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With a wide variety of potato varieties, very often they choose those that are sold at the nearest spontaneous market or even from cars in bags or buckets. The quality of such planting material can be completely unpredictable. Usually, after several attempts to grow a more or less decent crop, novice gardeners seek advice from more experienced people. And, of course, they are advised to first try to get the tubers of several old proven varieties of different ripening periods and, as experience accumulates, choose the most suitable potatoes for growing.
Potato Ilyinsky may well serve as one of these varieties, from the cultivation of which you can start acquaintance with potatoes to a novice gardener. It has fairly average characteristics, but many still like its taste. Therefore, it is grown with pleasure in many regions of Our Country.
Variety description
The description of the Ilyinsky potato variety traditionally begins with its history. This potato was bred in Our Country at the end of the last century by a group of breeders in the Moscow region with the help of several farms in which additional tests of the variety were carried out. The originator is the All- Research Institute of Potato Farming named after A.G. Lorch. The variety was registered in the State Register of Our Country in 1999 with recommendations for use in the Middle Volga and Central Black Earth regions of Our Country.
Ilyinsky potato bushes are of medium height, have good foliage. The stems tend to fall apart from the center, as with most potato varieties, so the hilling procedure is necessary and allows you to increase the yield due to the formation of additional tubers in the hilling zone. The leaves are medium in size, the waviness along the edge is practically absent. The inflorescences are very small, with a purple-red corolla.
Characteristics of a variety
Potato variety Ilyinsky is characterized by early ripeness. This means that it has a relatively short growing season, and potatoes can be harvested already 70-90 days after planting.
The yield of the variety is quite average, varies from 200 to 300 centners per hectare. The maximum yield in favorable conditions can reach 360 centners per hectare. In terms of ordinary household plots, we can say that from one square meter of plantings you can get up to 5 kg of potatoes.
The preservation of the Ilyinsky variety is quite good, especially for medium-early varieties, which are usually intended for the current summer consumption and are not stored for a particularly long time. Nevertheless, such a characteristic as marketable keeping quality is 93%.
The variety has good resistance to potato cancer, scab and some viral diseases. But it is quite susceptible to potato nematode and late blight on the aerial part of the bush. At the same time, tubers are much more resistant to phytophthora.
Potato Ilyinsky quite well tolerates hot weather conditions, it is relatively drought-resistant.
Tuber characteristics
Potato tubers Ilyinsky have the following characteristics:
- The shape is rather rounded, but sometimes rounded-oblong, uneven.
- The mass of tubers is small, on average from 60 to 150 grams.
- The color of the skin is red-pink, quite prominent.
- The pulp is white.
- The eyes are red, small in size, of medium depth.
- The starch content is average, from 15 to 8%. It is enough that it is slightly boiled soft, but generally retains its shape after heat treatment.
- The taste of Ilyinsky potatoes is excellent. This variety is used to make crispy potatoes.
The high marketability of potatoes is its most outstanding feature compared to other varieties. It varies from 88 to 99%. This indicator means the number of tubers suitable for sale or for food in relation to the entire dug crop.
Testimonials from truck drivers
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Conclusion
Ilyinsky potatoes are valued by many gardeners for their high marketability of tubers and excellent taste.