Retail
Fresh
Traditional

Corazon

Second early ware variety with a red skin and early a good yield.
  • Excellent skin quality
  • Rather firm cooking
  • Multiple resistances
Marketsegments
Retail
Fresh
Traditional
Corazon nestje met doorsnee
Corazon SNG CC®Agrico20
Agrico Aardappelveld
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Product manager Martin Pot about Corazon

Our product manager Martin Pot explains more about the variety Corazon. It is our earliest red-skinned potato variety with a smooth skin. This variety has a broad resistance to rostochiensis, Virus YnTn and Wart disease. 

Plant and tuber characteristics

  • Maturity:
    second early / 7
  • Light sprout colour:
    red / R
  • Flower colour:
    light purple / LP
  • Number of berries:
    very high / 4
  • Foliage - initial development:
    quite fast / 7,5
  • Foliage - final development:
    good / 8
  • Foliage - firmness:
    quite firm / 7
  • Skin colour:
    red / R
  • Flesh colour:
    light yellow / 6
  • Skin finish:
    good / 7
  • Tuber shape:
    oval long / OL
  • Regularity of tuber shape:
    regular / 7
  • 5 low | 9 high
    Tuberisation:
    quite high / 7
  • Tuber size:
    quite large / 7
  • Regularity of size:
    quite regular / 6
  • 4 short | 8 long
    Dormancy:
    quite short / 5,5

Sensitivity and quality

  • Secondary growth:
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Black spot (internal bruising):
    slightly sensitive / 7,5
  • Growth cracks:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Harvest damage:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Metribuzin - pre-emergence:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • Metribuzin - post-emergence:
    very sensitive / 4
  • 3 very sensitive | 8 minimum tot none sensitive
    Bentazon:
    slightly sensitive / 7
  • 4 poor result | 8 good result
    Ethylene:
    5% to 15% more tubers / 6
  • Underwater weight:
    321
  • Dry matter content :
    17,8%
  • Cooking type:
    rather firm / AB
  • Discolouration (after cooking):
    quite sensitive / 6
  • Raw discolouration:
    - / -
  • Fries quality:
    below average / 5,5
  • Dry matter distribution:
    - / -
  • Crisping quality:
    unsuitable / 4
  • TGA-level:
    10

Resistances

  • Virus - Leaf roll:
    - / -
  • Virus - Yn:
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Virus - Yntn (tuber):
    slightly to not susceptible / 8,5
  • Spraing:
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Late blight - foliage:
    very susceptible / 4,5
  • Late blight - tuber:
    slightly susceptible / 6,5
  • Fusarium:
    susceptible / 5,5
  • Common scab:
    slightly susceptible / 6
  • Powdery scab:
    very susceptible / 4,5
  • Black dot:
    slightly susceptible / 7,5
  • Wart disease F1:
    resistant / 10
  • Wart disease F6:
    slightly susceptible / 9
  • Wart disease F18:
    - / -
  • Golden nematode Ro 1/4:
    resistant / 9
  • Golden nematode Ro 2/3:
    resistant / 9
  • White nematode Pa 2:
    - / -
  • White nematode Pa 3:
    - / -

Would you like to know more about the Corazon?

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 Corazonor would like to know what Agrico can do for you with respect to varieties, please feel free to contact us.

Martin Pot

Product Manager
Martin Pot

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