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General
- Origin & Breeding: bred from the cross (Conestoga x FL1133) made in 1984 at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Potato Research Center in Fredericton, New Brunswick and selected by the Lethbridge Research Center, Alberta.
- Year registered in Canada: 2000
- Registration number: 5150
- Maturity: mid-season
Botanical Features
- Plants: medium, semi-erect growth; stems medium thick, not pigmented; prominent straight single wings; nodes moderately swollen.
- Leaves: dark green, mid-open, pubescent; petioles and midribs not pigmented.
Terminal leaflets: medium ovate; tip acuminate; base truncate and asymmetrical.
Primary leaflets: three pairs; medium ovate; tip acuminate, base truncate and asymmetrical. - Flowers: numerous; white corolla with very prominent star; orange anthers; flower buds persistent, highly pigmented; high berry production.
- Tubers: oval, uniform; smooth light yellow skin; shallow eyes, evenly distributed; eyebrows not prominent; medium yellow flesh.
- Sprouts: ovoid; base weakly pubescent with very strong red-violet pigmentation; apex strongly pubescent, green.
Agricultural Features
High yielding variety with medium number of tubers per plant. This variety should be grown with an in-row spacing of 30 cm. High specific gravity. Medium dormancy period. Good storability.
Remark: can be harvested early (80 days after planting) or stored for long periods of time without suffering deterioration in processing quality.
- Utilization: this variety was developed especially for french fry manufacture but it is also suitable for the fresh market; it has low after cooking discolouration and low boiling sloughing.
- Chief Markets: french fry, fresh market.
Reaction to Diseases
Resistant: fusarium wilt.
Moderately resistant: early blight.
Moderately susceptible: late blight, common scab.
Susceptible: verticillium wilt.
References: 1
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