Witta
Application submittedMalus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple
Simone Bühlmann-Schütz Agroscope
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.
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
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.
Tardorange
ActivePrunus armeniaca L. · Apricot
David Ruiz González^^^Antonio Molina Gómez^^^Encarnación Ortega Pastor^^^Pedro Martínez Gómez^^^Juan Alfonso Salazar Martínez^^^José Egea Caballero
Titania
ActiveRibes L. · Currants
Tamas Pal
Sweet Christine
ActivePrunus salicina Lindl. · Japanese plum
Joseph Ben-Dor
Tiffany
TerminatedSolanum tuberosum L. · Potato
CAITHNESS POTATO BREEDERS LTD
Thornless Sleeping Beauty
ActiveRubus L. subg. Rubus · Blackberry
REYNALDO CABRERA AVALOS
Suplumthirtyfive
ActivePrunus salicina Lindl. · Japanese plum
Mowrey Bruce D.|Watsonville, CA / Cain David W.|Bakersfield, CA / Bacon Terry A.|Bakersfield, CA
Suplumfortyseven
ActivePrunus salicina Lindl. · Japanese plum
Terry A. Bacon^^^David W. Cain
Sweet Sicily
ActiveHybrids between Citrus sinensis and Citrus clementina
Giuseppe Reforgiato Recupero, Giuseppe Russo, Santo Recupero
Stenli
ActivePrunus domestica L. · European plum
SOEDINENNYE SHTATY
STARK DELICIOUS
ActivePrunus persica (L.) Batsch · Peach
Stellar
ActiveVaccinium corymbosum L. · Highbush blueberry
Edmund J. Wheeler James F. Hancock
Tanazia
ActiveDiplotaxis tenuifolia (L.) DC. · Perennial wall-rocket
Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.
Sunred Seedless
ActiveVitis L. · Grapevine
ELLIS PHILLIPUS JOHANNES LANGENHOVEN^^^EVANS EDWARD PETER
Stark Earliglo
ActivePrunus persica (L.) Batsch · Peach
Roxburgh, John M
Shampion
ActiveMalus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple
RUP «BRESTSKAYA OBLASTNAYA SELSKOXOZYAJSTVENNAYA OPYTNAYA STANCZIYA NAN BELARUSI»
Shekinah Tahi
ActiveRubus occidentalis L. · Black raspberry
Harvey K Hall
Saturn
ActivePrunus persica (L.) Batsch · Peach
Swim, Herbert C|Ontario, CA
Roodkop
ActiveBrassica oleracea L. (Red Cabbage Group) · Red cabbage
PIETERPIKZONEN BV
Relevant
ActiveRubus L. subg. Rubus · Blackberry
TROCIN Dumitru, MD
Regine
TerminatedRubus idaeus L. · Red raspberry
Ilario Ioriatti c/o Berryplant
SA8A
ActivePrunus x limeixing (J. Y. Zhang & Z. M. Wang) Y. H. Tong & N. H. Xia
Lowell Glen Bradford
Rio-Oso-Gem
ActivePrunus persica (L.) Batsch · Peach
RIDLEY 0808
Activehybrids between Vaccinium corymbosum L. and Vaccinium darrowii Camp
Ridley Bell