Varieties

Actrice is an early variety for the fresh marketplace. Actrice produces beautiful round-oval tubers with very good culinary qualities. Additionally, there is no after cooking discoloration. It is very well suited to washing and stores well.

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Alegria is a high yielding, dual purpose yellow fleshed variety.  Its combination of early maincrop maturity, a proven fresh cut french fry record, and the ability to fresh pack as well, makes this a very flexible option for growers.

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Alta Cloud is a high yielding dual purpose Russet.  It produces very attractive, oblong shape tubers with shallow eyes and good appearance.  It produces a vigorous vine and can also be suited for organic production.

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Alta Cloud is a high yielding dual purpose Russet.  It produces very attractive, oblong shape tubers with shallow eyes and good appearance.  It produces a vigorous vine and can also be suited for organic production.

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Andover is an early maturing chipping variety developed by Cornell University. Andover produces round tubers with a medium size profile.  Andover is suited for early field chipping and produces excellent chip colour from the field abd from early storage.  Andovers maturity is earlier than Atlantic and Dakota Pearls so is one of the earliest chippers in certain regions.

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Avalanche is a high yielding early maincrop with even sized tubers that set deep with no greening. Tubers are attractive and store well.  The principal culinary use of Avalanche is as boiled, mashed and fried.  Texture is waxy and does not disintegrate.  Avalanche grow well in hot climates.  It has a long dormancy and stores well. 

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Caribou Russet is gaining popularity as a dual purpose potato that delivers classic russet flavors; its great mashed, fried or baked. It performs well under dry land conditions with excellent early vine development and plant vigor and is very heat and drought tolerant.  It produces high yields and is easy to grow. It stores well, but storage management requires attention as the variety has a short tuber dormancy.

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Caribou Russet is gaining popularity as a dual purpose potato that delivers classic russet flavors; its great mashed, fried or baked. It performs well under dry land conditions with excellent early vine development and plant vigor and is very heat and drought tolerant.  It produces high yields and is easy to grow. It stores well, but storage management requires attention as the variety has a short tuber dormancy.

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Cascada can be easily grown for the Baby potato type marketplace.  Cascada produces short oval potatoes that are very smooth with bright skin finish.  In addition, the high marketable yields and excellent taste and culinary profiles will allow the variety to be sold in high end specialty packs.

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A European bred variety with multiple resistances, making this a very grower friendly and sustainable variety.  Although a very rustic variety, Ciklamen has become a red creamer standard in North America in recent years.  It produces short oval potatoes that have a smooth bright red skin and a creamy white flesh.  In addition, Ciklamen has a high marketable creamer yield with excellent taste and a great culinary profile that will allow the variety to be sold in high end specialty retail packs.

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Dakota Pearl is a mid season maturity, dual market variety with a high yield potential.  It produces beautiful uniform medium sized tubers that are bright white, great for the for the Fresh marketplace.  However the variety is suited well as an excellent field to storage chip transition variety that can be used for chipping until mid February to March. 

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Variety Characteristics:
Dakota Pearl is a mid-season multi-purpose variety with a medium-high yield potential. It produces beautiful uniform tubers with bright white skin for the fresh market. Excellent for field-to-storage chip transition and storage chipper until early March. Dakota Pearl is tolerant to black spot bruise and resistant to common scab and has moderate resistance to hollow heart and pink rot.  It is susceptible to PVY. The variety has a medium dormancy and stores well.

 

Seed Preparation:
Planting physiological young seed is important to avoid high tuber sets. Dakota Pearl can successfully be pre-cut. Optimum cut seed sizes are 50-gram (2 oz) or larger. Follow standard seed cutting practices and it is advisable to use a seed piece treatment.

 

Planting:
Dakota Pearl responds best when soil temperatures are at or above 7°C (45°F). Seed  piece depth should be 5-8 cm (2-3") under most conditions in well drained soils. Plant spacing at 30 cm (12"), for commercial and seed production and 28 cm (11”) for seed.

 

Cultivation:
Dakota Pearl requires a rather high rate of Nitrogen, similar to Superior; approximately 165 kg/hectare (150 lb./acre) at planting and supplement foliar feeding during the growing season. Base phosphorous and potassium applications on soil analysis.  Herbicides containing metribuzin (Sencor) can be used; always follow label recommendations for soil type and conditions. Dakota Pearl gives good results on well drained soils. It will emerge quickly and develop a good ground covering foliage. Proper hilling is required to avoid tuber greening.  Dakota Pearl will perform best with a regular supply of moisture to maximize yield.  Dakota Pearl is somewhat susceptible to early dying diseases; to compensate Magnesium application is advised.  The variety is susceptible to late blight, preventative treatments with fungicides are needed. It is suggested to apply two applications of Ridomil, the first when the largest tubers are nickel-sized followed by a second application 10-14 day later, to prevent storage diseases.

 

Harvest and Storage:
The variety has a determinate growth habit and has not demonstrated problems with vine destruction. Dakota Pearl is not susceptible to internal bruising or to mechanical damage. It will store if properly handled, cured and ventilated. Apply a treatment of the fungicide thiabendazole to control fusarium and silver scurf.  Avoid free moisture in storage and keep potatoes at a consistent temperature. Potatoes in long term storage should be treated with a sprout inhibitor.

 

The above information is based on production experience in Atlantic Canada.  It is believed to be accurate, but performance may vary under different management or climatic conditions.

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