Potato Review

26 POTATO REVIEW SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 ANNUAL TRIALS DAY New varieties unveiled M ORE than 300 visitors attended the Whole Crop Marketing (WCM) annual trials day, held in partnership with the AHDB recently at Hunsdale Farm, South Cave, where highlights included 10 new varieties being unveiled and two different irrigation systems being displayed. Amongst the new varieties on display were: Harry, an early maincrop round variety from Cullen Allen with a light yellow flesh and white skin colour; 7four7, a long oval variety, with light yellow skin and creamy white flesh intended for the pre-pack market; Sensation from Clonal and Clonal with a round/oval shape and yellow skin and flesh; Allison, a high yield fresh/baker maincrop from HZPC with a long oval shape, yellow skin colour and cream flesh intended for the retail market; Acoustic, a high-yield round oval organic table early maincrop with yellow skin and cream flesh; Punchy, a high tuber yield crisp variety with yellow flesh and skin; Rossini, a medium early round oval yellow variety with a moderate tuber yield intended for the crisping market; Titan, a light yellow round oval crisping variety; Corsica, a round/oval maincrop from Agrico with a yellow skin colour and pale yellow flesh colour intended for the crisp processing market, and Daisy, a second early long oval variety with yellow skin colour and pale yellow flesh intended for the French fries and multi market. ➜ WCM and AHDB join forces to hold trials day and 300-plus visitors see what’s on offer.

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