Cascada can be easily grown for the Baby potato type marketplace. Cascada produces short oval potatoes that are very smooth with bright skin finish. In addition, the high marketable yields and excellent taste and culinary profiles will allow the variety to be sold in high end specialty packs.
Variety Strengths
- Moderate to high tolerance to Heat and Drought
- High marketable yield
- Moderate resistance to Common scab
- Resistant to Black scurf High tolerance to mechanical handling and bruising
- Resistant to Internal rust spots
- Resistant to Late blight in tubers
- High resistance to PVY virus
- Resistant to PCN Ro 1, 4
- Resistant to Wart disease
- Very low incidence of Secondary growth, Growth cracks and Hollow heart
- Excellent eating qualities and great taste profile
Key Characteristics
- Utilization: Fresh Market - Baby Type
- Maturity: first Early as a baby type (65-75 DAP)
- Yield: High to very high
- Skin Color: Yellow, smooth
- Flesh Color: Medium yellow
- Tuber Shape: short Oval
- Tuber Size: Small to medium
- Tuber Set: 20-24
- Dry Matter: 17.0-18.0 %
- Dormancy: Medium
- Storage: Medium to Long
