Well-known for its global breeding programs, Enza Zaden is claims to be increasing its East Coast presence with strong technical information for local growing conditions, and a dedicated team on the ground to serve the needs of growers and dealers.
“The field day was a great success overall, with dealers and professional growers from Florida to Quebec gaining insight into the depth of our current offering, and the exciting direction of our product pipeline,” said Rod Jorgensen, Area Sales Manager, Eastern US/Canada, Enza Zaden.
Tomato varieties on display featured mature green fruits with increased resistance packages, including:
- Skyway, a high-quality, semi-determinate, open-field variety with a slightly heirloom appearance, strong virus and nematode resistance, and well-suited to spring and fall growing conditions in the southeast
- Suwannee, an early maturing beef with Fusarium crown root rot resistance, ideal for the fall season in Florida, and the warm night slots in other areas of the southeast
- Winterhaven, with Fusarium crown rot resistance, and ideal for the winter slot in Florida, and for cold night production in other southeast grower regions
- A mature green market round beef hybrid with excellent virus and fungal resistances, adapted for the warm production slot (fall to late spring)
- Two determinate Roma type hybrids, one for Florida’s cold to warm (winter to spring) slot, and the other adapted to the warm to cold (fall) slot), and both with excellent virus, fungal and nematode resistance
Peppers on display included two open-field blocky bells with high resistance to bacterial leaf spot races 1-5, plus excellent performance under Phytophthora pressure.
- Triology, a main season bell, is ideal for hot southeastern growing conditions
- Ningun, an early season bell, is well-adapted to the cooler conditions of the northeast
Green Machine, Enza Zaden’s widely-adaptable zucchini that grows well all along the Eastern Seaboard and into the Midwest, was also on display. The high-yielding variety produces medium green fruits of excellent quality and uniformity, and with excellent virus and powdery mildew resistances.
The company’s organic division, Vitalis Organic Seeds, showcased its second set of trials since obtaining organic certification for a portion of the Myakka research station in 2013. Organic products on display included endive, fennel and melon.
“As we trial an increasing number of varieties at our Florida research station, we’re demonstrating our capacity to offer new organic crops that are well-adapted to East Coast growing conditions, and with top technical information,” said Adrienne Shelton, Organic Product Specialist, Northeast/Midwest US, Enza Zaden USA.
Enza Zaden also leverages its global breeding program to support emerging markets and occasionally smaller growers with unique products. Examples on display included:
- Bittergourd, a food that’s heavily sought out by the Asian population in the US and Canada
- Bellatrix, an early, high-yielding large round hybrid pumpkin with intermediate powdery mildew resistance, ideal for Halloween
For more information, please contact:
Jean Thomin
Tel: +1 831 998 2248
j.thomin@enzazaden.com