Potato Varieties

Taurus is an early maincrop variety, suitable for crisping. In trials it demonstrated resistance to PCN Ro1, skin spot, black dot, dry rot (F. coeruleum), silver scurf and powdery scab.

Austin is an early variety with excellent, off-field processing characteristics, round-oval tubers with shallow eyes ideally suited for crisping. The low reducing sugar content also makes the variety suitable for longer-term storage.

Potato Memphis is a new promising crop variety. It is characterized by good yield and drought resistance, which greatly simplifies care.

Lady Rosetta (LR) is the potato variety with red skin, round, uniform tuber with relatively shallow for crisp quality production, either fresh or from storage. This variety is majorly used in the potato chips manufacturing around the world.

Lady Jane is a highly resistant to stress and easy to cultivate, making it an ideal choice for French fry producers. The special feature of Lady Jane is its high dry matter content and excellent color after cooking throughout the entire storage period.

The Eldena potato variety is a medium-early processing type specifically bred for the production of flakes and granules. While details about its origin and release are not widely available, Eldena is recognized for its high yields and stable processing qualities under both fresh market and storage conditions.

This tasty Russet Skin variety with medium maturity is the first russet-skinned variety from HZPC.

The potato variety Moa is a very early, nematode-resistant premium chip potato, particularly suited for chip production. This variety is particularly attractive for producers looking for an early-maturing potato with stable quality for chip manufacturing.

Lady Rosetta is a medium-early red-skinned potato variety with round tubers, light yellow flesh, and high dry matter content. It is widely grown for crisping and potato chip production due to its low reducing sugars and uniform tuber size.

The Glorietta potato is a very early to early maturing variety developed for the premium fresh market. It is a firm-cooking type with excellent flavour and no discoloration after cooking, making it especially suitable for salads and fresh table use.

Ikarus is a medium-late maturing potato variety known for its long-oval, yellow-skinned tubers with light yellow flesh. It has a high dry matter content, making it suitable for French fries and chips. The variety is high yielding, produces large, uniform tubers, and is well adapted to different soils without requiring irrigation.

Vermont is a very early-maturing starch potato variety developed in the Netherlands for high early starch yields and efficient processing. It produces large, round, light yellow tubers with firm texture and a starch content of about 20%. The variety shows rapid emergence, early tuber formation, and strong foliage cover, making it ideal for early harvesting.

The Kiebitz is an early-maturing chip potato known for its exceptionally stable long-term cold storage while maintaining top-quality processing characteristics.

Sassy is a maincrop potato variety with oval, white-skinned tubers and attractive red-violet flowers. It is noted for its good resistance to powdery scab, blackleg, and skin spot, along with strong resistance to PCN Ro1 and partial resistance to Pa 2/3, 1.

Innovator is a medium-early Dutch potato variety bred from Shepody × RZ-84-2580. Tubers are large, long-oval with russet skin, shallow eyes, and pale yellow flesh. It has good yield, high dry matter, and excellent suitability for fries, baking, and fresh market use.

Gala has bright yellow skin and medium yellow flesh. It also has a very long period of rest and it is commonly grown for fresh market.

Euroviva is a late variety with a long vegetation time ensures starch performance at the highest level.

Allure is a yellow-skinned, white-fleshed, medium-sized, waxy potato variety. It is mainly used for boiling and French fries due to its firm texture and good cooking quality. Plants are erect with white flowers but do not set berries.