Cultivar check: Kelly

Description

• White flesh for French fry processing.
• Excellent fry quality, even after nine months’ storage.
• Very high productivity with a high proportion of large tubers.
• Highly vigorous with excellent rooting.
• Very high resistance to foliage and tuber blight, meeting new environmental requirements.
• Wide geographical adaptation.

Tuber characteristics

• Skin colour: Cream
• Flesh colour: White
• Tuber shape: Long and oval
• Dry matter: High (22 to 24%)
• Foliage maturity: Very late
• Shape uniformity: Fairly good

Disease resistance

• Late blight: Very high
• Pitted common scab: Fairly low
• Potato virus Y: Fairly high
• Potato virus Y^ntn: Moderate

Cooking type

As a table potato, it is very suitable for French fries.

Key facts

• Suitability: French fries
• Owner: Germicopa Potato Varieties
• SA distribution: GWK
• Parentage: Crisba x INRA95T118.2
• Yield potential: High

Agronomic traits

• Emergence: Very fast
• Plant vigour: Very high
• Dormancy: Fairly long
• Resistance to external damage: Moderate
• Resistance to internal damage: Fairly high
• Resistance to internal rust spot: Moderate
• Resistance to desprouting: Moderate

Visit www.germicopa.com/en/pommedeterre/kelly-en/ for more information.

Disclosure: The information provided here is sourced from global data and general agricultural practices, which may not fully reflect South African conditions. For guidance tailored to your specific region and circumstances, please consult your local seed agronomist.