Variety Name: FontaneRights Holder | Breeder: SVALOF WEIBULL BVCountry of Origin: NederlandYear of of introduction: 1999Parentage: AGRIA
Variety Description
Fontane is an early maincrop high-yielding processing variety for the production of French fries and flakes. The variety's great success is due to its reliably high yield in cultivation – for both consumer and seed potato growers – and its excellent returns in the fries sector.
Features
Processing
Large tubers
High dry matter content
Suitable for different types of soil
Plant and tuber
Maturity: Early maincrop
Tuber shape: Oval
Flesh Colour: Light Yellow
Tuber size: Quite Large
Skin colour: Yellow
Flower colour: White
Origin and Breeding History
Pizza isn't the first thing you think of when it comes to potatoes. Yet the name Fontane has something to do with pizza. The grower, Eerke Pot van Lantmännen Seed B.V., is very fond of a pizzeria called Fontana.
Because the name was not initially approved, they decided to change one letter and arrived at the name Fontane. The Fontane variety is intended for the processing industry and is Agrico’s largest monopoly variety.
The crossing from which Fontane originated was made in 1986 at Agrico Research. The parents varieties, Agria and AR 76-34-3, have already individually been the source of many different offspring brought onto the market.
News for this Potato Variety
maart 03, 2022
Johann Kraut Farming Operation invests in TOMRA 3A optical sorter to ensure top quality potatoes for french fries
German business Johann Kraut Landwirtschaft is a real potato specialist: the family-run 90-hectare (220-acre) at Bergkirchen, Bavaria, is now in the third generation and has been growing Potatoes for more than 50 years.
februari 09, 2022
Agrico: 'La calidad debe ser buena, pero los rendimientos siguen siendo más importantes'
La empresa holandesa Agrico es un actor global en el campo de las variedades de patatas de siembra y de consumo. El desarrollo de variedades innovadoras que se adapten a varios climas y mercados constituye una parte esencial de la empresa.
september 03, 2021
Belgapomnotering vanaf seizoen 2021-2022 enkel voor Fontane
Vanaf het nieuwe bewaaraardappelseizoen noteert de prijzencommissie van Belgapom enkel nog de meest gehanteerde prijs voor de handel in aardappelen van de variëteit Fontane.
juni 12, 2021
Belgian retail Chain Colruyt evaluates hyperspectral imaging to detect bruising in unpeeled potatoes
It's easy to see a bruise on a person. Not so, on a potato. The bruises are under the product's skin and so not easily detected during processing. Science, however, has found a solution that gives the Belgian Colruyt Group a peek under potatoes' skins.