Bea potato is a high-yielding, maincrop variety with smooth, yellow skin and light yellow flesh. It has a versatile, oval to round shape, making it ideal for boiling, mashing, and baking. Bea potatoes are disease-resistant to common issues like potato wart and scab, though they have moderate susceptibility to late blight.
Characteristics
- Cycle: Precocious
- Skin color: Yellow
- Flesh colour: Pale yellow
- Culinary quality: Oven; Puree; Soup
- Resistance to mildew: Sensitive
- Drought Resistance: Sensitive
- Conservation: Short
- Yield: 100% Charlotte
- Strengths: Old variety
- Recommended for organic: Highly risky
- Shape: Oblong
- Meat Type: Tender
- Dry matter: Weak
- Common scabies resistance: Sensitive
- Virus Resistance: Not very sensitive
- NPK Need: N: 220U; P: 120U; K: 360U