Sidney
Sidney
Early maincrop, cream fleshed, processing variety suitable for the high-quality French fries industry.
- Market outlets: processing (French fries)
- Maturity: early maincrop
- Crossing: Lady Anna x AR 05-3392
Quality
- Tuber shape: long oval
- Uniform of shape: quite regular
- Skin color: yellow
- Flesh color: white
- Dry matter percent: 21.5
Disease resistance
- Late blight (foliage blight): slightly susceptible
- Common scab: susceptible
- Virus PVV: slightly to not susceptible
- Tuber blight: slightly to not susceptible
- PCN - Ro1 & Ro4: resistant
- Virus Yntn: slightly to not susceptible
- Fusarium (Dry Rot): slightly susceptible
Agronomy
- Dormancy: average
- Tuber number: average
- Resistance to damage: slightly sensitive
- Resistance to bruising: slightly sensitive
- Secondary growth: quite sensitive
- Flower colour: white
Storage recommendation
Suitable for medium term storage.
Resistance
Good virus resistances.
Frequently Asked Questions
For which market segment is Sidney best suited?
Sidney is an early maincrop French fries variety which is particularly well suited to the QSR (quick service restaurants) segment. Its light flesh color and long tubers distinguish Sidney from most other French fry varieties.
What characterizes the growth and development of Sidney?
Sidney is characterized by rather rapid initial development and a rather sturdy plant with relatively good foliage development. The variety produces rather large, fairly uniform, long oval tubers with average tuber set. Its dormancy is average and Sidney shows limited susceptibility to bruising and damage.
What virus and disease resistances does Sidney have?
Sidney is slightly to not susceptible to the YN virus, shows limited susceptibility to YNTN and spraing. The variety is resistant to potato cyst nematodes.
Which regions is Sidney suited to?
The variety is used in several European countries and is of particular interest to the QSR segment Globally.
Would you like to know more about Sidney?
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