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.

Melodia

Active

Cucurbita pepo L. · Field pumpkin

HM Clause SA (FR)

3 records

Megadena

Application submitted

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Syngenta Crop Protection AG

3 records

MANZANILLA DEL PIQUITO

Active

Olea europaea L. · Olive

3 records

Malinowy Retro

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

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

2 records

Mercator

Terminated

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Johan Herman Mencke

4 records

MANZANILLA_CACEREÑA

Active

Olea europaea L. · Olive

3 records

Manyel

Terminated

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Domaine Public (FR)

3 records

MANTECOSA PRECOZ MORETTINI

Active

Pyrus communis L. · European pear

3 records

Mandoline

Terminated

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

Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel B.V.

2 records

Mankap

Active

Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper

SAKATA VEGETABLES EUROPE SAS

2 records

Maxwell

Active

Cucumis sativus L. · Cucumber

Syngenta Seeds B.V.

2 records

Maxibel

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Axia Vegetable Seeds B.V.

3 records

Mauritz

Active

Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper

ReinSaat KG

2 records

Mairi

Active

Ribes nigrum L. · Blackcurrant

Estonian University of Life Sciences Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Polli Horticultural Research Centre

4 records

Mauricius

Active

Brassica oleracea L. (Broccoli Group) · Broccoli

Nongwoo Bio Co, Ltd (KR)

2 records

Medici

Active

Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Nyman ex A. W. Hill · Parsley

CN SEEDS

5 records

Medelina

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Tzvetelin Yankow, "Florian" OOD

3 records

Majka

Active

Allium cepa L. var. cepa · Onion

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

3 records

Maestro F1

Application submitted

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Vilmorin & Cie

4 records

Maïko

Active

Lactuca sativa L. · Lettuce

Clause (FR)

3 records

Magnus Cresco

Active

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

Vilmorin-Mikado

3 records

Mac Intosh

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

INTOSH MAC (GB)

2 records

Matisse

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

KWS VEGETABLES B.V.

2 records

Matica

Active

Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper

NS ratarstvo (YU)

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.