Royal potato is a french fry variety with a very high yield potential. The variety has very good frying qualities and is suitable for long time storing. Royal can be grown on as well sandy soils as clay soils.
Characteristics
- Category: Processing
- Usage: French fries, crisps, flakes
- Maturity: Medium late
- Foliage: Medium high and covering
- Tuber shape: Big oval and rather square tubers
- Flesh colour: Light yellow
- Cooking type: BC
- Dry matter content: High
- Dormancy period: Long, very good storability
Resistances
- Nematodes: Resistant to Ro 1, 4
- Wart disease: Resistant to type 1, 2, 6
- Foliage blight: Fairly good resistance
- Tuber blight: Fairly good resistance
- Common scab: Good resistance
- Growing: Very high yield potential. Good drought resistance. Low to medium nitrogen level is required
