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A very late, high yielding, winter hardy cocksfoot with good resistance to rust

• Even yield distribution
• High overall yield
• Low susceptibility to rust
• Good winter-hardiness
• Ideal for dry places
• Resistant to cold
• Tolerate intensive fertilisation level and cropping
• Tolerate grazing

• Very high yields
• The yields of all cuts are evenly distributed
• Winter hardiness – high
• Flowering – late (latest flowering variety in Germany) (blooms 3 days later than plants of the late BELUGA variety)
• Suitable for both grazing and cutting
• Under favourable conditions, grazing can be done 4-6 times, cutting – 3-4 times (in Germany)
• Ideal for drier areas
• Tolerates higher fertilization level

• Heading time – 7 points
• Development after sowing – 5 points
• Tendency to die during winter – 5 points
• Tendency to lodging – 5 points
• Susceptibility to rust – 3 points
• Crop density – 4 points
• Total dry matter yield – 6 points
• Dry matter yield of the first cut – 5 points
• Aftermath dry matter yield – 6 points

*Source: Bundessortenamt [Federal Plant Variety Office] 2018, state variety tests, Rating scale: 1 – very early/very low; 5 – medium; 9 – very late, very high

• Yield – 4.6 points
• Growth in early stages – 4.3 points
• Overall impression/image – 3.7 points
• Competitiveness – 3.6 points
• Persistence – 4.1 points
• Resistance to leaf spot and rust – 2.5 points
• Resistance to damage in winter – 5.5 points
• Digestibility of organic matter – 6.7 points
• Overall evaluation index – 4.5 points

*Source: Results of the official Swiss variety trials 2005-2007 (späte Sorten) (Suter et al. 2008). Rating scale: 1 – very good; 5 – medium; 9 – very bad

• Ploidy – tetraploid
• Heading time – late/very late
• Length of longest stem including inflorescence – short/medium
• The length of the flag leaf – long
• The width of the flag leaf – medium

*Source: Description according to UPOV guidelines. DUS test conducted at La Minière, GEVES (FR), 2005-2007

The varietal parameters may differ from those indicated here when the testing circumstances differ from quondam