Van Rosa

Deep red smooth skinned, yellow fleshed table potato, particularly suitable for washed pre-packs.

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DESCRIPTION Deep red smooth skinned, yellow fleshed table potato, particularly suitable for washed pre-packs.
CATEGORY 1 Fresh Market
CATEGORY 2
PARENTAGE Selection from Desiree
OWNERSHIP
BREEDER Selected by Alex McDonald Ltd
BREEDERS REP Alex McDonald Ltd
MATURITY Medium early to medium late
YIELD High
TUBERS Long/oval deep red skinned tubers with pale yellow flesh. Shallow eyes.
EATING QUALITY An excellent general purpose variety with great eye appeal due to its deep red skin colour. Good fry quality and also holds well together on frying.
VIRUS DISEASES Good resistance to virus Y. Moderate resistance to virus X.
OTHER DISEASES Susceptible to common scab. Moderate resistance to late blight foliage. Rather good resistance to late blight tuber.
PCN Susceptible to PCN, RO1. Susceptible to PCN Pallida.
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