Innovator

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General

• Origin & Breeding: bred by BV de ZPC from the cross (Shepody x RZ-84-2580) in The Netherlands.
• Year registered in Canada: 2004
• Registration number: 5850
• Maturity: early to mid-season

Botanical Features

• Plants: medium large, semi-erect; stems not or very weakly pigmented, wings moderately prominent.
• Leaves: yellowish green, moderately close, moderately pubescent.
  Terminal leaflets: narrowly to medium ovate; often fused to the first primary leaflet; acute to acuminate tip; obtuse to cordate base; strongly wavy margins.
  Primary leaflets: five to six pairs, narrowly ovate, acute tip, cordate base.
• Flowers: numerous, white corolla; few to moderately numerous berries.
• Tubers: long oblong, large to very large; russetted tan coloured skin; shallow eyes, evenly distributed; slightly to moderately prominent eyebrows; pale yellow to yellowish-white flesh.
• Sprouts: large, broad cylindrical; weak red-violet pigmentation; medium to strong pubescence.

Agricultural Features

High yielding variety, uniform in grading. Rather good resistance to internal bruising. Medium to high dry matter content.

• Utilization: fairly firm to floury after cooking texture; suitable for fresh market and chipping.
• Chief Markets: fresh market, processing for chips.

Reaction to Diseases

Immune: potato wart.
Resistant: pale cyst nematode (Globodera pallida pathotypes Pa 2,3).
Good resistance: leaf late blight.
Moderately resistant: leaf roll, PVX, PVY, tuber late blight, common scab.

References: 1, 7.

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