Desiree variety description

  • Big size tubers
  • Good dry matter content
  • Good yield
  • Good storability

Characterics

  • Skin color: Desiree
  • Tuber Shape: Long Oval
  • Flesh color: Light yellow
  • Uniformity of size: Good
  • Tuber size: Big

Market

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

Quality

  • Cooking Type: B
  • Dry Matter: High
  • Underwater weight: 365 gram
  • Bruising: Susceptible
  • Damage: -
  • Discoloring after cooking: None
  • Chips: -
  • French Fries: -
  • Skin presentation: -

Cultivation

  • Dormancy: Average
  • Fertilization N: -
  • Fertilization P: -
  • Fertilization K: -
  • Tuber Count: Good
  • Metribuzin: Sensitive
  • Emerge: Average
  • Maturity time: Maincrop
  • Yield: Very High
  • Mechanical damage: -
  • Second growth: -
  • Internal defects: -

Resistances

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