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Melrose

An early maincrop, multipurpose specialty with a strong flavour.

  • Rather floury cooking type
  • Yellow flesh colour
  • Light red skin colour
Melrose GRB CL©Agrico20
Melrose SNG CL©Agrico20
Melrose WDG©Agrico20
Agrico Aardappelveld

Plant and tuber characteristics

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

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Growth cracks
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Harvest damage
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Bentazon
    - / -
  • Ethylene
    - / -
  • Underwater weight
    406
  • Dry matter content
    22%
  • Cooking type
    rather floury / B
  • Discolouration (after cooking)
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Raw discolouration
    very sensitive / 4,5
  • Fries quality
    above average / 6,5
  • Dry matter distribution
    - / -
  • Crisping quality
    unsuitable / 5
  • TGA-level
    9,5

Resistances

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

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

Olaf van Campen
Product Manager
Olaf van Campen