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TRODUCES PROFESSIONAL ETIES………. EN TASTE IS BACK WITH MORE URES Glossy attractive head type cook glossy looking heads of an average head agen taste and the lost slogan of Bachelors’ variety. ure in only 55 days in hot areas and 60 days in cold rofiting plant population of 50,000 plants/ Ha or a or 60T/Acre. The conventional varieties give 00 plants /Acre at a spacing of 60cm x 60cm. 58 Regional market overview sales value (million Ksh)  Region  Jun‐11  Jul‐11  Aug‐11  Sep‐11  Oct‐11  Nov‐11  Total  Nairobi  4,031  2,833  2,735  2,528  2,881  2,695  17,703  Eastern  3,066  2,855  3,007  2,595  3,216  2,802  17,541  Nyanza  2,292  2,008  2,249  2,194  2,605  2,620  13,968  Coast  1,304  1,441  1,343  1,241  1,314  1,372  8,014  Central  1,625  1,336  1,191  1,135  1,136  1,059  7,482  Rift valley  1,159  1,143  1,018  1,060  1,109  1,127  6,616  Western  697  565  619  658  851  870  4,260  Total  14,173  12,181  12,163  11,410  13,112  12,544  75,583      Fruits market overview (Sales volume share)   Type  Jun‐11  Jul‐11  Aug‐11  Sep‐11  Oct‐11  Nov‐11  Ripe Bananas  47.4%  51.3%  54.3%  59.2%  58.2%  54.7%  Cooking Bananas  27.0%  25.2%  27.8%  31.2%  31.2%  30.3%  Mangoes  23.7%  22.7%  16.4%  7.8%  9.0%  12.8%  Passion Fruit  1.8%  0.8%  1.6%  1.9%  1.6%  2.2%  Total  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%    Vegetables market overview (Sales volume share)   Type  Jun‐11  Jul‐11  Aug‐11  Sep‐11  Oct‐11  Nov‐11  Cabbages  18.0%  17.8%  18.5%  16.2%  16.7%  18.3%  Sukuma Wiki(Kales)  13.7%  15.3%  17.4%  17.4%  16.5%  17.7%  Tomatoes  29.5%  30.9%  30.5%  29.9%  30.1%  31.1%  Potatoes  33.2%  32.0%  29.6%  33.1%  33.2%  29.7%  Sweet Potatoes  5.6%  3.9%  3.5%  3.0%  3.1%  2.7%  Green Maize  0.0%  0.1%  0.4%  0.4%  0.5%  0.5%  Total  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%    H O R T I C U LT U R A L N E W S I j a n u a r y - F E B r u a r y 2 0 1 2  
Market overview sales volume by outlets type (MT)  Outlets  Jun‐11  Jul‐11  Aug‐11  Sep‐11  Oct‐11  Nov‐11  Total  Hawker  120,187  103,558  89,735  80,580  91,550  88,119  573,729  small duka  62,067  67,624  63,715  61,493  69,283  66,166  390,349  CABBAGE BLUE JAYS F1 green grocer  56,492  51,125  51,875  47,817  55,759  52,354  315,422  Kiosk  49,677  47,849  44,772  39,513  47,602  43,282  272,695  Large duka  8,552  9,294  8,553  7,706  9,097  7,707  50,908  Self service  300  288  1,995  1,274  1,855  2,397  8,110  Total  297,275  279,737  260,646  238,383  275,146  260,026  1,611,213    Market overview sales value by outlets type (million Ksh)  Outlets  Jun‐11  Jul‐11  Aug‐11  Sep‐11  Oct‐11  Nov‐11  Total  Hawker  5,744  4,621  4,384  4,033  4,563  4,344  27,689  Small Duka  2,873  2,815  2,965  2,890  3,251  3,181  17,975  Green Grocer  2,654  2,139  2,096  2,125  2,486  2,339  13,839  Kiosk  2,500  2,183  2,228  1,927  2,301  2,184  13,322  Large Duka  384  406  367  358  382  331  2,228  Self Service  18  16  123  78  130  165  530  Total  14,173  12,181  12,163  11,410  13,112  12,544  75,583    By channels, dedicated hawkers (at open & enclosed air markets) drive the biggest volumes followed by  small dukas and green grocers. Notable is the small contribution of supermarkets (Self‐service) to the  category and indication that they serve a small population (percentage) in Kenya.Channel distribution  are summarized as;  a. Hawkers 573,729MT (36%)  b. Small dukas 390,349MT (24%)  c. Green grocer 315,422MT (20%)  d. Kiosk 272,695MT (17%)  e. Large duka 50,908MT (3%)  f. Self‐service/supermarkets 8,110 (1%)    H O R T I C U LT U R A L N E W S I j a n u a r y - F E B r u a r y 2 0 1 2 59 KENYA HIGHLAND SEED INTRODUCES PRO CABBAGE VARIETIES………. AS THE LENGENDRY COPENHAGEN TASTE IS B FEATURES Uniform early maturing variety Glossy attractive head type � Very early maturing cabbage with the easy to cook glossy looking hea weight of 3kg. � The variety brings back the legendry Copenhagen taste and the lost sl � Adapted to both hot and cold regions, it mature in only 55 days in hot regions. � At a spacing of 45cm x 45cm, it gives a high profiting plant population 20,000 plants /Acre, with potential of 150T/Ha or 60T/Acre. The conv plant population of 28,000 plants/Ha or 11,000 plants /Acre at a spac � Excellent transport quality � Sweet taste � Easy to grow � High market demand � Vigorous and uniformly growing variety Resistances:
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