SAFRANE
Yield : 111 % of Bintje. Grading : Proportion of large tubers: fairly high to high. Susceptibility to diseases : Leaf blight : susceptible. Tuber blight : NTR. Black wart : not attacked. Common scab : fairly susceptible. Virus X : NTR. Virus A : NTR. Virus Y : susceptible. Leaf roll : moderately susceptible. Nematode RO 1-4 : NTR. Internal tuber defects : Moderately susceptible to rust spots, rather slightly susceptible to hollow heart and slightly susceptible to black spots. Susceptibility to desprouting : Moderately susceptible. Dormancy period : Fairly short. Culinary quality : Table-use group B, blackening after cooking: nil, fry colour: NTR. Dry matter content : Low. Keeping quality : Fairly poor. |

Morphological characteristics
Tuber : Cylindrical oval , half-sunken eyes, distributed over the whole surface of the tuber, violet skin, violet flesh.
Sprout : Purple, slight hairiness.
Plant : Tall, upright habit, entirely pigmented.
Stem : Thick, violet.
Leaf : Dark green, semi-glossy, little divided; purple petiole and veins.
Flowering : Moderately rare.
Flower : White, streaked with purple.