Potato Review

www.potatoreview.com POTATO REVIEW NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2020 19 VARIETY OPEN DAYS this variety particularly interesting to growers, packers and retailers across the country where PCN is an increasing threat. “T6586/10 looked particularly impressive. Its good dry matter (21%), fry colour and bright skins open up dual market potential for pre-pack and fresh chipping. Together with its strong pallida resistance, this variety is sure to attract a lot of interest – we certainly plan to commercialise this variety and increase seed volumes quickly. “Dual PCN resistor T6924/05 has fantastic shape and size uniformity along with very bright and attractive skin nish. is makes this an ideal variety for fresh market growers. Again, we plan to commercialise and increase seed volumes asap.” Established varieties such as Electra, Fandango, Nectar and Orla and Rooster appeared to have performed well for ware growers in 2020 while they were continuing to see an increase in demand for Orla, said Graeme. A combination of early yields and good resistance to blight, blackleg, common scab and PVY meant it coped extremely well with the extreme weather events of 2018 and 2019. ‘Ones to watch’ Managing Director at Lincoln-based Stet Potato Ltd, Peter Hewett, was keen to highlight the qualities of the Eurostar, Ramos, Camel, Titan and a new crisping variety, currently with the working name SH C 1010, as well as outlining ones to watch for the future. “Eurostar is a maincrop variety for both the table and French fry market. e tubers are oval in shape, have very high PCN resistance and tolerance to G. pallida and G. IPM ➜