PRINCESS

Princess
Variety Name: PrincessRights Holder | Breeder: SAKA-RAGISCountry of Origin: Germany GermanyYear of of introduction: 1998
Princess is an early, high yielding table potato and salad variety with cooking type A-B. This variety shows very regular oval tuber shape and deep yellow flesh color. Princess owns excellent culinary qualities, very suitable for washing and prepacking even immediately after harvest.

Resistant to PCN Ro1; very high resistance to late blight; high resistance to rhizoctonia, common scab, internal rust spot and mechanical damage. Princess is also well suited for the organic production and the production of baby potatoes.

Plant
  • Maturity: Early
  • Plant type: Intermediate
  • Growth habit: Semi-upright
  • Color of flower: White
  • Foliage development: Rapid
  • Number of tubers: High
  • Dormancy: Medium
Tuber characteristics
  • Tuber shape: Oval
  • Flesh color: Yellow
  • Eye depth: Shallow
  • Skin color: Yellow
  • Skin characteristic: Smooth
Resistances
  • Nematodes: Ro 1
  • Leaf blight: High
  • Tuber blight: High
  • Rhizoctonia: High
  • Black leg: High
  • Common scab: Very high
  • Internal rust spot: High
  • Second growth: Low, Medium
  • Silver scurf: High
  • Damages: High
  • Bruising: High, Very high
  • PVY Medium: High
  • PVY ntn: Very high
  • PLRV: Medium
Yield and Quality
  • Market outlet: Ware, Directmarketing, Pre-packing, Organic, Peeling
  • Yield: High, Very high
  • Share oversize: Low, Medium
  • Share undersize: Low, Medium
  • Cooking type: Firm cooking
  • After cooking discoloration: Low
  • Discoloration raw: Low
  • Dry matter content: Low

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