Finezja

Finezja will surely satisfy a gourmet of the culinary BC – mealy type potato. A multipurpose variety suitable for French fries and dehydrated potato products. Due to the high resistance to pathogens, it is suitable for both organic and integrated cultivation system.

Variety characteristic:

Finezja is a tall plant with a compact canopy. It is especially liked for a very high yield potential. Uniformly sized tubers with low share of undersizes have shallow eyes and smooth skin. Finezja will surely satisfy a gourmet of the culinary BC – mealy type potato. A variety for starch or processing. A multipurpose variety suitable for French fries and dehydrated potato products. Due to the high resistance to late blight, it is suitable for organic growing. The great advantage of this variety is also increased resistance to common scab. Finezja shows strong symptoms of soil phytotoxicity when aminopyralid is applied to the forecrop. Due to the long dormancy period finezja shows a very good suitability for long term storage.

Plant and tuber:

Flesh colour: light yellow
Skin colour: yellow
Tuber shape: round oval
Eye depth: 7,1 – shallow
Foliage development: rapid, uniform emergence
Storage ability: 8,0 – very good
Yield: 51,2 t/ha (according to COBORU) – very high
Dormancy period: long
Starch yield: 7,68 t/ha – high

Consumption quality:
Cooking type: BC – mealy (starch content 15% according to COBORU)
Taste: 6,8 – good
Especially recommended for: steamed and boiled potatoes, oven-roasted potatoes, French fries

Resistances:

PCN: Ro1, Pa3 – resistant
Common scab: 6 – high
Mechanical damage: high
Foliage blight: 6,5 – high
Tuber blight: 6 – high
Potato virus Y (PVY): 8 – very high
Metribuzin sensitivity: increased sensitivity

Site requirements:

Finezja has low demands to soil quality, fertilization and water supply. It is especially suitable for lighter soil types. Good tolerance to temporary drought. Tolerant to periodic excess of water. Fertilization should be adjusted to the planned direction of use and harvest date. An excess of nitrogen may extend vegetation of plants and may reduce the starch content.

Market outlet	Flakes And Dehydrated Products, Frech Fries, Longterm Storage, Organic, Packing, Starch, Table varieties
Maturity	Mid-early
Cooking type	BC (mealy)
Flesh colour	Light yellow
Skin colour	Yellow
Soil demand	Low
Shape tubers	Round oval

Market outlet

Flakes And Dehydrated Products, Frech Fries, Longterm Storage, Organic, Packing, Starch, Table varieties