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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CHARACTERISTIC* |
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 |
PEDUNCLE |
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 |