Alegria is a high yielding, dual-purpose yellow fleshed variety. Its combination of early main crop maturity, a proven fresh cut french fry record, and the ability to fresh pack as well, makes this a very flexible option for growers.
- Utilization: Fresh and Processing Markets
- Maturity: Maincrop (95-105 DAP)
- Yield: High to very high
- Skin Color: Yellow, slightly textured
- Flesh Color: Light yellow
- Tuber Shape: Oval
- Tuber Size: medium to Large
- Tuber Set: 10-12
- Dry Matter: 20.0-21.0 %
- Dormancy: Medium
- Storage: Medium to long
Variety Strengths:
- High marketable yield
- Early rapid emergence
- Moderate to high resistance to Common scab
- Semi tolerance to Heat and Drought
- Moderate to high resistance to Black scurf
- Moderate to high resistance to PVY and PVA, PLRV and PVX viruses
- Moderate resistant to mechanical handling and bruising
- Low incidence to Secondary growth, Growth cracks and Hollow heart
- Moderate resistance to Late blight in foliage
- Resistant to Golden Nematode (Ro.1+4)
- Good eating qualities and good taste profile
Alegria produces oval tubers with shallow eyes. Excellent all round eating quality and very suitable for pre-packing and processing into french fries and porogies. Processing quality is excellent into April. Alegria is a very grower-friendly variety.
