This potato is an all-around beauty inside and out. Krone has a low sensitivity to mechanical damage making it ideal for packaging sheds due to its high pack-out. Krone performs well under most conditions in any soil type. It is an ideal performer under hot & dry conditions while still maintaining a high marketable yield. It is suitable for long term storage.
- Yellow/yellow variety with excellent taste
- Very good storability
- Suitable for growing on different soil types
Tuber Characteristics
- Tuber Shape: Long oval
- Flesh Color: Yellow
- Eye Depth: Shallow (facilitates easy peeling)
- Skin Color: Light yellow
- Skin Texture: Smooth
- Dormancy: Very good (suitable for longer storage)
- Tuber Size: Medium
Yield and Quality
- Markets: Suitable for high set production, heat and drought-tolerant conditions, table/fresh consumption, and organic farming.
- Yield: High
- Tubers Per Plant: 14-17 (indicative of prolific tuber production)
- Cooking Type: B (ideal for boiling and general-purpose cooking)
- Dry Matter Content: 20.5% (good for texture and flavor)
Resistances
- Scab: High resistance
- PVY (Potato Virus Y): High resistance
- Foliage Blight: Medium-high resistance
- Tuber Blight: Medium resistance
- Damages: Medium-high resistance
- Bruising: High resistance (enhances marketability and storage quality)
- Nematodes: Resistant to Ro 1 and Ro 4 (important for managing nematode populations in affected soils)