The present invention relates to the development of a spinach plant exhibiting a combination of traits which may include resistance against downy mildew (Peronospora farinosa f. sp. Spinaciae) strains Pf1-Pf13, and arrow-shaped prime market stage leaves, methods and compositions relating to plants, progeny, seeds and derivatives thereof and plants, progeny, seeds and derivatives thereof having all the morphological, physiological and/or genetic characteristics thereof.