Moulin Rouge
Excellent gourmet quality salad type with unusual long tuber shape and red skins. It retains the excellent taste characteristics of it parents, Pink Fir Apple and Desiree. It produces very high numbers of small sized tubers with good blemish disease resistance. Susceptible to late blight on foliage, splitting, potato cyst nematode Globodera rostochiensis Ro1 and Globodera pallida . Resistance to powdery scab and skin spot.
Parentage
Desiree x Pink Fir Apple
Breeder
Higgins Agriculture Ltd
Breeder Agent
Higgins Agriculture Ltd
Breeder Rights (expiry)
2034
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Characters
| Tuber Characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Shape of tuber | Very long |
| Colour of skin | Red |
| Colour of flesh | Medium yellow |
| Depth of eyes | Medium - deep |
| Smoothness of skin | Smooth |
| Botanical Description | |
|---|---|
| Colour of base of lightsprout | Pink |
| Maturity | Early Maincrop |
| Height of plants | Very short |
| Colour of flower | Red violet |
| Frequency of berries | Absent |