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.

Avola

Active

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

SEMINIS VEGETABLE| Seminis Vegetable Seeds Deutschland GmbH

CZ DE DK ES HU PL +1

17 records

Amerigo

Active

Brassica oleracea L. (Cauliflower Group) · Cauliflower

Syngenta Seeds, NL

BG CZ HR HU NL PL +1

14 records

Tristar

Active

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

SEMINIS VEGETABLE| Seminis Vegetable Seeds Deutschland GmbH

CZ DE ES HU SI SK

16 records

Savanna

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Teagasc Oak Park Research Centre

IE IT MT NL UA

18 records

Red Lady

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Solana Agrar Proukte GmBH & Co.

CZ GR HR LT UA

16 records

Laguna

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Nunhems, NL

HR NL PL SK UA

14 records

Lanorma

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Tjerk Krijthe

FR NL UA

19 records

Plumac

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

Plunkett Geoffrey R. P.

15 records

Maritiema

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

MR.E.A.BOERHAVE

BE CZ DE DK ES FR +4

14 records

Fargo

Active

Brassica oleracea L. (Cauliflower Group) · Cauliflower

Bejo Zaden BV (NL)

BG CZ HR HU NL PL +2

15 records

Van

Active

Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry

Sagaplant AS, N-3812 Akkerhaugen

CZ ES FR HU NL PL +3

28 records

Tuscan

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

THE KENT INCORPORATED SOCIETY

BE DE ES FR HU IE +2

17 records

Parel

Active

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

Bejo Zaden BV (NL)

BG CZ HR HU LT NL +2

13 records

Incline

Active

Brassica oleracea L. (Cauliflower Group) · Cauliflower

Tomohaki Funabiki

BG CZ HR HU NL PL +2

13 records

Jonagold

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

Station de Geneva (US)

CZ ES FR HU NL PL +2

22 records

Roxy

Active

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

VEGETABLE MONSANTO B.V.

CZ HR HU NL PL SI +1

12 records

Atlas

Active

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

UNICOPA/CLAUSE

BE DE DK ES FR IE +2

15 records

Techlovan

Active

Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry

ZBYNÊK JECK CSC

AT CZ DE HU NL PL +1

25 records

Primero

Active

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

Bejo Zaden BV (NL)

BG CZ HR LT NL PL +1

13 records

Daguan

Active

Lactuca sativa L. · Lettuce

Syngenta Seeds, NL

CZ ES FR HR HU NL +1

15 records

Barcelona

Active

Brassica oleracea L. (Cauliflower Group) · Cauliflower

Nickerson-Zwaan B.V.

BG CZ HR HU NL PL +1

12 records

Glen Ample

Active

Rubus idaeus L. · Red raspberry

The James Hutton Institute, Dundee, DD2 5DA

CZ HU NL PL SK UA

26 records

Prelado

Active

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

Syngenta Seeds, NL

HR HU NL PL UA

14 records

Cripps Pink

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF

DE ES FR NL

21 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.