Camelia; a potato with lots of natural powers that helps you to achieve the best possible results. Camelia can be used in all kinds of dishes; to boil, mash, bake and steam. It’s a variety that produces a rich yield of large and uniform oval potatoes. Camelia is a natural when it comes to disease resistances, storability and presentation.
Camelia performs as it is…
Strong by nature
Why Camelia?
STORABILITY
- Minimal usage of chemical to prevent sprouting is minimal due to the long dormancy of Camelia
- Good presentation up to at least 4-5 months from harvest.
ROBUST VARIETY PACKAGE
- Grows well under stressful conditions; low water usage, daily variations in temperatures
- Less usage of chemicals: Good virus resistance package: PVY, PVYntn and TRV. Excellent tolerance to tuber late blight and moderate tolerance to foliage late blight
HIGH MARKETABLE YIELD
- Uniform marketable yield
- Good yield response under stressful conditions
- Uniform and regular oval shape
GOOD PRESENTATION
- Attractive dark yellow, bright skin
- Uniform and regular oval shape
- Slightly firm texture with good dry matter of 18,8%
- Camelia can be used in all kind of dishes; to boil, mash, bake and steam
Even Greener
The Even Greener varieties consist of a selection of extra sustainable varieties with an even lower impact on the environment. Camelia is one of HZPC’s Even Greener varieties, because Camelia has:
- Less residue as minimal chemical is needed to manage sprouting in cold store due to the very long dormancy of Camelia
- Less residue also due the robust disease package, less fungicides and insecticides are needed