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General
- Origin & Breeding: bred by Arie S. Heijboer from the cross (AH86-102 x "Berlikummer Geeltje x Eigenheimer") in Kloelinge, The Netherlands in 1992.
- Year registered in Canada: 2010
- Registration number: 6740
- Maturity: late
Botanical Features
- Plants: medium height, semi-erect; stems thin with no pigmentation; prominent straight single wings; nodes slightly swollen, not pigmented; very branching.
- Leaves: olive green, semi-open; midribs and petioles not pigmented.
Terminal leaflets: narrowly ovate; tip acuminate; base truncate and asymmetrical; weakly wavy margins.
Primary leaflets: five pairs; narrowly ovate; tip acuminate; base truncate and symmetrical.
Secondary and tertiary leaflets: numerous. - Flowers: moderately numerous; medium size blue-violet corolla with prominent star; orange anthers; flower buds and peduncles not pigmented.
- Tubers: oval; flaky buff skin; moderately deep eyes, evenly distributed; non prominent eyebrows; yellow flesh.
- Sprouts: spherical; blue-violet; base weakly pubescent, strongly pigmented; tip strongly pubescent and strongly pigmented; open habit; long lateral shoots.
Agricultural Features
Medium yielding variety. Moderately numerous tubers of attractive appearance and good washing quality. Good storage capability. High specific gravity.
- Utilization: good boiled and baked.
- Chief Markets: fresh market and specialty market.
Reaction to Diseases
Information not available
References: 1
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