Aminca


Genetic origin : Résy X Amaryl
Breeder(s) : B. DANKERT, R. DANKERT, J. DANKERT - (PAYS BAS)
Registered in the French official catalogue 1980
Category : Ware potato
Maturity : Very early to early



Tuber : Oval, regular, shallow eyes, yellow skin, yellow flesh.

Sprout : Red purplish, conical, medium hairiness.

Plant : Medium height, spreading to semi-spreading habit, leafy type.

Stem : Weak pigmentation, with not very marked wings, mostly straight.

Leaf : Clear green, little divided, half-opened; medium leaflet, round oval (I = 1.67); flat lamina .

Flowering : Fairly rare.

Flower : Purplish red, partially pigmented flower bud.

Fruit : Very rare.






Yield : 93 % of Bintje.

Grading : Proportion of large tubers: high.

Susceptibility to diseases :
Leaf blight : susceptible.
Tuber blight : moderately susceptible.
Black wart : not attacked.
Common scab : fairly susceptible.
Virus X : resistant.
Virus A : NTR.
Virus Y : susceptible.
Leaf roll : slightly susceptible.
Nematode RO 1-4 : resistant.

Internal tuber defects  : Slightly susceptible to rust spots and hollow heart, susceptible to black spots.

Susceptibility to desprouting : Rather slightly susceptible.

Dormancy period : Fairly short.

Culinary quality : Table-use group B, slight blackening after cooking, rather good fry colour.

Dry matter content : Fairly low.

Keeping quality : Fairly poor.




Early to very early variety, productive, with a dry matter content fairly satisfactory for a variety of this early maturity.