HERMES

Medium-late maturing potato variety with good crisp quality

Crossbreeding:
DDR 5158 x SW 163/55

Maturing time:
Medium-late with a high tuber setting.

Yield:
High yield, many tubers with a regular selection.

Use:
Very suitable for processing into crisps.

Tuber:

• the tubers are round/round-oval, shallow
• the skin colour is yellow
• the flesh colour is yellow
• the keeping quality is very good
• the germinative capacity is good

Leaves:
Good green development with medium-high to high plants.

Resistance:
Susceptible to potato cyst nematode. Resistant to wart disease.
Fairly resistant to leaf roll virus, very good resistance to A-virus and good resistance to Yn-virus.

Fairly resistant to scab. The Phytophthora resistance in
the leaves is moderate, in the tuber fair to good.

Cultivation:
The use of pregerminated seed-potatoes is very effective.
A planting distance of 30 centimetres is recommended.
Requires a low to average fertilisation with nitrogen.

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