Isabelia

early, firm cooking premium ware variety

  • deep yellow flesh colour
  • attractive tubers with shallow eyes
  • very tasteful
  • good storability
ISABELIA - culinary quality in perfection!
Growing recommendations
Site requirements
average to better soil conditions; locations susceptible to scab should be avoided
Planting
Seed material sorting
35/55
Row widthTubers/ha
75 cm90 cm
32-34 cm
27-28 cm
40,400
Planting depth
standard
Seed preparation
has good dormancy; sensitive to sprout breaking; a temperature shock briefly before planting (3-4 days) is beneficial
Seed dressing
seek advice; may be sensitive to individual active substances
Herbicides
exhibits average sensitivity to Metribuzin in the post-emergence
Foliage
good, average leaf health
Harvest
standard
Fertilization incl. return of previous crop at medium supply level
Nitrogen (N)
medium - compared to the local standard (2/3 before planting and 1/3 later)
Phosphorus (P2O5)
100 kg/ha (water soluble phosphate at planting)
Potassium (K2O)
350-270 kg/ha (up to 80 kg/ha chloride possible; on lighter soils split doses)
Magnesium (MgO)
70 kg/ha (for yield and quality assurance)
Variety characteristics
Maturityearly
Cooking type
A - B
Consumption quality
firm cooking; very low discolouration after cooking
Yield
high yield with a fine marketable grading
Youth development
initially hesitant, later rapid
Dormancy
good dormacy
Tuber characteristics
Tuber shape
oval
Eye depth
shallow
Flesh colour
deep yellow
Skin colour
yellow
Skin
smooth
Number of tubers
high
Resistances
PCN
Ro1 (9), Ro4 (9)
Sensitivities
Common scab
medium - high
Spraing
very low
Bruising
very low
Mechanical damage
very low - low

All particulars are based on official variety trials and/or our own experience. However, as potatoes are natural products we cannot undertake any liability for these details. (07/2023)