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Esmee

A second early ware variety with a nice red skin, good heat tolerance and a good yield.

  • Beautiful appearance
  • Large tubers
  • Multiple virus resistances
Cultivation recommendation
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Esmee
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Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity
    second early / 6,5
  • Light sprout colour
    red violet / RV
  • Flower colour
    light purple / LP
  • Number of berries
    very high / 4
  • Foliage - initial development
    quite fast / 7
  • Foliage - final development
    quite good / 7,5
  • Foliage - firmness
    quite firm / 7
  • Foliage - selectability
    quite easy / 7
  • Skin colour
    red / R
  • Flesh colour
    yellow / 7
  • Skin finish
    excellent / 8
  • Tuber shape
    oval long / OL
  • Regularity of tuber shape
    quite regular / 6,5
  • Tuberisation
    average / 6
  • Tuber size
    large / 8
  • Regularity of size
    regular / 7
  • Dormancy
    average / 6

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Growth cracks
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Harvest damage
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    very sensitive / 4
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Bentazon
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Ethylene
    5% fewer to 5% more tubers / 5
  • Underwater weight
    326
  • Dry matter content
    18%
  • Cooking type
    rather firm / AB
  • Discolouration after cooking
    sensitive / 5,5
  • Raw discolouration
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Fries quality
    average / 6
  • Dry matter distribution
    - / -
  • Crisping quality
    unsuitable / 4
  • TGA-level
    8,2
  • Carvone oil
    15% to 25% more tubers / 7
  • Dormancy
    average / 6

Resistances

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

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