AC Blue Pride
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General
- Origin & Breeding: bred by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Center in St. John's, Newfoundland, from the cross (N713-16 x N889-78-3). Released in 1994.
- Year registered in Canada: 1997
- Registration No.: 4576
- Maturity: mid-season
Botanical Features
- Plants: medium size, erect, spreading at maturity; stems slightly pigmented, especially at base and in leaf axils; inconspicuous wings; nodes slightly swollen and slightly pigmented.
- Leaves: medium green, dull, smooth, closed; midribs and petioles slightly pigmented.
Terminal leaflets: ovate; tip cuspidate; base slightly asymmetrical.
Primary leaflets: three pairs; ovate.
Secondary and tertiary leaflets: numerous. - Flowers: frequent; white corolla, medium sized; yellow anthers; green buds; long calyx lobes, slightly hairy; medium berry production.
- Tubers: oval to long; smooth blue purple skin; shallow eyes; white flesh, occasional coloration in vascular ring.
- Sprouts: purple; scattered long basal hairs.
Agricultural Features
Medium high yielding variety; excellent storability, long dormancy period; medium specific gravity.
Remark: susceptible to post emergence application of the herbicide metribuzin.
- Utilization: none to some after cooking discolouration; good for boiling.
- Chief Market: fresh market.
Reaction to Diseases
Resistant: potato wart (race 2, 8).
Moderately susceptible: rhizoctonia, leaf roll, common scab.
Susceptible: potato cyst nematode.
References: 1
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