Quarta is a medium-early, mainly firm-cooking (type B) ware potato known for its deep yellow flesh and distinctive red eye coloration. It offers appealing taste and good storability, making it ideal for peeling and direct marketing. The variety exhibits good, average foliage health and benefits from regular fungicide applications. It prefers medium to better soils with uniform water and nutrient supply.
Tuber Characteristics
- Shape: Round-oval
- Eye Depth: Flat
- Eye Color: Red
- Flesh Color: Deep yellow
- Skin Color: Yellow
- Skin Texture: Smooth to netted
- Number of Tubers: Medium
- Youth Development: Rapid
- Dormancy: Good; suitable for storage until late spring
- Yield: Medium, with a high proportion of large tubers
- Cooking Type: B (mainly firm)
- Taste: Pleasant, aromatic
- Discoloration After Cooking: Very low
Resistances and Sensitivities
- Potato Cyst Nematodes (PCN): Ro1: Resistant Ro4: Resistant
- Potato Wart Disease: Resistant (race 1)
- Common Scab: Low to medium susceptibility
- Iron Spot: Low susceptibility
- Black Spot (Internal Bruising): Very low susceptibility
- Mechanical Damage: Low to medium susceptibility
