AUSTRIAN CRESCENT

Austrian Crescent is a golden crescent-shaped fingerling with a firm waxy texture and deep yellow flesh. It is delicious in salads or when roasted or boiled, staying firm after cooking. Austrian Crescent is a high yielding variety with some tubers growing up to 10”.

Tuber Characteristics
 

• Tuber Shape: fingerling
• Flesh Color: pale yellow
• Eye Depth: shallow-medium
• Skin Color: yellow
• Skin Texture: smooth
• Dormancy: good
• Tuber Size: medium

Yield and Quality
 

• Markets: Specialty, Gourmet, Table/Fresh
• Yield: high
• Tubers Per Plant: 20-30
• Cooking Type: Firm
• Dry Matter: high

Resistances
 

• Scab: medium
• PVY: medium-high
• Foliage Blight: medium
• Tuber Blight: medium
• Damages: medium-high
• Bruising: medium-high
• Nematodes: -

Remarks
 

• Waxy and firm texture delicious for roasting, boiling or in salads
• Stays firm after cooking
• Also known as ‘Kipfel’ – German for croissant
• Skin can be better