Carmen potato is an early-maturing table variety with high yield and excellent taste qualities. The plant is semi-erect, intermediate type, reaching a height of about 80 cm. Leaves are medium-sized, dark green, and the flower has intense anthocyanic coloration on the inner side. Tubers are large, oval-round in shape, with smooth red skin and small surface eyes. Flesh is light yellow, and the weight of one marketable tuber ranges from 100 to 120 grams. Starch content varies between 13.5-15.6%, ensuring good taste and high marketability of tubers.
Carmen variety is characterized by high yield, ranging from 174 to 305 centners per hectare, with maximum yields reaching 504 centners per hectare. Yield at early maturation stages (45th and 55th days after emergence) is at or above standard varieties, making this potato attractive for early harvests. Tubers have high storability — about 95% — allowing long-term quality retention after harvest. Carmen has strong immunity, resistant to potato late blight and golden potato cyst nematode, and moderately resistant to phytophthora on foliage.
For cultivation, this variety requires sunny location, which promotes maximum yield and quality characteristics. Carmen is low-maintenance and exhibits high growth vigor, forming on average 7-11 large tubers per plant. This variety is exclusive in terms of yield and suitable for those who value early maturation, high quality, and disease resistance.
