Warba

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General

• Origin & Breeding: bred from the cross (Triumph x Minn. 4-16) at the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1927.
• Year registered in Canada: between 1933 and 1937
• Registration number: P-18
• Maturity: very early

Botanical Features

• Plants: medium sized, spreading; stems thick, prominently angled; nodes slightly swollen, slightly mottled reddish purple; wings moderately prominent, straight double.
• Leaves: dark green, semi-open; midribs and petioles green, scantly pubescent.
  Terminal leaflets: large, broadly ovate; tip obtuse; base truncate.
  Primary leaflets: four to five pairs, medium to large, thick, ovate.
  Secondary leaflets: in three position: on midrib between pairs of primary leaflets, at junction of midrib and petiolules, on petiolules.
• Flowers: few; pale lavender corolla; yellow-orange anthers; buds slightly pigmented; calyx lobes short, tips straight, slightly pigmented, abundantly pubescent.
• Tubers: round; buff skin, frequently with reddish areas around the eyes; deep red eyes; white flesh.
• Sprouts: reddish purple

Agricultural Features

High yielding variety; low specific gravity.

• Utilization: good for boiling and baking; not suitable for chips.
• Chief Market: early fresh market.

Reaction to Diseases

Susceptible: leaf roll, blackleg, PVM, PVS, PVX, PVY, common scab, verticillium wilt, late blight, fusarium dry rot.
Very susceptible: rhizoctonia.

References: 1, 6.

Send your comments to cfia.potatosection-sectiondespommesdeterre.acia@inspection.gc.ca regarding potato variety descriptions.