Retail
Fresh
Traditional

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
Marketsegments
Retail
Fresh
Traditional
Esmee nestje met doorsnee
Esmee SNG CL®Agrico20
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Product manager Martin Pot about Esmee

Our product manager Martin Pot tells you more about the variety Esmee. This variety has a yellow flesh and is rather firm cooking. 

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
  • 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
  • 5 low | 9 high
    Tuberisation:
    average / 6
  • Tuber size:
    large / 8
  • Regularity of size:
    regular / 7
  • 4 short | 8 long
    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
  • 3 very sensitive | 8 minimum tot none sensitive
    Bentazon:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • 4 poor result | 8 good result
    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

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
  • Black dot:
    susceptible / 5,5
  • 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:
    - / -

Background

This variety is a cross between Laura and Rodeo. Laura is a frequently used parent in various potato breeding programs. The variety has a very solid shape, a beautiful red skin and yellow flesh. Rodeo is a variety known for its capacity for good yields in various climates. This great combination results in an attractive potato – the Esmee variety. This variety is intended for the early red-skinned market and was bred by Agrico Research. It also has other good properties such as excellent consumption quality and good virus resistance, and it is easy to grow.

Esmee is originally a French name that means “beloved” and we believe that it suits this variety well. Esmee is also a common girl’s name and easy to pronounce in many languages.

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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 Esmeeor would like to know what Agrico can do for you with respect to varieties, please feel free to contact us.

Martin Pot

Product Manager
Martin Pot

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