High-yielding potato variety “Dolphin” will delight you with a large number of selected tubers

Potato "Dolphin" continues the line of varieties of German selection "Bernadette", "Estrella", "Desire".

He is a genetic relative of the famous "Alvara" - a variety that won the world market in record time. The characteristics of the potato variety “Dolphin” are almost as good as its economic and taste qualities.

Read more about this further in the article.

Little about the origin

Originator and patent holder of the variety is the German breeding company Saatzucht Fritz Lange.

"Dolphin" is included in the State Register of the Russian Federation and recommended for cultivation in the North-West region. It has been registered in the State Register of Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan.

Owning production facilities for breeding in European countries and Canada, the company conducts thorough testing of the resulting breeding product.

After numerous tests on our own fields seed material is grown, which is supplied to potato producers from the most diverse countries of Europe, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, a number of Asian countries (Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, India, Kazakhstan, etc.), the USA, Canada, Nicaragua, Panama.

Potato "Dolphin": description of the variety and photos

Refers to mid-season varieties. The harvest is collected 80-100 days after landing. Witching tops begins 115-125 days.

Features of appearance:

• Bush high, half-upright or upright. Stems malovetvevshiesya at the base, leafy along the entire length.
• The leaves are simple, medium-large, richly dull green, with a weak wavy edge.
• Flowers red-purple. The corolla is average.
• The stem, the inner side of the corolla, the median streak of the leaf with a pronounced anti-Qing color.
• Tuber smooth, oblong-oval to long shape.
• The mass of the economic fruit is 100-115 g. The yield of commodity tubers from the harvested crop is 93%. Out of the bush 14-18 tubers.
• The peel is smooth, red, thin.
• Small eyes lie at a depth of 1.1-1.3 mm. Light sprout has a conical shape, red-purple, pubescent.

Light flesh creamy yellow, dense, not mealy. Cooking type A - weakly boiled soft, the flesh does not darken during heat treatment. Purpose is universal - table, salad, for the preparation of crisp, chips, french fries on an industrial scale. Excellent taste.

The taste of potatoes is largely dependent on the amount of starch in its tubers. In the table below you can see what this indicator is for different varieties:

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The yield of commodity tubers 93% of the total crop. Marketability 81-97%. Resistant to mechanical and transport damage. High organoleptic qualities.

The economic yields coincide and even exceed the standard for varieties "Skarb", "Lugovskoy" - 228-374 centners / ha. On the tests carried out by the Molodechenskaya selection station in 2007-20010, the maximum result was 579 centners per hectare.

The storage is excellent - 92-95%. By the beginning and mid-June, the potato “Dolphin” still has high taste qualities and turgor. Long rest period.

To compare the yield and keeping quality of a variety with others, you can use the table below:

Read more about all the storage of potatoes: the timing and temperature, possible problems.

And also, how to store roots in the winter, what place is most suitable for this: vegetable storage, cellar, apartment, balcony. How to store in drawers, in the refrigerator, cleaned.

For a complete study of the appearance and characteristics of the potato variety “Dolphin”, the photo is just necessary, we offer you a few:

Disease resistance

With the cultivation of potatoes "Delphine" achieved excellent durability results in relation to the Y-virus, potato cancer, nematode Ro 1.

The average indices of immunity to viruses of twisting of leaves, foliage, banded and wrinkled mosaic, scab, rotting of foliage were recorded. Fixed average tolerance to phytophthora.

Read also about such common diseases of Solanaceae, such as Alternaria, Fusarium, Blight, Verticillus.

As for insect pests, the main threat is the Colorado beetles and their larvae, wireworms, bears and potato moths. In the fight against them, a variety of means are used about which you can read in our articles:

• How to get rid of the wireworm in the garden.
• We fight with Medvedka with the help of folk methods and chemical preparations.
• Getting rid of the potato moth: part 1 and part 2.
• How to defeat the Colorado potato beetle: chemistry and folk remedies.

Advantages and disadvantages

"Dolphin" drought resistant. Versatile in culinary use. It was derived in the calculation for sale in large retail chains. It goes well with pre-packing preparation - washes, polished. Received a high rating on all standards of fitness for industrial processing.

Unlike Dutch varieties not prone to rapid degeneration, high-quality seed material can be obtained up to 7 years from the grown crop.

With prolonged rainy weather, the tubers accumulate excessive moisture, which reduces storage time.

Growing conditions

Calibrate seed. Select intact varietal tubers weighing 35-85 g. The optimal landing scheme 60 (70) x35 cm. The depth of the tuber seal is 8-10 cm. The tubers grown for planting on their own are pickled, treated with growth stimulants, vernalization. The sprouted shoots are covered with earth.

Potato variety "Dolphin" prefers light soils. Heavy soils must be pre-treated. The site should be in a well-lit place, preferably flat, with early snow.

Poor tolerates prolonged waterlogging, does not need abundant watering, regular irrigation. Traditional agrotechnical measures are carried out: weeding, loosening, hilling, mulching, fertilizer.

Read more about what hilling is needed for, what is the best way to carry it out and how to do it correctly manually and with the help of a motor-block. And is it possible to get a good harvest without weeding and hilling.

Responsive to feeding. When planting, the authors of the variety recommend applying complex organic fertilizers (450 kg / ha) together with additional foliar support with trace elements. On the garden plots use a well-rotted mullein or manure.

We offer you detailed materials about mineral fertilizers for potatoes, about how best to feed plantings, when and how to apply fertilizers and which ones are the best, and whether it should be done during planting.

When grown on an industrial scale for the prevention of tuber decay before mowing the foliage, it is treated with Ranman, Shirlan contact fungicides. The tops are harvested 10-12 days before harvest.

Potato "Dolphin" - the achievement of German breeders, gained popularity among farmers, amateur potato growers, representatives of large agrofirms. Adaptive to climatic conditions and soils, it has exceptional taste and culinary characteristics.

And finally, we would like to note that there are many interesting ways to grow potatoes. Read on our site about modern Dutch technologies, technologies of growing early varieties and the peculiarities of this process in Russia. And also about such interesting methods: under straw, in bags, in barrels, in boxes.

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