Fontane
Fontane
An early maincrop, high yielding processing variety for the production of French fries and flakes.
- Market outlets: processing (French fries, crisps, flakes)
- Maturity: early maincrop
- Average yield: high
- Crossing: Agria x AR 76-034-03
Quality
- Tuber shape: oval
- Uniform of shape: quite regular
- Skin color: yellow
- Flesh color: light yellow
- Dry matter percent: 23.2
Disease resistance
- Late blight (foliage blight): susceptible
- Common scab: slightly susceptible
- Tuber blight: slightly susceptible
- PCN - Ro1 & Ro4: resistant
- Virus Yntn: slightly susceptible
- Fusarium (Dry Rot): slightly resistance
Agronomy
- Dormancy: quite short
- Tuber number: quite high
- Resistance to damage: sensitive
- Resistance to bruising: sensitive
- Secondary growth: sensitive
- Flower colour: white
Fertilization
- Nitrogen: standard advice + 30% It is possible to use organic manure.
- Phosphate: standard advice.
- Potassium: standard advice + 10%.
Harvest
Due to its sensitivity to black spot and/or harvest damage, wait at least three weeks after haulm killing before harvest.
Storage recommendation
Preferred storage temperature:
- Seed: 5 ⁰C or 41F
- Processing: Do not store below 7 ⁰C. or 45F
Suitable for long term storage.
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