NZGrower I June 2022

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YOUR INDUSTRY SEEDS FEATURE

NEW VARIETIES BY: LEFROY VALLEY

AUROUS

LAUNCH

HAUPIRI

Sutured medium ropey oval melon with ESL (extended shelf life). Strong vine with easy fruit set. Fruit are a good size, around 1.8kg. with a small cavity.

Bicolour sweetcorn: Lovely 20cm cob of uniform length and good tip-fill. Eighty to eighty-five days to maturity. Great disease package with a good flag and husk colour. Excellent presentation and nice easy snap makes Launch the perfect fresh market variety.

For harvest late spring to early summer dependent on location. Medium to dark green flat round head shape with excellent uniformity and well-presented heart. Also suitable for bagging.

Px, Fom:0,1,2

HR: Bl 1-36, Nr:0

HR: Ps, Rp1-d,g,f,j, IR: Et, MDMV

LYDIARD

KAHIKA

MAYAN GOLD

An exciting new cauliflower suited to harvest early January to mid-April dependent on location. A semi-erect plant with good wrap and leaf cover. The curd is semi-smooth white and firm, with medium sized florets, producing heads 900–1200gm.

For harvest early January to early April dependent on location. Adaptable summer to early autumn lettuce with excellent uniformity, neat frame and clean butt. Medium-large flat round head shape with consistent heart fill. Also suitable for bagging.

A sutured melon with mild ropey net. The blocky-oval fruit of 1.6-2kg, have a medium-small cavity, LSL (long shelf life), great flavour with brix 12-14o, and beautiful aroma. Yields well with good fruit numbers, shipping and storage ability. Plant has good canopy cover and strong vine.

HR: Bl 1-36, Nr:0

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Gc:1-2, Fom


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