Four breeders agreed to participatein the study: three German and one Dutch breeder. Interviews wereheld both in the breeding nursery as well as in the office, and tele-phone communication was used for follow-up questions. Prior tothe interviews, the content of the companies’ seed catalogues andwebsites were studied. This allowed to cross-check the consistencyof the breeders’ information on variety traits and selection criteria.From these discussions we composed a list of variety traits con-sidered important by organic farmers or listed as essential by oneor more of the breeders (Table 2).