Plant and tuber:
Flesh colour: light yellow
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) – high
Dormancy period: long
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
Common scab: 6,5 – medium/high
Mechanical damage: high
Foliage blight: 3 – medium
Tuber blight: 5 – medium
Potato virus Y (PVY): 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.