Princess is an early, high yielding table potato and salad variety with cooking type A-B. This variety shows very regular oval tuber shape and deep yellow flesh color. Princess owns excellent culinary qualities, very suitable for washing and prepacking even immediately after harvest. Resistant to PCN Ro1; very high resistance to late blight; high resistance to rhizoctonia, common scab, internal rust spot and mechanical damage. Princess is also well suited for the organic production and the production of baby potatoes.
Plant | |
| Maturity | Early |
| Plant type | Intermediate |
| Growth habit | Semi-upright |
| Color of flower | White |
| Foliage development | Rapid |
| Number of tubers | High |
| Dormancy | Medium |
Tuber characteristics | |
| Tuber shape | Oval |
| Flesh color | Yellow |
| Eye depth | Shallow |
| Skin color | Yellow |
| Skin characteristic | Smooth |
Resistances | |
| Nematodes | Ro 1 |
| Leaf blight | High |
| Tuber blight | High |
| Rhizoctonia | High |
| Black leg | High |
| Common scab | Very high |
| Internal rust spot | High |
| Second growth | Low, Medium |
| Silver scurf | High |
| Damages | High |
| Bruising | High, Very high |
| PVY | Medium, High |
| PVY ntn | Very high |
| PLRV | Medium |
Yield and Quality | |
| Market outlet | Ware, Directmarketing, Pre-packing, Organic, Peeling |
| Yield | High, Very high |
| Share oversize | Low, Medium |
| Share undersize | Low, Medium |
| Cooking type | Firm cooking |
| After cooking discoloration | Low |
| Discoloration raw | Low |
| Dry matter content | Low |
See Also
Bubble and Squeak (Potato Cakes)