Meluzyna

Slightly long oval tubers with shallow eyes are recommended for hash browns and homemade French fries.

Variety characteristic:

Initial youth development of Meluzyna variety is hesistant. Emergence of plants is uniform but less intense. Plant growth and canopy development accelerates after row closure. Meluzyna is a medium height plant with a compact canopy. Appearance of tubers is unique. Meluzyna comes up with oval to long oval tubers with slightly russet skin and very shallow eyes. Meluzyna is a variety being well appriopriate for various culinary preparations. It is especially liked for potato dumplings and homemade French fries and crisps. It is excellent for potato casseroles with cheese, meat and vegetables. Meluzyna is very suitable for prepackers. It has a good appearance which is ideal for the wash market.

Plant and tuber:

Flesh colour: light yellow
Skin colour: yellow
Tuber shape: round oval to lang oval
Eye depth: 7,4 – very shallow
Foliage development: uniform emergence, medium
Storage ability: 7,5 – very good
Yield: 49 t/ha – very high
Dormancy period: long, dormant until end of winter
Length of the vegetation period: 104 days

Consumption quality:

Cooking type: B – slightly mealy
Starch content: 12,8 %
Especially recommended for: potato pancakes, homemade French fries and chips, potato casserole, potato hashbrowns, wedges

Resistances:

PCN: Ro1 – resistant
Potato wart disease: D1 – resistant
Common scab: 6,5 – medium
Mechanical damage: 5,0 – medium
Foliage blight: 3,0 – medium
Tuber blight: 3,0 – medium
Potato virus Y (PVY): 8,0 – very high

Site requirements:

Meluzyna has medium demands to soil quality, water supply and fertilization. It is especially suitable for fertile and good-drained soil types. It reveals a good tolerance to temporary drought.

Wybierz	Longterm Storage, Table varieties, Homemade fries, potato hashbrowns, potato wedges, Retail, Washed pre-packing
Wybierz	Mid-early
Wybierz	B (slightly mealy)
Wybierz	Light yellow
Wybierz	Yellow
Soil demand	Middle
Shape tubers	Oval

Wybierz

Longterm Storage, Table varieties, Homemade fries, potato hashbrowns, potato wedges, Retail, Washed pre-packing