The Georgina potato variety features smooth yellow skin and yellow flesh. It is a mid-season, high-yielding potato with an oval to long-oval shape. Known for its firm, waxy texture and mild flavor, Georgina potatoes are ideal for boiling, salads, roasting, and frying. This variety thrives in well-drained, fertile soil in temperate climates and demonstrates good resistance to common diseases like late blight and scab.
Characteristics
- Tuber shape: oval
- Eye depth: shallow
- Flesh colour: yellow
- Skin colour: yellow
- Skin: smooth
- Number of tubers: high
- Maturity: medium early
- Cooking type: B
- Consumption quality: mainly firm cooking; very low discolouration after cooking; good flavour
- Yield: very high tuber yield; high marketable yield
- Youth development: rapid
- Dormancy: Good
Resistances and Sensitivities
- PCN: Ro1 (9), Ro2/3 (8), Ro4 (9)
- Common scab: medium - high
- Spraing: low - medium
- Bruising: very low
- Mechanical damage: low - medium
