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Leaf Flowers Plant
Sprout Tuber Sliced tuber

General

  • Origin & Breeding: bred by Saka Pflanzenzucht GbR from the cross (Roseval x Rosara) in Hamburg, Germany in 1992.
  • Year registered in Canada: 2010
  • Registration number: 6741
  • Maturity: mid-season

Botanical Features

  • Plants: tall, semi-upright; stems moderately pigmented; nodes slightly swollen.
  • Leaves: medium green, closed silhouette; midribs and petioles moderately pigmented.
    Terminal leaflets: medium ovate; tip acute to acuminate; base cordate.
    Primary leaflets: large; narrowly ovate; tip acute; base cordate; deep veins; weakly wavy margins.
    Secondary leaflets: numerous.
  • Flowers: few; red-violet corolla, strongly pigmented, prominent star; flower buds slightly pigmented, drop rather readily; peduncles not pigmented.
  • Tubers: round; smooth red skin; moderately deep eyes, predominantly apical; slightly prominent eyebrows; light yellow flesh.
  • Sprouts: large; broad cylindrical; red-violet; base strongly pigmented, no or very sparse pubescence; tip strongly pigmented, weakly pubescent, closed habit; short lateral shoots.

Agricultural Features

Medium yielding variety; tubers of attractive appearance; good washing quality; good storage capability. Low to medium specific gravity.

  • Utilization: good for boiling.
  • Chief Market: small size specialty market.

Reaction to Diseases

Information not available

References: 1.

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