Processing
French fries, Crisps
Traditional

Markies

High yielding, all-round maincrop variety for French fries, crisping, fast food (QSR market) and fresh consumption.
  • Large tubers
  • Multiple virus resistances
  • Good storability
Marketsegments
Processing
French fries, Crisps
Traditional
Markies nestje met doorsnee
Markies FF®Agrico20
Markies SNG CL®Agrico20
Agrico Aardappelveld
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Product manager Adrie Omtzigt about Markies

Markies is a variety suitable for the French fries industry. Adrie Omtzigt will explain its good yield, excellent storability and good baking quality.

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity:
    maincrop / 4
  • Light sprout colour:
    blue violet / BV
  • Flower colour:
    white / W
  • Number of berries:
    below average / 6,5
  • Foliage - initial development:
    quite fast / 7
  • Foliage - final development:
    good / 8
  • Foliage - firmness:
    firm / 8
  • Skin colour:
    yellow / Y
  • Flesh colour:
    light yellow / 6,5
  • Skin finish:
    good / 7
  • Tuber shape:
    oval long / OL
  • Regularity of tuber shape:
    regular / 7
  • 5 low | 9 high
    Tuberisation:
    average / 6
  • Tuber size:
    quite large / 7,5
  • Regularity of size:
    regular / 7
  • 4 short | 8 long
    Dormancy:
    average / 6,5

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth:
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Black spot (internal bruising):
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Growth cracks:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Harvest damage:
    sensitive / 5
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • 3 very sensitive | 8 minimum tot none sensitive
    Bentazon:
    quite sensitive / 6
  • 4 poor result | 8 good result
    Ethylene:
    5% to 15% more tubers / 6
  • Underwater weight:
    427
  • Dry matter content :
    22,8%
  • Cooking type:
    floury / BC
  • Discolouration (after cooking):
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Raw discolouration:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Fries quality:
    excellent / 8
  • Dry matter distribution:
    good / 7,5
  • Crisping quality:
    good / 7
  • TGA-level:
    3,4

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll:
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Virus - Yn:
    slightly susceptible / 7,5
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber):
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Spraing:
    very susceptible / 4
  • Late blight - foliage:
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Late blight - tuber:
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Fusarium:
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Common scab:
    susceptible / 5
  • Powdery scab:
    very susceptible / 3,5
  • Black dot:
    - / -
  • Wart disease F1:
    - / -
  • Wart disease F6:
    quite susceptible / 5
  • Wart disease F18:
    - / -
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4:
    resistant / 9
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3:
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 2:
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 3:
    - / -

Would you like to know more about the Markies?

The best way to guarantee a good harvest and the best return on your investment is to start out with healthy, high-quality seed potatoes and expert advice. At Agrico, we are committed to and invest in knowledge and research. This has enabled us to cultivate a wide range of unique potato varieties that display effective resistance, strong variety characteristics and a high yield. Naturally, the seed potatoes we supply are fully certified.

If you have any specific questions about the Markiesor would like to know what Agrico can do for you with respect to varieties, please feel free to contact us.

Adrie Omtzigt

Product Manager
Omtzigt, Adrie | PM | Portret

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