Certified Seed and Tablestock Potato Varieties
Adirondack Red - formerly T17-2
Parentage: N40-2 x Q155-3 (Cornell breeding clones)
Released: 2004
Breeder/Agency: Walter De Jong, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
The color is from a naturally occurring anthocyanin pigment, one of the groups of polyphenol phytonutrients that act as powerful antioxidants.
Production Characteristics
- Maturity: Early to mid-season
- Yield: Medium to High
- Tuber Set: Heavy set and high in the hill
- Specific Gravity: 1.052 to 1.071 (Same as Chieftain)
- Diseases: Susceptible to common scab, rhizoctonia, growth cracks, silver scurf. Other resistances and susceptibilities to be determined.
- Storage: Good storage and dormancy
- Market: Specialty market, fresh and tablestock, especially farm stands
- Advantages: Early season. Resists skinning. Good appearance.
Physical Characteristics
- Plant
- Decumbent to spreading with a fair canopy
- Dark green vines
- Purple-red flowers and red anthers
- Tubers
- Oblong to long, slightly flattened
- Moderately smooth, slightly netted, purplish-red skin
- Shallow eyes
- Flesh is pink to red
Culinary Characteristics
- Taste: Excellent flavor. "the best homefries I've ever made"
- Uses: Excellent boiling, mashing, pan frying, salads, microwaving.
- Other: High in antioxidants. Color may leach out during boiling, but not if microwaved, baked, roasted, or fried.
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