Laperla
Laperla is a high yielding, very early maturing variety with attractive smooth yellow skin and light yellow flesh. Laperla has a firm cooking texture and low dry matter content and its taste is excellent. Laperla has a tendency to bulk fast in the final stages of growth.
Tuber Characteristics
| Tuber Shape | round/round oval |
| Flesh Color | light yellow |
| Eye Depth | shallow |
| Skin Color | light yellow |
| Skin Texture | smooth |
| Dormancy | na |
| Tuber Size | fairly large |
Yield and Quality
| Markets | Table/Fresh, Heat And Drought Tolerant, Organic, Early Harvest |
| Yield | high-very high |
| Tubers Per Plant | 12-15 |
| Cooking Type | A/B |
| Dry Matter | Low |
Resistances
| Scab | medium-low |
| PVY | medium |
| Foliage Blight | medium |
| Tuber Blight | medium |
| Damages | medium-high |
| Bruising | medium-high |
| Nematodes | Ro 1,4 |
Remarks
Suitable for organic production – good resistance to drought – susceptible to Metribuzin (Sencor)
Seed Availability
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