Fandango

BRIGHT EARLY MAIN TABLE POTATO SUITED TO BAKING

Parentage

Famosa x Cara

Breeder

Irish Potato Marketing, Ireland

Breeder's Representative

IPM, Ireland

Maturity

Main crop. Moderate tops. Needs good soil coverage to avoid tuber greening

Yield

Medium tuber set. High yield

Tubers

Short oval shape
Cream skin and light-yellow flesh
Very shallow eyes
Very smooth skin
Medium dry matter

Eating Quality

Superb baking, produces crisp skin and floury inside
Good flavour

Virus Diseases

Unknown

Other Diseases

Moderate susceptibility to leaf blight
Good resistance to tuber blight.
Moderate resistance to common scab
Use Sencor only pre-emergence

PCN

Resistant to potato cyst nematode Ro 1. Pallida susceptible. Resistant to potato wart