LADY CHRISTEL
| Yield : 146 % of Belle de Fontenay. Grading : Proportion of large tubers: fairly high. Susceptibility to diseases : Leaf blight : fairly susceptible. Tuber blight : NTR. Black wart : not attacked. Common scab : rather slightly susceptible. Virus X : resistant. Virus A : resistant. Virus Y : rather slightly susceptible. Leaf roll : moderately susceptible. Nematode RO 1-4 : resistant. Internal tuber defects : Moderately susceptible to rust spots and hollow heart, slightly susceptible to black spots. Susceptibility to desprouting : Fairly susceptible. Susceptibility to bruising : Fairly susceptible. Dormancy period : Very short. Culinary quality : Table-use group A, blackening after cooking: nil, unsuitable for frying. Dry matter content : Low. Keeping quality : Medium to rather good. |
Morphological characteristics
Plant - medium to tall and leaf type foliage structure; stems semi-upright to spreading and weak anthocyanin colouration; large, medium green leaves and intermediate silhouette; absent or very low frequency of flowers, medium to strong anthocyanin colouration inner side flower corolla.
Tubers - long-oval; yellow, very smooth skin; fairly yellow flesh; very shallow eyes.
Sprouts - large, conical, weak intensity of anthocyanin colouration and weak pubescence of base; small terminal bud with very weak to weak anthocyanin colouration of tip; few to medium root tips.
