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

 

 

Category : Ware potato

Maturity : Early to medium-early

 

Tuber :

Long oval, not very deep eyes, yellow skin, yellowish-white flesh .

 

Sprout :

Purplish red, cylindrical broad, medium to dense hairiness.

 

Plant :

Medium to high, semi-upright habit, leafy type.

 

Stem :

None or very weak to weak pigmentation.

 

Leaf :

Medium green, semi-glossy, strongly to moderately divided, half-opened; medium to broad leaflet , oval.

 

   

Grading :

Proportion of large tubers: high to very high.

 

Susceptibility to diseases :

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

 

Internal tuber defects  :

Fairly susceptible to rust spots, slightly susceptible to hollow heart, susceptible to black spots.

 

Susceptibility to desprouting :

Moderately susceptible.

 

Susceptibility to bruising :

Susceptible.

 

Dormancy period :

Fairly long.

 

Culinary quality :

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

 

Dry matter content :

Low.

 

Keeping quality :

Medium to fairly good.

 

 

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