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.

Sondela

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

AGROSEL S.R.L.

3 records

Sława z Gołębiewa

Active

Brassica oleracea L. (White Cabbage Group) · White cabbage

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

2 records

Solo

Active

Beta vulgaris Garden Beet Group · Garden beet

Sakata Seed Europe B.V.

2 records

Skyluks

Active

Cucumis sativus L. · Cucumber

Syngenta Crop Protection AG

4 records

Sonya

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

McLaren John

2 records

Sisto

Terminated

Brassica oleracea L. (Kohlrabi Group) · Kohlrabi

Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel B.V.

2 records

Skierniewicki

Active

Cucumis sativus L. · Cucumber

Przedsiebiorstwo Nasiennictwa Ogrodniczego i Szkolkarstwa w Ozarowie Mazowieckim Spolka z o.o.

2 records

SL2B1502322

Active

Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper

Syngenta Seeds B.V.

3 records

Sirma

Active

Prunus domestica L. · European plum

Valentina Bozhkova, Pencho Iliev

2 records

Solista

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

OLTER SRL

4 records

Sinij Utes

Application submitted

Lonicera caerulea L. · Blue-berried honeysuckle

SAVINKOVA NADEZhDA VIKTOROVNA / GAGARKIN ANDREJ VASIL'EVICh

2 records

Slimcut

Terminated

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Nunhems B.V.

4 records

Slida

Active

Cucumis sativus L. · Cucumber

INTERSEMILLAS SAU

2 records

Skater

Active

Allium porrum L. · Leek

Bejo Zaden B.V.

3 records

Sparta

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

J.M. Kannegieter

3 records

Spacestar

Active

Brassica oleracea L. convar. botrytis (L.) Alef. · Cauliflower

Syngenta Seeds B. V.

2 records

Spacemaster

Terminated

Cucumis sativus L. · Cucumber

Pieterpik B.V.

2 records

Sipontum

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

HM.Clause S.A.S.

3 records

Snow White

Active

Fragaria x ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier · Garden strawberry

Information not available - Contact NL authorities

2 records

Solstice

Active

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

CROOKHAM COMPANY

3 records

Siegfried

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Niederösterreichische Saatbaugenossenschaft reg.Gen.m.b.H.

3 records

Skarne

Active

Spinacia oleracea L. · Spinach

KWS VEGETABLES B.V.

2 records

Soliman

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

ORKAD (FR)

4 records

Sixto

Active

Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper

Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.

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.