Spunta, Nicola, , Herms, Lady Rosetta, Diamant, Chipie, Vega, Eden

 

 

Category : Ware potato

Maturity : Early to medium-early

 

Tuber :

Long, rather shallow eyes, yellow skin, pale yellow flesh.

 

Sprout :

Purple-blue, conical, medium to dense hairiness.

 

Plant :

Medium to tall, semi-upright to upright habit, intermediate type.

 

Stem :

Nil or very weak pigmentation.

 

Leaf :

Medium green, semi-glossy to glossy; medium to large leaflet, medium to large width.

 

   

Grading :

Proportion of large tubers: fairly high.

 

Susceptibility to diseases :

Leaf blight : slightly susceptible.
Tuber blight : moderately susceptible.
Black wart : not attacked.
Common scab : moderately susceptible.
Virus X : resistant.
Virus A : resistant.
Virus Y : susceptible to very susceptible.
Leaf roll : fairly susceptible.
Nematode RO 1-4 : resistant.

 

Internal tuber defects  :

Moderately susceptible to rust spots, slightly susceptible to hollow heart, fairly susceptible to black spots.

 

Susceptibility to desprouting :

Rather slightly susceptible.

 

Susceptibility to bruising :

Susceptible.

 

Dormancy period :

Medium.

 

Culinary quality :

Table-use group B, very slight blackening after cooking, unsuitable for frying.

 

Dry matter content :

Medium.

 

Keeping quality :

Good.

 

 

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