Processing
French fries

sidney

Early maincrop, white fleshed, processing variety suitable for the French fries industry.
  • Big sized tubers
  • Good virus resistances
  • Good dormancy
Marketsegments
Processing
French fries
AR 12 1680 GRB CL©Agrico21 1066X800 72
AR 12 1680 SNG CL©Agrico21 1066X800 72
Agrico Aardappelveld
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Product manager Martin Pot about Sidney

Product Manager Martin Pot tells more about this early french fries variety. A variety that can be grown on many different soils and has multiple resistances.

Plant and tuber characteristics

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

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth:
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Black spot (internal bruising):
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Growth cracks:
    sensitive / 5,5
  • Harvest damage:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • 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 to 5% more tubers / 5
  • Underwater weight:
    396
  • Dry matter content :
    21,5%
  • Cooking type:
    rather floury / B
  • Discolouration (after cooking):
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Raw discolouration:
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Fries quality:
    above average / 6,5
  • Dry matter distribution:
    excellent / 8,5
  • Crisping quality:
    - / -
  • TGA-level:
    5,5

Resistances

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

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Martin Pot

Product Manager
Martin Pot

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