Laperla [valor x minerva] is a commercial, PBR certified, early season variety for the fresh market which tolerates drought.
Laperla provides very high yields of oblong shaped, cream-skinned potatoes and cream to light yellow flesh with a sweet potato flavour which rated highly in taste testing.
Grower information
Pest and disease resistance
Common Scab: Slightly susceptible
Powdery Scab: Good resistance
Gangrene: Good resistance
Black Leg: Good resistance
Foliage Blight: Slightly susceptible
Silver Scurf: Good resistance
Dry Rot: n/a
Tuber Blight: Slightly susceptible
Potato Leaf Roll Virus: Good resistance
Potato Virus Y: Slightly susceptible
PCN RO1: Resistant
PCN pallida (2,3): Partial resistance
Black Dot: Good resistance
Rhizoctonia: n/a
Agronomic attributes
Dormancy: Short
Damage resistance: Good resistance
Bruising resistance: Good resistance
Maturity: Early
Yield: High
Please note: The variety Laperla is protected under the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994. Unlawful propagation of Laperla is an offence under the Act.
Consumer information
Quality attributes
Skin Colour: Cream
Skin Texture: Smooth
Flesh Colour: Light yellow
Dry Matter: 16 per cent
Tuber Shape: Oblong
Uniformity of Shape: Good
Eye Depth: Shallow
Specific Gravity: 1.070
Cooking attributes
Laperla is a firm cooking type potato with pleasing sweet taste and soft texture.
A general use potato, Laperla is very good for boiling for salads, baking or roasting, mashing and microwave.
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Contact Elders' Potato Manager, Sharon Elphinstone.
