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.

Zondra

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

D.VAN DER PLOEG'S

2 records

Zlatista

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Bistra Atanasova, Elena Balacheva, Chavdar Georgiev

2 records

Zest

Active

Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper

Syngenta Crop Protection AG

2 records

Zizel

Active

Cucumis sativus L. · Cucumber

KONSTAS Ch.

2 records

Zimnieje Limonnoje

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

Instytut Ogrodnictwa - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy

3 records

Zhulti bonbonki

Active

Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper

"Florian" OOD - Ruse (BG)

2 records

Zefir

Active

Apium graveolens L. var. dulce (Mill.) Pers. · Celery

PLANTICO HODOWLA I NASIENNICTWO OGRODNICZE ZIELONKI SP. Z O.O.

2 records

Zieglers Fleisch

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

AUSTROSAAT Österr. Samenzucht- und Handels-AG

2 records

ZIDI

Active

Ficus carica L. · Common fig

DESCONOCIDO/INSCRIPCIÓN DE OFICIO

2 records

Zorza Toruńska

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

TORSEED - Przedsiebiorstwo Nasiennictwa Ogrodniczego i Szkolkarstwa S.A.

3 records

Zolotinka

Active

Cucurbita pepo L. · Field pumpkin

KLIMENKO NIKOLAJ NIKOLAEVICh / MAKSIMOV SERGEJ VASIL'EVICh / HOVRIN ALEKSANDR NIKOLAEVICh

2 records

Yolita

Terminated

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Syngenta Seeds B.V.

4 records

Zigano

Terminated

Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper

UNITED GENETICS SEEDS CO

3 records

Yeluna

Active

Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper

ReinSaat KG

2 records

Zongshu

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Domaine Public (FR)

2 records

Yosemite

Active

Allium cepa L. var. cepa · Onion

K2 Seed Growers, Inc (US)

2 records

Zlata

Active

Cucumis melo L. · Melon

SMOLINOVA NADEZhDA VIKTOROVNA / SOKOLOV ARTEM SERGEEVICh / SOKOLOV SERGEJ DMITRIEVICh / HUTORNAYa ELENA VLADIMIROVNA / ShANTASOV ARTUR MARATOVICh

3 records

Yolanda

Active

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel B.V.

3 records

Yasmina

Terminated

Cucurbita pepo L. · Field pumpkin

Vegetal Recherches et Developpements-Vred (FR)

2 records

Yelsto

Active

Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper

Syngenta Crop Protection AG

2 records

Yanoon 3

Application submitted

Actinidia chinensis Planch. · Kiwifruit

Changsha Yanoon Biotech Company Ltd (CN)

3 records

Zenone

Active

Cynara cardunculus L. · Cardoon

NIELI TOMMASO

2 records

ZAI867NJ

Active

Prunus persica (L.) Batsch · Peach

Zaiger's Inc. Genetics (US)

4 records

Yellow Donut

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

ReinSaat KG

2 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.