Illustrated variety description

Franceline

Genetic origin : Nicola X Arka
Breeder(s) : STATION DE RECHERCHE DU COMITE NORD - (FRANCE)
Registered in the : Catalogue français (1993)
Type : Liste A
Category : Consommation à chair ferme
Maturity : Early to medium-early

Descriptive characters

Tuber : Long oval to long, regular, shallow eyes, red skin, yellow flesh.

Sprout : Purplish red, cylindrical, dense hairiness.

Plant : Rather tall, spreading habit , semi-leafy type.

Stem : Internodes moderately pigmented, nodes slightly pigmented, with well-developed straight wings.

Leaf : Dark green, semi-glossy, very divided, open; large leaflet, oval (I = 1.75); semi-blistered lamina.

Flowering : Seldom abundant.

Flower : Purplish red, partially pigmented flower bud.

Fruit : Rare.

Growing and use-related characters

Yield : 81 % of Bintje.

Grading : Proportion of large tubers: medium.

Susceptibility to diseases :
Leaf blight : moderately susceptible.
Tuber blight : NTR.
Black wart : not attacked.
Common scab : rather slightly susceptible.
Virus X : resistant.
Virus A : NTR.
Virus Y : fairly susceptible.
Leaf roll : moderately susceptible.
Nematode RO 1-4 : NTR.

Internal tuber defect : Rather slightly susceptible to rust spots, rather slightly susceptible to hollow heart and black spots.

Susceptibility to desprouting : Susceptible.

Dormancy period : Fairly short.

Culinary quality : Table-use group A, blackening after cooking:nil, fry colour: NTR.

Dry matter content : Fairly low to medium.

Keeping quality : Fairly good.

General characters

Good culinary quality variety, maturing earlier than ROSEVAL, and having a clearer red tuber colour.