"Desire" - a promising potato variety of Dutch selection. Designed specifically for farms, tubers are good for selling or producing instant food.
The yield is high, the variety is very responsive to dressing and warm. Recommended cultivation in the southern regions.
Read more about the description of the variety, its characteristics, peculiarities of cultivation, susceptibility to diseases and attack of pests in our article.
Potato "Desire": description of the variety, photo
| Grade name | Desiree |
| general characteristics | Universal mid-season potato variety with high starch content |
| Gestation period | 80-95 days |
| Starch content | 13,5-21,5% |
| Mass of commercial tubers | 50-100 gr |
| The number of tubers in the bush | 18-20 |
| Yield | 130-380 c / ha |
| Consumer quality | good taste, the flesh does not darken when sliced, suitable for baking, mashed potatoes, stewing and frying |
| Recumbency | 95% |
| Skin color | red |
| Pulp color | light yellow |
| Preferred growing regions | Middle Volga |
| Disease resistance | resistant to potato cancer and viral diseases, affected by golden nematode, fomozom and scab |
| Features of growing | The variety does not tolerate ground freezing, responds well to fertilizing and watering, drought-resistant |
| Originator | HZPC HOLLAND B.V (Netherlands) |
- medium-sized tubers, weighing up to 100 g;
- oval shape;
- tubers are smooth, neat, aligned in size;
- the peel is red, evenly colored, dense;
- eyes are superficial, shallow, few;
- the pulp on the cut is light yellow;
- starch content ranges from 13.5 to 21.5%;
- high content of protein, mineral salts, amino acids, carotene.
To compare the characteristics of Desiree with other varieties of potatoes, pay attention to the table below:
| Grade name | Starch content | Recumbency |
| Desiree | 13,5-21,5% | 95% |
| Openwork | 14-16% | 95% |
| Santana | 13-17% | 92% |
| Nevsky | 10-12% | good, but the tubers germinate early |
| Ramos | 13-16% | 97% |
| Taisiya | 13-16% | 96% (tubers have a long rest period) |
| Lapot | 13-16% | 94% |
| Rodrigo | 12-15% | 95% (not susceptible to freezing) |
A photo
Illustrative photos of potato "Desiree" are presented below:
Specifications
Variety "Desiree", rather large potatoes belongs to mid-season table and has its own distinctive features. The first tubers can be dug in the middle of summer, but the main harvest comes in the second half of September. Tubers are best planted when the soil is fully warmed, spring frosts can adversely affect the yield.
Bush medium size, moderately sprawling. Green mass formation is moderate. The leaves are dull, dark green, medium-sized, slightly undulating. Reddish-purple flowers are collected in a compact corolla, a few berries. The root system is powerful, each bush gives up to 20 large, even tubers. The amount of subsistence items is insignificant.
Potato has a high yield. On poor soils, it is about 130 quintals per hectare, with additional feedings and more favorable weather conditions, it can reach up to 380 quintals.
The table below for comparison presents data on the yield of other varieties of potatoes:
| Grade name | Yield |
| Desiree | 130-380 c / ha |
| Crown | 430-650 c / ha |
| Lilea | up to 670 c / ha |
| American | 250-420 c / ha |
| Pretty boy | 170-280 kg / ha |
| Blue Danube | 350-400 c / ha |
| Ladoshka | up to 450 kg / ha |
| Typhoon | 400-450 c / ha |
| Jelly | up to 550 kg / ha |
| Gourmet | 350-400 c / ha |
| Red Fantasy | 260-380 c / ha |
Read more about how to feed potatoes, when and how to apply fertilizer, how to do it when planting.
Tubers have good immunity, do not degenerate, the seed can be collected from its own fields from year to year.
Potatoes "Desire" is ideal for the southern regions. He calmly tolerates hot dry summer, but a few watering and hilling significantly increase yields. Potatoes need light sandy soils of neutral acidity, loves mineral or organic supplements.
The variety "Desire" is resistant to late blight of tubers, potato cancer, fomozu, viral diseases. May be prone to late blight of leaves, apical or root rot. Thick peel well protects the tubers from mechanical damage and insect pest larvae. Such is the characteristic of potato "Desire".
Delicious potato flavor. The flesh is tender, crumbly, not watery, with light sweetish notes. Depending on the starch content, tubers can be used for mashing, boiling, baking, stewing. When cutting and cooking the roots do not darken, keeping a beautiful yellowish tint.
Origin of the variety
Potato varieties "Desire" bred Dutch breeders. Included in the State Register of the Russian Federation in 1997. Zoned for the Middle Volga region.
Recommended for cultivation in areas with a warm climate.. Potatoes calmly tolerate heat and short-term drought, but are sensitive to frost. It prefers a fertile light soil, in poor clay soil yield is significantly reduced.
The variety is suitable for industrial cultivation, the harvested potatoes are stored for several months without losing commercial quality. Large, even tubers are ideal for sale, long-distance transportation is possible. Variety "Desire" can be a good base for breeding work. Tubers do not degenerate, seed for subsequent planting can be collected independently.
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Advantages and disadvantages
Among the main advantages of the variety "Desiree":
- high taste qualities of root crops;
- universality;
- good yield;
- drought tolerance;
- little spoilage; tubers have a beautiful appearance;
- suitable for the preparation of various dishes and finished products;
- Harvested well stored and transported;
- possible cultivation in industrial quantities;
- resistance to many diseases.
Read more about the time and storage temperature of potatoes, about possible problems. And also about how to store roots in the winter, in drawers and on the balcony, in the refrigerator and peeled.
There are disadvantages to the variety. These include:
- susceptibility to scab, fomoz and late blight;
- tubers do not tolerate frosts or excess moisture;
- thick rind makes it difficult to cut root vegetables.
Features of growing
Agricultural technology for this variety is simple. Tubers are planted when the soil is fully warmed, spring frosts can destroy the plants. Before planting, the seed is treated with disinfectant formulations and growth stimulants. Disinfection is necessary, as tubers can be affected by fungal diseases.
Landing is carried out according to the standard scheme. The distance between the bushes is 35 cm, spacing of 75 cm. It is recommended to put humus or wood ash into the wells when planting. It is possible to use mineral complexes with the inclusion of urea or ammonium nitrate, superphosphate, potassium sulfate. During the planting season you need to roll up at least 2 times, it is recommended a single watering. To control weeds, row spacing can be used.
It is better to dig up the tubers at the end of the growing season, 2-3 days before harvesting, it is recommended to cut off all the tops.
Potatoes are well dried before storing. Tubers affected by digging, it is better to choose and not to lay in the cellar. Seed material is collected from the most high-yielding and strong bushes, it must be stored separately. For planting can be used as whole potatoes, and segments with eyes.
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Diseases and pests
Verticillosis
Read also about Alternaria, fusarium, potato verticilliasis.
For prevention, it is recommended to carefully select seed potatoes. The fields for sowing are regularly changed, while the rest is sown with oilseed radish, phacelia or meadow herbs.
Before the start of the season, the fields are treated with herbicides. During the epidemic of late blight recommended spraying copper-containing drugs.
Landings are often affected by pests: Colorado beetles and their larvae, wireworms, bears and potato moths.
For the prevention of the bushes are treated with insecticides, they are particularly effective on the larvae.
Read more about how to control pests in the articles of our site.:
- How to get rid of the wireworm in the garden.
- What chemicals and folk remedies are effective in the fight against the Colorado potato beetle:
- Prestige.
- Corado.
- Regent.
- Aktara.
- What to use against Medvedka: folk remedies and industrial chemistry.
- What will help from the potato moth, the best means: part 1 and part 2.
Harvested potatoes are thoroughly dried and sorted before storage. It is useful to periodically change the landing sites. During the rest period, fields are sown with olive radish or phacelia, which disinfects and fertilizes the soil. Potatoes can be planted on the fields that occupied the grass, legumes or cabbage.
The grade "Desire" is suitable for personal plots and industrial cultivation. With proper care, the tubers are obtained large, healthy, tasty, and the yield pleases even novice gardeners.
We also offer to familiarize yourself with other varieties of potatoes that have different ripening terms:
| Middle late | Medium early | Superstore |
| Son | Darling | Farmer |
| Crane | Lord of the expanses | Meteor |
| Rogneda | Ramos | Juvel |
| Granada | Taisiya | Minerva |
| Magician | Rodrigo | Kiranda |
| Lasock | Red Fantasy | Veneta |
| Zhuravinka | Jelly | Zhukovsky early | Blue | Typhoon | Riviera |
