Brussels Sprouts FRESH MARKET CROP GUIDE

Brussels Sprouts FRESH MARKET CROP GUIDE

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Brussels Sprouts Capitola Perfect for the early mid-season harvest in California, Capitola features a medium sprout, a small butt and flat wing leaves. Known for its quality, Capitola lends itself to machine harvesting and is well suited for fresh and processing in the central California region. Confidant Confidant is a dark, high-yielding mid-season variety. Its great sprout quality gives it excellent shape and color. Confidant is a top choice for the mid-early planting slot in California. Distinct, medium color for high consumer appeal High-yielding with excellent sprout quality Very diversified usage fresh and processing Good dark color High-quality sprout with ring counts between 16 and 19 and high yields Mid-early planting slot for early-to-market benefits Cobus Sporting a medium color, Cobus is a mid-early maturing variety. It produces a medium-tall plant with close spacing of smooth, small-to-medium size sprouts. Harvest can be done by hand or mechanically in the fall. Eye-catching, medium color Medium-tall plant with close spacing of smooth, medium to small size sprouts Can be harvested by hand or mechanically Gigantus Gigantus is a medium sprout with a round-elliptic shape. Ideal for West Coast production. Appealing, medium color High yielding with strong vigor Ideal for West Coast plantings

Gladius A perfect fit for late fall to early winter harvesting periods, Gladius produces round, blue- sprouts. It offers a great disease package and produces high yields of quality sprouts with excellent shelf life. Unique, blue- sprouts High-quality sprouts with excellent shelf life and high yields Great disease package Perfect fit for late fall to early winter harvesting for west coast production Gustus Gustus produces high yields of nice buttons with good shelf life and a pleasantly mild taste. It offers consistently strong yields with a high percentage of large-graded sprouts. Dark sprout with a mild taste Sturdy plant with good cylindrical setting and field holding High-yielding variety with good shelf-life Cryptus Cryptus is a medium-late clubroot resistant variety for harvests in November and December. It offers an easy-growing, sturdy plant that produces high yields of medium, roundshaped buttons with good post-harvest performance. Nice medium sprouts with mild taste High yield with good field-standing ability Clubroot resistant* *The genetic resistance against clubroot found in Syngenta brassica varieties is effective against the predominant races Pb:0 and Pb:1 and against the less frequent race Pb:3. The resistance is not effective against the infrequent race Pb:2 that may occur in some fields. Genetic resistance is only one of the tools useful to manage clubroot and is best coupled with culture measures such as liming, use of fertilizers with high percentage of calcium, proper drainage and good crop hygiene management. Syngenta recommends always executing small variety trials before starting commercial production of a new variety. Martinus A fresh market variety, Martinus produces sprouts of medium color with large, dark buttons and a classic taste. It boasts a vigorous plant with good field standing ability and high yields. Medium to large sprouts with eye-catching medium color Sturdy plant with good uniformity and a cylindrical setting Medium to late maturity with good bolting tolerance

Cobelius One of the easier-to-manage varieties for November and December harvests, Cobelius has a long growing window and is known for its field standing ability. It produces a sturdy plant with easy de-leaving and good yields of dark sprouts. Large to very large, dark sprouts Good plant uniformity and field-standing ability Easy growing variety with long growing window Trialing variety - not available commercially Luminus Luminus produces nicely shaped, uniform buttons on an upright plant. An early-maturing variety known for its classic taste, this sprout is ideal for the fresh market. An upright and sturdy plant with pale, light colored sprouts Early-maturing variety for the fresh market Trialing variety - not available commercially

Technical data: sprouts Variety Commercial/Trialing Avg. plant height (in) Sprout shape Avg. sprout size (in) SPROUTS Sprout color Growing days (after transplant) Capitola** Commercial 38.2 Round 1.6 Medium 135 Confidant** Commercial 25.6 Round 1.2 Dark 130 Cobus Commercial 31.5 Round-elliptic 1.2 Medium Cryptus** Commercial 29.5 Round 1.1 Medium Gigantus Commercial 33.5 Round-elliptic 1.2 Medium 180 185 165 Gladius Commercial 31.5 Round 1.2 Blue- 140 Gustus Commercial 27.6 Round-elliptic 1.2 Dark 110 Martinus Commercial 33.5 Round-elliptic 1.2 Medium 180 Cobelius Trialing 31.5 Obovate 1.6 Dark 165 Luminus Trialing 33.5 Round-elliptic 1.2 Light 125 **Disease Resistance: Capitola and Confidant have high resistance to Foc. Cryptus has high resistance to CCR.* Disease abbreviation key CCR Clubroot caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae* Hr High resistance Foc Fusarium yellows, some races or strains caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans race 1 IR Intermediate resistance In cases where specific races or strains are not noted, the variety is resistant to some, but not necessarily all known races or strains of the pathogen. For complete disease resistance information, please visit vegetables.syngenta-us.com. *The genetic resistance against clubroot found in Syngenta brassica varieties is effective against the predominant races Pb:0 and Pb:1 and against the less frequent race Pb:3. The resistance is not effective against the infrequent race Pb:2 that may occur in some fields. Genetic resistance is only one of the tools useful to manage clubroot and is best coupled with culture measures such as liming, use of fertilizers with high percentage of calcium, proper drainage and good crop hygiene management. Syngenta recommends always executing small variety trials before starting commercial production of a new variety. Bolting Tolerance HIGH HHHHH HHHH HHH HH H Capitola Confidant Luminus Cobus Gustus Gladius Martinus Cobelius Reference above chart Gigantus for variety bolting tolerance after transplanting in the field. Cryptus LOW

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