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Plant
Size: mediumPort: half-erect to spread
Type: hardwood
Tuber
Shape: oblong to elongated oblong
Regularity: 7 (regular)
Eyes: 8 (superficial to very superficial)
Skin: yellow
Flesh: pale yellow
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Crop characteristics and use
Early ripening: 7 (semi-early)
Precocity of tubery: ()
Proportion of large tubers: 6 (fairly strong)
Vegetative rest: 5 (average)
Incubation: 6 (not very sensitive)
Suitability for preservation: 7 (good)
Yield:
102% of (BINTJE + DESIREE + CHARLOTTE + MONALISA)/4 (Source GEVES)
94% BINTJE (Value estimated by ARVALIS - Institut du végétal)
82.8 t/ha (Post-registration multi-year results)
107% FICE (Post-Registration Multi-Year Results)
Resistance to pests
Diseases
Downy mildew: 7 (not very sensitive)Tuber: 2 (sensitive to very sensitive)
Common scab: 4 (quite sensitive)
Warty scab: ()
Nematodes
Nematode RO 1-4: R (resistant)Nematodes PA 2-3: S (sensitive)
Virus
Virus X: S (sensitive)Virus A: R (resistant)
Virus Y: 5 (moderately susceptible)
Virus Coiling: 6 (not very sensitive)
Culinary and technological features
Dry matter content:
20.1% (Post-registration multi-year results)
Blackening after cooking: none
Cooking performance: very good / Culinary group: A
Frying coloring: 4 (quite dark)
Defects of the tuber
Rust stains: 7 (not very sensitive)
Hollow heart: 7 (not very sensitive)
External damage (fracture type): 1 (very sensitive)
Internal blackening (ashy spots): 7 (not very sensitive)