The Plenty potato is a unique, high-yielding variety known for producing an exceptionally high number of small tubers per plant. It is ideal for the fresh market, with excellent qualities for consumption, salads, packing, and washing.
Key Characteristics
- Category: Fresh market
- Usage: Consumption, salad, packing, washing
- Maturity: Medium early
- Yield: High yield of small tubers
- Foliage: Many stems, medium height
- Tuber Size: 15-40 mm (many small tubers)
- Tuber Shape: Oval
- Number of Tubers: 35-55 per plant
- Skin Colour: Yellow, very smooth
- Flesh Colour: Yellow
- Cooking Type: A-AB (firm to slightly mealy)
- Dry Matter Content: Medium to high
- Dormancy Period: Medium to long
Disease Resistance:
- Nematodes: Susceptible
- Wart Disease: Susceptible
- Foliage Blight: Medium resistance
- Tuber Blight: Medium resistance
- Common Scab: Medium resistance
- Virus Y: High resistance
