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Friday, August 21, 2009

Consumer Quality

Maincrop crisp variety. Low content of reducing sugar, excellent frying quality. Medium high yield. About 26% dry matter content. Long term storage not recommended. Even after storage, tubers have a low content of reducing sugars, therefore excellent for crisps and other processing products.

Tuber Description

  • Skin colour - yellow
  • Flesh colour - light yellow
  • Shape - short oval
  • Skin surface - netted
  • Eye depth - shallow

Disease and Pest Resistance

  • Hollow Heart - high resistance
  • Black Scurf - high resistance
  • Common Scab - moderately high resistance
  • Tuber Blight - high resistance
  • Foliage Blight - high resistance
  • Blackleg - high resistance
  • Potato Cyst Nematode - resistant to Ro1 and Ro4

General

Early maincrop maturity. Low dormancy.