Processing French fries, Crisps, Convenience
Retail Fresh
Traditional

Babylon

Maincrop, yellow fleshed processing potato variety with a good yield and a very stable quality.

  • Multipurpose variety
  • High yield
  • Excellent frying quality
  • Good storability
  • Strong virus resistances
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A multitasker with endless possibilities!

The power of innovation

Discover the versatility of Babylon, the right choice for almost any market! This multipurpose variety excels in every way. With its strong virus resistance, Babylon provides a solid foundation for a successful harvest. Its excellent storability ensures the availability of top-quality potatoes at all times. Add its impressive frying quality and good appearance, and you have the perfect variety for the French fries, potato chips and retail fresh market. Customers like Babylon for its uniform grading, high yield and strong resistances. Discover the versatility of Babylon, a potato variety with endless possibilities.

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Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity
    maincrop / 5
  • Light sprout colour
    blue violet / BV
  • Flower colour
    white / W
  • Number of berries
    none / 8
  • Foliage - initial development
    quite fast / 7
  • Foliage - final development
    good / 8
  • Foliage - firmness
    firm / 8
  • Skin colour
    yellow / Y
  • Flesh colour
    yellow / 7
  • Skin finish
    average / 6
  • Tuber shape
    oval long / OL
  • Regularity of tuber shape
    regular / 7
  • Tuberisation
    average / 6
  • Tuber size
    large / 8
  • Regularity of size
    regular / 7
  • Dormancy
    long / 8

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Growth cracks
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Harvest damage
    sensitive / 5,5
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Ethylene
    5% fewer to 5% more tubers / 5
  • Underwater weight
    401
  • Dry matter content
    21,7%
  • Cooking type
    floury / BC
  • Discolouration (after cooking)
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Raw discolouration
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Fries quality
    excellent / 8
  • Dry matter distribution
    good / 7
  • Crisping quality
    good / 7
  • TGA-level
    5,2

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll
    - / -
  • Virus - Yn
    slightly susceptible / 7,5
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber)
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Spraing
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Late blight - foliage
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Late blight - tuber
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Fusarium
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Common scab
    susceptible / 5
  • Powdery scab
    - / -
  • Black dot
    very susceptible / 4,5
  • Wart disease F1
    resistant / 10
  • Wart disease F6
    - / -
  • Wart disease F18
    - / -
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4
    field resistant / 8
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 2
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 3
    - / -

Would you like to know more about the Babylon?

The best way to guarantee a good harvest and the best return on your investment is to start out with healthy, high-quality seed potatoes and expert advice. At Agrico, we are committed to and invest in knowledge and research. This has enabled us to cultivate a wide range of unique potato varieties that display effective resistance, strong variety characteristics and a high yield. Naturally, the seed potatoes we supply are fully certified.

If you have any specific questions about the Babylonor would like to know what Agrico can do for you with respect to varieties, please feel free to contact us.

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