Chateau
An early salad potato variety with a good tuber set and quite a good dry matter content.
- Excellent skin quality
- Official registration for chair ferme
- High tuberisation
Product manager Adrie Omtzigt about Chateau
Our product manager Adrie Omtzigt tells more about the variety Chateau, an early potato variety especially suitable for the retail market. This variety has excellent characteristics for cooking and has a good taste.
Frequently Asked Questions
For which market segment is Chateau best suited?
Chateau is an early salad variety for the retail market. The variety carries the chair ferme label, the French quality designation for firm-cooking potatoes, which strengthens its position in the French and international salad segments.
What characterizes the growth and development of Chateau?
Chateau is an early variety characterized by fairly rapid initial development and a rather sturdy plant. The variety produces long oval, uniform tubers with a high tuber set and good skin finish. The dormancy is average and the variety shows limited susceptibility to bruising.
What makes Chateau unusual as a retail variety?
Chateau carries the chair ferme label, which positions the variety directly in the segment of firm-cooking high-quality potatoes for the French and international retail markets. The combination of an early maturing period, high tuber set and excellent flavor makes Chateau an interesting premium salad potato variety.
Which regions is Chateau suited to?
Chateau is primarily aimed at the Western European retail market, particularly the French market and other countries where firm-cooking salad potatoes carrying the chair ferme label are in demand. The early maturing period also offers potential for markets seeking to supply high-quality potatoes early in the season.
Would you like to know more about the Chateau?
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