AUSTRIAN CRESCENT

AUSTRIAN CRESCENT

AUSTRIAN CRESCENT

Potato Variety Information

Variety Name: Austrian CrescentRights Holder | Breeder: Year of of introduction:

Variety Description

Austrian Crescent is a golden crescent-shaped fingerling with a firm waxy texture and deep yellow flesh. It is delicious in salads or when roasted or boiled, staying firm after cooking. Austrian Crescent is a high yielding variety with some tubers growing up to 10”.

Tuber Characteristics
 
  • Tuber Shape: fingerling
  • Flesh Color: pale yellow
  • Eye Depth: shallow-medium
  • Skin Color: yellow
  • Skin Texture: smooth
  • Dormancy: good
  • Tuber Size: medium

Yield and Quality
 
  • Markets: Specialty, Gourmet, Table/Fresh
  • Yield: high
  • Tubers Per Plant: 20-30
  • Cooking Type: Firm
  • Dry Matter: high

Resistances
 
  • Scab: medium
  • PVY: medium-high
  • Foliage Blight: medium
  • Tuber Blight: medium
  • Damages: medium-high
  • Bruising: medium-high
  • Nematodes: -

Remarks
 
  • Waxy and firm texture delicious for roasting, boiling or in salads
  • Stays firm after cooking
  • Also known as ‘Kipfel’ – German for croissant
  • Skin can be better

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