Potatoes of grade of Adrett have tubers with pale yellow pulp which well boils soft when cooking. Tubers differ in extraordinary lezhkost and even in frosts do not lose the qualities and do not develop unpleasant sweetish taste.
Potatoes of grade of Adrett became result of work of the German selectors about two decades ago and have created furor in the market of this product. The fact is that this grade with pulp of yellow color for the first time began to be used for preparation of culinary dishes. Till this time fed with potatoes with yellow pulp only the cattle.
What represents potatoes of this grade
The bush of Adretta potatoes has appearance of upright plant with large leaves of light green color and abundant colors. Inflorescences sprawling with large number of white nimbuses. Tubers at Adretta oval, having pale yellow pulp and the same color thin skin with small small sprouts. On average one commodity tuber weighs 120-140 g. The average content of starch (about 16%) gives to pulp of tubers gentle friable structure when boiling and extraordinary taste. In consequence the selectors have removed some more grades with similar yellow pulp, however Adretta surely was in the lead among the most various characteristics fellows.
In many respects the great popularity of this grade at gardeners-gardeners is explained by extremely high productivity – up to 45 tons from one hectare. Besides, Adretta it is unpretentious in leaving and is very resistant to various viral diseases, adverse weather conditions and wreckers. It should be noted one more indisputable property of this grade – good lezhkost, that is ability to storage. Gardeners note extremely low interest of damage of tubers because of decay, and the most important – the frozen tubers of grade of Adrett do not develop after this unpleasant sweetish taste.
Features of leaving and cultivation
Adretta treats sredneranny grades of potatoes which can be landed as soon as snow descends and slightly the earth will get warm. Having landed potatoes during the period since the end of April and to the middle of May at the end of June beginning of July it is possible to regale on young potatoes with greens and oil. However completely it is recommended to harvest at the end of summer early autumn when tubers completely are created and will reach the maximum size. At the same time from one bush it is possible to collect more than 10 tubers. But at all positive properties this grade, of course, is not ideal. It is susceptible to black leg, scab ordinary, to phytophthora and rizoktonioz. Besides over the years it has lost considerable part of the high-quality qualities though today Germans try to repeat attempts to renew grade.