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Violette
Variety Name: VioletteRights Holder | Breeder: Country of Origin: France FranceYear of of introduction: 2000Parentage: AGRIA
Violetta is a smooth purple skinned, purple fleshed specialty. This variety is fairly late maturing. It is a high-set fingerling type suitable for creamer production. Violetta is an attractive potato inside and out.

Tuber Characteristics
 
  • Tuber Shape: fingerling
  • Flesh Color: purple
  • Eye Depth: very shallow
  • Skin Color: purple
  • Skin Texture: smooth
  • Dormancy: good
  • Tuber Size: small

Yield and Quality
 
  • Markets: High Set, Specialty, Table/Fresh
  • Yield: medium-high
  • Tubers: Per Plant 30-35
  • Cooking Type: B
  • Dry Matter: 20.8%

Resistances
 
  • Scab: high
  • PVY: high
  • Foliage Blight: medium
  • Tuber Blight: medium
  • Damages: medium-high
  • Bruising: medium-high
  • Nematodes: -

News for this Potato Variety

Patatas Meléndez presentará todos los avances de su nueva fábrica en Fruit Attraction.
September 30, 2022

Patatas Meléndez presentará todos los avances de su nueva fábrica en Fruit Attraction

Patatas Meléndez estará presente en Fruit Attraction transmitiendo todos sus valores y sus últimas novedades en el stand 10G02 del pabellón 10 del IFEMA, el día 5 de octubre a las 17:30 horas.
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May 30, 2019

Potatoes: Facts and Preservation

The Potato (Solanum tuberosum) plant is native to Upper Peru and northeastern Bolivia. There, under adverse conditions, the ancient Incas domesticated the plant in large terraces like the ones at Machu Pichu.
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