MIRANDA

Miranda is an early ware potato with cooking type C and excellent suitability for the production of French fries. The variety has a delicious taste, excellent culinary qualities and produces a high share of oversized potatoes. It is very resistant to bruising, PVYntn, tuber- and early blight.

Plant

• Maturity: Early
• Plant type: Intermediate
• Growth habit: Semi-upright
• Color of flower: White
• Foliage development: Rapid
• Number of tubers: Medium
• Dormancy: Medium, High

Tuber characteristics

• Tuber shape: Oval
• Flesh color: Yellow
• Eye depth: Shallow
• Skin color: Yellow
• Skin characteristic: Netted

Resistances

• Nematodes: Ro 1, Ro 4
• Potato wart disease: Race 1
• Leaf blight: Low, Medium
• Tuber blight: High
• Rhizoctonia: Medium, High
• Black leg: Low, Medium
• Common scab: Medium, High
• Internal rust spot: Medium, High
• Second growth: High
• Silver scurf: High
• Damages: Medium
• Bruising: High
• PVY: Low
• PVY ntn: Very high
• PLRV: Medium

Yield and Quality

• Market outlet: Ware, French fries
• Yield: Medium, High
• Share oversize: Medium, High
• Share undersize: Low
• Cooking type: Mealy cooking
• After cooking discoloration: Low
• Discoloration raw: Low
• Dry matter content: Medium
• Chips quality after harvest: Very good
• Chips quality after long term storage: Good