Bila

Extremely resistant to common scab, extraordinarily tasty, cooking type B.

Variety characteristic:

Bila is a plant of middle height. It produces few big, uniform, round tubers middle in the ridge with low share of undersizes. Bila convinces with an outstanding resistance to common scab. It can be successfully grown on soils where Streptomyces scabies exists. Bila convinces with a very good culinary quality. It is widespread in marketplaces and bazaars, where is much appreciated by potato connoisseurs. Very attractive tubers with shallow eyes possess a high consumer popularity. Bila shows a steady long term performance in storage, regardless of the degree of modernization of the storage site.

Plant and tuber:

Flesh colour: yellow
Skin colour: yellow
Tuber shape: round oval
Eye depth: 6,7 – shallow/middle
Storage ability: 8,0 – very good
Yield: 32 t/ha – medium
Dormancy period: long
Length of the vegetation period: 95 days

Consumption quality:

Cooking type: B – slightly mealy (starch content 12,6%)
Taste: 7,0 – very good
Especially recommended for: steamed and boiled potatoes, soup, mashed potatoes, potato pancakes, dumplings, potato purée

Resistances:

PCN: susceptible
Common scab: 8,0 – very high
Mechanical damage: medium/high
Foliage blight: 3,0 – medium
Tuber blight: 4,0 – medium
Potato virus Y (PVY): 7,0 – high
Metribuzin sensitivity: moderately sensitive

Site requirements:

Bila has low demands to soil quality, fertilization and water supply. Performs well in dry conditions.

Wybierz	Longterm Storage, Table varieties, Traditional
Wybierz	Early
Wybierz	B (slightly mealy)
Wybierz	Yellow
Wybierz	Yellow
Soil demand	Middle
Shape tubers	Round

Wybierz

Longterm Storage, Table varieties, Traditional