Processing French fries, Crisps
Traditional

Markies

High yielding, all-round maincrop variety for French fries, crisping, fast food (QSR market) and fresh consumption.

  • Large tubers
  • Multiple virus resistances
  • Good storability
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Product manager Adrie Omtzigt about Markies

Markies is a variety suitable for the French fries industry. Adrie Omtzigt will explain its good yield, excellent storability and good baking quality.

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity
    maincrop / 4
  • Light sprout colour
    blue violet / BV
  • Flower colour
    white / W
  • Number of berries
    below average / 6,5
  • Foliage - initial development
    quite fast / 7
  • Foliage - final development
    good / 8
  • Foliage - firmness
    firm / 8
  • Skin colour
    yellow / Y
  • Flesh colour
    light yellow / 6,5
  • Skin finish
    good / 7
  • Tuber shape
    oval long / OL
  • Regularity of tuber shape
    regular / 7
  • Tuberisation
    average / 6
  • Tuber size
    quite large / 7,5
  • Regularity of size
    regular / 7
  • Dormancy
    average / 6,5

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Growth cracks
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Harvest damage
    sensitive / 5
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Bentazon
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Ethylene
    5% to 15% more tubers / 6
  • Underwater weight
    427
  • Dry matter content
    22,8%
  • Cooking type
    floury / BC
  • Discolouration (after cooking)
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Raw discolouration
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Fries quality
    excellent / 8
  • Dry matter distribution
    good / 7,5
  • Crisping quality
    good / 7
  • TGA-level
    3,4

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Virus - Yn
    slightly susceptible / 7,5
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber)
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Spraing
    very susceptible / 4
  • Late blight - foliage
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Late blight - tuber
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Fusarium
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Common scab
    susceptible / 5
  • Powdery scab
    very susceptible / 3,5
  • Black dot
    - / -
  • Wart disease F1
    - / -
  • Wart disease F6
    quite susceptible / 5
  • Wart disease F18
    - / -
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4
    resistant / 9
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 2
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 3
    - / -

Would you like to know more about the Markies?

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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Adrie Omtzigt
Productmanager
Adrie Omtzigt