Rosabelle

TABLE VARIETY

Very early red skin variety, very much appreciated by hobby gardeners and small growers.
ROSABELLE is a reliable variety, stable in yield providing homogeneous oblong tubers.
It is a very tasty variety when grown as an early potato.

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PLANT

FOLIAGE MATURITY	EARLY
EMERGENCE	FAST
PLANT VIGOUR	FAIRLY HIGH

TUBER

SKIN COLOUR	RED
FLESH COLOUR	PALE YELLOW
TUBER SHAPE	LONG OVAL
SHAPE UNIFORMITY	VERY GOOD
EYE DEPTH	VERY SHALLOW
TUBER SIZE	FAIRLY LARGE
TUBER SET	MODERATE

QUALITY

YIELD	MODERATE
COOKING TYPE	B
DISINTEGRATION	SLIGHT
AFTER COOKING DARKENING	SLIGHT
FRYING COLOUR at harvest	FAIRLY GOOD
STORAGE ABILITY	MODERATE

DISEASES

RESISTANCE TO FOLIAGE LATE BLIGHT	FAIRLY LOW
RESISTANCE TO TUBER LATE BLIGHT	HIGH
RESISTANCE TO PITTED COMMON SCAB	FAIRLY LOW
RESISTANCE TO PVY	FAIRLY HIGH
RESISTANCE TO PCN G.rostochiensis (Ro1-4)	NULL
RESISTANCE TO PCN G.pallida (Pa2-3)	NULL
RESISTANCE TO WART pathovar 1	FULL

PHYSIOLOGY

DORMANCY	VERY SHORT
RESISTANCE TO EXTERNAL DAMAGE	HIGH
RESISTANCE TO INTERNAL DAMAGE	HIGH
RESISTANCE TO INTERNAL RUST SPOT	HIGH
RESISTANCE TO DESPROUTING	MODERATE