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, long storability and presentation.
Camelia performs as it is…
Strong by nature
One minute introduction
Product Specialist Nikolaos Pentaris
tells you everything you need to know
about Camelia in just 60 seconds.
Why Camelia?
LONG STORABILITY
- Minimal usage of chemical to prevent sprouting is minimal due to the long dormancy of Camelia
- Consistent presentation even after 6 months from harvest is a success factor for a long supply window of Camelia
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
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Camelia in the spotlight
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
- Less waste as Camelia is consistent in grading size distribution and holds good presentation for a long period in time.