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General
- Origin & Breeding: found in a field of the variety Butte near Ashton, Idaho (USA). Released by Northwest Potato Sales inc. (Kennewick, Washington) in 1987.
- Year registered in Canada: 1995
- Registration number: 4150
- Maturity: early to mid-season
Botanical Features
- Plants: short, upright, bushy; stems weakly pigmented, thick; wings moderately prominent; nodes not swollen, weakly pigmented.
- Leaves: dark green, open; midribs and petioles weakly pigmented.
Terminal leaflets: broadly ovate; apex acuminate; base lobed and very slightly asymmetrical; weakly wavy margins.
Primary leaflets: three to four pairs; ovate; apex acuminate; lobed base. - Flowers: moderately numerous, medium sized white corolla with pink pigment; yellow-orange anthers; buds and peduncles not pigmented.
- Tubers: oblong; russetted brown skin that shows reddish-pink to deep purple coloration under stress conditions; shallow eyes, intermediate in number, evenly distributed; slightly prominent eyebrows; white flesh.
- Sprouts: ovoid, moderately pubescent; base strongly pigmented of blue-violet; apex moderately pigmented.
Agricultural Features
Medium to high yielding variety. Tubers are uniform in size and are highly resistant to internal brown spot and second growth; they have good resistance to net necrosis and hollow heart. Susceptible to drought. Medium dormancy period; good storability; low to medium specific gravity.
- Utilization: good baking and frying quality.
- Chief Market: fresh market
Reaction to Diseases
Highly resistant: blackleg, common scab, potato wart.
Moderately resistant: early blight.
Moderately susceptible: leafroll.
Susceptible: late blight, PVX, PVY, verticillium wilt.
References: 1, 6.
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