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Doré
An early Dutch potato bred by I. H. Bierma at Holwerd in Friesland, crossed in 1939 and introduced in 1947. The 1960 Dutch variety list valued it for home use because it is more floury than Eersteling, which it follows in the harvest.
Origin and character
The 1960 Rassenlijst, quoted by CGN, gives Doré's cross as Eersteling x (Record x Mulder K 101), made in 1939, with introduction in 1947, by I. H. Bierma of Holwerd. Eersteling is the Dutch name of the British Duke of York. The WUR Potato Pedigree Database gives the cross as Duke of York x Bierma A 7.
Doré can be lifted shortly after Eersteling. The 1960 list rated it higher for home use because it is more floury on the plate; it tastes good, but when lifted ripe it falls apart easily when cooked and is less suited to frying than Eersteling. The oval, shallow-eyed tubers have brownish-yellow skin and yellow flesh. It did better on clay than on sand, and was quite susceptible to late blight in the foliage but little in the tuber.