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Alex Mcdonald
Alex McDonald

Winston

Friday, August 14, 2009

Consumer Quality

Early season ware and early baker. Good for baking at a time when baking potatoes are very scarce. Lifted immature, the variety is an excellent scraper. Good resistance to bruising. Low dry matter content.

Tuber Quality

  • Skin colour - white
  • Flesh colour - cream
  • Shape - round oval
  • Size - bold
  • Skin surface - smooth
  • Eye depth - shallow

Disease and Pest Resistance

  • Virus Y - good resistance
  • Mild Mosaic Virus - moderately susceptible
  • Powdery Scab - good resistance
  • Skin Spot Damage - good resistance
  • Dry Rot - moderately susceptible
  • Potato Cyst Nematode - resistant to Ro1

General

First early maturity, early bulking producing high early yields of few large uniform tubers.