Legacy

Legacy
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Legacy

An augmented sweet corn hybrid with extremely high-quality cobs

• Adapted for specialized pre pack markets.
• Highly attractive bright yellow cylindrical cobs.
• Sweet and Tender for unsurpassed eating quality
• Very high yielding capabilities

Type:

Augmented supersweet (sh2) F1 hybrid sweet corn variety for the fresh market.

Maturity:

Medium to late maturing variety that can be harvested 87 days after planting (Southern African summer planting conditions apply). The date of harvesting may vary by as much as 10 days between early and late season plantings. This needs to be taken into consideration when planning planting schedules under different growing conditions. For accurate planning heat units should be monitored.

Plant Characteristics:

Plants are very uniform; reaching a height of 1.80m, with ears positioned 70 cm above the ground. Tillers can be present at a rate of up to 2 per plant.There is no significant economic advantage to remove these tillers.

Ear Characteristics:

Attractive, uniform, cylindrical ears, with a length of 16 - 18 cm and 16 deep kernel rows. LEGACY has some of the best deep golden colour cobs on the market.Very high refinement with a tender pericarp resulting in superb eating qualities. Ears are extremely uniform that results in a very high pack out percentage. LEGACY has a very good tip fill with well refined cobs and excellent husk protection.

Disease Resistance:

IR: local Rust strains (Ps) and Northern Corn leaf Blight (Et).

Features & Benefits:

Being a market leader, LEGACY produces some of the best sweet and tender tasting cobs on the market today. The combination of yield, stability and quality distinguish this variety from any other standard in this segment.