Samba

Tuber: Oblong, elongated, very regular, very shallow eyes, yellow skin, pale yellow flesh.

Flower: White, partially pigmented flower bud.

Sprout: Purple-red, broad cylindrical, strong to very strong hairiness.

Plant: Tall, upright to semi-upright, branched type.

Stem: No pigmentation, with developed wings, straight and wavy.

Leaf: Bright green, slightly divided, semi-open; large, oval leaflet (I = 1.72); flat leaf blade.

Flowering: Abundant.

Fruiting: Very rare.

Yield of Samba potato plant: 108% of Bintje.

Sizing: Proportion of large tubers: fairly high.

Susceptibility to disease: Leaf blight: moderately susceptible. Tuber blight: No reports.

Warty gall: Not affected. Common scab: Moderately susceptible. Virus X: No problems. Virus A: No problems. Virus Y: Fairly susceptible.

Curling: Moderately susceptible.

ROI-4 nematode: No problems.

Internal tuber defects: Not very susceptible to rust spots, hollow heart and ash spots.

Susceptibility to sprouting: Susceptible.

Vegetative rest: Fairly short.

Culinary quality: Good to very good cooking quality, culinary group A-B, very slight blackening after cooking, colouring when fried: N/A.

Dry matter content: Low to very low.

Storage capacity of Samba seed potatoes: Fairly good.

Semi-early variety, productive, yielding fairly numerous tubers, attractive in appearance and of good culinary quality.

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