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Processing French fries, Crisps, Convenience
Retail Fresh
Traditional

Babylon

Maincrop, yellow fleshed processing variety with a good yield and a very stable quality.

  • Excellent frying quality
  • Multiple virus resistances
  • Good storability
Variety Catalogue Cultivation recommendation
Babylon nestje met doorsnee
Babylon SNG CL®Agrico20
Babylon FF®Agrico20
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Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity
    maincrop / 5
  • Light sprout colour
    blue violet / BV
  • Flower colour
    white / W
  • Number of berries
    none / 8
  • Foliage - initial development
    quite fast / 7
  • Foliage - final development
    good / 8
  • Foliage - firmness
    firm / 8
  • Foliage - selectability
    average / 6,5
  • Skin colour
    yellow / Y
  • Flesh colour
    yellow / 7
  • Skin finish
    average / 6
  • Tuber shape
    oval long / OL
  • Regularity of tuber shape
    regular / 7
  • Tuberisation
    average / 6
  • Tuber size
    large / 8
  • Regularity of size
    regular / 7
  • Dormancy
    long / 8

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Black spot (internal bruising)
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Growth cracks
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Harvest damage
    sensitive / 5,5
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Bentazon
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Ethylene
    5% fewer to 5% more tubers / 5
  • Underwater weight
    401
  • Dry matter content
    21,7%
  • Cooking type
    floury / BC
  • Discolouration after cooking
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Raw discolouration
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Fries quality
    excellent / 8
  • Dry matter distribution
    good / 7
  • Crisping quality
    good / 7
  • TGA-level
    5,2
  • Carvone oil
    15% to 25% more tubers / 7
  • Dormancy
    long / 8

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll
    - / -
  • Virus - Yn
    slightly susceptible / 7,5
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber)
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Spraing
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Late blight - foliage
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Late blight - tuber
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Fusarium
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Common scab
    susceptible / 5
  • Powdery scab
    - / -
  • Virus - A
    - / -
  • Virus - X
    - / -
  • Black dot
    very susceptible / 4,5
  • Erwinia
    - / -
  • Wart disease F1
    resistant / 10
  • Wart disease F6
    - / -
  • Wart disease F18
    - / -
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4
    field resistant / 8
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 2
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 3
    - / -