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Carolus

Carolus is an early maincrop, multipurpose ware variety with attractive red eyes and Late Blight resistance in Foliage and Tuber. Carolus is one of our Next Generation varieties.

The tubers are uniformly oval in shape. With an excellent flavour it is suitable for boiling, mashing and makes superb roast potatoes. Ideally grown with suitable irrigation.

  • Market outlet: table, processing and organic
  • Duel blight resistance
  • Attractive skin finish
  • Good virus resistance
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Suggested fertiliser treatment
Nitrogen: standard advice +10% to avoid very high dry matter levels.
Potassium: standard advice + 15% to reduce bruising and harvest damage.
Phosphate: standard advice.

Cultivation
Chitting is recommended but, de-sprouting can have a negative impact.
Carolus is susceptible to Common Scab, avoid the lighter soils and ensure that irrigation is timed for tuber initiation.

Plant spacing
35/55mm: 25cm (45,000 plants/Ha).
Spacing figures for 90cm row width.

Herbicide sensitivity
Do not use Metribuzin (Sencorex) as it gives a sever foliage reaction and yield reduction.

Storage
Good dormancy, suitable for medium term storage.

Carolus characteristics

Plant and tuber

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

Quality characteristics

  • 6 average | 9 high
    Average yield
    Quite high | 7
  • 300 low | 500 high
    Underwater weight
    398
  • A firm | AB rather firm | B rather floury | BC floury | C floury
    Cooking type
    Floury | BC
  • 4 short | 8 long
    Dormancy
    Quite long | 7
  • Resistance to harvest damage
    Sensitive | 5,5
  • 4 very sensitive | 8 minimum to none sensitive
    Secondary growth
    Minimum sensitive | 7
  • 4 very sensitive | 8 minimum to none sensitive
    Growth cracks
    Minimum sensitive | 7
  • 4 very sensitive | 8 minimum to none sensitive
    Black spot
    Quite sensitive | 6
  • 17% low | 26,5% high
    Dry matter content
    21%
  • 5 moderate | 8 excellent
    Dry matter distribution
    Excellent | 8
  • 1 very low | 11 quite high
    TGA level
    5,4
  • 4 very sensitive | 8 minimum to none sensitive
    Raw discolouration
    Minimum sensitive | 7
  • 4 very sensitive | 8 minimum to none sensitive
    Discolouration after cooking
    Quite sensitive | 6
  • 4 unsuitable | 8 excellent
    Suitable for chipping
    Good | 7
  • 4 unsuitable | 8 excellent
    Suitable for crisping
    Good | 7

Disease resistances

  • Late blight foliage
    Minimum to non susceptible | 9
  • Late blight tuber
    Minimum to non susceptible | 9
  • Common scab
    Very susceptible | 4
  • PCN Ro 1/4
    Susceptible | 1
  • PCN Ro 2/3
    Susceptible | 1
  • PCN Pa 2 Pallida
    -
  • PCN Pa 3 Pallida
    Susceptible | 1
  • Powdery scab
    Susceptible | 5
  • Fusarium
    Minimum susceptible | 6
  • Blackleg
    Minimum susceptible | 6
  • Black dot
    Minimum susceptible | 6
  • Spraing
    Minimum susceptible | 6
  • Leafroll
    -
  • Virus - A
    -
  • Virus - X
    Minimum susceptible | 6,5
  • Virus - Yn
    Minimum to non susceptible | 8
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber symptoms)
    Minimum susceptible | 7
  • Wart disease F1
    Resistant | 10
  • Wart disease F6
    -
  • Wart disease F18
    -
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