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New red varieties are generated every year, however, good new Red varieties are an infrequent occurrence. Dark Red Chieftain has potential to set new standards for appearance, durability and taste in North America’s red potato market.

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As the name implies, the variety has an electrifying appearance and yield potential.  Bold short oval tubers with a yellow skin and yellow flesh present a bright smooth appearing tuber, sure to catch the eye of today's consumer. 

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Empress is a second early creamer that produces a high number of tubers per plant.  It is ideally suited for the baby potato market segment, typically creamer size is ready at 68-74 DAP, depending on location.  Short oval to oval in shape and bright smooth skin finish makes this a natural choice for consideration.  Characteristics such as early maturity, uniform tuber type, great flavor profile and regional adaptability makes this a creamer suitable for the creamer segment.

Harmony excels in appearance with washed tubers and excels in the washed market.  Tubers are exceptionally bright white and firm following several months of cold storage.

Harmony can generate high yields with adequate moisture through the growing season and produces high tuber numbers per plant with an even size and shape uniformity.

Variety Characteristics:
Developed by Caithness Potato Breeders, Harmony is a vigorous main crop variety with very high yield potential and superior storage characteristics. Numerous round oval, uniform, bright white fleshed tubers suited to table consumption are produced on each plant.

Unique disease resistance characteristics for Harmony includes: Resistance to golden nematode Ro1 and moderate resistance to pale cyst nematodes Pa2/3, common scab, bruising, Black leg and PVX. Harmony is susceptible to PVY and requires a standard North American management program for late blight.

Harmony is widely adapted and demonstrates best performance were crops can acquire sufficient moisture throughout the growing cycle.

Seed Preparation:
Cold seed should be warmed to 10-15°C (50-60°F) to minimize bruising during handling.  Pre-warming may be necessary depending on the planting date, as Harmony has a deep dormancy. Harmony can successfully be pre-cut. Optimum cut seed sizes are 50-gram (2 oz) or larger. 

Planting:
Harmony 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 of 22 cm (9") for cut seed and approximately 25 cm (10") for whole seed.

Cultivation:
Harmony requires a regular nitrogen fertilization.  A knowledge of field nitrogen will be helpful in determining levels of nitrogen to apply. Base Phosphorous and Potassium application levels on soil analysis data.  Herbicides containing metribuzin can be used; always follow label recommendations for soil type and conditions. Harmony gives good results on well drained soils. It will emerge quickly and develop a good ground covering foliage.

Harvest and Storage:
The variety has a determinate growth habit and has not demonstrated problems with vine destruction when grown with appropriate Nitrogen applications.  Harmony 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. Optimum storage and packing results can be realized over an extended table potato shipping season.

Lady Liberty (NY152) is a late Maincrop chipping variety that produces smaller sized tuber profile than most chippers and a slightly textured skin.  Lady Liberty is the new standard for chip color consistency from early to late season storage and chips great direct from 46 F storage. Very suitable for the small snack sized pack market.

Lamoka is a mid-late season maturing variety developed by Cornell University. Lamoka produces attractive round tubers with a medium to large size profile.  Lamoka is a chipping variety which revolutionized the chipping industry by the varieties ability to produce excellent chip colour and maintains quality throughout the storage period  

Variety Characteristics:
Lanorma (Bydand x Caesar) is a high yielding, round-oval, early Main crop table variety. It has a smooth bright yellow skin and light yellow flesh. It is ideally suited for all fresh market applications where appearance figures significantly in consumer buying behavior.  Tubers resist silver scurf and greening offering extended shelf life for today’s retail environment. Lanorma has good resistance to most common potato diseases.  It has a good dormancy and stores well. The variety is susceptible to dry rot (fusarium sulphureum) and late blight on tubers.

Seed Preparation: 
Depending on time of planting - cold seed should be warmed well in advance to minimize bruising during handling and to break dormancy.  Tubers may be successfully pre-cut.  Seed pieces should not be less than 50 grams (2 oz), and should be allowed to suberize properly under conditions of good ventilation, high humidity and moderate temperature if the seed is pre-cut.  Disinfect cutting equipment between seed lots. A seed piece treatment against soil born diseases (fusarium sulphureum) is recommended.

Planting:
Wait until after soil temperatures have reached 7^oC (45^oF).  The seed piece depth should be 5-8 cm (2-3") under most conditions in well drained soils. In-row spacing of 22.5 cm (9") for cut and 25 cm (10”)  for whole seed for the production of table potatoes should be adequate, closer spacing could be used for seed potato production. 

Cultivation:
Plants are medium high, fairly rapid development with good cover.  It produces white flowers. Fertilization should be base on a soil test result.

Lanorma requires a moderate fertilization,about 150 kg per hectare (130 lbs. per acre) of applied nitrogen should be used for table production and 100 kg per hectare (115 lbs. per acre) for seed potato production.  Split N.; ¾ at planting the balance at tuber initiation. Base Phosphorous and Potassium applications on soil analysis. Lanorma requires a large hill to prevent tuber greening.  It is moderate sensitive to the herbicides containing metribuzin, apply at low label rates as pre-emergence. The  variety is widely adapted and perform best to with a regular supply of moisture to maximize yields.  Maintain a preventative spray program to control blight.  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 days later, to prevent storage diseases.

Harvest and Storage:
Lanorma does not give problems with vine-killing. Tubers should be harvested dry and handled with care to prevent mechanical damage. Allow a minimum of 21 days between top killing and harvest to promote skin set.  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.

Lucera is a very tasty potato with a waxy skin and brilliant skin finish.  It produces a high yield of creamer type sized potatoes.  The specific waxy flavour makes it a unique variety. Due to an exceptionally high tuber count, it makes Lucera an obvious choice for the creamer category.  Combined the varieties long term storability, Lucera is a variety that can be available all year round.  

MacKinaw Chipper is a new generation of chip variety with built in resistances like no other chipper in the marketplace today.  MacKinaw chipper produces a high percentage of A size tubers with a high specific gravity.  It is a full season chipper with a high yield potential.  Mackinaw has excellent chip processing ability from short term and long term storage. 

MacKinaw Chipper is a new generation of chip variety with built in resistances like no other chipper in the marketplace today.  MacKinaw chipper produces a high percentage of A size tubers with a high specific gravity.  It is a full season chipper with a high yield potential.  Mackinaw has excellent chip processing ability from short term and long term storage.