Our variety ‘Cayman’ has made it to the list of ‘The 20 Most Innovative Plant Varieties of 2020’, composed by European Seed. With around 3500 new plant varieties each year, we are very proud that Cayman was selected for the top 20.
European Seed wanted to shine some light on all the new plant varieties and give a taste of the innovations that are out there. But they can’t show all 3,500 new varieties of 2020, so they asked the national seed associations in Europe, and many other peers in the European seed sector to send in their lists of which varieties in their eyes were the most innovative of last year. Therefore, we nominated our Cayman.
The name ‘Cayman’ refers to a ‘strong car’, and strong is exactly what this variety is. It combines a strong resistance package with a good drought and heat tolerance, so it can be grown everywhere and even can be used for organic production. Besides a good yield and a high dry matter content, the variety also comes with an excellent Late blight resistance, both in foliage and in the tubers.
It has a very fast emergence and strong, well covering foliage, and growers can produce two or even three crops a year. The variety has a high adaptation, including a very good performance in the tropics. It is suitable for boiling, baking, home fries, crisps and, organic. A truly robust variety.
