ABACUS*
Early sowing programme
Normal sowing programme
Benefits of Abacus
- Excellent standing ability
- Combines earliness with uniform cylindrical button development
- Suitable for February sowings and autumn sown over-wintered young plants
ALBARUS
Normal sowing programme
Benefits of Albarus
- Good frost tolerance
- January to March maturity
- Dark, bold buttons
- Excellent holding ability
AURELIUS
Normal sowing programme
Benefits of Aurelius
- Ideal for the Christmas harvest period
- Strong against lodging with excellent holding ability
- Very uniform button quality and grading
BATAVUS
Normal sowing programme
Benefits of Batavus
- Healthy dark green buttons
- Late variety with good frost tolerance
- January to late March maturity
COBELIUS
Normal sowing programme
Benefits of Cobelius
- Matures late November
- Excellent holding throughout December
- Bright fresh looking buttons
- High yielding, with clean, evenly spaced buttons
- Good leaf drop and easy harvesting
- A popular choice for the Christmas market
CRISPUS
Normal sowing programme
Benefits of Crispus
- Club Root version of Maximus with the same mid/early harvest
- Growing reliability due to its high Club Root resistance
- Smooth, good quality buttons and small butt
CRYPTUS
Normal sowing programme
Benefits of Cryptus
- Follows on from Crispus for continual supply from clubroot land
- Strong against lodging
- Reliable due to its high clubroot resistance
- Smooth good quality buttons
- Uniform button quality
- Ideal for the Christmas period
GIGANTUS
Normal sowing programme
Benefits of Gigantus
- Strong vigour
- Needs less nitrogen to start
- High yielding
- Not to plant before 1st May
GLADIUS
Normal sowing programme
Benefits of Gladius
- Early mid-season variety with the possibility to plan a second planting
- Harvests from the end of September to mid November
- Sturdy plants, very good cylindrical setting
- Easy deleafing
- Dark, smooth buttons with a mild taste
LEWITUS
Normal sowing programme
Benefits of Lewitus
- Tall sturdy plant
- High yielding
- Excellent quality buttons
- Reliable with excellent holding ability
- Ideal for the Christmas market
PETRUS
Normal sowing programme
Benefits of Petrus
- Suitable for late harvest in the Mid winter period of January and February with excellent frost tolerance and holding ability
- Produces a uniform high quality button
- Excellent variety for Scotland and Lincolnshire
- Attractive dark green button
PROFITUS*
Normal sowing programme
Benefits of Profitus
- Plant mid-May onwards
- Strong vigorous variety with uniform and cylindrical sprouts
- Easy deleafing
- Finer grading but high number of sprouts per stalk and dense button
- High yield potential
SPLENDUS
Normal sowing programme
Benefits of Splendus
- Very late segment – Feb into March
- Follows on from Petrus
- Sturdy, high yielding
- Dark green buttons
- Well spaced buttons with excellent leaf drop
- Reduces the need for expensive imports