HC Deb 08 December 1993 vol 234 cc251-3W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is her estimate of the tonnage of(a) seed potatoes of each variety and (b) ware potatoes by market description growing in England and Wales in (i) 1992 and (ii) 1993; what tonnages of each were sold for (x) home and (y) foreign seeds, and for human consumption by category; and what was the estimate made in 1992 in each case.

Mr. Jack

The total amount of certified seed grown in England and Wales in 1992 was 35,000 tonnes. A breakdown by variety is given in the table. For 1993 the estimate is 48,000 tonnes, but no varietal split is yet available. However, a breakdown by area grown is given in the table:

Tonnage of certified seed by variety grown in 1992
Tonnes
Accent 112.1
Ailsa 77.5
Alcmaria 52.9
Aminca 18.9
Arran Cornet 140.4
Arran Pilot 23.9
Asterix 3.3
Ausonia 535.4
Balmoral 119.4
Bintje 77.5
Cara 4,547.2
Cleopatra 50.0
Colmo 328.2
Concorde 65.6
Concurrent 85.0
Costella 1.0
Cultra 22.0
Desiree 1,350.7
Duke of York 0.9
Dundrod 12.0
Epicure 0.3
Estima -6,120.2
Fambo 110.0
Fianna 3.5
Foremost 0.7
Hermes —
Home Guard 93.2
Kennebec 44.3
King Edward 675.6
Kondor 150.9
Lady Rosetta 45.0
Manna 4.0
Marfona 3,491.0
Marianna —
Maris Bard 1,364.9
Maris Peer 602.1
Maris Piper 1,415.8
Minerva 362.8
Morene 5.0
Nadine 910.0
Obelix 212.3
Ostara 223.6
Tonnes
Penta 128.6
Pentland Crown 121.4
Pentland Dell 1,002.4
Pentland Hawk 14.4
Pentland Ivory 4.0
Pentland Javelin 378.2
Pentland Lustre 1.2
Pentland Squire 698.8
Pink Fir Apple 25.0
Premiere 588.0
Record 1,157.4
Red Pontiac 29.2
Rocket —
Romano 3,189.5
Russet Burbank —
Sante 445.0
Saturna 2,419.6
Sharpes Express 6.3
Shula —
Stroma 158.5
Ulster Chieftain 3.0
Ulster Sceptre 43.0
Vanessa 214.2
Wilja 1,200.6
TOTAL 35,287.2
Area of certified seed by variety grown in 1993.
Variety Hectacres
First early
Accent 2.6
Alcmaria 1.6
Aminca 0.4
Arran Comet 5.8
Arran Pilot 0.9
Colmo1 13.6
Concorde 4.4
Concurrent 2.8
Duke of York1 2.9
Dundrod 1.2
Foremost 0.6
Home Guard 5.3
Manna 0.2
Maris Bard 110.1
Minerva 19.2
Nikita 0.2
Ostara 19.2
Pentland Javelin 24.2
Premiere1 20.3
Provost 0.7
Rocket 0.5
Sharpes Express1 0.6
Ulster Sceptre 0.1
Vanessa 6.8
Second early maincrop
Ausonia 14.2
Baillie 0.4
Balmoral 1.6
Bintje1 6.0
Brodick 2.0
Cara 232.0
Cornado 0.8
Desiree 75.2
Estima 196.9
Fambo 21.0
Fianna 2.3
Kerr's Pink 0.4
King Edward1 28.8
Kingston 1.7
Kondor 7.2
lady Rosetta 30.5
Marfona 131.5
Maris Peer 43.4
Maris Piper 55.0
Variety Hectacres
Morene1 3.5
Nadine 58.0
Obelix 3.0
Panda 5.5
Pentland Crown 6.6
Pentland Dell 54.2
Pentland Hawk 2.0
Pentland Squire 53.0
Picasso 10.9
Pink Fir Apple 0.4
Record 17.5
Red King Edward1 1.3
Remarka 0.6
Romano 102.9
Sante 4.1
Saturna 107.2
Stroma 11.5
Wilja 58.5
Total 1,595.5
1 Denotes non-immune variety
Estimates of England and Wales seed tonnages sold for (x) home and (y) foreign use are not available. However, current estimates for the United Kingdom are:
Seed (tonnes)
Year grown 1992 11993 21992
(x) home use 515,000 488,000 n/a
(y) foreign use (exports) 30,000 42,000 69,000
1 Estimate.
2 Estimated in 1992.

A breakdown by market description of the ware potatoes grown in 1992 and 1993 is not available at the England and Wales level. However, utilisation of potato crops marketed in 1992 and 1993 calendar years is given below. These figures are subject to revision.
Ware (tonnes)
Year 1992 11993 21992
Ware for human consumption 6,821,000 6,026,000 6,902,000
of which:
Ware for foreign market: raw 120,000 113,000 98,000
Ware for foreign market: processed (raw equivalent) 76,000 63,000 76,000
1 Estimate.
2 Estimated in 1992.