Romantica is a new red-skinned potato variety developed for fresh market use, offering excellent cooking qualities and particularly well-suited for home frying. It produces a high yield of large, long-oval tubers with a smooth red skin and light yellow flesh. With medium dry matter content and cooking type B, Romantica performs well in the kitchen, offering versatility and reliable texture.
The variety features nice, covering foliage, contributing to its overall vigor in the field. On average, each plant produces 7–12 tubers, making it a consistent performer in terms of yield.
- Category: Fresh
- Market Usage: Consumption & Home Frying
- Maturity: Medium
- Dormancy: Medium to Long
Resistance & Tolerance
- Nematodes (Ro1): Resistant
- Wart Disease: Susceptible
- Foliage Blight: Medium Resistance
- Tuber Blight: Medium Resistance
- Common Scab: High Resistance
Romantica is an attractive choice for growers seeking a productive, visually appealing red variety that meets the demands of both consumers and culinary use.
