YOUR INDUSTRY SEEDS FEATURE
NEW VARIETIES BY: SOUTH PACIFIC SEEDS
HADLEE — RED RADISH
ATTAKAI — GREEN CABBAGE
TANTO — BUNCHING ONION
A vigorous variety, HADLEE is a red radish for cool season harvest. Produces round, dark red roots with a high yield potential because of its hybrid uniformity. Features strong tops which are suitable for bunching presentation of the roots, or can be easily removed for packing into punnets.
ATTAKAI is a high-quality hybrid drumhead cabbage for warm season production. Produces a medium sized blue-grey head (1.5-3kg head weight) with exceptional internal qualities and good flavour. Upright, compact frame offering ideal protection from the damaging sun. Intermediate resistance to black rot and tip-burn and offers a high resistance package to Fusarium yellow. Matures in approximately 14-18 weeks.
TANTO is a high quality, hybrid bunching onion for warm season production. A highly uniform variety, producing long white upright stems with attractive dark green leaves. Firm, upright stems make this variety a highly presentable bunching onion for both sleeve and banded display. TANTO is easy to pull and clean and has shown to have good tolerance to brown tips and bulbing. Warm season harvest only.
ZEPLIN — TELEGRAPH CUCUMBER
SÁBANA — ICEBERG LETTUCE
HEIDI — CELERY
ZEPLIN is a Continental cucumber for heated glasshouse production. A consistent performer, maintaining a high level of production across a wide harvest window with a combination of strong resistance against viruses and powdery mildew. Because of its open plant architecture, ZEPLIN is a generative, labour friendly variety. Fruits maintain high quality across the growing cycle of the crop. Cucumbers are smooth with a slight rib and nice dark green colour. Single fruiting, 32-34 cm fruit length. Harvest spring to autumn.
SÁBANA (SPS 176-21) is a summer harvest iceberg suited to warm and hot conditions. A Salinas style variety producing a uniform crop with exceptional head quality and a short core. Medium head size and frame. Slow to bolt, holds well in the heat and shows good tolerance to internal tipburn in humid conditions. A slightly faster maturing variety than many current summer lines, SÁBANA may be harvested as early as late spring in some drier regions and may continue on into autumn. Fusarium resistance (Fol. 1) — a huge advantage in humid areas and on heavy soils.
HEIDI is a vigorous, hybrid main season celery with dark green healthy foliage and long, broad finely ribbed stalks. Produces tall, upright bunches which are easy to harvest. A uniform variety, strong against cracking at the knuckles. Shows strong tolerance to Septoria spotting. Performs well under cool and challenging conditions and is suitable for both sleeving and naked presentation. Susceptible to bolting if grown when the pressure is high.
20 NZGROWER : JUNE 2022
