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Carolus

An early maincrop, multipurpose ware variety with attractive red eyes and late blight resistance in foliage and tuber.

  • Multipurpose variety
  • High dry matter content
  • Floury cooking
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Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity
    early maincrop / 6
  • Light sprout colour
    blue violet / BV
  • Flower colour
    purple / P
  • Number of berries
    very high / 4
  • Foliage - initial development
    average / 6
  • Foliage - final development
    good / 8
  • Foliage - firmness
    firm / 8
  • Skin colour
    yellow with red eyes / Y/R
  • Flesh colour
    yellow / 7
  • Skin finish
    good / 7
  • Tuber shape
    oval / O
  • Regularity of tuber shape
    regular / 7
  • Tuberisation
    average / 6
  • Tuber size
    quite large / 7
  • Regularity of size
    regular / 7
  • Dormancy
    average / 6,5

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Growth cracks
    sensitive / 5,5
  • Harvest damage
    sensitive / 5,5
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    very sensitive / 4,5
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Bentazon
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Ethylene
    15% to 25% more tubers / 7
  • Underwater weight
    398
  • Dry matter content
    21,6%
  • Cooking type
    floury / BC
  • Discolouration (after cooking)
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Raw discolouration
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Fries quality
    good / 7
  • Dry matter distribution
    excellent / 8
  • Crisping quality
    good / 7
  • TGA-level
    5,4

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll
    - / -
  • Virus - Yn
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber)
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Spraing
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Late blight - foliage
    slightly to not susceptible / 9
  • Late blight - tuber
    slightly to not susceptible / 9
  • Fusarium
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Common scab
    susceptible / 5
  • Powdery scab
    susceptible / 5
  • Black dot
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • 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
    - / -

Would you like to know more about the Carolus?

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.

Ilie Patu
Productmanager
Ilie Patu