Plant and tuber:
Flesh colour: creamy
Skin colour: red
Tuber shape: oval
Eye depth: 7,0 – very shallow
Foliage development: uniform emergence
Storage ability: 9,0 – very good
Yield: 53,1 t/ha (according to COBORU) – very high
Dormancy period: long
Length of the vegetation period: 109 days
Consumption quality:
Cooking type: AB – slightly firm (starch content 11,7%)
Taste: 7,5 – very good
Especially recommended for: salad, steamed and boiled potatoes, packing after peeling
Resistances:
PCN: Ro1 – resistant
Synchytrium endobioticum: D1 – resistant
Common scab: 6,5 – medium/high
Mechanical damage: 7,0 – high
Foliage blight: 3,0 – medium
Tuber blight: 5,0 – medium
Potato virus Y (PVY): 8,0 – very high
Metribuzin sensitivity: moderately sensitive
Site requirements:
Oberon has middle demands to soil quality, fertilization and higher demands to water supply. Soils in good agricultural conditions are advantageous.