Potato Varieties For Bennett Seed Exports

Atlantic is a determinate variety, is mid-season in maturity and has a medium to large vine. Due to its high yield and high specific gravity, measures dry matter content mostly starch, it is the major chip potato variety in North America.

Very robust variety with very good resistance to drought, foliage and tuber blight and good resistance to common scab and viruses. It is extremely high yielding and very uniform. CARA is also a versatile potato suitable for a wide range of culinary uses including frying.

Maincrop maturity, with high yields and early bulking. Medium dry matter, firm cooked texture, good boiling, fresh French fry, and mashing quality. High resistance to drought and good resistance to potato virus Yo and powdery scab. Susceptible to potato cyst nematode Globodera rostochiensis Ro1 and Globodera pallida Pa2/3,1, and mis-shapes on heavy soils. Moderately susceptible to spraying and mild mosaic viruses.

Gemson is a beautiful round white-fleshed variety! This variety produces a uniform crop of small to medium sized potatoes. It is a great choice for growing container crops of small round baby potatoes.

Middle maturing export variety with a good crisping quality. It is a high-yielding variety, strong against scab, heath, and drought.

Horizon is an advanced potato cultivar from Russia with high yield, good taste, white flesh, and smooth skin. It shows strong resistance to viruses and fungal diseases, but low resistance to nematodes.

Maris Peer really are a wonderful growing potato. They are perfectly suited for patio growing and for garden use, producing a unique lightly scented purple flower. Tuber-wise they have nice firm creamy flesh which holds up well after cooking.

Nieta Potato Variety is an early maincrop variety ideal for French fry production in Mediterranean and North African climates, producing high yields of large tubers.