date:Jul 17, 2013
the Verde di Macerata was only grown in small veggie plots in the Macerata municipality as it had many defects because plants were not uniform and they ripened at different times and the plant/head ratio favoured plants, meaning it could not be used in intensive crops, a sector dominated by the F1 varieties.
In the mid-1990s, the CRA team launched two varieties: Velox (an early variety later called Noverde) and Tardox (late variety). Others with different ripening periods followed.
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