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.

Rubichic

Application submitted

Prunus armeniaca L. · Apricot

Newcot SAS (FR)

2 records

Rubelitta

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

ReinSaat KG

2 records

Rozestar

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Sakata Seed Corporation, JP

2 records

Rozov blyan

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Spas Gelemerov

3 records

Rosa

Terminated

Allium cepa L. var. cepa · Onion

SPÓJNIA Hodowla i Nasiennictwo Ogrodnicze sp. z o.o.

2 records

Rubillion

Active

Allium cepa L. var. cepa · Onion

TAKII EUROPE B V

4 records

Romitel

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

INCONNU (FR)

3 records

Rozamax

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Tzvetelin Yankow, "Florian" OOD

3 records

Rozalina rossa

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Bistra Ts. Atanasova, Hristo A. Georgiev

3 records

Rotkäppchen

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. var. lycopersicum · Tomato

ISP QUEDLINBURG GERMANY

2 records

Rozabella

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Chavdar Georgiev

2 records

Round Beauty

Active

Cucurbita pepo L. · Field pumpkin

UNITED GENETICS SEEDS CO

2 records

Samurai

Active

Cucumis sativus L. · Cucumber

ZAYIN TECHNOLOGY S.L.

2 records

Rolandia

Terminated

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

GENISTA S.R.L.

2 records

Rouge Duret

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

Domaine Public (FR)

2 records

SAMOS

Active

Spinacia oleracea L. · Spinach

CLAUSE, S.A.

2 records

Rosalinde

Terminated

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Yissum Research dev of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)

2 records

Rosalinda

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. var. lycopersicum · Tomato

ISI SEMENTI SPA

2 records

Roundel

Active

Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper

AGROSEL S.R.L.

3 records

Rotera

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

HAZERA QUALITY SEEDS LTD

2 records

Rouge gros

Active

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

Domaine Public (FR)

2 records

Rodos

Terminated

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

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

2 records

Roter krieger

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

Information not available - Contact NL authorities

2 records

Rodanice

Terminated

Lactuca sativa L. · Lettuce

Gautier Semences SAS (FR)

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.