ROSARA

Rosara
Variety Name: RosaraRights Holder | Breeder: SAKA-RAGISCountry of Origin: Germany GermanyYear of of introduction: 1990
Rosara is an extra early ware potato with attractive red skin, firm cooking and delicious culinary qualities. It is high yielding and shows excellent resistances to leaf- and tuber blight, black leg, damages, bruising, internal rust spot and common scab.

Plant
  • Maturity: Very early
  • Plant type: Intermediate
  • Growth habit: Semi-upright
  • Color of flower: Red-violet
  • Foliage development: Rapid
  • Number of tubers: Medium
  • Dormancy: Medium

Tuber characteristics
  • Tuber shape: Long oval
  • Flesh color: Yellow
  • Eye depth: Shallow
  • Skin color: Red
  • Skin characteristic: Smooth

Resistances
  • Nematodes: Ro 1
  • Potato wart disease: Race 1
  • Leaf blight: Medium
  • Tuber blight: High
  • Rhizoctonia: Medium, High
  • Black leg: High
  • Common scab: Medium, High
  • Internal rust spot: High
  • Second growth: Medium
  • Silver scurf: Medium
  • Damages: High, Very high
  • Bruising: High
  • PVY: Very high
  • PVY ntn: Very high
  • PLRV: High, Very high

Yield and Quality
  • Market outlet: Ware, Directmarketing
  • Yield: Medium, High
  • Share oversize: Medium, High
  • Share undersize: Low
  • Cooking type: Fairly firm cooking
  • After cooking discoloration: Low, Medium
  • Discoloration raw: Medium
  • Dry matter content: Medium

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