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Variety overview Ukraine
Esmee
Market segment - Retail
Fresh
Market segment - Traditional
Traditional
Esmee
A second early ware variety with a nice red skin, good heat tolerance and a good yield.
Beautiful appearance
Large tubers
Multiple virus resistances
Cultivation Recommendation
Marketsegments
Market segment - Retail
Fresh
Market segment - Traditional
Traditional
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Plant and tuber characteristics
Maturity:
second early / 6,5
Light sprout colour:
red violet / RV
Flower colour:
light purple / LP
Number of berries:
very high / 4
Foliage - initial development:
quite fast / 7
Foliage - final development:
quite good / 7,5
Foliage - firmness:
quite firm / 7
Foliage - selectability:
quite easy / 7
Skin colour:
red / R
Flesh colour:
yellow / 7
Skin finish:
excellent / 8
Tuber shape:
oval long / OL
Regularity of tuber shape:
quite regular / 6,5
5 low | 9 high
Tuberisation:
average / 6
Tuber size:
large / 8
Regularity of size:
regular / 7
4 short | 8 long
Dormancy:
average / 6
Sensitivity and quality
Secondary growth:
quite sensitive / 6,5
Black spot (internal bruising):
slightly to not sensitive / 8
Growth cracks:
quite sensitive / 6
Harvest damage:
quite sensitive / 6,5
Metribuzin - pre-emergence:
very sensitive / 4
Metribuzin - post-emergence:
slightly sensitive / 7
3 very sensitive | 8 minimum tot none sensitive
Bentazon:
slightly sensitive / 7
4 poor result | 8 good result
Ethylene:
5% fewer to 5% more tubers / 5
Underwater weight:
326
Dry matter content :
18%
Cooking type:
rather firm / AB
Discolouration after cooking:
sensitive / 5,5
Raw discolouration:
quite sensitive / 6
Fries quality:
average / 6
Dry matter distribution:
- / -
Crisping quality:
unsuitable / 4
TGA-level:
8,2
Resistances
Virus - Leaf roll:
- / -
Virus - Yn:
slightly to not susceptible / 8
Virus - Yntn (tuber):
slightly susceptible / 7
Spraing:
very susceptible / 4
Late blight - foliage:
very susceptible / 4,5
Late blight - tuber:
slightly susceptible / 7
Fusarium:
slightly susceptible / 7
Common scab:
slightly susceptible / 6
Powdery scab:
slightly susceptible / 6,5
Virus - A:
- / -
Virus - X:
slightly to not susceptible / 8
Black dot:
susceptible / 5,5
Erwinia:
slightly susceptible / 7
Wart disease F1:
resistant / 10
Wart disease F6:
- / -
Wart disease F18:
- / -
Golden nematode Ro 1/4:
- / -
Golden nematode Ro 2/3:
- / -
White nematode Pa 2:
- / -
White nematode Pa 3:
- / -
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