Agria is a variety suitable for fresh table consumption, french fries/chips and it also crisps well. The cooking type is floury, with excellent fry qualities. Agria has big, oval long tubers, yellow skin, and deep yellow flesh colour.
The tuber numbers are rather low, the dry matter content is high. Agria is suitable for growing all over Europe and the Middle East. Agria is also used for the production of organic crisps and french fries/chips.
Tuber Characteristics
- Shape: Long-oval / oval-elongated
- Size: Large to very large
- Skin colour: Yellow
- Flesh colour: Deep yellow
- Eye depth: Shallow, evenly distributed
- Skin texture: Smooth
- Dry matter content: High (around 20–22%)
- Cooking type: B/C (rather firm to floury)
Agronomic Characteristics
- Maturity: Medium-late (maincrop)
- Foliage: Dark green, develops strongly after initial slower start
- Yield: High to very high, good grading with many large marketable tubers
- Storability: Good dormancy, long storage life with stable quality
- Suitability: Excellent for French fries, baking, roasting, and suitable for fresh market and processing into starch or dehydrated products
