Potato Karaton

Potatoes are one of the valuable agricultural crops. The modern market is filled with many different varieties of potatoes, differing in ripening time, tuber size, yield, taste, starch content and disease resistance.

One of the early ripening table varieties is the Karaton potato. In Russia, it is actively grown in the Middle Volga and Northwestern regions.

The potato bush is of medium size and semi-erect or spreading in shape. Blooms with white flowers. Potato tubers are medium-sized, oval-round in shape. The weight of one tuber ranges from 60 to 110 grams. Karaton potatoes are characterized by a yellow skin color and small eyes. The potato pulp is light yellow.

Possessing excellent taste, this variety contains about 11 – 14% starch. The yield of Karaton can be from 200 to 340 centners per hectare. It all depends on the growing conditions and proper care. The keeping quality of potatoes is quite high, about 98%. At the same time, the marketability of the variety ranges from 75 to 93%.

Karaton potatoes are highly resistant to potato nematode, leaf curl viruses “A” and “U” and cancer. The disadvantage of this variety is its poor resistance to late blight.

The value of Karaton also lies in its universal suitability for processing. It is suitable not only for making mashed potatoes, but also for chips, as well as for drying.

Compared to other early potato varieties, Karaton has good characteristics.