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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
Marketsegments
Processing
Convenience
Retail
Fresh, Specials
Melrose GRB 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
  • 5 low | 9 high
    Tuberisation:
    high / 8
  • Tuber size:
    quite large / 7
  • Regularity of size:
    quite regular / 6
  • 4 short | 8 long
    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
  • 3 very sensitive | 8 minimum tot none sensitive
    Bentazon:
    - / -
  • 4 poor result | 8 good result
    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 Melroseor 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

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