Hybridising
The future is important, and with this in mind JUB Holland joined hybridising combination ‘Remarkable’ in 1996. Remarkable comprises several growers and specialists with the aim to produce and select new tulip varieties with a reduced sensitivity for diseases, amongst other criteria.
Carefully planned cross-pollination results in seeds that need several years of growing, taking 4-5 years before they produce their first flowers. At that stage the first selection starts, later followed by a very severe selection based on habits for forcing, flowering and sensitivity to diseases. Only three or four varieties per year pass the tests. The total process from seeds to a marketable variety takes up to 18 years!