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Marfona is a potato cultivar with a moderately waxy texture. It originated in the Netherlands in 1975[4]. It has a light brown or yellow skin and a yellow to cream flesh and is a high yielding Second Early variety.[5]
An excellent variety for baking, boiling and mashing due to strong flavour.
References[]
- ↑ Dry rot (Fusarium coeruleum)
- ↑ Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera pallida Pa 2/3, 1)
- ↑ (2010). Marfona. The British Potato Variety Database. Retrieved: 2010-07-28.
- ↑ Marfona. European Cultivated Potato Database. Retrieved 2007-01-09
- ↑ Romans, Alan. The Potato Book. London: Frances Lincoln. ISBN 0-7112-2479-x.
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