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.
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