NAPOLEON

NAPOLEON
Variety Name: NapoleonRights Holder | Breeder: Country of Origin: United United KingdomYear of of introduction: <1889Parentage: ALICANTE
Napoleon (AR 10-4637) is a maincrop crisping variety with a good uniformity of size and a high dry matter content.

Plant and tuber characteristics
 
  • Maturity: maincrop / 5
  • Light sprout colour: red violet
  • Flower colour: white
  • Number of berries: none / 4
  • Foliage: initial development: quite fast / 7
  • Foliage: final development: good / 8
  • Foliage: selectability: average / 6,5
  • Foliage: - plant firmness: quite firm / 7,5
  • Flesh colour: light yellow / 6,5
  • Skin colour: yellow
  • Skin finish: quite poor / 5
  • Tuber size: quite large / 7,5
  • Tuber shape: round oval
  • Regularity of tuber shape: regular / 7
  • Tuberisation: average / 6
  • Regularity size: regular / 7

Sensitivity and quality
 
  • Dormancy: average / 6
  • Metribuzin: slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Bentazon: - / -
  • Ethylene: - / -
  • Secondary growth: quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Growth cracks: quite sensitive / 6
  • Black spot (internal bruising): sensitive / 5,5
  • Harvest damage: quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Underwater weight: 450
  • Dry matter content: 24,1%
  • Dry matter distribution: good / 7
  • TGA - level: 5,5
  • Crisping quality: excellent / 8
  • Fries quality: good / 7
  • Cooking type: floury / BC
  • Raw discolouration: quite sensitive / 6
  • Discolouration after cooking: quite sensitive / 6

Resistances
 
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4: resistant / 9
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3: - / -
  • White nematode Pa 2: susceptible / 4
  • White nematode Pa 3: - / -
  • Late blight-foliage: slightly susceptible / 6
  • Late blight-tuber: slightly susceptible / 7,5
  • Common scab: slightly susceptible / 6
  • Powdery scab: - / -
  • Fusarium: slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Erwinia: - / -
  • Black dot: - / -
  • Spraing: very susceptible / 4
  • Virus - Leaf Roll: - / -
  • Virus - A: - / -
  • Virus - X: - / -
  • Virus - Yn: slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Virus - Yntn: - / -
  • Wart disease F1: moderate susceptible* / 7*
  • Wart disease F6: - / -
  • Wart disease F18: - / -

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