Marfona

A second early ware variety with large tubers, a high yield and suitable for the ‘baker’ markets.

Our overview of potato varieties provides an insight into the global Agrico portfolio. In your country, Marfona may only be limitedly available, or unavailable. Agrico’s portfolio includes a number of very similar and widely available potato varieties. Alternatives, depending on regional preferences, are listed below.

Please ask your local representative whether Marfona is available in your area, or what alternative varieties are available.

Retail | Traditional
Rather firm cooking
Uniform tuber shape and size
Good virus resistances

Suitable markets

Traditional

Retail

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Plant and tuber
Maturity	Second early \| 7	Second early \| 6,5	Second early \| 7
Tuber shape	Oval round	Oval long	Oval round
Flesh Colour	Light yellow \| 6,5	Yellow \| 7	Light yellow \| 6
5 low \| 9 high Tuberisation	Average \| 6	Average \| 6	Quite high \| 7
5 small \| 8 large Tuber size	Quite large \| 7	Large \| 8	Quite large \| 7,5
Sensitivity and quality
6 average \| 9 high Relative yield	Quite high \| 7	High \| 8	High \| 8
300 low \| 500 high Underwater weight	358	311	324
A firm \| AB rather firm \| B rather floury \| BC floury \| C floury Cooking type	Rather firm \| AB	Rather firm \| AB	Rather firm \| AB
4 short \| 8 long Dormancy	Quite long \| 6,5	Quite short \| 5	Quite short \| 5
Harvest damage	Very sensitive \| 4,5	Quite sensitive \| 6	Quite sensitive \| 6
Resistance
Late blight foliage	Susceptible \| 5	Very susceptible \| 4	Very susceptible \| 4,5
Late blight tuber	Very susceptible \| 4,5	Minimum susceptible \| 6	Minimum susceptible \| 6
Common scab	Minimum susceptible \| 6	Minimum susceptible \| 6	Susceptible \| 5
PCN Ro 1/4	-	Resistant \| 9	Resistant \| 9
PCN Ro 2/3	-	-	-
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Most important Marfona characteristics

Plant and tuber

Maturity

Second early | 6,5
Tuber shape

Oval round
Flesh Colour

Light yellow | 6
5 low | 9 high

Tuberisation

Low | 5
5 small | 8 large

Tuber size

Quite large | 7,5
Skin colour

Yellow
Flower colour

White
4 none | 8 many

Number of berries

Average | 6
4 slow | 8 fast

Foliage: - initial development

Average | 7
4 slow | 8 fast

Foliage: - final development

Quite good | 7,5
Foliage: - selectability

Average | 6
4 weak | 8 firm

Foliage: - firmness

Quite firm | 7
Lightsprout colour

Red violet
4 irregular | 8 regular

Regularity of tuber shape

Quite regular | 6
5 irregular | 8 regular

Regularity of size

Quite regular | 6,5
3 insufficient | 8 excellent

Skin finish

Quite good | 6

Sensitivity and quality

6 average | 9 high

Relative yield

High | 8
300 low | 500 high

Underwater weight

349
A firm | AB rather firm | B rather floury | BC floury | C floury

Cooking type

Rather firm | AB
4 short | 8 long

Dormancy

Quite short | 5,5
Harvest damage

Quite sensitive | 6
3 very sensitive | 8 minimum tot none sensitive

Metribuzin

Minimum to nonsensitive | 8
3 very sensitive | 8 minimum tot none sensitive

Bentazon

-
4 poor result | 8 good result

Ethylene

5% to 5% fewer or more tubers | 5
4 very sensitive | 8 minimum to none sensitive

Secondary growth

Quite sensitive | 6,5
4 very sensitive | 8 minimum to none sensitive

Growth cracks

Quite sensitive | 6
4 very sensitive | 8 minimum to none sensitive

Black spot

Quite sensitive | 6,5
17% low | 26,5% high

Dry matter content

19,2%
5 moderate | 8 excellent

Dry matter distribution

-
1 very low | 11 quite high

TGA level

-
4 very sensitive | 8 minimum to none sensitive

Raw discolouration

Quite sensitive | 6
4 very sensitive | 8 minimum to none sensitive

Gray discolouration (after cooking)

Quite sensitive | 6
4 unsuitable | 8 excellent

Fries quality

Unsuitable | 5
4 unsuitable | 8 excellent

Crisping quality

Unsuitable | 4,5

Resistance

Late blight foliage

Susceptible | 5
Late blight tuber

Minimum susceptible | 7
Common scab

Very susceptible | 4,5
PCN Ro 1/4

-
PCN Ro 2/3

-
PCN Pa 2

-
PCN Pa 3

-
Powdery scab

Minimum susceptible | 6
Fusarium

Susceptible | 5,5
Erwinia

Minimum susceptible | 6
Black dot

Susceptible | 5
Spraing

Susceptible | 5
Leafroll

Minimum susceptible | 6
Virus - A

Minimum to non susceptible | 8
Virus - X

Minimum susceptible | 7
Virus - Yn

Minimum susceptible | 7
Virus - Yntn (tuber symptoms)

Minimum susceptible | 7
Wart disease F1

Resistant | 10
Wart disease F6

-
Wart disease F18

-

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

Martin Pot

Product Manager

E varieties@agrico.nl

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