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Recommended Variety Lists

Second Early & Maincrop Recommended List 2011

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Consumer Quality
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Variety	Marketable Yield (t/ha)	Marketable Yield Percentage (100 = 39.6 t/ha)	Number of Tubers (9=many)	Size of Tubers (9=large)	Total Defects (9= few defects)	Damage (9=little damage)	Maturity (9=early)
Agata	35.3	89	6	6	6	5	9
Agria	34.9	88	3	8	4	4	5
Aldo	45.3	115	8	5	8	5	8
Ambo	43.3	109	3	8	7	4	4
Anna	49.1	124	5	7	7	5	6
Ants	32.2	81	9	5	8	6	4
Anya	5.2	13	3	4	7	5	9
Argos	55	139	3	9	5	4	4
Arran Victory	40.4	102	9	5	9	5	4
Asterix	36.5	92	5	5	6	5	5
Atlantic	32.1	81	5	7	7	1	5
Ausonia	46	116	5	7	5	4	8
Avalanche	36	91	6	6	7	2	7
Balmoral	53.8	136	6	7	7	3	7
Barna	45.7	116	5	6	7	3	3
Bartina	45	114	4	7	4	4	6
Bernadette	44.2	112	9	5	8	5	7
Bimonda	38.4	97	5	6	8	3	7
Blue Belle	40	101	4	6	7	4	5
Bonnie	48.8	123	4	9	6	4	5
British Queen	36	91	7	4	7	5	7
Cabaret	29.2	74	5	5	7	4	7
Caesar	44.2	112	5	6	7	5	5
Camelot	32.6	82	4	7	4	4	6
Cara	42.8	108	5	6	7	5	3
Carlingford	44.6	113	9	5	7	3	7
Celine	33.3	84	8	4	8	4	9
Charlemont	44.5	112	6	6	5	4	6
Claret	40.8	103	9	5	8	5	6
Cornado	41.9	106	4	8	5	2	3
Cosmos	50.2	127	4	9	6	5	5
Courage	39.6	100	8	5	9	5	7
Crispin	37.7	95	4	8	7	4	5
Cultra	45.5	115	6	6	9	5	4
Daisy	45.7	116	5	5	8	5	6
Desiree	39.6	100	5	6	7	5	6
Donald	34.1	86	6	5	7	5	8
Dunbar Standard	39.2	99	4	7	7	4	4
Estima	46.7	118	5	7	6	4	7
Evelin	54.6	138	5	8	7	2	5
Exquisa	20	50	7	4	6	2	5
Fambo	30.6	77	2	7	6	5	9
Fianna	36.5	92	6	5	8	5	4
Fontane	37.8	95	5	5	7	5	7
Galactica	34.5	87	6	6	7	3	5
Harmony	46.9	119	5	7	7	5	7
Hermes	40.3	102	5	6	8	5	7
Horizon	46.7	118	9	5	9	5	5
Hunter	34.4	87	4	6	6	3	8
Isle Of Jura	41.7	105	6	6	7	4	6
J M Bicolour	40.1	101	8	5	8	6	7
Jamila	39.9	101	8	5	7	6	7
Kerr's Pink	33.9	86	5	5	8	5	4
Kestrel	44.9	113	4	7	5	6	7
King Edward	36.4	92	8	5	8	5	5
Kingston	45.8	116	7	6	7	4	5
Kondor	44.7	113	4	8	7	6	6
Konsul	52.6	133	3	9	5	3	7
Lady Balfour	52.4	133	5	7	7	4	6
Lady Claire	30.3	76	8	4	9	6	9
Lady Jo	33.4	84	7	4	9	4	8
Lady Olympia	33.4	84	4	6	6	3	8
Lady Rosetta	36.6	92	5	6	8	6	7
Liseta	34.7	88	3	7	3	5	8
Marfona	49.1	124	5	9	7	4	7
Mariana	42.2	107	4	8	5	1	7
Maris Peer	29.8	75	7	5	8	5	8
Maris Piper	38.2	97	6	5	7	5	5
Markies	38.8	98	4	6	7	5	5
Maxine	50.4	127	5	7	8	5	6
Mayan Gold	12.8	32	8	4	8	6	4
Melody	38.2	97	8	5	8	5	6
Midas	38.8	98	7	5	8	5	6
Milagro	44.4	112	4	7	7	4	4
Mirakel	39.6	100	3	7	6	6	9
Mustang	29.9	76	6	4	8	6	6
Nadine	43.5	110	7	5	7	5	8
Navan	40.9	103	6	6	8	5	4
Nectar	46.3	117	8	5	8	5	5
Nieta	30.8	78	8	4	6	4	7
Obelix	46.4	117	6	7	7	5	6
Olympus	35	88	5	6	8	5	4
Orla	46	116	7	6	8	5	7
Osprey	38.9	98	6	6	7	4	7
Paramount	49.2	124	8	5	9	6	6
Penta	44.7	113	5	9	6	3	6
Pentland Crown	40.5	102	5	6	7	3	5
Pentland Dell	36.6	92	5	5	8	4	5
Pentland Ivory	32	81	5	5	7	1	6
Pentland Squire	41.2	104	4	7	7	5	4
Picasso	52.1	132	5	8	5	4	5
Pomeroy	40.8	103	4	6	7	3	3
Ramos	34.7	88	5	5	6	4	7
Ranger Russet	42.2	107	3	6	8	5	6
Rathlin	39.5	100	7	5	5	5	6
Record	34.1	86	6	5	8	6	7
Red Magic	27.7	70	4	6	5	2	4
Redstar	35.2	89	6	5	8	5	6
Rembrandt	38.8	98	6	5	7	5	8
Richhill	40.1	101	4	8	4	4	4
Rioja	30.5	77	1	8	5	1	4
Robinta	49	124	6	6	8	5	6
Romano	36.8	93	6	6	8	5	7
Rooster	36.8	93	6	6	8	5	4
Rosegarden	38.7	98	6	7	8	5	4
Rubesse	31.8	80	4	7	6	4	7
Rudolph	48.3	122	4	8	7	5	7
Sante	42.6	108	6	7	8	4	7
Saphire	40.8	103	4	8	6	4	4
Sarpo Axona	24.3	61	5	4	8	3	3
Sarpo Gwyn	17.7	45	3	5	7	4	4
Sarpo Mira	29.5	74	5	4	7	5	3
Sarpo Una	35.9	91	6	5	8	5	7
Sassy	33.6	85	8	4	9	3	7
Satellite	31.5	80	7	4	9	5	8
Saturna	30.5	77	7	5	7	5	5
Saxon	48.3	122	5	6	7	5	8
Sebastian	41.5	105	3	9	7	5	4
Shannon	49.2	124	5	8	6	4	8
Shepody	28.6	72	2	7	5	4	7
Slaney	46.3	117	5	8	8	5	3
Smile	35.2	89	7	5	7	4	7
Sparkle	41.6	105	5	8	5	4	3
Stemster	49.3	125	6	6	8	5	6
Stirling	40.7	103	5	7	6	3	5
Stroma	44.1	111	5	6	8	5	6
Sunbeam	32.1	81	8	5	8	6	5
Sunrise	39.2	99	5	8	7	4	6
Sunset	45.2	114	4	7	7	4	3
Symfonia	43.6	110	5	6	8	5	5
Tulla	47.5	120	5	7	7	4	5
Turbo	37.8	96	6	5	8	7	8
Upmarket	36.4	92	5	6	7	4	6
Vales Everest	36.2	92	4	8	7	4	6
Vales Sovereign	45.6	115	4	8	7	5	5
Valor	46.7	118	5	7	7	5	3
Verdi	22.9	58	5	5	7	4	5
Victoria	39.7	100	4	6	7	5	8
Vivaldi	40.7	103	7	5	7	5	8
White Lady	29.1	74	6	5	7	5	3
Wilja	38.8	98	6	5	7	5	8
Yukon Gold	-	-	4	7	6	3	9

NOTE: 9 = Resistant

Variety	Foliage Blight	Tuber Blight	Common Scab	Blackleg	Gangrene	Dry Rot	Skin Spot	Virus Y	Leaf roll	Cyst eelworm (G rostochiensis)	Cyst eelworm (G pallida)
Agata	1	3	5	7	5	(F.c.) 3, (F.s.) 4	1	4	6	R	S
Agria	4	5	5	2	4	-	-	7	7	R	S
Aldo	6	5	6	5	2	-	-	7	4	8.1	Pa1: 4.9, Pa2+3: 2.7
Ambo	6	5	5	4	4	-	-	2	4	S	S
Anna	3	4	7	4	4	-	-	4	4	R	S
Ants	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Anya	3	3	6	6	5	-	-	2	6	S	S
Argos	4	6	5	5	3	-	-	2	3	R	PR
Arran Victory	3 lab test	3 lab test	Not available	Not available	Not available	8	Not available	6	6	3	3
Asterix	3	5	6	8	6	(F.c.) 8, (F.s.) 4	4	3	3	R	S
Atlantic	4	3	6	5	4	7	6	3	7	R	S
Ausonia	5	3	8	5	5	-	-	5	7	R	-
Avalanche	4	4	5	2	4	7	3	4	5	S	S
Balmoral	4	5	6	-	3	6	3	3	5	S	S
Barna	4	4	5	4	4	-	-	5	4	S	-
Bartina	4	3	6	-	4	5	4	4	4	S	S
Bernadette	4	2	6	5	6	-	-	8	6	9	Pa1: -, Pa2+3: 2
Bimonda	3	5	6	4	6	-	-	2	6	R	S
Blue Belle	5	1	4	3	-	(F.c.) 4, (F.s.) 1	-	9	2	3	Pa1: -, Pa2+3: 2
Bonnie	4	3	4	7	6	-	-	1	4	9	Pa1: not tested; Pa2+3: 2
British Queen	3	3	-	-	-	7	-	5	-	S	S
Cabaret	3	4	4	7	7	-	-	3	3	R	S
Caesar	5	3	5	4	6	-	-	8	7	R	S
Camelot	4	6	8	-	5	2	-	-	-	5	-
Cara	5	7	6	4	5	(F.c.) 6, (F.s.) 2	4	7	5	R	-
Carlingford	4	2	8	4	-	-	-	8	5	S	-
Celine	2	4	6	4	4	-	-	8	7	R	S
Charlemont	4	3	5	3	-	(F.c.) 5, (F.s.) 5	-	2	5	7	Pa1: -; Pa2+3: 2.4
Claret	5	6	5	6	4	-	-	9	5	S	S
Cornado	6	4	7	5	4	-	-	9	5	9	Pa1: 3; Pa2+3: 2
Cosmos	4	7	7	5	7	-	-	4	3	S	-
Courage	7	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Crispin	9	7	5	5	4	7	4	1	7	S	S
Cultra	5	6	6	6	4	5	4	3	1	R	S
Daisy	4	5	5	8	-	(F.c.) 6, (F.s.) 1	3	-	-	R	S
Desiree	4	5	4	4	4	-	-	7	4	S	S
Donald	3	3	5	4	-	-	-	8	6	S	-
Dunbar Standard	4	4	4	-	4	-	-	6	5	S	-
Estima	6	6	5	2	4	(F.c.) 3, (F.s.) 6	6	2	4	S	S
Evelin	4	3	5	Not available	4	5	3	8	4	R	S
Exquisa	2	1	7	4	3	-	-	8	7	R	S
Fambo	5	3	5	-	5	4	5	7	4	S	S
Fianna	5	3	6	6	6	6	5	7	6	R	S
Fontane	5	6	5	6	-	6	-	7	6	R	S
Galactica	3	7	8	5	5	2	-	-	-	R (Race 1)	-
Harmony	5	3	6	3	7	-	-	3	6	PR	PR
Hermes	3	4	6	6	5	-	-	7	7	S	S
Horizon	4	3	3	7	5	-	-	4	5	9	Pa1: 3.8; Pa2+3: 3.3
Hunter	5	3	5	2	7	-	-	6	5	7.6	Pa1: 3.3, Pa2+3: 3.3
Isle Of Jura	5	5	5	7	6	-	-	9	4	R	S
J M Bicolour	4	5	6	5	3	-	-	5	5	3.1	2.6
Jamila	7	6	6	7	6	-	-	5	4	R	S
Kerr's Pink	4	4	3	-	5	5	2	3	3	S	S
Kestrel	5	3	4	8	6	6	4	8	4	PR	PR
King Edward	3	4	7	4	5	-	3	2	5	S	S
Kingston	4	6	7	5	5	3	3	6	6	R	S
Kondor	4	7	6	3	3	5	6	4	4	S	S
Konsul	2	4	5	5	3	(F.c.) 6, (F.s.) 6	2	5	4	S	S
Lady Balfour	4	7	4	7	3	-	-	9	3	PR	PR
Lady Claire	2	3	5	4	Not available	Not available	Not available	7	7	R	S
Lady Jo	4	4	5	2	-	(F.c.) 8, (F.s.) 4	7	7	7	R	S
Lady Olympia	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Lady Rosetta	4	4	6	3	7	-	-	5	6	R	S
Liseta	2 lab test	7 lab test	5	5	Not available	5	Not available	7	5	race 1, = 7	race 1, = 6 race 2, = 3
Marfona	4	6	6	5	5	(F.c.) 4, (F.s.) 7	5	4	4	S	S
Mariana	5	2	6	4	3	-	-	3	3	S	-
Maris Peer	4	4	5	4	6	-	-	3	4	S	S
Maris Piper	4	5	1	5	6	(F.c.) 3, (F.s.) 2	4	2	4	R	S
Markies	5	6	3	-	4	-	-	4	4	R	S
Maxine	4	4	4	8	4	-	-	4	4	R	PR
Mayan Gold	4	4	8	5	4	-	-	5	5	1	Pa1: not tested; Pa2+3: 2
Melody	4	7	7	4	4	(F.c.) 2, (F.s.) 7	5	9	3	R	S
Midas	5	4	6	5	7	-	-	5	8	R	PR
Milagro	5	6	5	4	6	-	-	2	3	1.7	Pa1: -, Pa2+3: 2.3
Mirakel	6 lab test	7 lab test	5	Not available	6	6	Not available	9	8	Not available	Not available
Mustang	5	6	5	6	-	(F.c.) 6, (F.s.) -	-	7	-	R	S
Nadine	4	5	7	3	7	4	6	7	4	R	PR
Navan	5	6	5	6	5	4	3	7	4	R	S
Nectar	5	7	6	4	7	2	-	-	-	S	-
Nieta	4	6	4	-	3	4	3	5	4	S	S
Obelix	5	4	7	Not available	3	4	2	1	6	S	S
Olympus	4	3	7	6	6	-	-	3	5	R	Pa1: 4, Pa2+3: 4
Orla	4	8	5	6	5	-	-	9	4	S	S
Osprey	6	6	6	9	6	-	-	6	1	PR	PR
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