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General

Origin & Breeding: bred from the cross (F85001 x W231) made and selected by the Les Buissons Research Center, MAPAQ, at Pointe-aux-Outardes, Quebec (Canada). Released in 2007.
Year registered in Canada: 2007
Registration number: 6361
Maturity: early

Plants: medium size, erect to semi-erect; stems not or very weakly pigmented; straight single wings; nodes not swollen and not pigmented.
Leaves: medium green, semi-open; midribs and petioles not pigmented.
Terminal leaflets: broadly ovate; tip acuminate; base cordate and symmetrical; weakly wavy margins.
Primary leaflets: four pairs; medium ovate; tip cuspidate; base lobed, moderately asymmetrical.
Flowers: rather numerous, large blue-violet corolla with very prominent star; bright yellow anthers; flower buds moderately to strongly pigmented; calixes strongly pigmented; peduncles slightly pigmented; low berry production.
Tubers: long; flaky buff coloured skin; few shallow eyes, uniformly distributed; moderately prominent eyebrows; cream flesh.
Sprouts: conical; red-violet; base and tip weakly pubescent and weakly pigmented.

High yielding variety; early tuber set. Tubers of attractive appearance. Medium dormancy period. Medium specific gravity.

Utilization: excellent for boiling; very weak sloughing after boiling; no discolouration after cooking.
Chief Market: early fresh market.

Moderately susceptible: common scab, rhizoctonia.
Susceptible: late blight.

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