The Elaia potato variety is characterized by its yellow skin and cream flesh, with an oval shape and firm texture. It is versatile for boiling, steaming, roasting, baking, and mashing. Elaia potatoes thrive in well-drained soils and temperate climates, offering a good yield. They also have moderate to good resistance to common potato diseases.
Plant and Tuber Characteristics
- Foliage Maturity: Medium Late
- Emergence: Fairly Fast
- Plant Vigour: High
- Tuber Shape: Round to Short Oval
- Shape Uniformity: Fairly Good
- Eye Depth: Fairly Deep
- Skin Colour: Yellow
- Flesh Colour: Cream
- Tuber Size: Very Large
- Tuber Set: Fairly High
Resistances
- Resistance to Foliage Late Blight: Moderate
- Resistance to Tuber Late Blight: Fairly Low
- Resistance to Pvy: Very High
- Resistance to Pvyntn: Very High
- Resistance to G.rostochiensis ( RO1-4): Full
- Resistance to G.rostochiensis ( RO2-3): Low
- Resistance to G.pallida( PA2): Moderate
- Resistance to G.pallida( PA3): Fairly Low
- Resistance to Wart Disease (F1): Full
Quality
- Yield: Very High
- Dry Matter Content: High (25%)
- Starch Content: High (18,4%)
- Uww: High (468)
- Frying Colour at Harvest: Fairly
- Good Storage Ability: Fairly High