Cerisa
ATTRACTIVE AND TASTY RED SKIN
SPECIALTY BABY POTATO MARKET VARIETY
- Parentage
- Francine x Laura
- Breeder
- Desmazieres, Arras, France
- Breeder's Representative
- Marketed by Agrico Research B.V., Emmeloord, Netherlands
- Maturity
- Early main crop. Moderate tops
- Yield
- Very high tuber set. Medium yield. Plant densely if after baby size tubers
- Tubers
- Long shape
Red skin and yellow flesh
Very shallow eyes
Very smooth skin
High dry matter
- Eating Quality
- Firm to medium boiling B (Dry matter 21-22%)
Excellent flavor and texture
- Virus Diseases
- Good tolerance to virus PVY
- Other Diseases
- Moderate susceptibility to leaf blight
Some resistance to fusarium
Medium resistance to common and powdery scab
Good Erwinia resistance
- PCN
- Medium resistance to potato cyst nematodes, pathotypes Ro 1 & 4