The Samba potato is a medium-late maturing variety with deep yellow skin and pale yellow flesh, and an oval to long-oval shape. It’s high-yielding and stores well. Known for its rich, buttery flavor and smooth, creamy texture, Samba is ideal for boiling, mashing, and roasting.
Plant and Tuber Characteristics
- Foliage maturity: medium late
- Emergence: moderate
- Plant vigour: high
- Skin colour: deep yellow
- Flesh colour: pale yellow
- Tuber shape: long oval
- Shape uniformity: good
- Eye depth: very shallow
- Tuber size: large
- Tuber set: fairly high
Resistances
- Resistance to foliage late blight: moderate
- Resistance to tuber late blight: fairly high
- Resistance to pitted common scab: moderate
- Resistance to netted common scab: very high
- Resistance to pvy: fairly low
- Resistance to pvyntn: exceptional
- Resistance to pcn g.Rostochiensis (ro1-4): null
- Resistance to pcn g.Pallida (pa2-3): null
- Resistance to wart pathovar 1: full
- Resistance to early blight: moderate
Quality
- Yield: high
- Dry matter content medium: (18-20%)
- Cooking type: A-B
- Disintegration: very slight
- After cooking darkening: none
- Frying colour at harvest: medium
- Storage ability: fairly high
