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WIN SA ANI, TWIN SITAO VARIETIES: ABC Launches Magara and Star Premium Yardlong Bean

Allied Botanical Corporation (ABC) has launched new varieties of yardlong bean for the medium green and dark green markets. Condor Quality Seeds’ Star Premium and Magara will be available starting December 2021 and January 2022, respectively. Medium green segment Magara is a term in the Southern Tagalog part of Luzon used to describe anything beautiful,…

Mabunga, Mabigat, at Maligat: Check Out the New Condor La Vida F1 Calabaza

Weight, prolificacy, earliness, vigor, and eating quality— La Vida F1 obtained a ‘very good’ mark on each of these qualities of hybrid calabaza among the farmer-participants of the variety’s field demo tour in Dumalag, Capiz. Edilberto Panuncia, a 61-year-old calabaza grower from Dumalag town in Capiz shared his experience with La Vida F1, Allied Botanical…