OUTSTANDING QUALITIES
- VIGOROUS GROWTH HABIT
- EXCELLENT YIELD POTENTIAL
- MULTIPLE DISEASE RESISTANCE
- SUITED FOR OPEN FIELD PRODUCTION
Fortuna is a semi-determinate medium-late maturing salad type variety. Plants are very vigorous with excellent leaf cover. Yield potential is very high with a very high percentage of first grade fruit with good flavour. Fortuna can maintain fruit size to the end of the season. The variety is aimed at the typical pre-pack market but for outdoor production. Fortuna has high resistance to Verticillium wilt race 1 (Vd: 1), Fusarium wilt races 1 – 3 (Fol: 1 – 3), Tomato mosaic (ToMV) and Root-knot (Mi, Mj), Gray leaf spot (Ss), Alternaria stem cancker (Aal) and intermediate resistance to Bacterial wilt (Rs: 1).
SPECIAL VARIETAL REQUIREMENTS
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DESCRIPTION
VARIETY NAME: FORTUNA
KIND: Semi-determinate F1 hybrid salad tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.)
PRODUCTION TYPE: Open field
FIRMNESS: Very good
MATURITY: Medium-late
PLANT VIGOUR: Very good
SEASON: Year round culture in frost free areas
FRUIT WEIGHT: 160 – 220 g
FRUIT SHAPE: Oblate
PEDUCLE: Jointed
ATTACHMENT POINT: Small, neat
SHOULDER: Smooth to slightly ribbed
SHOULDER COLOUR: Uniform
BLOSSOM END: Neat
COLOUR: Internal: very good; External: excellent
FLAVOUR: Excellent
UNIFORMITY: Very good
LEAF COVER: Excellent
DISEASE REACTION (SCIENTIFIC): High resistance: Verticillium dahliae race 1 (Vd: 1), Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici races 1 – 3 (Fol: 1 – 3), Tomato mosaic virus (ToMV), Meloidogyne incognita (Mi), Meloidgyne javanica (Mj), Stemphillium solani (Ss), Alternaria alternata f. sp. lycopersici (Aal). Intermediate resistance: Ralstonia solanacearum race 1 biovar 3 (Rs: 1)
MARKETS / END USE: Fresh market
POPULATION GUIDE: 10 000 – 12 000 final stand per ha (45 – 50 cm in row, 160 cm between rows)
SPECIAL FEATURES: Very good size at the end of season