Leonore, an early fries variety with a high yield early in the season. Its attractive skin also makes it suitable for the early ware market.
- Early maturity
- Good virus resistance
- Long oval tubers with nice skin finish
Plant and Tuber Characteristics
- Maturity: early / 7,5
- Light sprout colour: -
- Flower colour: white
- Number of berries: none / 8
- Foliage - initial development: fast / 8
- Foliage - final development: good / 8
- Foliage - firmness: quite firm / 7
- Skin colour: yellow
- Flesh colour: yellow / 7
- Skin finish: good / 7
- Tuber shape: long oval
- Regularity of tuber shape: quite regular / 6,5
- Tuberisation: average / 6,5
- Tuber size: quite large / 7,5
- Regularity of tuber size: quite regular / 6,5
- Dormancy: average / 6,5
Sensitivity and quality
- Secondary growth: quite sensitive / 6,5
- Black spot (internal bruising): slightly to not sensitive / 8
- Growth cracks: slightly sensitive / 7
- Harvest damage: quite sensitive / 6
- Metribuzin - pre-emergence: slightly to not sensitive / 8
- Metribuzin - post-emergence: slightly to not sensitive / 8
- Ethylene: - Underwater weight: 397
- Dry matter content: 21,5%
- Cooking type: floury / BC
- Discolouration after cooking: slightly sensitive / 7,5
- Raw discolouration: very sensitive / 4
- Fries quality: good / 7
- Dry matter distribution: good / 7,5
- Crisping quality: - TGA - level: 6,7
Resistances
- Virus - Leafroll: -
- Virus - Yn: slightly susceptible / 7,5
- Virus - Yntn: slightly susceptible / 6
- Spraing: susceptible / 5,5
- Late blight - foliage: very susceptible / 3,5
- Late blight - tuber: susceptible / 5
- Fusarium: slightly susceptible / 6
- Common scab: susceptible / 5,5
- Powdery scab: very susceptible / 3
- Black dot: susceptible / 5
- Wart disease F1: resistant / 10
- Wart disease F6: -
- Wart disease F18: -
- Golden nematode Ro 1/4: resistant / 9
- Golden nematode Ro 2/3: -
- White nematode Pa 2: -
- White nematode Pa 3: -
