Bintje

The Bintje is a medium-early potato variety. It was created in 1905 from an audit performed by the Dutch botanist Lieuwes Kornelis de Vries intersection of varieties Munstersen and fringes.

The Bintje has a good herb development and has a yellow skin color. Due to the large tuber size can be achieved with the Bintje a high yield, the potato is usually fries for fresh consumption, fries or used for the production of chips. It is between the cooking type C ( floury ) and the cooking type B (predominantly waxy ) to classify. Bintje are very susceptible to late blight, as well as to potato cyst nematodes, but have a good resistance to internal bruising on.

Bintje was in 2012 elected to the potato of the year.

Bintje was with Quarta breeding base for the variety Ditta.