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General
- Origin & Breeding: bred from the cross (Ostara x Provita) by L. Bos, Ekkelwal, Assen, The Netherlands. Released in 1986.
- Year registered in Canada: 1998
- Registration number: 4685
- Maturity: early
Botanical Features
- Plants: medium height, spreading to semi-erect; stems very branching, not pigmented; wings prominent, straight single; nodes slightly swollen.
- Leaves: dark green; semi-open; midribs not pigmented and very pubescent; petioles not pigmented; very large leaf stipules.
Terminal leaflets: narrowly ovate; apex acuminate; base cordate and moderately asymmetrical; strongly wavy margins.
Primary leaflets: three pairs; medium ovate; apex acuminate; base obtuse to cordate and asymmetrical. - Flowers: white corolla, very prominent star; lemon yellow anthers; buds not pigmented; no berry production.
- Tubers: oval to oblong; smooth to rough light yellow skin; shallow eyes, evenly distributed; eyebrows moderately prominent; light yellow flesh.
- Sprouts: ovoid; strong blue-violet colouration; base weakly pubescent; tip closed, strongly pubescent.
Agricultural Features
Medium to high yielding variety; large tubers of attractive appearance; uniform in grading; good resistance to internal bruising and drought. Short dormancy period; medium to high specific gravity.
- Utilization: fairly firm to floury texture; none to trace after cooking blackening; fair to good for boiling and baking; very good for chipping and frying.
- Chief Markets: fresh market and early processing into chips
Reaction to Diseases
Immune: potato wart (race 1).
Highly resistant: PVA, PVY.
Good resistance: tuber late blight.
Moderately resistant: PVX, common scab, blackleg.
Moderately susceptible: leaf roll, fusarium dry rot.
Highly susceptible: foliage late blight.
References: 1, 4, 7.
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