BELLINI

Potato Variety Information

Variety Name: BelliniRights Holder | Breeder: H. & J.M. KANNEGIETERCountry of Origin:

NetherlandsYear of of introduction: 2001Parentage: MONDIALxFELSINA

Variety Description

Bellini is a very high yielding potato variety. The tubers are long oval with a very uniform shape and size. Skin and flesh colours are light yellow.

The dry matter content is average, about 20,7%. Bellini is grown mainly in the Mediterranean countries to the Middle East as a quality table potato. Also the pre-packing results coming from North West Europe are very promising.

Characteristics

Fresh market
Maturity: Medium early
Very high yield
Long oval tubers
Very uniform sorting
Light yellow colour of skin and flesh
Dry matter content: 20,7%
Cooking type: B
Resistant to potato cyst nematodes, Ro1,4
Resistant to wart disease, race 1
Slightly susceptible to leaf blight, little susceptible to tuber bligh

News for this Potato Variety

Egypt imported 131 thousand tons of seed potato and 25 thousand tons of frozen french fries and potato chips

January 18, 2022

Egypt imported 131 thousand tons of seed potato and 25 thousand tons of potato products (French Fries and Chips)

Sources revealed to Al-Mal that 131 thousand tons of potato seeds arrived from European facilities approved for import from last October until early January, for 76 approved varieties.

The harvest of new potato in Portugal started two weeks earlier

April 14, 2020

Harvest of new potato in Portugal starts two weeks early

New potato harvest started in last week, in Portugal. Due to the higher temperatures recorded in February and March, compared to last years, the earliest varieties reached the commercial size in advance.

May 07, 2018

Fokeon Gaia: a new Greek Potato and Onion brand launches this year

After supplying potatoes for processing for 20 years, Yiannis Stavrou said that his company started to think about entering into the table potato market. From this, a new fresh potato and onion brand was born: Fokeon Gaia