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
FONTANE
Potato Variety Information
Variety Name: FontaneRights Holder | Breeder: SVALOF WEIBULL BVCountry of Origin: 
NetherlandsYear of of introduction: 1999Parentage: AGRIA
NetherlandsYear of of introduction: 1999Parentage: AGRIAVariety 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
Plant and tuber
Features
Plant and tuber
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.
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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News for this Potato Variety
August 17, 2026
European seed potato multiplication area declines 1.6 percent in 2026
European seed potato multiplication area fell 1.6% to 105,155 hectares in 2026, according to ESPG data. Germany recorded slight growth, while the other major producing countries and several leading varieties saw declines.
April 21, 2026
España: reducción del área destinada a la patata
Diversos factores, tanto económicos, productivos, como del orden del comercio internacional contribuyen a una recalibración del sector de la patata local.
February 25, 2025
Schuiling Family Farm and Agrico: Scaling Up and Automating Potato Operations for Enhanced Efficiency
Just one kilometre from the coast, in the Frisian village of Minnertsga, between the windmills, stands the newly built shed with a renewed sorting line of partnership Schuiling.
January 31, 2024
Potato harvest has started in Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf Governorate, Iraq, under the supervision of BEPPCO
The agricultural lands of Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf Governorate, Iraq witnessed the commencement of the harvest season on January 2, 2024.