DESIREE

Medium-late maturing red-skin potato variety with
high yields.

Crossbreeding:
Urgenta x Depesche

Maturing time:
Medium-late

Yield:
High to very high with a regular selection.
The tubers are medium-large.

Use:
Is a popular consumption potato (boiling type BC), does not lose
colour after boiling. Is suitable for processing into chips.

Tuber:

• the tubers are long-oval and shallow
• the skin colour is red
• the flesh colour is light yellow
• the preserving capacity is fairly good.
• the germinative capacity is average
• the sprouting time is normal

Leaves:
Fast developing, well-covering green with many stems.

Resistance:
Fairly good resistance against all viral diseases. Resistant against wart disease. Is fairly resistant to: mechanical damage, blue spots as a result of rough treatment, damage caused by machine-lifting and abnormal formation of shoots and tubers.
The phytophthora resistance in the leaves is moderate, in the tuber good.
Is fairly resistant to drought.

Cultivation:
Fertilisation in line with other medium-early varieties.
Plant distance the same as corresponding varieties.

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