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Jolene

An early maincrop variety with a good skin finish and suitable for home frying.

  • Light yellow flesh colour
  • Suitable for different dishes
  • Good dry matter content
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Product manager Adrie Omtzigt about Jolene

Jolene is a new multipurpose variety from Agrico. Our Product Manager Adrie Omtzigt will tell more about its long oval tubers and good dry matter content.

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity
    early maincrop / 6
  • Light sprout colour
    red / R
  • Flower colour
    white / W
  • Number of berries
    below average / 7
  • Foliage - initial development
    quite fast / 7,5
  • Foliage - final development
    good / 8
  • Foliage - firmness
    quite firm / 7,5
  • Skin colour
    yellow / Y
  • Flesh colour
    light yellow / 6
  • Skin finish
    good / 7
  • Tuber shape
    oval long / OL
  • Regularity of tuber shape
    regular / 7
  • Tuberisation
    quite high / 7
  • Tuber size
    quite large / 7,5
  • Regularity of size
    regular / 7
  • Dormancy
    average / 6

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Growth cracks
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Harvest damage
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Bentazon
    - / -
  • Ethylene
    15% to 25% more tubers / 7
  • Underwater weight
    389
  • Dry matter content
    21,1%
  • Cooking type
    rather floury / B
  • Discolouration (after cooking)
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Raw discolouration
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Fries quality
    good / 7
  • Dry matter distribution
    - / -
  • Crisping quality
    unsuitable / 5
  • TGA-level
    -

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll
    - / -
  • Virus - Yn
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber)
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Spraing
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Late blight - foliage
    very susceptible / 4
  • Late blight - tuber
    susceptible / 5
  • Fusarium
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Common scab
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Powdery scab
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Black dot
    slightly susceptible / 7,5
  • Wart disease F1
    - / -
  • 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 Jolene?

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

Adrie Omtzigt
Productmanager
Adrie Omtzigt