Named for a professor in the Spiritual and Pastoral Care Program at Loyola College in Baltimore, MD. Bred for high carotenoid content and appeal to high-end restaurant chefs and other gourmet potato markets. Evaluated for 8 years in 25 field trials prior to release.

• Maturity: Medium-early to mid-season
• Emergence: Excellent, 90 to 100% in field trials
• Yield: similar to Norland Dark Red; marketable yields ~70 to 80% of Chieftain
• Tuber set: May set high in the hill
• Specific Gravity: 1.076 to 1.082, higher than Norland Dark Red and Chieftain
• Diseases: Resistant to powdery scab. Susceptible to silver scurf, common scab, late blight, early blight, fusarium dry rot, verticillium wilt, PVY, PVS, black dot and misshapen tubers. May be susceptible to growth cracks, hollow heart, second growth, shatter bruise and internal heat necrosis.
• Storage: long dormancy, about the same as Chieftain, i.e. about 5 months. Weight loss is about same as Superior and much less than Norland Dark Red.
• Markets: Specialty fresh markets and boutique restaurants , though it also chips well.
• Advantages: Good yields, attractive tubers, exceptional nutritional qualities
• Other: Typically requires one week longer after vine killing to achieve strong skin set.

• Plant
  • Spreading with good canopy
  • Flowers are a dainty mauve with bright orange stamens
• Tubers
  • Round to oblong shape, size tends to run smaller than Norland Dark Red
  • Medium purple skin color, moderately smooth to slightly netted skin
  • Medium to dark yellow flesh, purple streaks are occasionally reported
  • Shallow eyes
  • Fair to good appearance, "pretty", rated "attractive" in most field trials

• Taste: "very tasty"
• Uses: Very good for frying, boiling and roasting. Baking quality scores have been good. Despite its color and relatively low specific gravity, it chips well.
• Other: Antioxidants: Carotenoid content is 15% higher than Yukon Gold with predominant carotinoids being zeaxanthin and lutein. Vitamin C: over 40% of RDA.