Certified Seed and Tablestock Potato Varieties
Superior
Parentage: MN5944 x USDA X96-56
Released: 1961
Breeder/Agency: Gustav Rieman, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
A popular, widely-grown variety with well-known performance
Production Characteristics
- Maturity: Early
- Yield: Medium
- Specific Gravity: Medium (1.07 to 1.095)
- Diseases: Resistant to net necrosis and common scab, heat necrosis. Susceptible to blackleg, fusarium PVLR, PVX, PVY, verticillium wilt, pressure bruise, late blight
- Storage: Stores well, even though it has a short dormancy
- Market: Early fresh market and chipping. The primary variety for shipping directly to market from the field
- Advantages: Moderately high yield potential with minimum losses to skinning during harvesting and grading. Tubers size early and are not subject to internal defects
Physical Characteristics
- Plant
- Medium plants. Erect to spreading vines
- Pale lilac flowers with white tips and stripes extending to the center
- Tubers
- Round to oblong, slightly irregular
- Medium shallow eyes
- Skin is buff with tendency for light flaky russet
- White flesh
Culinary Characteristics
- Uses: Good for boiling, baking and french frying. Does not gray when cooked
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