CAMEL
Dutch potato variety (Table Potatoes)
Cross: Rosara x RZ 97-6139
Table Potatoes
With cooking type AB, including dry matter content of 18.3%, Camel is a mid early variety for the fresh market. This table potato tubers are oval shaped with dark yellow flesh and a dark red skin. This dutch potato variety is available in Pakistan to be imported from the Netherlands, by Hunza Seeds Corporation.
Maturity
Medium early.
Harvest
The variety Camel needs sufficient time after haulm killing for the mother tubers and the skin development. (Some 3-4 weeks) Harvest with care, to avoid excessive bruising.
Storage
Camel has a good dormancy. Advised is to start with skin healing and drying directly at harvest. After wound healing it is advised to avoid moisture in the storage, to prevent the development of silver scurf.
Resistance to diseases
Camel has a broad nematodes resistance, to Potato Cyst nematodes Ro1-4 and Pa 2 and 3. Normally treatments against late blight are recommended. Average against common scab.
Seed treatment
Camel has a strong top sprout dominance and is rather sensitive for sprout damage. It is advised to order the seed potatoes timely and plant after a pre germination of several weeks to brake the dormancy.
Cultivation
This variety is rather sensitive to spraing and average for common scab and it is advised not to plant in to light soils, with seed that is out of dormancy. The foliage development is quick, but not to abundant. Camel is not sensitive to a Metribuzin treatment.
Fertilization
Camel requires a slightly moderate N-fertilisation of 200 kg / ha, well adapted to the soil analysis. A split application of 2/3 at planting and 1/3 after tuber set is recommended. For Phosphate and Potasium the normal advice application is recommended.
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