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
February 09, 2022
Agrico: 'La calidad debe ser buena, pero los rendimientos siguen siendo más importantes'
La empresa holandesa Agrico es un actor global en el campo de las variedades de patatas de siembra y de consumo. El desarrollo de variedades innovadoras que se adapten a varios climas y mercados constituye una parte esencial de la empresa.
September 03, 2021
Belgapom quotation next season only for potato variety Fontane
As of the new storage potato season, the Belgapom price committee will only note the most frequently used price for the trade-in potatoes of the Fontane variety.
June 12, 2021
Belgian retail Chain Colruyt evaluates hyperspectral imaging to detect bruising in unpeeled potatoes
It's easy to see a bruise on a person. Not so, on a potato. The bruises are under the product's skin and so not easily detected during processing. Science, however, has found a solution that gives the Belgian Colruyt Group a peek under potatoes' skins.
May 27, 2021
Stoller - VigorSeed: fast and uniform germination of potato seeds
VigorSeed is a product based on the Stoller technology which promotes the germination of seeds by improving the growth and development of roots for quicker planting. Using VigorSeed in the furrows when planting potato seeds will give your crop a head start, maximizing the chances of obtaining higher yields and optimal quality.