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General
- Origin & Breeding: bred at the Agriculture Canada Research Center from the cross (Hudson x F73008) in La Pocatière, Quebec (Canada) in 1986.
- Year registered in Canada: 1998
- Registration number: 4779
- Maturity: early mid-season
Botanical Features
- Plants: medium height, erect; thin stems moderately pigmented; wings weakly prominent, straight single; nodes moderately swollen, weakly pigmented.
- Leaves: yellowish green, semi-open, pubescent; midribs and petioles weakly pigmented.
Terminal leaflets: medium ovate; tip cuspidate; base cordate and slightly asymmetrical; weakly wavy margins.
Primary leaflets: three pairs, large; medium ovate; tip cuspidate; base cordate and asymmetrical. - Flowers: medium-sized, very pale lavender corolla, moderately prominent star; yellow-orange anther; flower buds weakly pigmented; peduncle weakly pigmented.
- Tubers: oval to oblong; smooth white skin; shallow eyes, few to intermediate in number, uniformly distributed; slightly prominent eyebrows; light yellow flesh.
- Sprouts: ovoid; base reddish purple, moderately pigmented, not pubescent; apex very weakly pigmented, moderately pubescent.
Agricultural Features
This variety gives very good yields early in the season and excellent mid-season yields; well adapted to Quebec climatic conditions; good storability; medium dormancy period; medium specific gravity.
- Utilization: good for boiling and baking.
- Chief Market: fresh market.
Reaction to Diseases
No information available
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