Description:
‘ND Crown’, was developed through the pedigree breeding method. Its selection number, X99C2-2314-3, originated as an F6 selection from progeny of the cross X99C2, Stepnoy 1/Obraztsov Chiflik, in 1999. Both parents are elite cultivars in Bulgaria with good agronomic, seed quality and disease resistance characteristics. The cross (X99C2) that was used to develop ND Crown was made in the field at Dobroudja Agricultural Research Institute - near General Toshevo, Bulgaria in 1999.