 1 719 Apple 1 271 Bell pepper 985 Lettuce 784 Cucumber 588 Carrot 494 White cabbage 468 Peach 433 European pear 401 Common bean 399 Potato 374 Sweet cherry 358

Varieties that feature this in their description

Selection based on the description text, not official resistance ratings: such data is not available in registers. Mention indicates that the trait is discussed in the variety's sources; see the variety's profile for details on what is specifically stated.

Dagmar

Active

Allium cepa L. · Onion

SEMO a.s

2 records

Czerniakowska

Active

Allium cepa L. · Onion

KARPIN'SKA STANISLAV

2 records

CURLY

Active

Lactuca sativa L. · Lettuce

YUKSEL TOHUM TARIM SAN. VE TIC A.S

2 records

Castone

Terminated

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Centre Tech. de Conservation des produits Agricoles (FR)/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (FR)

3 records

Birdie

Active

Allium cepa L. · Onion

Ger Beemsterboer

2 records

Constanza

Terminated

Allium cepa L. var. cepa · Onion

Consorcio Los Andes (CL)

2 records

Bibor

Terminated

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Zoldesegtermesztesi Kutato Intezet RT (HU)

2 records

Comet

Protection expired

Cucumis melo L. · Melon

SAS HM Clause (FR)

ES HR

2 records

Baujade

Terminated

Malus Mill. · Apple

CADIC| Alain Cadic

DE IT

2 records

César

Terminated

Cucumis sativus L. · Cucumber

Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel BV (NL)

FR NL

2 records

Bridger

Active

Allium cepa L. · Onion

Martin Slot, John Pieter Schipper,

2 records

Catalogna puntarelle di Galatina

Active

Cichorium intybus L. · Chicory

IT SI

2 records

Carmen

Terminated

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Kartoffelzucht Böhm GmbH & Co. KG

ES NL

2 records

Babila

Active

Lactuca sativa L. · Lettuce

Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.

4 records

Avalon

Active

Allium cepa L. · Onion

Petr Klapste

2 records

Bingo

Active

Allium cepa L. var. cepa · Onion

Kees Broersen Zaden

NL PL

3 records

Bercoro

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

ROYAL SLUIS

NL PL

3 records

Belladonna F1 BS

Active

Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper

Seminis Vegetables (NL)

SI UA

2 records

Baha

Active

Zea mays L. subsp. mays (Sweet Corn Group) · Sweet corn

MAY AGRO, TOHUMCULUK SANAYI VE TICARET A.S., TR

2 records

Bila

Active

Allium cepa L. var. cepa · Onion

PlantiCo Zielonki Sp. z o.o.

3 records

Bello Blanco

Active

Allium cepa L. · Onion

Frank Tardieu

3 records

Beefmaster VFN

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Garden Seeds B.V.

2 records

BARUSO

Active

Allium cepa L. · Onion

SYNGENTA SEEDS B.V.

2 records

Assila

Active

Allium cepa L. · Onion

Ballardini Massimiliano

HU UA

3 records

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This summary is compiled from the publications listed in the sources and verified by an editor. It contains no legally significant information; it provides agronomic context for registry data rather than the registry data itself.