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Sakata Seed Arcadia is a widely-adapted variety. It has similar maturity to Marathon with large heads, small to medium bead size and medium stem. This variety has good tolerance to hollow core. Arcadia is suited for fresh-market bunching, florets and freezer markets. • Wide seasonal adaptability • Holds well • Fresh market.

Sakata Seed Dynasty is a mid-late maturing broccoli variety with smaller, lower leaf attachments to aid with ease of harvests. Dynasty has a medium plant size with smooth, well domeshaped, medium green heads, and anthocyanin free. A standout feature of this variety is uniformity of harvest in numerous trials. • Harvest uniformity • Head quality • Anthocyanin free.

Trudan Headless is an exceptional hybrid sudan grass for most summer forage needs. It is best positioned and used for hay, haylage and grazing. Other limited uses include green chop and as cover. Trudan Headless is finer stemmed and leafier than Sordan Headless. Regrowth is fast after cutting or grazing. It adapts well to and can tolerate high cutting frequencies and intensive grazing practices with proper management. Exceptional forage quality can be produced that is high in protein and TDN (total digestible nutrients). Prussic acid potential is low.

SW201 not only has a sweet taste with very little bitterness and aftertaste, but exhibited more Reb-A, less stevioside, more total steviol glycosides, a higher Reb-A to stevioside ratio, and a higher percentage of Reb-A to total steviol glycosides compared to the comparison samples from common varieties. An additional benefit for North American farmer is that SW201 has superior overwintering and greater growth and later flowering in comparison to the majority of the plant population from which the line was derived.

Sakata Seed Expo is exciting broccoli variety is an exceptional choice for crown and short trim. Expo is a late-maturing variety with a tight, heavy dome, short bracts and small, uniform green beads. It performs well in warm to cool conditions and overwinter. • For crown cut and short trim.

SW227 has an excellent, sweet leaf taste with very low bitterness and aftertaste, late flowering, high plant vigor characterized by extensive stooling and branching, enhanced dry leaf yields and leaves having an average rebaudioside A content of 10.7%. S&W believes SW227 is ideally suited for the fresh and dry leaf market, which is characterized by the demand for a sweet tasting leaf, with low bitterness and aftertaste, where the leaf itself is directly utilized in the cooking or sweetening process.

Sakata Seed Eastern Crown is an outstanding variety for the East Coast. Some highlights of this variety include small beads, blue-green head color and excellent heat tolerance. Eastern Crown is perfect for the crown cut/short trim market. • Performs well in long day length and moderate heat • For crown cut and short trim.

Sakata Seed Emerald Jewel is a small beaded, smooth headed, clean stemmed, multi-use variety that is especially suited for crown cut. This is a beautiful variety; however, the maturity can be quite late during cold growing conditions. We suggest harvesting in the transition slots in coastal CA and during the tail end in the Desert Southwest. Emerald Jewel has intermediate resistance to some races of clubroot. • Multi-use variety • Suggest late spring/early summer and late fall harvests • Intermediate resistance to some races of clubroot.

SW129 has very sweet leaves with high levels of steviol glycosides, very low bitterness and aftertaste, excellent overwintering, high plant vigor, high leaf yield and is late flowering. SW129 is ideally suited for commercial level stevia extraction due to these enhanced characteristics.

Sakata Seed Emerald Pride is summer-type broccoli is good for bunching and offers exceptional stalk color. Emerald Pride is in the mid-late maturity class and has good heat tolerance with even beads. This broccoli is also suitable for fresh processing. • Moderate heat tolerance • Exceptional stalk color • Nice stem with even beads.

Sakata Seed Avenger is an excellent choice for the crown cut and processing markets. It offers dome-shaped, tight, heavy, blue-green heads with short bracts, thick stems and very small beads. This variety has wide adaptability performing well in the U.S., Mexico and Guatemala. • High percentage of crown cut • Excellent holding ability • Excellent for processing.

Sakata Seed Destiny is in the mid-early maturity class and performs well for fall harvest in the Desert Southwest. Dwarf plants produce broccoli with a nice smooth dome and round shape. Destiny has medium-small beads with good heat tolerance. • Good head quality • Heat tolerant.

Sakata Seed Eastern Magic is a multi-use variety showing excellent performance in the Northeastern U.S. and Canada regions. It is high-domed, has great blue-green color and good heat tolerance. • Performs well in long day length and moderate heat • Excellent blue-green color.

Sakata Seed Emerald Star is a very tight-headed, fine-beaded, blue-green colored, crown cut/short trim variety with nice uniformity. The trim is fairly easy for the type due to small leaf attachments. The variety performs best in cool to warm and warm to cool seasons. • Crown cut/short trim • Fine-beaded, round shape • Very firm heads.

Sakata Seed Diplomat is another outstanding variety, Diplomat performs well in the Northeast, Canada and the Pacific Northwest. This variety has good uniformity and is suitable for the bunch and crown markets. • Performs well in long day length and moderate heat conditions.

SW107 exhibits increased concentrations of Reb-A sweetener, higher leaf mass production and an improved taste profile that has little or no aftertaste. SW107 has been bred to address commercial processing markets in North America, South America, and other regions of the world that have climates suitable for it. SW107 is well qualified to be successful in the commercial market. SW107 has a number of differentiating factors, including enhanced leaf yield, Reb-A output, and taste profile, as well as plant vigor that includes superior overwintering and later flowering attributes compared with the majority of the plant population from which the line was derived.

Sakata Seed Emerald Crown is a medium-maturing, very uniform, heavy-headed, domed variety with small beads on a small framed plant. Emerald Crown growing season is warm to cool (not for rainy season). Emerald Crown can extend the Green Magic slot into cold due to its resistance to purpling. Emerald Crown produces excellent quality crown cuts/short trim in all NAFTA regions. • Produces excellent quality crown cuts/short trim in all NAFTA regions • Highly resistant to purpling.

Sakata Seed Endurance is high-yielding crown and processing hybrid is an exciting addition to our product line. Small, refined beads and tight, semi-domed heads characterize this hybrid. Endurance has reduced sideshoots which can lead to a more uniform and predictable harvest. Plant uniformity is good. • For crown cut and short trim • Fine-beaded, round shape • Very firm heads.

Sakata Seed Centennial is an exciting addition to Sakata’s vast broccoli product line. Centennial has small beads, smooth heads and minimal sideshoots. This multi-use variety performs well in all Marathon slots and can be grown year-round in the cool coastal growing regions. • A heavy-headed and small-beaded variety • Can be multi-use in many regions • Can be grown year round in cool coastal regions.

Sakata Seed Diamante is an excellent choice for crown and processing markets (both fresh and frozen). High yields of semi-domed, small-beaded, blue-green colored heads on large-framed plants can be realized with this exceptional variety. This variety prefers warm to warm and warm to cool growing conditions and has shown very strong post-harvest color retention. • Excellent variety for crown cut and processing • Domed, small beaded • Terrific blue-green color • Exceptional post-harvest color retention.