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
April 08, 2011
Breeders Trust commences legal proceedings against Belgian government
Breeders Trust, an organisation looking after the interest of potato breeders, is taking the Belgian Federaal Agentschap voor de Veiligheid van de Voedselketen (FAVV;Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain) to court.From the archive
July 01, 2010
Aviko Potato betaalde EUR 102,09 per ton voor Agria, EUR 104,42 voor Innovator
Aviko Potato uit Steenderen betaalt over het seizoen 2009/10 voor Agria in de pool zonder voorverkoop gemiddeld 97,52 euro per ton uit. Dit is 2,75 procent meer dan het seizoen ervoor. Ook voor Innovator en Victoria en Leonardo rekent de inkooporganisa...From the archive
April 20, 2010
PCA: aardappelareaal België groeit 7 procent
Het areaal bewaaraardappelen in Vlaanderen stijgt dit oogstjaar met 7 procent, meldt het Proefcentrum voor de Aardappelteelt (PCA) in Kruishoutem op basis van een enquête. Omdat aardappelverwerkers garantie van aanvoer willen, sluiten ze meer contrac...From the archive
July 01, 2009
Aviko Potato poolprijs (oogst 2008) met voorverkoop 109 euro per ton
Als gevolg van extra deelname door aardappeltelers én de gunstige oogstresultaten, groeide de aardappelpool van Aviko Potato afgelopen seizoen 30% in omvang. De gemiddelde opbrengst bedroeg 55 ton netto aardappelen per hectare. De markt was het hele ja...From the archive
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