Laurette

Seed potatoes

Seed potatoes

Breeder (s): GROCEP – France
Listing in: French Catalogue 2011
Type: List A
Category: firm flesh consumption
Maturity: mid-early to medium

Tuber: elongated, very shallow to shallow eyes, yellow skin, yellow flesh.

Germ: anthocyanin pigmentation of the strong base, spherical, weak hair.

Plant: Medium height, semi-upright habit, branching type.

Stem: anthocyanin zero or very low.

Leaf: medium to dark green, intermediate, middle leaflet wide.

Flowers: moderately abundant.

Flower: white, flower bud slightly to moderately pigmented.

cultural characters and use

Yield: 113% of (Bintje + Désirée + Charlotte + Monalisa) / 4.
Calibration: proportion of large tubers: fairly low.
Susceptibility to diseases:
Leaf blight: fairly susceptible.
Tuber blight: fairly susceptible.
Wart: –
Common scab: moderately susceptible.
Winding: moderately susceptible.
Nematode RO 1-4: Susceptible.

Internal tuber defects: slightly susceptible to rust spots, hollow heart and black spots.

Sensitivity to desprouting: insensitive.

Mechanical Impact: slightly susceptible.
Dormancy period: Very short.

Culinary quality: cooking group A, blackening after cooking: nil, fry color: dark.

Dry matter content: fairly low.

Keeping quality: good enough.