The Alix potato variety is characterized by its yellow skin and flesh. It has an oval to round shape with a medium-firm texture, making it versatile for boiling, roasting, baking, and mashing. Alix potatoes are well-suited to temperate climates and perform best in well-drained, loamy soils. They offer good yields and have moderate resistance to common potato diseases.
Plant and Tuber Characteristics
- Foliage Maturity: Early
- Emergence: Fairly Fast
- Plant Vigour: Moderate
- Tuber Shape: Longoval
- Shape Uniformity: Very Good
- Eye Depth: Very Shallow
- Skin Colour: Yellow
- Flesh Colour: Yellow
- Tuber Size: Medium
- Tuber Set: High (15-17)
Resistances
- Resistance to Foliage Late Blight: Very High
- Resistance to Tuber Late Blight: High
- Resistance to Pitted Common Scab: Moderate
- Resistance to Netted Common Scab: Moderate
- Resistance to Pvy: High
- Resistance to Pvx: Full
- Resistance to Pvyntn: Quite High
- Resistance to Pcn G.rostochiensis ( RO1-4): Null
- Resistance to G.pallida( PA2-3): Null
- Resistance to Wart Disease (F1): Full
Quality
- Yield: Moderate
- Dry Matter Content: Moderately (18%)
- Disintegration: None
- After Cooking Darkening: None
- Cooking Type: A
- Frying Colour at Harvest: Medium
- Storage Ability: Fairly High
