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General
- Origin & Breeding: bred by A.E. Kehr from (la1027-18 x La1354) and selected by the Department of Horticulture, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, in 1957.
- Year registered in Canada: 1973
- Registration number: 1487
- Maturity: mid-season
Botanical Features
- Plants: medium sized, upright, spreading at maturity; wings prominent.
- Leaves: dark green, semi-open, long, slightly pubescent; midribs reddish purple.
Terminal leaflets: broadly ovate.
Primary leaflets: narrowly ovate, generally four pairs. - Flowers: large, light violet.
- Tubers: oval to oblong, smooth bright red skin; shallow to medium-deep eyes, darker than the skin; white flesh.
- Sprouts: reddish purple.
Agricultural Features
High yielding variety, attractive appearance, widely adapted. Undersizing can be a problem if soil moisture becomes limiting. Well suited for washing at maturity. Good storability. Medium specific gravity.
Remark: space at 15 cm with low nitrogen for seed export.
- Utilization: good to excellent for boiling, good for chipping at harvest, excellent for french frying; not suitable for processing.
- Chief Market: seed export, fresh market, pre-peeled product in the institutional trade.
Reaction to Diseases
Moderately resistant: late blight, common scab, rhizoctonia, silver scurf, stem-end browning, tuber net necrosis, verticillium wilt.
Susceptible: black leg, fusarium dry rot, leaf roll, phoma rot, PVX and PVY.
References: 1, 6.
Send your comments to cfia.potatosection-sectiondespommesdeterre.acia@inspection.gc.ca regarding potato variety descriptions.