Cartagena variety description

  • Deep red,very good tasting variety
  • Good storability
  • Mid-late variety

Characterics

  • Skin color: Red
  • Tuber Shape: Oval
  • Flesh color: Yellow
  • Uniformity of size: Good
  • Tuber size: Bold

Market

  • Export: Yes
  • Table: Yes
  • Mash Potato: -
  • Organic: -
  • Specialties: -
  • Chips: -
  • French Fries: -

Quality

  • Cooking Type: B
  • Dry Matter: Average
  • Underwater weight: 380
  • Bruising: Good
  • Damage: Good
  • Discoloring after cooking: None
  • Chips:
  • French Fries:
  • Skin presentation: Very smooth

Cultivation

  • Dormancy: Long
  • Fertilization N: -
  • Fertilization P: -
  • Fertilization K: -
  • Tuber Count: Average
  • Metribuzin: -
  • Emerge: Slow
  • Maturity time: Second Early
  • Yield: Average
  • Mechanical damage: Not susceptible
  • Second growth: Not susceptible
  • Internal defects: Not susceptible

Resistances

  • Potato Cyst Nematode Rostochiensis: Susceptible
  • Potato Cyst Nematode Pallida: Susceptible
  • Wart Disease: Susceptible
  • Common Scab: Resistant
  • Leaf Blight: Good
  • Tuber Blight: Good
  • Y-virus: Good


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