The value of independent cultivar evaluation. SA CHERRY GROWERS' ASSOCIATION SA KERSIE PRODUSENTE VERENIGING 31 July 2018

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1 The value of independent cultivar evaluation SA CHERRY GROWERS' ASSOCIATION SA KERSIE PRODUSENTE VERENIGING 31 July 2018

2 PROVAR BACKGROUND Established in 2013 as cultivar development and support company 2015 Hortgro-Pome, Hortgro-Stone, DFTS and CFPA engaged Provar as independent cultivar evaluation company Focus on independent, objective and scientific evaluation and data management Ensuring complete independence and facilitating buy-in of potential clients Serving private commercial fruit entities, fruit breeders, licensees, IP owners and SA Fruit Industry

3 Rands Rands ACCUMULATED INCOME LOSS / PROFIT PER HA OVER 12 YEAR PERIOD Establishment cost R/ha Production cost Ton/ha Farm Gate income R/ton Royalties not included ,00 Apple in Koue Bokkeveld + R , ,00 0, , Years Apple in Koue Bokkeveld - R , , , , ,00 Years

4 Rands Rands ACCUMULATED INCOME LOSS / PROFIT PER HA OVER 12 YEAR PERIOD Warm Bokkeveld Late Nectarine -R , , , , ,00 Years Warm Bokkeveld Late Nectarine R , , , ,00 0, , Years

5 POME FRUIT & TABLE GRAPE IMPORTS Total

6 STONE FRUIT IMPORTS Total

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9 EVALUATION STRATEGY A. FRUIT EXHIBITIONS - TASTELAB TM Host industry tastings for IP Owners, Breeders and Licencees as first step of product development process B. SCREENING FRUIT EVALUATION 4 Stages visual & Sensory fruit evaluation (at harvest, mid cold storage, end storage and end shelf life) Storage & Shelf life potential C. ADVANCED SCREENING - Identification of the best selections and / or cultivars Tree characteristics Phenology 4 Stages visual & Sensory fruit evaluation Storage & Shelf life potential D. FULL TRIAL EVALUATION - Testing Commercial Potential of cultivars and selections Tree characteristics Phenology Harvest Indexing and Maturity Indexing 4 Stages Visual & Sensory fruit evaluation Storage & Shelf life potential

10 EVALUATION STRATEGY (CONT.) External Benchmarking - Anonymous ranking according to evaluation index Comparative Reporting - between cultivars, seasons, areas, countries Panel evaluation come and join evaluation and take part in process

11 EVALUATION STRATEGY (CONT.) To apply latest technology in evaluation Inhouse IT development Data integration Applications Real-time reporting "What gets measured gets improved. PETER DRUCKER

12 CULTEVA TM WEB BASED DATA INTEGRATION PLATFORM

13 CULTEVA TM MOBILE

14 AUTOMATED REPORT

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22 OTHER SUPPORT AREAS Rootstock evaluation Chilling requirement assessment Consumer panel evaluation S-Alleles & Pollination studies Specialised trials

23 in association with Table of Plum Cultivars and possible Cross-pollinators in order of flowering from early to late Version: CHOICE OF CROSS-. POLLINATOR. MAIN CULTIVAR. Rubynell African Rose* Pioneer* African Delight Harry Pickstone* Suplum 6 (Angeleno) Sapphire Purple Majesty Black Pearl Fortune K2-135 Ruby Sun Souvenir Inbar Big Night Mark SunKiss Green Red Red Diamond Sun Breeze Ruby Crunch Sun Supreme Marco Suplum 11 Suplum 39 Starplum 6 Larry Anne Laetitia Songold K2-261 Earlamoon Lamoon Late Shefer Sweet Christine Polaris Ruby Star Southern Belle Most commonly recommended cross-pollinator accounting for flowering time and cold units (Eg. 'Pioneer' as cross-pollinator for 'African Delight') African Rose* Pioneer* African Delight Self Compatible Self Compatible Suplum 6 (Angeleno)** Harry Pickstone and either Fortune or Souvenir** Sapphire Pioneer Harry Pickstone Purple Majesty Harry pickstone and Ruby Nell Black Pearl Fortune K2-135 Ruby Sun Souvenir Inbar Big Night Mark SunKiss Green Red Red Diamond Souvenir, or Ruby Crunch Harry Pickstone Either Sapphire or Harry Pickstone Sun Breeze Either SunKiss or Harry Pickstone Ruby Crunch Afrigold Sun Supreme Sun Supreme Marco Suplum 11 Suplum 39 Starplum 6 Larry Anne Laetitia or Songold Laetitia Songold K2-261 Earlamoon Lamoon Late Shefer Sweet Christine Polaris (Starplum 7) Ruby Star Fortune Laetitia Songold Laetitia Southern Belle or Songold Southern Belle X Songold or Ruby Star *Self compatible and generally at least semi-compatible with most cultivars **Dependent on area and time of flowering Table Key: Self-compatible Untested, but commonly recommended cross-pollinator Genetically compatible Untested, but commonly recommended cross-pollinator with a secondary pollinator Genetically compatible and commonly recommended cross-pollinator Genetically incompatible, not reccomended as cross-pollinator Genetically compatible and commonly recommended cross-pollinator with a secondary pollinator Untested, genetic relationship unknown

24 EVALUATION SITES - POME Sites identified by industry representing production areas: Koue Bokkeveld - Nooitgedacht Grabouw - Oak Valley Wolseley - Mostertshoek Vyeboom - Estonia Langkloof - Du Toit Group

25 EVALUATION SITES STONE FRUIT Sites identified by industry representing production areas: Robertson - Klipboschlaagte Warm Bokkeveld - Lushof Breërivier - Rouzelle Montagu - Cape Dry Fruit Farm Naboomspruit - Ginger Gypsy Bergrivier - Boland Landbouskool Tulbagh - To be identified

26 PROVAR CERTIFICATION

27 tastelab.provar.co.za

28 CLIENT VALUE PROPOSITION Introduce new cultivars and selections invited to Tastelab industry fruit exhibitions Collect evaluation data & own Reporting platform on Culteva TM Access to Provar standardised evaluation protocol and Evaluation Manual Planting and tree management in Provar evaluation plots industry funded Independent evaluation data and reports through evaluations by Provar Industry funded Full trial evaluation

29 INDUSTRY VALUE PROPOSITION Employ Standardised evaluation protocols, Manage & supply unbiased cultivar information data, Apply latest technology on accessible data integration & reporting platform, Support new product development process, Supply verified decision making information to reduce / avoid risks associated with planting new cultivars.

30 PROVAR INTERNATIONAL FOOTPRINT MARCH 2019 ROMANIA

31 Goal in serving Clients & Industry is to turn evaluation data into information, and information into planting insight

32 PROPOSED SACGA PROJECT: SCOPE Provar Advanced Screening Evaluation Phenological & Physiological Tree evaluation 4 Stage Fruit Evaluation MI, visual, and sensory attributes Performed at Nooitgedacht 3 cv s from 3 IP managers = 9 cv s total Control cultivar(s)

33 SACGA PROPOSED PROJECT: REPORTING & FEEDBACK Reports from the Culteva platform Comparable data Feedback presentations SACGA members and IP managers Provar Tastelab event(s) Accessible to everyone (participating and viewing results)

34 PROPOSED SACGA PROJECT: FUTURE WORK 2018 Data as foundation Multi-seasonal Evaluation HORTGRO Evaluation Sites Multiple sites, multiple seasons Rootstocks?

35 THANK YOU