Potato 2009

Potatoes 2009
Variety	Type	Foliage Blight	Tuber blight	Blackleg	Common Scab	Powdery Scab	Gangrene	Potato Virus Yo	Potato Leaf Virus Roll	Eelworm	Boil	Bake	Roast	Chip	Mash	Salads	Planted	Harvest	Grow for 2010	Comments Blight struck week comencing 8 Aug. Tops removed 15th Aug.

Lady Christl	Very Early	2	5	5	7			9	3		√		√		√		05/04/2009	01/07/2009	√	Very heavy showesrs mid June onwards. Superb. No slugs. Excellent boiler and roaster
Rocket	Very Early	4	1	6	5	3	4	4	5	7	√	√	√		√		05/04/2009	01/07/2009 - 26/7/09	√	Good large tubers some small holes, good boiler/roaster/excellent Jacket. Some split due to the large amount of rain over the past two months

British Queen	Second Early		2		5					4			√				17/04/2009			Great Roaster, not the best boiler. Meduim size no slug or blight damage to tubers
Wilja	Second Early	3	5		7	5		2	7								17/04/2009			Meduim size no slug or blight damage to tubers


Pentland Squire	Early Main	6	5	4	6	4		2	4	1	√	√	√				17/04/2009		√	Good Bight resistance. Split tubers heavy cropper. Superb roaster. Little small this year with slug damage. No blighted tubers

Sante	Early Main	7	6	3	6	5		8	8	7			√		√		17/04/2009		√	Heavy crop. Good all rounder
Robinta	Early main	8	7	6	5	7		2	7		√		√		√		17/04/2009		√	Good size red potato. Very little slug damage. No blighted tubers. Good roasters, good boilers
Markies	Main	7	7	7	5	4		9	6		√		√		√		17/04/2009			Large size some slug damage, no blight damage to tubers
Lady Belfour	Main	8	7	7	4	8		9	3								05/04/2009			Large with slug damage to tubers. No blight damage to tubers
Sarpo Mira	Late Main	7	9	7	5	5		9	5		√	√			√	√			√	Good all rounder with exceptional blight resistance
Valour	Late Main	5	7	4	5			3	6	7			√				17/04/2009			Decent size not too small of too big. Light texture. Ok for boiling mash and roast.

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