Vegetable quality
The vegetable crops and varieties shown at Innovation Farm demonstrate some of the progress made through plant breeding in improving quality, disease resistance and seasonality.
Crops in the demonstration field exhibiting such traits include:
CARROTS
Variety: Eskimo F1
Agent: Nickerson-Zwaan Breeder: Vilmorin
Variety: NAIROBI
Breeder: Elsoms Seeds
Variety: VARIOUS (Purple Haze (F1), Atlas, Mignon)
Breeder: Elsoms Seeds
ONIONS
Variety: VISION
Breeder: Syngenta
Variety: SANTERO
Breeder: Nickerson-Zwaan
Variety: ABS 106
Breeder: Allium Seeds UK Ltd
Variety: REDDAWN
Breeder: Elsoms Seeds
Variety: RED BARON
Breeder: Elsoms Seeds Ltd
