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Description:
A multi-purpose variety suitable for fresh market, French fry and peeling/catering. GRAVITY is a very high yielding maincrop variety with high quality for pre-packing from long term storage, very uniform medium to large tubers. Excellent fry colour, fry texture and taste make GRAVITY a real contender for the fresh chip sector. Very good resistance to powdery scab and blackleg, uniform shape and very few defects.

Parentage:
Setanta x T2277/50

Dormancy:
Normal (6)

Maturity:
Maincrop

Cooking type:
BC

Market:
Fresh / French fries / Peeling / Catering


Shape:
Oval to long-oval

Skin colour:
Yellow

Flesh colour:
Yellow

Eye depth:
Shallow

DM:
21.5%

Overall keeping quality:
Excellent

Damage:
6

Bruising:
5

Yield:
High


Common scab:
6

Powdery scab:
7

Foliage blight:
5

Tuber blight:
5

Blackleg:
7

Wart disease:
I

PCN Ro1:
S

PCN Pallida:
S


Growing Advice:
 

• As GRAVITY is a very prolific producer of tubers, wide inter row spacing is recommended.
• Herbicide Sensitivity: Metribuzin can be used pre-emergence only. Some yellowing may occur if used post-emergence.


Key

Scale of 1 to 9 (9 being the most desirable)

I = Immune R = Resistant S = Susceptible n/a = Result Not Available

Cooking Type A = Firm, B = Fairly Firm, C = Floury, D = Very Floury