Alexandra is a very early, firm-cooking potato variety with smooth, yellow skin and deep yellow flesh. It has long-oval tubers, excellent salad quality, and good resistance to nematodes (Ro1, Ro2/3). Ideal for early harvest and fresh market use.
Key Characteristics
- Maturity: Very early to early
- Cooking Type: Firm (Type A)
- Flesh Color: Deep yellow
- Skin: Smooth, yellow with shallow eyes
- Tuber Shape: Long-oval
- Yield: Medium
- Dormancy: Good
- Consumption Quality: Excellent for salads; early and good consumption quality
- Resistances: PCN Ro1 (9), Ro2/3
- Sensitivities: Medium to common scab; low to spraing; low to bruising; medium to mechanical damage
