Java scores relatively well in Belgian cauliflower test

Inagro compared six varieties for supply in florets: Java (Syngenta), Fortaleza (Seminis), David (Syngenta), Wonder (Syngenta), Giewont (Seminis) and HMC 33925 (Clause). The overall rose quality was mediocre. Java was the earliest this year and, despite its lower leaf formation this year, combined a very good yield with a mediocre quality. Java had 73 growing days and produced 38.3 tons of florets per hectare. David also formed a more difficult sheet and scored mediocre in quality. Giewont was more vigorous and had the best quantitative and qualitative score. Wonder seems promising, according to Inagro. Fortaleza was less firm at the bottom. The new variety HMC 33295 had an excellent rose quality, but was difficult to harvest and suffered from yellow, rotting leaves at the bottom. Long harvesting trajectory The harvesting process in this summer trial lasted remarkably long, up to 36 days. That of Java and Fortaleza, still fourteen and seventeen days, respectively, was only half or ...