Processing
French fries
Traditional

Prince

A maincrop, white fleshed processing variety with an excellent yield and suitable for the French fries industries.
  • Stable low sugar content
  • Good frying quality
  • Good storability
Marketsegments
Processing
French fries
Traditional
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Product manager Douwe Werkman about Prince

Our product manager Douwe Werkman tells you more about Prince. A processing variety suitable for long-term storage with a great frying quality even over a long season. 

Plant and tuber characteristics

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

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth:
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Black spot (internal bruising):
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Growth cracks:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Harvest damage:
    sensitive / 5
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence:
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence:
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • 3 very sensitive | 8 minimum tot none sensitive
    Bentazon:
    - / -
  • 4 poor result | 8 good result
    Ethylene:
    5% fewer tubers / 4
  • Underwater weight:
    433
  • Dry matter content :
    23,3%
  • Cooking type:
    floury / C
  • Discolouration (after cooking):
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Raw discolouration:
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Fries quality:
    excellent / 8
  • Dry matter distribution:
    good / 7
  • Crisping quality:
    good / 7
  • TGA-level:
    7,1

Resistances

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

Would you like to know more about the Prince?

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 Princeor would like to know what Agrico can do for you with respect to varieties, please feel free to contact us.

Douwe Werkman

Product Manager
Douwe Werkman

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