Tucker Farms, Inc.
Certified Seed and Tablestock Potato Varieties
Superior 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. Sensitive to soil pH
  • 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: Excellent for potato salads and mashed. Good for boiling, baking (moist) and french frying. Does not gray when cooked