HERMES VARIETY DESCRIPTION

  • Moderate late crisping variety
  • Good resistance against heat and drought

Characterics

  • Skin color: Yellow
  • Tuber Shape: Round Oval
  • Flesh color: Yellow
  • Uniformity of size: Good
  • Tuber size: Big

Market

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

Quality

  • Cooking Type: C
  • Dry Matter: High
  • Underwater weight: -
  • Bruising: -
  • Damage: -
  • Discoloring after cooking: None
  • Chips: Excellent
  • French Fries: -
  • Skin presentation: -

Cultivation

  • Dormancy: Long
  • Fertilization N: -
  • Fertilization P: -
  • Fertilization K: -
  • Tuber Count: -
  • Metribuzin: Not 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: -
  • Wart Disease: Resistant
  • Common Scab: Resistant
  • Leaf Blight: Average
  • Tuber Blight: Good
  • Y-virus: Good