Outstanding Qualities

• Industry leading fusarium tolerance
• Medium to large heads
• Very good uniformity
• Summer to autumn production

Meridian is a versatile variety that performs across climates in the early and late summer plantings. Meridian forms well-filled uniform heads with good weight. The heads have a nice shape, short core and are easy to cut and clean. Plants are compact, resist bolting and carry high resistance to Downy mildew and intermediate resistance to Fusarium race 1-3.

Special Varietal Requirements

• Don’t plant out of slot times

CHARACTERISTIC MERIDIAN
KIND Lettuce
(Lactuca sativa L. var. capitata L)
TYPE Iceberg lettuce
MATURITY Approximately 55 - 65 days from transplant to harvest
SEASON Harvest in summer to autumn slot
HEAD SIZE Medium to large
HEAD COLOUR Green
ATTACHMENT Medium
DISEASE
High resistance: Bremia lactucae EU races 16-24,27-28,30-32 (Downy mildew) (BLEU:16-24,27-28,30-32); Bremia lactucae US races 7,8 (Downy mildew) BL-US:7,8); Tomato
bushy stunt virus (TBSV)
Intermediate resistance: Fusarium oxysporum forma specialis (f.sp.) lactucae race 1,2,3
(Fol:1,2,3)
BOLTING REACTION Slow
UNIFORMITY Very good
MARKETS / END USE Prepack and processing
POPULATION GUIDE Hydroponic production: 80 000 - 100 000 plants/ha (30 cm in row, 45 cm between rows)
Open field production: 60 000 - 70 000 plants/ha (30 cm in row, 60 cm between rows)
SPECIAL FEATURES Meridian has industry leading tolerance to Fusarium. It produces quality medium-large
prepack and processing heads to harvest in the summer to autumn slot.