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.

Chandor

Active

Lactuca sativa L. · Lettuce

Gautier Semences SAS (FR)

2 records

Ceryl

Active

Beta vulgaris Garden Beet Group · Garden beet

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

3 records

Cha Cha

Active

Cucurbita maxima Duchesne · Giant pumpkin

Johnny's Selected Seeds

2 records

Brzezina

Active

Rubus L. subg. Rubus · Blackberry

Sadowniczy Zaklad Doswiadczalny Instytutu Ogrodnictwa Brzezna Sp z o.o.

4 records

Cerise

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Domaine Public (FR)

2 records

Cereza Amarilla

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Pieterpik B.V.

2 records

Cesare

Active

Cucurbita pepo L. · Field pumpkin

BLUMEN GROUP S.P.A

2 records

Chiara

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

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

4 records

Centenar

Active

Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper

Mogos Agro SRL

3 records

CAPOLA

Active

Citrus clementina hort. ex Tanaka · Clementine

MARIA ANTONIA PORCAR

3 records

Buffalosteak

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

HM.Clause S.A.S.

3 records

Cherrystar

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Sakata Seed Corporation, JP

2 records

CALDERONA

Active

Ficus carica L. · Common fig

DESCONOCIDO/INSCRIPCIÓN DE OFICIO

2 records

Centrius

Active

Lactuca sativa L. · Lettuce

Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel B.V.

4 records

Calarreona

Active

Lactuca sativa L. · Lettuce

Vilmorin-Mikado SAS (FR)

3 records

Cedrik

Active

Cucumis sativus L. · Cucumber

LUIS MULLOR

3 records

Breso

Active

Cucumis sativus L. · Cucumber

Vilmorin SA (FR)

2 records

Broncos

Active

Cucurbita pepo L. · Field pumpkin

Syngenta Crop Protection AG

4 records

Brandywine

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Domaine Public (FR)

2 records

Buzi

Active

Allium fistulosum L. · Welsh onion

Sakata Seed Corporation

2 records

Boyanska kapiya

Terminated

Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper

Nikolay Matakov, Hristo Georgiev

3 records

Casque d'or

Active

Cichorium endivia L. · Endive

Domaine Public (FR)

2 records

Bursztyn

Active

Cucumis sativus L. · Cucumber

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

2 records

Casablanka

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

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

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.