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General
- Origin & Breeding: bred by the USDA from (A501-13 x Kennebec) in 1961 and selected at the Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Centre, Prosser, Washington, in 1963.
- Year registered in Canada: 1977
- Registration No.: 1770
- Maturity: late
Botanical Features
- Plants: large, upright to spreading; stems large; nodes not swollen.
- Leaves: open, large, slightly pubescent; midribs lighter green than leaves, slightly pubescent.
Terminal leaflets: ovate; tip acute; base symmetrical.
Primary leaflets; ovate, three pairs.
Secondary leaflets: numerous.
Tertiary leaflets: few to none. - Flowers: white, on moderately pubescent green buds.
- Tubers: oblong; smooth russet-coloured skin; shallow eyes; white flesh.
- Sprouts: bluish purple.
Agricultural Features
Medium yielding variety; adapted to hot dry conditions; high percentage of marketable tubers; grades well with few culls; very few external or internal bruise problems; long dormancy period. Low total glycoalkaloids and high total solids.
NOTE: seed should be warmed prior to planting to help overcome the long dormancy and to ensure earlier emergence.
- Utilization: good for boiling, baking, and chipping; good to excellent for french frying.
- Chief Market: fresh market on the West Coast of North America.
Reaction to Diseases
Resistant: common scab, late blight, tuber net necrosis.
Moderately resistant: rhizoctonia, verticillium wilt (Verticillium albo-atrum).
Susceptible: early blight, fusarium dry rot, leaf roll, PVS, PVX.
References: 1, 6.
Send your comments to cfia.potatosection-sectiondespommesdeterre.acia@inspection.gc.ca regarding potato variety descriptions.
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