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.