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Opera<\/p>\n

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Cultivation<\/h3>\n

Opera is a midseason short-day variety whose harvest period starts around the same time as that of Elsanta. Opera requires little crop maintenance. Due to its long flower trusses and upright plant habit, the flower trusses are easily separated from the leaves. Additionally, dead leaves are easily removed. The pollen-rich flowers are highly attractive to bees and bumble bees. The long flower stalks emerge at an even rate, resulting in an excellent spread of the harvest. Even the last fruits of Opera grow to a good size, resulting in a long harvest period. The average fruit weight of Opera is very high throughout the harvest period, resulting in a high percentage of class I fruit and a very high picking rate. Opera is a vital variety, with little risk of diseases. It is fairly resistant to both crown rot (Phytophthora cactorum<\/i>) and powdery mildew (Podosphaera aphanis<\/i>).<\/p>\n

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Table-top cultivation in summer<\/h4>\n

The variety is most suitable for table-top cultivation, in which it will produce strawberries of a good size, flavour and shine even at summery temperatures. Its yields and fruit weight are considerably higher than those of Elsanta, implying the advantage of greater harvests.<\/p>\n

Experiences gained in double cropping<\/h4>\n

In the past few years, good experiences have been gained with Opera in double cropping. Opera has a lower cold requirement than Elsanta, the plants will more readily elongate and produce fewer malformed fruits in spring. Opera does require higher doses of spore elements, in particular zinc, iron and manganese. Growers are advised to give their crops high doses of potassium once they start flowering, to guarantee good fruit quality.
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Retail<\/h3>\n

Opera produces attractive, large, juicy, intensely red strawberries with very shiny skin and a good shelf life. The Opera strawberries\u2019 attractive look offers an advantage for retailers.
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OperaOpera is a variety from Fresh Forward\u2019s breeding programme of short-day varieties. Opera combines a range of exceptional characteristics such as large fruit, a beautiful shine and a very high picking rate. These characteristics make Opera an excellent alternative to Elsanta in (greenhouse) table-top cultivation. Cultivation Opera is a midseason short-day variety whose harvest period […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1886,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"

Wie wil dat nu niet? Bij het invallen van de winter nog even terugdenken aan de zomer, met een schaal vol prachtig grote, intens glanzende rode aardbeien. Met Opera, een nieuw ras uit het eenmaaldragers programma van Fresh Forward, is dit mogelijk. In Opera worden een aantal uitzonderlijke kenmerken gecombineerd zoals een grote vruchtmaat, prachtige glans, zeer hoge plukeffici\u00ebntie en goede doorkleuring in het najaar. Dit maakt het ras een uitstekend alternatief voor Elsanta in de doorteelt.<\/p>

Teelt<\/h2>

Opera is een middentijdse eenmaaldrager die een vergelijkbare start van de oogstperiode heeft als Elsanta en Sonata. In de doorteelt heeft Opera weinig kou nodig, waardoor vroeg in het nieuwe jaar met de tweede bloei en oogst kan worden begonnen. De verzorging van het gewas vraagt weinig arbeid. Door haar lange bloemstelen en opgaand gewas, zijn de trossen makkelijk door te halen. Ook geven de planten weinig werk bij het opschonen. Het gewas is vitaal, ziekten maken weinig kans. Opera is weinig gevoelig voor zowel stengelbasisrot (Phytophthora cactorum) als meeldauw (Podosphaera aphanis). Behalve voor de doorteelt, is het ras ook geschikt voor de stellingteelt. In deze teelt behoudt Opera ook bij zomerse temperaturen haar maat, smaak en glans.<\/p>

Oogst<\/h2>

De bijen en hommels vliegen graag op de stuifmeel rijke bloemen. De lange bloemstelen komen mooi gespreid uit de plant en zorgen daardoor voor een zeer goede oogstspreiding. Ook de laatste vruchten aan de plant blijven groot van maat. Daardoor heeft Opera een lange oogstperiode. Het gemiddeld vruchtgewicht ligt van het begin tot het einde van de oogst zeer hoog. Dit maakt Opera tot een ras met een hoog aandeel eerste klas aardbeien en een zeer hoge plukeffici\u00ebntie.<\/p>

Afzet<\/h2>

Opera maakt grote sappige vruchten die sterk glanzen. De vruchten hebben een donker rode kleur, die ook bij korte dagen met weinig licht en warmte behouden blijft. Samen met haar mooie glans, garandeert dat in de winter een aantrekkelijke aardbei voor in het schap. Voor de handel is de mooie uitstraling van Opera in moeilijkere teelt perioden van het jaar een groot pluspunt.<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neessen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neessen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neessen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neessen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neessen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1360"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.neessen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6021,"href":"https:\/\/www.neessen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1360\/revisions\/6021"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neessen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neessen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}