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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.

Sources10

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.

Prenel

Terminated

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Vilmorin SA (FR)

FR
1 record

Presto F1

Application submitted

Cucumis sativus L. · Cucumber

Yan Kulstra

UA
2 records

Pop Top

Terminated

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Herrit Vlaar, Lipskyi Volodymyr Volodymyrovych,

UA
1 record

PRUCTOR CEMES

Terminated

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

SJAAK VAN DER PLOEG

UA
1 record

Prado

Active

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

Shevchenko Ihor Andriiovych

UA
2 records

Poznańska Słodka

Terminated

Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper

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

PL
1 record

PV-1433

Withdrawn

Spinacia oleracea L. · Spinach

KWS VEGETABLES B.V.

NL
1 record

Prestyzh

Terminated

Cucumis melo L. · Melon

Khododniak Oleh Heorhiiovych, Chinova Larysa IUriivna, Frolov Volodymyr Vasyl`ovych,

UA
2 records

Pokusa

Terminated

Zea mays L. subsp. mays (Sweet Corn Group) · Sweet corn

Z.P.U.H. KONSMET L.I.

PL
1 record

Posadas F1

Terminated

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Mercier Jean-Claude

UA
1 record

Poire de Tongres

Active

Pyrus communis L. · European pear

Information not available - Contact NL authorities

NL
1 record

Prebona

Application submitted

Brassica oleracea L. (Cauliflower Group) · Cauliflower

Naumov Ruslan Olehovych, Krasniuk Viacheslav Anatoliiovych,

UA
2 records

Poranek/Poranek

Terminated

Brassica oleracea L. (Cauliflower Group) · Cauliflower

A. Kwiatkowska

UA
1 record

Polonais F1

Terminated

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Ger Bimsdeboer

UA
1 record

PINK SVITNES

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Sytnychenko Serhii Mykolaiovych

UA
2 records

Plovdiv

Active

Physalis peruviana L.

Nikolay Panayotov

BG
2 records

Poliana Holosiivs`ka

Terminated

Ribes rubrum L. · Redcurrant

Sherenhovyi Vitalii Petrovych, Silenko Volodymyr Oleksandrovych, Sherenhovyi Petro Zakharovych,

UA
2 records

Pieraline

Terminated

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE, FR

FR
2 records

Platine

Terminated

Lactuca sativa L. · Lettuce

Tezier SA (FR)

FR
2 records

Phyra

Terminated

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

DRESSLER| Dr. Ottfried Dressler

DE
2 records

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