Imperial potato "Elizabeth": description of the variety and photo of Russian breeding classics

"Elizabeth" is an old classic variety, highly valued by amateur gardeners and businessmen farmers. Tasty tubers with a dazzling white flesh are ideal for culinary experiments, they are good for sale. The variety demonstrates high yield, disease resistance and other important qualities.

In this article we will present everything about the Elizaveta potato variety - characteristics, photos and features of its cultivation.

Potato "Elizabeth": description of the variety, photo

The main features of the variety:

• tubers are quite large, weighing from 83 to 140 g;
• round-oval shape, with a blunt tip;
• tubers neat, aligned in size and weight;
• the peel is light yellow or creamy, evenly colored, moderately smooth;
• eyes are superficial, small, unpainted, hardly noticeable;
• the pulp on the cut is white;
• starch content ranges from 13 to 18%;
• tubers are rich in protein, valuable amino acids and vitamins.

The variety "Elizabeth" is presented in these photos:

Characteristic

The potato variety "Elizabeth" refers to the medium early, table. Productivity is good, depending on climatic conditions and soil fertility, it varies from 290 to 400 centners per hectare. In particularly successful years, up to 550 centners can be collected from 1 hectare.

In the table you can see the yield of other varieties of potatoes:

Harvested potatoes are kept well for several months without losing their commercial quality. Transportation is possible. Large, white-pulped light tubers are great for sale.

Read more about the timing and temperature of storage of potatoes, about the problems. And also about how to do it in the winter, on the balcony, in the refrigerator, in drawers, cleaned.

Bushes are compact, low, erect, moderately branched. The formation of green mass is abundant. Leaves are medium-sized, dark green, pubescent, with weakly wavy edges and clearly traced veins. The corolla is white, compact. Flowers are few, quickly falling. Berries are not tied.

The root system is well developed. Tubers are formed together at least 10 selected potatoes are formed under each bush. The amount of non-profitable stuff is minimal.

The variety is undemanding to care, his you can even plant inexperienced gardeners. Recommended feeding mineral complexes and organic matter, moderate watering and hilling with the formation of high ridges. To control weeds, use mulching.

The first tubers can be broken in mid-summer, but the maximum yield of potatoes reaches the end of the growing season (70-90 days after landing). Seed material is not prone to degeneration, an update is not required. Potatoes for subsequent planting can be collected independently.

"Elizabeth" - a variety with good immunity. Potatoes are rarely affected by cancer or common scab; bushes are resistant to blackleg, golden cyst-forming nematode, and various fungal infections. Late blight may be caused by tops and tubers, Fusarium and Verticillium wilt, Alternaria.

Potato is different pleasant balanced taste, without dryness and excess wateriness. Snow-white flesh does not darken when cutting and cooking. Tubers are universal, they can be boiled, fried, stewed, stuffed. Root vegetables make delicious french fries, mashed potatoes are possible.

Origin

"Elizabeth" - one of the old varieties, bred by Russian breeders. Registered in the State Register of the Russian Federation in 1996. Zoned for the North, North-West, Central, Volga-Vyatka, North Caucasus, Far Eastern regions.

Recommended cultivation on the fields of industrial use, in farms and personal subsidiary farms. The variety is sensitive to soil nutrition and moisture levels.

Advantages and disadvantages

The main features of the variety include:

• excellent taste of root crops;
• high yield;
• universality of tubers;
• good product quality;
• the harvest is stored for a long time;
• resistance to major diseases.

Deficiencies in the variety is not noticed. Yield depends on climatic conditions and nutritional value of the soil.

In the table below you can compare the characteristics of the Farmer variety with other very early varieties by the weight of the tubers and their keeping quality:

Features of growing

Potatoes recommended land in the second half of Maywhen the soil is warm enough. The variety suffers a slight cooling, but frost is disastrous for it. Planting material is etched, the soil is carefully loosened, after which it is treated with disinfectant compounds.

Potato prefers light sand-based primer. Old humus and wood (preferably birch) ash will help to increase the nutritional value, they are laid out in holes. Tubers are planted at a distance of 35 cm with a row spacing of at least 70 cm. The depth is small, about 10 cm.

The variety is sensitive to the nutritional value of the soil. For the season bushes 2-3 times fertilized with mineral complexes based on potassium or magnesium. Ready-made fertilizers can be alternated with a diluted mullein or bird droppings.

Read more about how to feed potatoes, when and how to apply fertilizer, how to do it when planting.

Ensure normal soil moisture will help drip irrigation system. She will save landing in the dry summer. If there is an excess of moisture, the soil can be sprinkled with wood ash.

There are many ways to grow potatoes, and among them are many interesting ones.

We offer you a useful material about the Dutch technology, the cultivation of early varieties and obtaining a crop without weeding and hilling.

Also read more about the method under the straw, in barrels, in bags, in boxes.

Potato "Elizabeth" can form very large tubers. To stimulate their growth, one week before digging up, you need to cut off the entire tops. After harvesting, the tubers are dried on the border or under a canopy. Seed potatoes are selected in the growth phase, the bushes should be pre-marked. After excavation, seed is stored separately.

Diseases and pests

Variety "Elizabeth" enough resistant to typical diseases Solanaceae: potato cancer, golden cyst nematode, common scab. Rarely affected by blackleg, various viruses, bacteria.

In adverse years, possible infection with late blight. For prevention, it is recommended that the tubers are treated before planting, as well as a one-time treatment of the bushes with copper-containing preparations.

Industrial pest control is used to control pests. They are excellent for the Colorado potato beetles, aphids, thrips, potato moths. Get rid of the wireworm and Medvedka help soil spill disinfectant solutions or periodic change of fields for landing.

Her can be grown for sale or left for personal use. With proper care, the potatoes will be pleased with the yield, simplicity, excellent commodity qualities of root crops.

We also suggest that you familiarize yourself with potato varieties that have different ripening terms:

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