Bohun
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Bohun

The most prolific variety in the early maturity potato group. Almost the entire yield is a trade fraction. Its great tasting, round, regular tubers show shallow eyes and a yellow smooth skin.

 

Variety characteristic:

Bohun is a tall to very tall plant with upright habit. Its lower leaves are distinguished by a particularly wide leaf blade. Bohun should be involved into usual spraying program for protective control of late blight. The tuber yield is set at medium depth in the ridge. The variety produces a large number of tubers that are uniform in size and have an attractive appearance. Almost the entire yield is a trade fraction. The tubers are unusually round and regular, with an excellent taste, the eyes are quite shallow and the skin is smooth and yellow. This variety convinces with a very good suitability for long term storage. It gains flavor with storage, without losing them until late spring.

Plant and tuber:

Flesh colour: light yellow
Skin colour: yellow
Tuber shape: round
Eye depth: 6,8 – shallow
Foliage development: very rapid, uniform emergence
Storage ability: 7,0 – good
Yield: 51,9 t/ha
Dormancy period: long

 

Consumption quality:
Cooking type: B – slightly mealy (starch content 12,4%)
Taste: 7,1 – very good
Especially recommended for: steamed and boiled potatoes, potato casserole

 

Resistances:

PCN: Ro1 – resistant
Common scab: 7 – high
Mechanical damage: medium/high
Potato blight: 3 – medium
Potato virus Y (PVY): 4 – medium
Metribuzin sensitivity: increased sensitivity

 

Site requirements:

Bohun has middle demands to soil quality and fertilization. Soils in good agricultural conditions, hummus-rich soils are advantageous for ensuring good tuber quality.

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