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Potato variety: Asterix

This potato has its origin in Holland, its skin is red and inside has a fairly yellow flesh, its skin is quite rough and has large dark green leaves. It has numerous oval-shaped tubers as well as shallow eyes and its bud is large, in the shape of a thick cylinder with a large terminal bud weighing between 70 and 120 grams. Its maturation is semi-late but with a very high yield and is quite resistant to non-infectious black spot.

With respect to culinary quality it has good dry matter content, it is good for cooking and for French fries. It is quite firm when cooking and suffers from sporadic blackening after cooking. As for diseases, it is very sensitive to tuber Phytophtora; moderately resistant to leaf enrolment virus as well as sensitive to A virus and Y virus, but resistant to X virus and warty scab.

It has a high recovery capacity that provides safe storage in warehouses or warehouses for entire seasons. It is recommended to plant this variety at the end of April, when the soil heats up to 7 degrees and the danger of the last frost disappears. This variety reacts well to fertilizers and requires a large amount of light and air and does not require abundant watering.

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