OUTSTANDING QUALITIES
- Outstanding disease resistance
- Vigorous growth habit
- Very high yield potential
- Small fruit with high brix
Legato is a unique multiple disease resistant processing variety with strong vigour and very good leaf cover. Yield potential is good and fruit have a high Brix. Advantages over American type processing tomatoes are the outstanding disease resistance, local adaptability and consistent high performance. Legato is suitable for drying. Legato has high resistance to Verticillium wilt race 1 (Vd: 1), Fusarium wilt races 1 and 2 (Fol: 1 - 2), Root-knot (Mi, Mj), Bacterial wilt race 1 (Rs: 1) and intermediate resistance to Bacterial canker (Cmm), Bacterial speck (Pst), Bacterial spot Xcv (now Xav) and Tomato spotted wilt (TSWV).
SPECIAL VARIETAL REQUIREMENTS
- Contact your area representative for more information
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CHARACTERISTIC* |
LEGATO |
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KIND |
F1 hybrid saladette tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) |
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TYPE |
Determinate |
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FIRMNESS |
Good to very good |
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MATURITY |
Early |
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SEASON |
Year round culture in frost free areas |
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FRUIT WEIGHT |
90 - 110 g |
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FRUIT SHAPE |
Blocky |
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ATTACHMENT POINT |
Small, neat |
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FRUIT COLOUR |
Fruit shoulder very light green turning red. Excellent internal and external colour |
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UNIFORMITY |
Very good |
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LEAF COVER |
Excellent |
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DISEASE REACTION (SCIENTIFIC) |
High resistance: Verticillium dahliae race 1 (Vd: 1), Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici races 1 and 2 (Fol: 1 - 2), Meloidogyne incognita (Mi) and Meloidogyne javanica (Mj), Ralstonia solanacearum race 1 (Rs: 1) Intermediate resistance: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis (Cmm), Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato (Pst), Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria Xcv (now Xav) (now Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. Vesicatoria) and Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) |
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MARKETS / END USE |
Processing, especially drying |
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POPULATION GUIDE |
24 000 – 36 000 final stand per ha |
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SPECIAL FEATURES |
Outstanding disease package, top quality, firm fruit, suitable for drying |