The Afra potato is a medium-early, floury cooking variety developed by EUROPLANT Pflanzenzucht GmbH. It is known for its yellow flesh, oval shape, and excellent storability. Afra offers a pleasantly robust flavor and maintains stable quality after cooking.
Key Characteristics:
- Maturity: Medium-early
- Cooking Type: Floury (Type B-C)
- Flesh Color: Yellow
- Skin: Yellow, netted
- Tuber Shape: Oval
- Eye Depth: Shallow
- Yield: Medium to high marketable yield
- Dormancy: Good, suitable for long-term storage
- Flavor: Pleasantly robust
- Resistances: Resistant to PCN Ro1, Ro4; wart disease races 1, 2 (a), 6 (a)
- Sensitivities: Low sensitivity to common scab and spraing; medium sensitivity to bruising
