Stemster produces high yields of bold, red skinned tubers with light yellow flesh and shows good drought and heat tolerance. It has resistance to PCN Ro1 and resistance to potato virus Yo. Good quality tubers suitable for boiling, baking and roasting.
- High yields of bold red oval tubers
- Good all round Disease Resistance
- Easy to Grow, Drought & Heat tolerant
Plant and Tuber Characteristics
- Foliage Maturity: Medium Late
- Emergence: Fairly Fast
- Plant Vigour: Very High
- Skin Colour: Red
- Flesh Colour: Pale Yellow
- Tuber Shape: Long Oval Shape
- Uniformity: Fairly Good
- Eye Depth: Shallow
- Tuber Size: Very Large
- Tuber Set: Fairly High
Quality
- Yield: Very High
- Dry Matter Content: Medium (18-20%)
- Cooking Type: B
- Disintegration: Slight
- After Cooking Darkening: None
- Frying Colour at Harvest: Fairly Good
- Storage Ability: High
Resistances
- Resistance to Foliage Late Blight: Moderate
- Resistance to Tuber Late Blight: Moderate
- Resistance to Pitted Common Scab: Low
- Resistance to Netted Common Scab: Low
- Resistance to Pvy: Moderate
- Resistance to Pcn G.rostochiensis (Ro1-4): Full
- Resistance to Pcn G.pallida (Pa2-3): Null
- Resistance to Wart Pathovar 1: Full
- Resistance to Early Blight: High
