ALMONDA

ALMONDA
Variety Name: AlmondaRights Holder | Breeder: SAKACountry of Origin: Germany GermanyYear of of introduction: 2011Parentage: MARABEL
Almonda is a medium early, firm cooking ware potato with an attractive yellow skin and flesh. Due to its excellent resistance against late blight Almonda is perfectly suited for organic production.

A good ability for washing and a nice grading guarantee a good post-packing appearance. Almonda has furthermore strengths against scab, silver scurf and bruising combined with resistances to PCN Ro 1, 4 and potato wart disease 1.

Tuber Characteristics
 
  • Tuber shape: Oval
  • Flesh color: Yellow
  • Eye depth: Shallow
  • Skin color: Yellow
  • Skin characteristic: Smooth

Yield and Quality
 
  • Market outlet: Ware, Directmarketing, Pre-packing, Organic, Peeling
  • Yield: High
  • Share oversize: Low, Medium
  • Share undersize: Low, Medium
  • Cooking type: Firm cooking
  • After cooking discoloration: Very low, Low
  • Discoloration raw: Very low, Low
  • Dry matter content: Medium

Resistances
 
  • Nematodes: Ro 1, Ro 4
  • Potato wart disease: Race 1 *
  • Leaf blight: Very high
  • Tuber blight: High
  • Rhizoctonia: Medium, High
  • Black leg: High
  • Common scab: High
  • Internal rust spot: High
  • Second growth: High
  • Silver scurf: Very high
  • Damages: High
  • Bruising: High
  • PVY: Medium, High
  • PVY ntn: Medium, High