Processing French fries

Premiere

First early variety for the French fries industry with early a good yield.

  • Early delivery straight from the field
  • High dry matter content
  • Good dry matter distribution
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Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity
    first early / 8
  • Light sprout colour
    red violet / RV
  • Flower colour
    white / W
  • Number of berries
    very high / 4
  • Foliage - initial development
    fast / 8
  • Foliage - final development
    quite good / 7,5
  • Foliage - firmness
    average / 6
  • Skin colour
    yellow / Y
  • Flesh colour
    light yellow / 6
  • Skin finish
    good / 7
  • Tuber shape
    oval round / OR
  • Regularity of tuber shape
    quite regular / 6
  • Tuberisation
    quite high / 7
  • Tuber size
    average / 6,5
  • Regularity of size
    quite regular / 6
  • Dormancy
    quite short / 5

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Growth cracks
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Harvest damage
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    sensitive / 5
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    sensitive / 5
  • Bentazon
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Ethylene
    - / -
  • Underwater weight
    416
  • Dry matter content
    22,4%
  • Cooking type
    floury / BC
  • Discolouration (after cooking)
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Raw discolouration
    sensitive / 5,5
  • Fries quality
    above average / 6,5
  • Dry matter distribution
    good / 7,5
  • Crisping quality
    unsuitable / 5
  • TGA-level
    2,8

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Virus - Yn
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber)
    slightly susceptible / 7,5
  • Spraing
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Late blight - foliage
    very susceptible / 4
  • Late blight - tuber
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Fusarium
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Common scab
    very susceptible / 4,5
  • Powdery scab
    susceptible / 5
  • Black dot
    - / -
  • Wart disease F1
    resistant / 10
  • Wart disease F6
    - / -
  • 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 Premiere?

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