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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
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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
  • 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

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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Would you like to know more about the Esmee?

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.

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Ilie Patu
Productmanager
Ilie Patu