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.

Marquesita

Active

Lactuca sativa L. · Lettuce

Syngenta Crop Protection AG

4 records

Masko

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Jean-Christophe Lepeltier

2 records

Maseta

Terminated

Lactuca sativa L. · Lettuce

Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel BV (NL)

3 records

Marmorierter Mond

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

keine Angabe

2 records

MANDARED

Active

Hybrids between Citrus reticulata Blanco and Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck · Orange

GIUSEPPE REFORGIATO/GIUSEPPE RUSSO/SANTO RECUPERO

2 records

Marmalindo

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Nunhems B.V.

5 records

Marlin

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Bakker Brothers Gebroeders Bakker Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel BV

2 records

Margold

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Gautier Semences SAS (FR)

3 records

Marylu

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

HAZERA SEEDS BV

3 records

Marengo

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

TERZOLO GIOACHINO^^^OLESSINA ARNALDO

4 records

Maremosso

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Nunhems B.V.

4 records

Merlot

Terminated

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Zeraim Gedera Ltd (IL)

2 records

Mars

Active

Allium cepa L. · Onion

NASRULLAEV NIYaZI MEH'EDDIN / ZOTOV MIHAIL VLADIMIROVICh / KIRSANOVA EKATERINA ALEKSEEVNA

2 records

Malinowy Kujawski

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

TORSEED - Przedsiebiorstwo Nasiennictwa Ogrodniczego i Szkolkarstwa S.A.

3 records

Maliniak

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

PlantiCo Hodowla i Nasiennictwo Ogrodnicze Swietoslaw sp. z o.o.

3 records

Melissa

Active

Prunus persica (L.) Batsch · Peach

PSB produccion vegetal S.L. (ES)

4 records

Marmo

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. var. lycopersicum · Tomato

S.A.I.S. Societa Agricola Italiana Sementi

2 records

Marinica

Terminated

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

STOIAN LUCIANAMBARUS SILVICA

2 records

Mako power

Terminated

Allium porrum L. · Leek

ROGER MAES

2 records

Marinika

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.

4 records

Manarola

Active

Lactuca sativa L. · Lettuce

Vilmorin-Mikado SAS (FR)

2 records

Mammamia

Active

Lactuca sativa L. · Lettuce

MERIDIEM SEEDS S.L.

2 records

Mervita

Terminated

Cucumis sativus L. · Cucumber

HEVEKERL| A. Hevekerl in Fa. Carl Sperling & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)

2 records

Merveille de Kelvedon RF

Active

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

Domaine Public (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.