| Parentage: |
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Inca Gold x COA94019-5R |
| Developers: |
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North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and North Dakota State University |
| Plant Variety Protection: |
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Will be applied for |
| Strengths: |
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Uniform round to oval tubers with buff skin splashed with medium-dark purple; tubers have medium-dark yellow flesh. Yield is high and culinary quality is excellent. |
| Weaknesses: |
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Limited to fresh market utilization |
| Incentives for production: |
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Good yield of attractive, uniform, round tubers. Excellent flavor when prepared in a variety of recipes. |
| Seed Availability: |
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Tissue culture plantlets, certified and breeder's seed is available from the NDSU Potato Breeding Program |
| Morphological Characteristics |
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| Plant: |
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Large and vigorous vine. Flowers are purple and foliage exhibits some anthocyanin pigmentation. |
| Tubers: |
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Buff colored and splashed with purplse. Tubers are round to oval, and smooth, with shallow eyes. Tuber flesh is medium-dark yellow. |
| Agronomic Characteristics |
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| Vine Maturity: |
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Medium |
Yield potential:
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High |
| Utilization: |
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Tablestock. Excellent culinary quality when used for steaming, boiling, mashing, soups, stews and potato salad. Makes light yellow colored lefse. |
Specific Gravity:
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Low (1.070 average across irrigated and non-irrigated locations) |
| Pests/Disorders: |
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No known significant susceptibilities or resistances. Common scab and silver scurf have occasionally been noted, as has hollow heart. |
| Storability: |
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Stores well |
| Other: |
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Early in evaluation process for cultivar specific management information, including nitrogen fertility rates, with-in row spacing, and disease resistance evaluations. Sets about 10 to 12 tubers per plant and tubers size rapidly. Monitor tuber size beginning August 1 in northern production areas as tubers bulk rapidly. |
