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.

New Red Fire

Active

Lactuca sativa L. · Lettuce

TAKII and CO LTD

4 records

Newcastle

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

BEJO ZADEN

5 records

Nectarruby

Active

Prunus persica (L.) Batsch · Peach

Arsene Maillard Laurence Maillard

6 records

Nagasaki

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

BEJO ZADEN

5 records

Nectachief

Active

Prunus persica (L.) Batsch · Peach

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

7 records

Normando

Active

Cucumis sativus L. · Cucumber

SEMILLAS FITO, S.A.

4 records

Mustang

Active

Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper

ANTIPOVA NATAL'Ya YuR'EVNA / GARMAShOVA ALEKSANDRA PETROVNA / YuROV ANATOLIJ IVANOVICh

6 records

Navedo

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

BEJO ZADEN

5 records

Natchez

Active

Rubus L. subg. Rubus · Blackberry

University of Arkansas, USA

7 records

NF 137

Active

Fragaria x ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier · Garden strawberry

Siboni Adriana, Raggi Giordano, Marchetti Enrico, Bernardini Danilo,

6 records

Mozart

Active

Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper

Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.

5 records

Nectavista

Active

Prunus persica (L.) Batsch · Peach

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

5 records

Monza

Active

Spinacia oleracea L. · Spinach

Pop Vriend, NL

4 records

Montebello

Active

Brassica oleracea L. (Broccoli Group) · Broccoli

BEJO ZADEN

5 records

Miranda

Active

Brassica oleracea L. (Broccoli Group) · Broccoli

MORAVOSEED

4 records

Nanchong

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

BEJO ZADEN

5 records

Musico

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Vilmorin SA (FR)

4 records

Modena

Active

Cucurbita pepo L. · Field pumpkin

BEJO ZADEN

5 records

Nagoya

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

BEJO ZADEN

5 records

Minkar

Active

Spinacia oleracea L. · Spinach

Philip Simons

5 records

Melville

Active

Spinacia oleracea L. · Spinach

Monsanto Vegetable IP Management B.V.

6 records

Morelia

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Rijk Zwaan Welver, D

4 records

Melania

Active

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai · Watermelon

MONSANTO HOLLAND BV , NL

4 records

Mesclita

Active

Lactuca sativa L. · Lettuce

Syngenta UK Ltd

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.