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business ever since. Even as a worldwide enterprise, we still cherish the traditional values that Pop built his success on. Our breeding company stands for quality, reliability, flexibility and, above all, love for our products. We are committed to our clients, we listen carefully to their needs and requirements and provide them with tailor-made advice. Pop Vriend Seeds is a flexible, lean-thinking company which delivers promptly and reacts quickly and effectively.
Pop Vriend Seeds: top quality seeds for excellent vegetables
Our seeds... the roots to your success!
Beans, spinach, sweet corn, Swiss chard ... the vegetables our clients sell or process are, without
Close to the Market Our clients will find a wide range of high-quality vegetable seeds at Pop Vriend Seeds, all protected by breeders’ rights. We have a leading position in beans, spinach and sweet corn. Pop Vriend Seeds has a fully-staffed breeding department that works in close co-operation with our clients to develop innovative and marketable varieties suited to specific regions, climatic conditions and available growing techniques. Varieties that resist local diseases, correspond with the characteristics our clients need and are fully adapted to the specific market requirements.
exception, tasty and high-quality. Their secret? Pop Vriend Seeds. Fresh market growers and processing companies around the world choose Pop Vriend Seeds.
Top Quality Pop Vriend sets its standards high. We carefully control our worldwide seed production. We use up-to-date scientific methods to improve plant characteristics and we invest heavily in research. Not only to develop new and unique varieties, but also to secure the characteristics of the varieties we developed earlier, including our ‘best sellers’. Our experts breed and select varieties under local conditions in the large-scale production facilities Pop Vriend Seeds owns in Europe, the USA and Africa. Each year we carry out several hundred tests in our trial fields, enabling us to offer our clients the most suitable varieties for their market purposes.
And no wonder: our seeds are the roots of their success.
Worldwide Seed Supplier Pop Vriend is one of the world’s top seed suppliers. We sell seeds in more than 60 countries worldwide. We are proud to say that many top brands in the vegetable producing sector use our seeds. We provide innovative seed varieties developed in close partnership with the major processors in Europe, America and Australasia. Tasty vegetables, canned or frozen, all started as seeds cultivated and distributed by Pop Vriend Seeds. Thanks to our excellent hybrid spinach program, for instance, we supply all the major baby leaf producers in the USA and Europe and the processing industry.
That’s Pop Vriend Service Here at Pop Vriend Seeds we love our work and our products. With care, patience and a lot of expertise we develop new varieties that are even better suited to our clients’ needs. We emphatically reject the use of genetic engineering techniques in our breeding programme. Pop Vriend Seeds is an independent company in the best Dutch tradition of classic seed breeding. We intend to continue playing our leading role in the vegetable seed branch by producing well-adapted seeds with excellent taste, yield and resistance.
Family Business Pop Vriend, a seed man through and through, founded the company in 1956. Pop Vriend Seeds has been a family
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Technical Specifications Hybrid Spinach Variety
Type
Growth
Bolting
Downy Mildew Resistance Pfs 1-7
Pfs 8
Pfs 9
HR
HR
Pfs 10
Baby Leaf
Pfs 11
Pfs 12
Pfs 13
Pfs 14
HR
HR
HR
HR
Bunching
Processing
POH-0431/Timpani
Oriental
9
3
HR
Nile
Oriental
9
2
HR
HR
HR
PV-9210
Oriental
9
3
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
Harp
Oriental
8
3
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
PV-1367
Oriental
8
3
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
PV-1369
Oriental
7
4
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
POH-0438
Oriental
7
4
HR
HR
HR
HR
PV-8178
Oriental
3
8
HR
HR
HR
HR
PV-9263/Castanet
Smooth
9
3
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR HR
HR
HR
PV-1375/Bassoon
Smooth
9
4
HR
HR
HR
HR
Smooth
8
4
HR
HR
HR
HR
Ohio
Smooth
8
6
HR
HR
HR
HR
Hudson
Smooth
8
7
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
Smooth
7
7
HR
HR
HR
HR
IR
Amazon
Smooth
7
7
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
PV-1372
Misano
HR
HR HR
PV-1349/Cornet
Smooth
7
7
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
PV-1350/Cymbal
Smooth
7
7
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
Violin
Smooth
7
6
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
Trumpet
Smooth
6
7
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
Piano
Smooth
5
7
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
Clarinet
Smooth
5
8
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
Mississippi
Smooth
5
8
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
PV-1385
Smooth
4
8
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
PV-2395
Smooth
4
7
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
Cello
Smooth
4
7
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
Guitar
Smooth
3
8
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
Celesta
Smooth
3
7
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
Monza
Smooth
3
8
HR
IR
HR
IR
HR
HR
HR
Trombone
Smooth
3
9
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
PV-1388
Smooth
2
8
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
Tasman
Semi Savoy
8
4
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
PV-9262/Bongo
Semi Savoy
8
4
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
Carmel
Semi Savoy
8
5
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
Stanton
Semi Savoy
7
6
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
Banjo
Semi Savoy
7
6
HR
HR
HR
HR
Semi Savoy
7
3
HR
HR
HR
HR
Tambourine
Semi Savoy
4
6
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
Mandolin
Savoy
4
6
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
HR
Downy Mildew
1 = Slow Growth; 9 = Fast Growth 1 = Low Resistance against Bolting; 9 = Very Slow Bolting HR High / Standard Resistance IR Moderate / Intermediate Resistance
HR
HR
HR
Ashley
Growth Bolting
HR
HR
HR HR HR
Figures in this brochure are based on the average results of large scale spinach plantings under European conditions and may vary with microclimate and soil structure.
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Pop Vriend Seeds B.V. P.O. Box 5 1619 ZG Andijk The Netherlands phone +31 228 591462 fax +31 228 593354 info@popvriendseeds.nl www.popvriendseeds.com
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