Primadonna

Why «Primadonna» by Solana is the benchmark for early harvest

When you walk into the field with «Primadonna», you immediately understand why it is valued in the professional community for its predictability. German breeding by Solana shows: the tubers are uniform, elongated-oval, almost identical. This significantly simplifies sorting line operations and post-harvest preparation — the commercial appearance is flawless.

Agronomics and protection

During a 65–75 day vegetation period, the variety manages to form a dense harvest. What is important for us as practitioners: the disease resistance level is high. You can stop worrying about potato wart, golden nematode, and blackleg. Common scab or root rots, with proper crop rotation, rarely appear. Of course, like any table potato variety, «Primadonna» requires attention to the prevention of late blight and viral infections, but its natural resistance allows for significant savings on fungicide applications.

Operational comfort and culinary properties

• Planting and harvesting: Shallow eyes make peeling easy and minimize losses during mechanical harvesting. The skin is smooth, yellow, and easy to wash.
• Taste: The flesh is yellow with a starch content of 11–12%. This is the perfect balance: the potato does not fall apart during cooking, maintains its shape during frying, and possesses excellent taste qualities.
• Storage: The variety holds up perfectly until mid-winter while maintaining its marketability.

For a farmer targeting the early potato market, this hybrid is a workhorse that doesn't let you down in terms of tuber shape or resistance to soil-borne threats.