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
Eskimo F1
Agent: Nickerson-Zwaan Breeder: Vilmorin
Nairobi
Breeder: Elsoms Seeds
Various (Purple Haze (F1), Atlas, Mignon)
Breeder: Elsoms Seeds
Onions
Vision
Breeder: Syngenta
Santero
Breeder: Nickerson-Zwaan
ABS 106
Breeder: Allium Seeds UK Ltd
Reddawn
Breeder: Elsoms Seeds
Red Baron
Breeder: Elsoms Seeds Ltd
