Illustrated variety description

Allians

Breeder(s) : Böhm Nordkartoffel - Allemagne
Registered in the : Catalogue français (2003)
Type : Liste A
Category : Consommation à chair ferme
Maturity : Medium-early

Descriptive characters

Tuber : Elongated oblong, shallow eyes, smooth yellow skin, dark yellow flesh.

Sprout : Purplish red, wide cylindrical, slightly to moderately hairy.

Plant : Medium to tall, semi-upright habit, semi-leafy type.


Stem : No or very slight pigmentation.

Leaf : Light to medium green, matt to slightly glossy, medium size; medium to large leaflet, medium width.

Flowering : Moderately abundant.

Flower : White, flower bud rarely or never pigmented.

Fruit : Absent or very rare.

Growing and use-related characters

Yield : 124% of B.F.15.

Grading : Proportion of large tubers: fairly few.

Susceptibility to diseases :
Leaf blight : Fairly resistant.
Tuber blight : Fairly susceptible.
Black wart :
Common scab : Susceptible.
Virus X : Resistant.
Virus A : Susceptible.
Virus Y : Fairly resistant.
Leaf roll : Fairly resistant.
Nematode RO 1-4 : Resistant.

Internal tuber defect : Fairly resistant to rust spots, to hollow heart and black spots.

Susceptibility to desprouting : Fairly susceptible.

Susceptibility to bruising : Fairly resistant.

Dormancy period : Fairly long.

Culinary quality : Holds shape very well when cooked, table-use group A, blackening after cooking: none, fry colour: high.

Dry matter content : Low.

Keeping quality : Medium.