Lady Jane Newsletter 11/2021

November 30 2021

Lady Jane – the Robust French Fry Variety

Meet Lady Jane! This Lady is our new robust French fry variety:

Lady Jane easily produces a high yield, high dry matter and good frying colour in various climates and soil types.
Being late blight resistant, it is suitable for both conventional and organic cultivation. Needing less crop protection agents, this variety can be grown with respect for nature.
Lady Jane is easy to cultivate.

Lady Jane produces delicious, uniform, long oval and yellow tubers. With its premium fry quality, it maintains a good colour after storing and frying. Lady Jane is suitable for the fresh and frozen French fry markets.

Lady Jane Feedback

Feedback from growing season 2021 is that Lady Jane is of added value to the French fry segment.

Next to the gross yield of Lady Jane, which is equal to that of standard varieties, its marketable yield is higher due to the lower number of growth cracks and hollow hearts.

Processing factories continue to like this variety especially for its frying colour, texture, high dry matter and length.

Late blight resistance has been proven to be important this year. Lady Jane’s late blight resistance provides more flexibility than non-resistant varieties.

Frying Results

The photo below shows that Lady Jane provides high quality French fries.

Lady Jane in Various Countries

The map below shows to which countries Lady Jane was delivered and where it was cultivated in 2021. This variety easily produces a high yield, high dry matter and good frying colour in various climates.