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 |