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.

Myrtel

Active

Lactuca sativa L. · Lettuce

BEJO ZADEN

10 records

Nectaprima

Active

Prunus persica (L.) Batsch · Peach

Maillard Laurence|Elne, FR / Maillard Arsene|Elne, FR

10 records

Miss Malina

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Interseed Potatoes GmbH

8 records

Navsel 2

Active

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

SCHARCHAR KARNIEL

6 records

Mogador

Active

Prunus armeniaca L. · Apricot

PSB produccion vegetal S.L. (ES)

12 records

Mestiza

Active

Lactuca sativa L. · Lettuce

Nunhems B.V.

8 records

Luvion

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Nunhems B.V.

8 records

Legacy

Active

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

Van Waveren Saaten GmbH

9 records

Lurefresh

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

Markus Kobelt

7 records

Lea

Active

Lactuca sativa L. · Lettuce

ENZA ZADEN BEHEER B.V., NL

9 records

Klimaro

Active

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

BEJO ZADEN

7 records

Itumsix

Active

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

Martinez Manuel Tornel,Espin Juan Carreno

6 records

Jack Miller

Active

Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper

Silvester de Nooijer

9 records

Itumfive

Active

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

Manuel Tornell and Juan Carre�o

6 records

Hiromi Red

Active

Prunus salicina Lindl. · Japanese plum

ZAIGER'S INC. GENETICS

10 records

Glenred

Active

Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry

Lowell Glen Bradford (US)

8 records

Esprit

Active

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

Van Waveren, D

9 records

El Lucio

Active

Spinacia oleracea L. · Spinach

Syngenta Seeds BV, Netherlands

8 records

Derby

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Harris Moran Seed Company

8 records

DrisBlackFive

Active

Rubus L. · Blackberry

Sills Gavin R. / Rodriguez Alcazar Jorge / Rodriguez Mesa Jose Maurilio / Pabon Andrea M.

8 records

Cipria

Active

Vaccinium corymbosum L. · Highbush blueberry

The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited

8 records

Brianna

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Stet Holland B.V.

8 records

Capriccio

Active

Cynara cardunculus L. · Cardoon

NUNHEMS

9 records

Bordeaux

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

TPC Research BV

7 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.