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Fontane

Fontane is a high yielding early maincrop variety suitable for the processing market.

The tuber shape is oval to oval long and the eyes are shallow. Tuber number is high and uniform. Fontane is the leading variety in Europe, suitable for flake and french fries production. With low sugar content, only very low levels of Acrylamide can be detected after processing.

  • Market outlet: chipping, crisping, processing and table
  • Large uniform oval tubers
  • High yielding
  • High dry matter

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Suggested fertiliser treatment
Nitrogen: standard advice + 30%.
Potassium: standard advice +10%.
Phosphate: standard advice.

Plant spacing
35/45mm: 33cm (33,500 plants/Ha).
45/55mm: 40cm (27,500 plants/Ha).
Spacing figures for 90cm row width.

Herbicide sensitivity
Metribuzin (Sencorex) does not affect yield.

Fungicides
It is recommended to apply a seed treatment against Rhizoctonia.
Do not allow tuber dry matter to exceed 21% when scheduling haulm killing to prevent discolouration of the prepared product.

Harvest
The variety is susceptible to Late Blight, maintain a preventative spraying schedule until all haulm is dead.

Storage
Suitable for medium term storage.

Fontane characteristics

Plant and tuber

  • Maturity
    Early maincrop | 5,5
  • Tuber shape
    Oval
  • Flesh Colour
    Light yellow | 6.5
  • 5 low | 9 high
    Tuber number
    Quite high | 7
  • 5 small | 8 large
    Tuber size
    Quite large | 7
  • Skin colour
    Yellow
  • Flower colour
    White
  • 4 none | 8 many
    No. of berries
    Below average | 5
  • 4 slow | 8 fast
    Foliage: - initial development
    Average | 7
  • 4 slow | 8 fast
    Foliage: - final development
    Average | 7
  • Foliage: - selectability
    Average | 6
  • 4 weak | 8 firm
    Foliage: - firmness
    Quite firm | 7
  • Lightsprout colour
    Blue-violet
  • 4 irregular | 8 regular
    Uniformity of shape
    Regular | 7,5
  • 5 irregular | 8 regular
    Uniformity of size
    Regular | 7
  • 3 insufficient | 8 excellent
    Skin finish
    Quite good | 6

Quality characteristics

  • 6 average | 9 high
    Average yield
    High | 8
  • 300 low | 500 high
    Underwater weight
    430
  • A firm | AB rather firm | B rather floury | BC floury | C floury
    Cooking type
    Floury | BC
  • 4 short | 8 long
    Dormancy
    Long | 8
  • Resistance to harvest damage
    Quite sensitive | 6
  • 3 very sensitive | 8 minimum tot none sensitive
    Metribuzin
    Minimum to nonsensitive | 8
  • 3 very sensitive | 8 minimum tot none sensitive
    Bentazon
    Quite sensitive | 6
  • 4 poor result | 8 good result
    Ethylene
    15% to 25% more tubers | 7
  • 4 very sensitive | 8 minimum to none sensitive
    Secondary growth
    Minimum to nonsensitive | 8
  • 4 very sensitive | 8 minimum to none sensitive
    Growth cracks
    Quite sensitive | 6
  • 4 very sensitive | 8 minimum to none sensitive
    Black spot
    Quite sensitive | 6
  • 17% low | 26,5% high
    Dry matter content
    23%
  • 5 moderate | 8 excellent
    Dry matter distribution
    Good | 7
  • 1 very low | 11 quite high
    TGA level
    6,1
  • 4 very sensitive | 8 minimum to none sensitive
    Raw discolouration
    Quite sensitive | 6
  • 4 very sensitive | 8 minimum to none sensitive
    Discolouration after cooking
    Minimum sensitive | 7
  • 4 unsuitable | 8 excellent
    Suitable for chipping
    Excellent | 8
  • 4 unsuitable | 8 excellent
    Suitable for crisping
    Good | 7

Disease resistances

  • Late blight foliage
    Susceptible | 5
  • Late blight tuber
    Minimum susceptible | 6
  • Common scab
    Minimum susceptible | 6
  • PCN Ro 1/4
    Resistant | 9
  • PCN Ro 2/3
    Susceptible | 1
  • PCN Pa 2 Pallida
    Susceptible | 1
  • PCN Pa 3 Pallida
    Susceptible | 1
  • Powdery scab
    Minimum susceptible | 6
  • Fusarium
    Minimum susceptible | 6
  • Blackleg
    Minimum susceptible | 6
  • Black dot
    -
  • Spraing
    Minimum susceptible | 7
  • Leafroll
    Minimum susceptible | 6
  • Virus - A
    -
  • Virus - X
    Minimum susceptible | 7
  • Virus - Yn
    Minimum susceptible | 6
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber symptoms)
    Minimum susceptible | 7,5
  • Wart disease F1
    Quite susceptible | 6
  • Wart disease F6
    Moderate susceptible | 8
  • Wart disease F18
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