OUTSTANDING QUALITIES

• EXCELLENT UNIFORMITY
• WIDELY ADAPTED
• HIGH YIELD POTENTIAL
• GOOD HEAT AND COLD TOLERANCE
• VERY GOOD HOLDING ABILITY

Over the years, Conquistador has developed a remarkable track record of superb performance becoming one of the leading varieties in Southern Africa. Conquistador is widely adapted and an easy to grow hybrid.  Plants are large, vigorous and wrapper leaves cover the heads very well.  Heads are uniform and very firm.  Field holding ability after maturity is exceptional, making it perfectly suited to be used as an overwintering variety in many areas.  Heads have a deep blue-green colour and an excellent flavour.  Conquistador is widely used as both a bagging and hawker cabbage.  It is a favourite with hawkers due to the large plant, wrapper leaves, head size, sweet taste and excellent shelf life.  Conquistador has intermediate resistance to Fusarium yellows (Foc).

SPECIAL VARIETAL REQUIREMENTS

• Excellent results are consistently achieved for harvest throughout the warm season
• Mature heads can tolerate cool and frost conditions well
• Avoid early and late sowings in cooler areas and growing through winter in cold areas as bolting may occur
• Contact area representative for a sowing guide

CHARACTERISTIC*: OPTIMA TYPE: F1 hybrid fresh market cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. convar.  capitata (L.) Alef.  var. capitata (L.) Alef. MATURITY: Medium (year round 80 – 95 days from transplanting) HEAD SIZE: Large HEAD SHAPE: Round HEAD WEIGHT: 3.0 – 5.0 kg (could be bigger depending on spacing) HEAD COVER: Very good EXTERIOR COLOUR: Deep blue-green INTERIOR COLOUR: Yellow light green FLAVOUR: Very good PLANT SIZE: Large PLANT HABIT: Semi-erect BOLTING REACTION: Very sensitive to bolting if produced through winter for spring harvest. Strictly a warm season cropper DISEASE REACTION (SCIENTIFIC): Intermediate resistance: Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc) and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans (Foc) FIELD HOLDING: Excellent YIELD POTENTIAL: Excellent SUGGESTED POPULATION: 28 000 – 35 000 plants per ha USE: Sold as individual heads and per bag SPECIAL FEATURES: Excellent yield potential and intermediate resistance to Black rot