Napoleon

Maincrop crisping variety with a good uniformity of size and a high dry matter content.

  • Good crisping quality
  • Excellent storability
  • Good virus resistances
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Agrico Aardappelveld

Reliable potato for top-quality potato chips

The power of innovation

Discover Napoleon, the outstanding potato variety for high-quality potato chips! Due to its excellent frying quality, even dry matter distribution and minimal sugar defects, Napoleon consistently delivers an exceptional end product. The variety produces good yields and very uniformly sized tubers, ideal for the potato chip segment. With excellent virus resistance and adaptability to various growing conditions, Napoleon is a very robust variety. Choosing Napoleon means choosing quality and reliability.

 

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Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity
    maincrop / 5
  • Light sprout colour
    red violet / RV
  • Flower colour
    white / W
  • Number of berries
    very high / 4
  • Foliage - initial development
    quite fast / 7
  • Foliage - final development
    good / 8
  • Foliage - firmness
    quite firm / 7,5
  • Foliage - selectability
    average / 6,5
  • Skin colour
    yellow / Y
  • Flesh colour
    light yellow / 6,5
  • Skin finish
    quite poor / 5
  • Tuber shape
    round oval / RO
  • Regularity of tuber shape
    regular / 7
  • Tuberisation
    average / 6
  • Tuber size
    quite large / 7,5
  • Regularity of size
    regular / 7
  • Dormancy
    average / 6

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    sensitive / 5,5
  • Growth cracks
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Harvest damage
    very sensitive / 4,5
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Bentazon
    - / -
  • Ethylene
    5% fewer to 5% more tubers / 5
  • Underwater weight
    450
  • Dry matter content
    24,1%
  • Cooking type
    floury / BC
  • Discolouration after cooking
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Raw discolouration
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Fries quality
    good / 7
  • Dry matter distribution
    good / 7
  • Crisping quality
    excellent / 8
  • TGA-level
    4,0
  • Carvone oil
    25% more tubers / 8
  • Dormancy
    average / 6

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll
    - / -
  • Virus - Yn
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber)
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Spraing
    susceptible / 5
  • Late blight - foliage
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Late blight - tuber
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Fusarium
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Common scab
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Powdery scab
    - / -
  • Virus - A
    - / -
  • Virus - X
    - / -
  • Black dot
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Erwinia
    - / -
  • Wart disease F1
    resistant / 10
  • Wart disease F6
    - / -
  • Wart disease F18
    - / -
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4
    resistant / 9
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 2
    susceptible / 4
  • White nematode Pa 3
    susceptible / 2

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Alex Moore
Sales Manager
Alex Moore