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The Corsica is a high yielding, high setting chipping variety. It has shallow eyes, uniform shape, with a light yellow flesh color. Corsica has very good crisping quality after long term storage.

Corsica

Info

Title	Details
Market Outlets	Chipping
Maturity	Early Maincrop
Crossing	Lady Claire x ARG 96-0865

Quality

Title	Details
Tuber Shape	Round
Uniform of Shape	Very Uniform
Eye Depth	Shallow
Skin Color	Yellow
Flesh Color	Pale Yellow
Dry matter percent	23.7

Agronomy

Title	Details
Dormancy	Long
Tuber Number	10-14
Resistance to Damage	Slightly Sensitive
Resistance to Bruising	Somewhat resistant
Flower Colour	White

Disease Resistance

Title	Details
Common Scab	Quite Resistant
Virus PVY	Slightly Susceptible
Fusarium (Dry Rot)	Resistant

Storage Recommendation
Corsica is suitable for long term storage. Use of sprout inhibitors is no problem
Cultivation Recommendation
Good skin set is recommended. Slightly sensitive to harvest damage
Resistance
Use of metribuzin (sencor) is not an issue