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Processing French fries

Performer

A maincrop, high-yielding, PCN (PA)-resistant French fries variety with very big tubers and a good dry matter content.

  • Limited number of large, oval-long tubers per plant
  • A floury cooking type
  • A strong plant with a very good root system
Variety Catalogue Cultivation recommendation
Performer GRB CL©Agrico21 (1)
PERFORMER
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Agrico Aardappelveld

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity
    maincrop / 5
  • Light sprout colour
    - / -
  • Flower colour
    white / W
  • Number of berries
    above average / 5,5
  • Foliage - initial development
    average / 6
  • Foliage - final development
    poor / 5,5
  • Foliage - firmness
    quite firm / 7,5
  • Foliage - selectability
    quite difficult / 5,5
  • Skin colour
    russet / RUS
  • Flesh colour
    light yellow / 6
  • Skin finish
    poor / 4,5
  • Tuber shape
    oval long / OL
  • Regularity of tuber shape
    regular / 7,5
  • Tuberisation
    low / 4
  • Tuber size
    large / 8
  • Regularity of size
    regular / 7
  • Dormancy
    long / 8

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Growth cracks
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Harvest damage
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    very sensitive / 4
  • Bentazon
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Ethylene
    5% to 15% more tubers / 6
  • Underwater weight
    405
  • Dry matter content
    21,9%
  • Cooking type
    floury / BC
  • Discolouration after cooking
    sensitive / 5,5
  • Raw discolouration
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Fries quality
    average / 6
  • Dry matter distribution
    good / 7
  • Crisping quality
    above average / 6,5
  • TGA-level
    1,9
  • Dormancy
    long / 8

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll
    - / -
  • Virus - Yn
    slightly to not susceptible / 8,5
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber)
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Spraing
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Late blight - foliage
    very susceptible / 4,5
  • Late blight - tuber
    susceptible / 5
  • Fusarium
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Common scab
    susceptible / 5
  • Powdery scab
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Virus - A
    - / -
  • Virus - X
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Black dot
    - / -
  • Erwinia
    susceptible / 5
  • Wart disease F1
    resistant / 10
  • Wart disease F6
    - / -
  • Wart disease F18
    - / -
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4
    moderately susceptible / 5
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3
    susceptible / 1
  • White nematode Pa 2
    resistant / 9
  • White nematode Pa 3
    moderately susceptible / 6