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 28, 2016
Belgapom now provides pricing for potato varieties Challenger and Fontane in addition to Bintje
Starting from the 2016 – 2017 season, the Belgapom quotation will be made up of three parts, each supplemented by their own market sentiment: Bintje, Challenger and Fontane.From the archive
August 23, 2016
Aviko Potato provides detailed information on the development of the 2016 potato crop
Yearly Aviko Potatoes follows the progress of the potato crop through regular sampling and the resulting data are shared publicly based on their commitment to transparency. PotatoPro took a closer look.From the archive
June 30, 2016
Romain Cools, Belgapom: 'Damage to potato harvest can't be estimated at the moment'
Stories about large losses in harvest in the Belgian sector due to the heavy rainfall are circulating in various media. But Romain Cools of Belgapom says it is too early to come up with a percentage.From the archive
April 06, 2015
Oerlemans Foods doubles Potato Processing Capacity
Oerlemans Foods, a Dutch producer of frozen potato and vegetable products is concentrating the processing of potatoes in Broekhuizenvorst and doubles its potato processing capacity.From the archive