Desiree
Desiree is a fairly firm cooking consumption variety with large, long, oval tubers and a red skin. It is very suitable for the production of French fries, when grown in a warm climate.
General |
| Parentage | Urgenta x Despeche |
| Maturity | Moderately late |
| Foliage development | Good |
| Metribuzin sensitivity | Not sensitive |
| Tuber shape | Long oval |
| Skin colour | Red |
| Flesh colour | Pale yellow |
| Shallowness of eyes | Shallow eyes |
| Yield | High |
| Tuber size | Large |
| Dormancy period | Medium long dormancy |
| Market | Traditional & French fries |
| Cooking type | BC (waxy to floury) |
| Discoloration after cooking | No discoloration |
| Dry matter content | 19,7% |
Disease resistance |
| Blight foliar | 5 |
| Blight tuber | 7,5 |
| Common scab | 4 |
| PVY | 8 |
| Drought tolerance | 8 |
| PCN resistance Ro1 & Ro4 | Susceptible |
| Wart disease Fysio 1 | Resistant |
