Retail
Fresh
Traditional

Constance

Second early ware variety with a bright yellow skin and light yellow flesh colour.
  • Beautiful appearance
  • Uniform tuber size
  • Rather firm cooking
Marketsegments
Retail
Fresh
Traditional
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Product manager Douwe Werkman about Constance

Our product manager Douwe Werkman explains more about the variety Constance, a second early ware variety with a good regularity of size and high yields. 

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity:
    second early / 7
  • Light sprout colour:
    blue violet / BV
  • Flower colour:
    white / W
  • Number of berries:
    average / 6
  • Foliage - initial development:
    quite fast / 7
  • Foliage - final development:
    good / 8
  • Foliage - firmness:
    quite firm / 7
  • Skin colour:
    yellow / Y
  • Flesh colour:
    light yellow / 6,5
  • Skin finish:
    excellent / 8
  • Tuber shape:
    oval round / OR
  • Regularity of tuber shape:
    regular / 7
  • 5 low | 9 high
    Tuberisation:
    average / 6
  • Tuber size:
    quite large / 7
  • Regularity of size:
    regular / 7
  • 4 short | 8 long
    Dormancy:
    average / 6,5

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Black spot (internal bruising):
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • Growth cracks:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Harvest damage:
    very sensitive / 4,5
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence:
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • 3 very sensitive | 8 minimum tot none sensitive
    Bentazon:
    slightly to not sensitive / 8
  • 4 poor result | 8 good result
    Ethylene:
    15% to 25% more tubers / 7
  • Underwater weight:
    358
  • Dry matter content :
    19,7%
  • Cooking type:
    rather firm / AB
  • Discolouration (after cooking):
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Raw discolouration:
    quite sensitive / 6,5
  • Fries quality:
    below average / 5,5
  • Dry matter distribution:
    - / -
  • Crisping quality:
    unsuitable / 4
  • TGA-level:
    4,3

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll:
    - / -
  • Virus - Yn:
    slightly to not susceptible / 8
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber):
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Spraing:
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Late blight - foliage:
    susceptible / 5
  • Late blight - tuber:
    very susceptible / 4,5
  • Fusarium:
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Common scab:
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Powdery scab:
    very susceptible / 3
  • Black dot:
    slightly susceptible / 7
  • Wart disease F1:
    - / -
  • Wart disease F6:
    - / -
  • Wart disease F18:
    - / -
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4:
    - / -
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3:
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 2:
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 3:
    - / -

Background

Constance is a versatile consumer variety that can be prepared in various ways by the end user. For example, it can be baked or grilled in the oven, boiled, fried, stir-fried or used as an ingredient in a delicious salad – this potato offers endless possibilities! It also has special qualities that are appealing to customers, such as the clear skin that is one of its strongest selling points.

This variety is a cross between Marabel and AR 93-1243, an Agrico Research seedling. Marabel is a major consumer variety in Germany. This is the first successful variety for breeder Jan Lucas Spijkman.

This potato was actually intended to have another name, but the name was unfortunately not approved by the European authorities. It took almost two years before the second proposed name – Constance – was accepted.

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Would you like to know more about the Constance?

The best way to guarantee a good harvest and the best return on your investment is to start out with healthy, high-quality seed potatoes and expert advice. At Agrico, we are committed to and invest in knowledge and research. This has enabled us to cultivate a wide range of unique potato varieties that display effective resistance, strong variety characteristics and a high yield. Naturally, the seed potatoes we supply are fully certified.

If you have any specific questions about the Constanceor would like to know what Agrico can do for you with respect to varieties, please feel free to contact us.

Olaf van Campen

Product Manager
Olaf van Campen

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