Product Description

  • Yield potential of up to 1.0kg per head in a good season
  • Reaches physiological maturity in about 75 days
  • Zimbabwe, Botswana and Zambia

Product Characteristics Summary

  • Description: Excellent quality, smooth texture, very well-tucked. High marketable yield-potential. This variety has the ability to withstand extreme heat/climatic changes. In mild climatic conditions. It can be used for year-round production.
  • Type: An extremely versatile variety, performs well under a wide range of agricultural and climatic conditions. This variety has an excellent wrap – careful attention should be paid to when the variety is ready for harvest since it doesn’t open up as quickly as other varieties
  • Plant population: 35,000 – 40,000 plants per hectare
  • Fruit (head) : Twister produces large white curds with a good dome shape, perfectly suited to both pre-pack and processing requirements. Very tightly-wrapped heads with intense white color. Excellent leaf cover Dense curd which breaks easily into neat florets, therefore good for freezing.
  • Average fruit (head) weight: 1.0 Kg
  • Maturity: it needs 70-75 days to maturity. Exceptional wrap, minimizing loss due to sunburn damage and this speaks to a good field holding ability
  • Disease resistance: Good tolerance to leaf diseases