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DR7109CB is a dark green snack cucumber with a good bite, good quality, regular average fruit weight and a high yield potential. The fruit length at harvesting is ± 9 cm with an average fruit weight of ± 35 gram. This variety has very small leaves which makeS it possible in the summer to increase the stem density to 4,5 stems per m2. Due the short internodes and generative crop type, this variety needs less labor than other varieties. DR7109CB is easy to pack resulting in lower packaging costs.
- DR7109CB is a dark green snack cucumber with a good bite, good quality, regular average fruit weight and a high yield potential. The fruit length at harvesting is ± 9 cm with an average fruit weight of ± 35 gram. This variety has very small leaves which makeS it possible in the summer to increase the stem density to 4,5 stems per m2. Due the short internodes and generative crop type, this variety needs less labor than other varieties. DR7109CB is easy to pack resulting in lower packaging costs.
Features
- Double fruited from the beginning
- Smaller leaves
- Plants makes 30% more leaves
- Short internodes
- Small head (not too heavy)
- Fruit lower in plant
- More ribbed fruit and darker color
- Excellent shelf life
- High Resistance to Cucumber mosaic virus
- Easy to pack the fruits
- Average fruit length of 9 cm
Advantages
- Early high yield potential
- More plants per m2 possible
- Higher fruit load per plant possible
- Longer intervals in between clipping
- Easy to clip
- Less problems with sun burning and cold stripes
- Better fruit quality
- Less problems with declining fruit quality
- Plants stays more healthy
- Fast and easy packaging of fruit
- 1-2 cm shorter fruit
Agronomic Tips
- More plants per m2 will increase labor demand Too high fruit load results in less uniform fruit shape (dog bones like Quarto from RZ) A too long shelf life can influence speculation in the market Some customers like longer fruit more
Disease Resistance
DISEASE RESISTANCE (HR)
CMV/Ccu
DISEASE RESISTANCE (IR)
CVYV
Characteristics
SEGMENT
Snack
CROPPING TYPE
Highwire, Traditional
FLOWER HABIT
Gynoecious Normal
COLOUR
Dark Green
AVERAGE LENGTH
8.5 - 9.5 cm
SHAPE
Straight
PLANT HABIT
Generative
AVERAGE WEIGHT
35 - 40 grams
HARVEST UNIFORMITY
High Uniformity
RELATIVE MATURITY
Medium-Late
SEEDLESS
Seedless
SHELF LIFE
Long
SKIN DESCRIPTION
Smooth
SOWING SEASON
Spring, Summer, Autumn
HARVESTING SEASON
Spring, Summer, Autumn
VIGOUR
Medium
ABILITY TO MECHANIZE HARVEST
No
TRANSPLANTING SEASON
Spring, Summer, Autumn