Caesar

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GENERAL

• Origin & Breeding: bred by B.V. de ZPC from the cross (Monalisa x Rop B 1178) in Leeuwarden (Netherlands).
• Year registered in Canada: 2004
• Registration number: 5856
• Maturity: medium late

BOTANICAL FEATURES

• Plants: tall, semi-erect; stems moderately pigmented; medium size straight single wings; slightly swollen nodes.
• Leaves: olive green, open, lower surface moderately pubescent; midribs weakly pigmented with medium-high pubescence on top.
  Terminal leaflets: medium ovate; apex acuminate; base obtuse to cordate, symmetrical; margins moderately wavy.
  Primary leaflets: five pairs, medium-large, narrowly ovate, apex acute to acuminate; base obtuse to cordate, asymmetrical.
  Secondary and tertiary leaflets: numerous.
• Flowers: numerous, medium large white corolla, very prominent star, orange anthers; buds strongly pigmented, persistant; medium berry production.
• Tubers: large to very large, oblong; light yellow smooth skin; shallow eyes, predominantly apical; eyebrows not to slightly prominent; cream to light yellow coloured flesh.
• Sprouts: broad cylindrical, red-violet, weakly pubescent.

AGRICULTURAL FEATURES

Very high yielding variety; uniform in grading. Very good foliage development. Good resistance to drought and secondary growth; moderately good resistance to internal bruising. Medium specific gravity.

• Utilization: fairly firm flesh, good for fresh consumption.
• Chief Market: fresh market.

REACTION TO DISEASES

Immune: potato wart (race 1).
Resistant: golden nematode (Globodera rostochiensis Ro1).
Highly resistant: PVY.
Good resistance: tuber late blight, leaf roll.
Moderately resistant: leaf late blight.
Susceptible: PVX, common scab.

References: 1, 7.

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