Désirée
Red-skinned yellow-flesh. Drought-tolerant, widely grown across Europe and South Asia.
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About this variety
Red-skinned yellow-flesh. Drought-tolerant, widely grown across Europe and South Asia.
Désirée is classified as a western europe variety released in 1962, primarily used for all-purpose, boiling / salad, mashing. For agronomic specs, breeder details, and trial data not yet captured here, refer to the source registries linked at the bottom of this page.
Variety profiles aggregate data from CIP Lima genebank, ICAR-CPRI variety catalogue, EU Common Catalogue, USDA PVPO, AHDB Potato Variety Database, NIAB, NAK Netherlands, the Potato Pedigree Database, national breeding programmes (CAAS, EARO, BARI, INTA, EMBRAPA, INIFAP, IHAR-PIB, VNIIKKH), and peer-reviewed literature in Potato Research and the American Journal of Potato Research.