Sunset

Parentage: L3091/144 x Desiree

Characteristics

  • Parentage: L3091/144 x Desiree

  • Maturity: Maincrop

  • Flowers: Red Violet

  • Tuber Shape: Long Oval

  • Tuber Skin: Red

  • Tuber Flesh: Yellow

Sunset

Resistances

Splitting
Bruising
Silver Scurf
Dry Rot (F. sulphureum)
Dry Rot (F. coeruleum)
Skin Spot
Potato Virus Y
Potato Leafroll Virus
PCN (G. Rostoch Ro1)
PCN (G. Pallida Pa 2/3, 1)
Powdery Scab
Common Scab
Blackleg
Tuber Blight
Foliage Blight

Consumer Quality

Table potato suitable for french fries off field.

Agronomic Features

Good resistance to bruising, Black scurf, Dry rot and Skin spot with some resistance to Common scab. Very good resistance to Late blight on foliage and tubers. High yielding Desiree type with superior resistance to Common scab.

Sucrose %Glucose %Dry MatterMarketable %
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Markies0.0860.00919.883.5
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Maris Piper0.1050.02622.093.7