CHERRY

CHERRY

Potato Variety Information

Variety Name: CherryRights Holder | Breeder: Country of Origin: United States United StatesYear of of introduction: 1999

Variety Description

Cherry is the variety of early consumption, characterized by small tubers, red skin and excellent flavor.

  • Firm flesh 
  • Very high tuber 
  • Excellent organoleptic qualities and good cooking resistance

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity: Early / 7.5 
  • Germ Color: red purple / RV 
  • Flower Color: pale mauve / LP 
  • Number of bays: Very High / 4 
  • Foliage - initial development: Rather fast / 7 
  • Foliage - final development: Medium / 7 
  • Foliage - hold: Somewhat fragile / 5.5 
  • Foliage - ease of purification: easier / 7 
  • Skin Color: red / R 
  • Flesh colour: yellow / 7 
  • Skin finishing: Excellent / 8 
  • Tuber shape: long / L 
  • Regularity of shape: Regular / 7 
  • Tuberization: High / 9 
  • Tuber size: Medium / 6 
  • Size Homogeneity: fairly regular / 6 
  • Dormancy: Medium / 6

Sensitivity and quality

  • Regrowth: Somewhat sensitive / 6.5 
  • Blue Shots: Not very sensitive / 7 
  • Crevices: Sensitive / 5 
  • Crop damage: Not very sensitive / 7 
  • Metribuzin: Sensitive / 5 
  • Metribuzin: Sensitive / 5 
  • Bentazone: Not very sensitive / 7 
  • Ethylene: - / - 
  • Underwater weight: 391 
  • Dry matter: 21,3% 
  • Cooking Type: Firm / A 
  • Blackening after cooking: Not very sensitive / 7 
  • Greying: Sensitive / 5.5 
  • Sinterability: Bad / 5 
  • Dry matter distribution: Excellent / 8 
  • Chipability: Poor / 4.5 
  • Glycoalkaloid Level: 5,5 
  • Mint Oil: 5% more or less tubers / 5

Resistances

  • Virus - Winding: - / - 
  • Virus - Y: Gradually perceptible / 8 
  • Necrotic Y-virus (tuber): Not very sensitive / 7 
  • Top mop virus: Sensitive / 5 
  • Downy mildew of the foliage: Very sensitive / 4 
  • Tuber downy mildew: Not very sensitive / 7 
  • Wilt: not very sensitive / 6 
  • Common scabies: not very sensitive / 6 
  • Powder Scab: not very sensitive / 6

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