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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.
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Market Outlets | Chipping |
| Maturity | Early Maincrop |
| Crossing | Lady Claire x ARG 96-0865 |
| 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 |
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Dormancy | Long |
| Tuber Number | 10-14 |
| Resistance to Damage | Slightly Sensitive |
| Resistance to Bruising | Somewhat resistant |
| Flower Colour | White |
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Common Scab | Quite Resistant |
| Virus PVY | Slightly Susceptible |
| Fusarium (Dry Rot) | Resistant |
Corsica is suitable for long term storage. Use of sprout inhibitors is no problem
Good skin set is recommended. Slightly sensitive to harvest damage
Use of metribuzin (sencor) is not an issue
