Sidney

Early maincrop, cream fleshed, processing variety suitable for the high-quality French fries industry.

  • Big sized tubers
  • Good virus resistances
  • Good dry matter distribution and therefore suitable for QSR
Aardappelras Sidney
Pootaardappelras Sidney
Agrico Aardappelveld

Product manager Martin Pot about Sidney

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In the video, product Manager Martin Pot tells more about this early french fries variety. A variety that can be grown on many different soils and has multiple resistances.

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Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity
    early maincrop / 6
  • Light sprout colour
    - / -
  • Flower colour
    white / W
  • Number of berries
    - / -
  • Foliage - initial development
    quite fast / 7
  • Foliage - final development
    quite good / 7,5
  • Foliage - firmness
    quite firm / 7,5
  • Foliage - selectability
    average / 6,5
  • Skin colour
    yellow / Y
  • Flesh colour
    white / 4,5
  • Skin finish
    quite poor / 5
  • Tuber shape
    long oval / LO
  • Regularity of tuber shape
    quite regular / 6,5
  • Tuberisation
    average / 6
  • Tuber size
    quite large / 7,5
  • Regularity of size
    quite regular / 6,5
  • Dormancy
    average / 6,5

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Growth cracks
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Harvest damage
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Bentazon
    - / -
  • Ethylene
    5% fewer to 5% more tubers / 5
  • Underwater weight
    396
  • Dry matter content
    21,5%
  • Cooking type
    rather floury / B
  • Discolouration after cooking
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Raw discolouration
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Fries quality
    above average / 6,5
  • Dry matter distribution
    excellent / 8,5
  • Crisping quality
    - / -
  • TGA-level
    4,3
  • Carvone oil
    15% to 25% more tubers / 7
  • Dormancy
    average / 6,5

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll
    - / -
  • Virus - Yn
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber)
    slightly susceptible / 7,5
  • Spraing
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Late blight - foliage
    very susceptible / 4
  • Late blight - tuber
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Fusarium
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Common scab
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Powdery scab
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Virus - A
    - / -
  • Virus - X
    - / -
  • Black dot
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Erwinia
    - / -
  • Wart disease F1
    very susceptible* / 1*
  • Wart disease F6
    - / -
  • Wart disease F18
    - / -
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4
    resistant / 9
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3
    susceptible / 4
  • Golden nematode Ro 5
    susceptible* / 4*
  • White nematode Pa 2
    field resistant / 8
  • White nematode Pa 3
    moderately susceptible / 6

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Alex Moore
Sales Manager
Alex Moore