MONTE CARLO

Monte Carlo is a floury early Maincrop potato that’s supposedly an improvement on ‘Desiree’. Pale red skin and white flesh. High yielding. Good scab resistance and moderate blight resistance. An excellent all-rounder in the kitchen. An excellent all-rounder in the kitchen.

Characteristics
 

• Maturity: Middle early
• Yield: High
• Foliage: Normal
• Skin color: Light red
• Flesh color: White
• Tuber shape: Oval
• Eye depth: Flat/reasonably flat
• Tuber size: Large/medium sized tubers
• Dry matter contents: 20,50%
• Consumer quality: Pre pack and table

Resistances
 

• Resistance to leaf-roll virus: 8
• Resistance to A-virus: 8
• Resistance to X-virus: 8
• Resistance to Y-virus: 7
• Resistance to Phytophtora (leaf): 5
• Resistance to Phytophtora (tuber): 6,5
• Resistance to internal bruising: 9
• Resistance to Common Scab: 8
• Resistance to Wart disease: Physio 1, 2/6, 18: resistant