RED LADY

Red Lady potatoes, botanically classified as Solanum tuberosum. Red Lady - common variety for red skin markets. This maincrop starts gaining good yields early. Its uniform long oval tubers show shallow eyes and yellow flesh aswell as strength against bruising, scab, late & tuber blight. Resistances: PCN Ro 1, potato wart disease 1.

Plant
 

• Maturity: Medium early
• Plant type: Intermediate
• Growth habit: Upright
• Color of flower: Red-violet
• Foliage development: Rapid, Medium
• Number of tubers: Medium
• Dormancy: Medium

Tuber characteristics
 

• Tuber shape: Long oval
• Flesh color: Yellow
• Eye depth: Shallow
• Skin color: Red
• Skin characteristic: Netted

Resistances
 

• Nematodes: Ro 1
• Potato wart disease: Race 1 *
• Leaf blight: Medium, High
• Tuber blight: High
• Rhizoctonia: Medium, High
• Black leg: Medium, High
• Common scab: High
• Internal rust spot: Medium, High
• Second growth: Medium, High
• Silver scurf: Medium
• Damages: Medium, High
• Bruising: High
• PVY: Medium
• PVY ntn: Very high
• PLRV: Medium

Yield and Quality
 

• Market outlet: Ware
• Yield: High
• Share oversize: Medium, High
• Share undersize: Low
• Cooking type: Fairly firm cooking
• After cooking discoloration :Low
• Discoloration raw: Low
• Dry matter content: Medium