Lord

Very early salad variety, useful for processing into frozen products. Well adapted for the organic market.

Variety characteristic:

Lord is a multipurpose ware variety that is suitable for pre-sprouting and cultivation under a plast/fibertex for a very early harvest. After reaching a full physiological maturity, Lord is also suitable for main crop. Lord is suitable for long storage period. Its sprout is thick and strong. Flowering is abundant. It forms a large number of tubers under favorable conditions. Due to the high-lying tuber nest, it is recommended to plant deeper to prevent the tubers from turning green.

Suitable for organic growing.

Plant and tuber:

Flesh colour: light yellow
Skin colour: yellow
Tuber shape: round oval
Eye depth: 6,8 – shallow
Foliage development: rapid emergence, intense growth
Storage ability: 8,0 – very good
Yield: 53,3 t/ha (according to COBORU) – very high
Dormancy period: medium

Consumption quality:
Cooking type: AB – slightly firm (starch content 11,8%)
Taste: 7,0 – very good
Especially recommended for: salads, soups, steamed and boiled potatoes, potato casserole. Suitable for processing into frozen, diced potatoes and as peeled, raw potatoes.

Resistances:

PCN: Ro1, Ro2, Ro3 – resistant
Common scab: 6,0 – medium/high
Mechanical damage: medium/high
Foliage blight:3,0 – medium

Tuber blight: 4,0 – medium
Potato virus Y (PVY): 7,0 – high
Metribuzin sensitivity: slightly sensitive

Site requirements:

Lord has low demands to soil quality, water supply and fertilization. Due to the extremely strong root system, it is resistant to stress related to an extreme climatic conditions during vegetation.

Market outlet	First crop, Food Processing, Organic, Packing, Table varieties, Traditional
Maturity	Very early
Cooking type	AB (slightly firm)
Flesh colour	Light yellow
Skin colour	Yellow
Soil demand	Low
Shape tubers	Round oval

Market outlet

First crop, Food Processing, Organic, Packing, Table varieties, Traditional