Kennebec is a moderately late table potato suitable for processing in French Fries. This variety is very suitable for growing consumption in the European part of the Mediterranean Sea and Eastern Europe.
Kennebec
General
Parentage
Chippewa x Kathadin x Ear¬laine x W-ras
Maturity
Moderately late
Foliage development
Good
Metribuzin
Moderate sensitive
Tuber shape
Round oval
Skin colour
Pale yellow
Flesh colour
White
Shallowness of eyes
Moderately deep eyes
Yield
High
Tuber size
Large to very large
Dormancy period
Long dormancy
Market
Traditional
Cooking type
BC (fairly firm to floury)
Discoloration after cooking
No discoloration
Dry matter content
20,7 %
Disease resistance
Blight foliar
7
Blight tuber
7
Common scab
6
PVX
5
PVY
8
Drought tolerance
7
Wart disease Fysio 1
Susceptible
PCN resistance Ro1 & Ro4
Susceptible
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