Simcoe: A new early-maturing,chipping potato variety

Simcoe, a round, white, early potato variety with excellent boiling, baking and chipping qualities, was released by the University of Guelph, Agriculture Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food in 1981. Yield is comparable to that of Norchip while the chip color ratings and specific gravity are higher. Simcoe is resistant to mild mosaic and late blight, moderately resistant to common scab and moderately susceptible toRhizoctonia. It is susceptible to virus leafroll but resistant to net necrosis from current season infection.     

Mainechip: A new chipping potato variety for cool storage processing

TheMaineChip potato variety is medium-maturing and has round, whiteskinned, white-fleshed tubers with shallow eyes, high specific gravity and moderate yields. Its major use is expected to be as a storage chipping variety since sugar build-up in storage is slow, and reconditioning is possible. This variety can be chipped directly from 7 C storage.MaineChip does not show the net necrosis caused by potato leafroll virus and is moderately tolerant to verticillium wilt (Verticillium alboatrum) and rhizoctonia (Rhizoctonia solani). It is also moderately resistant to blackspot and shatter bruise. Hollow heart is its major internal quality defect, being a problem in ten of the twenty-nine regional tests conducted over five years.     

Jewel—A new potato variety with high solids and excellent chipping qualities

Jewel is a new potato variety with a good yield of No. 1 tubers and high specific gravity. It chips extremely well to produce light color chips with high chip yields per hundredweight. It has a heavy tuber set per hill but a tendency to produce small tubers. Tests in New York and Wisconsin indicate this variety consistently produces high specific gravity and should not be considered as an all-purpose potato. The variety has the ability to recondition in a short time following 40 F storage. It has no known disease resistance.     

Coastal Chip: A chipping potato variety resistant to heat stress

Coastal Chip is a medium-late maturing potato chipping variety suitable for production in locations along the east coast of the United States where heat stress reduces internal quality of tubers. It yields as well as the variety Atlantic but is not as susceptible to heat necrosis. The specific gravity of Coastal Chip averages approximately 0.010 less than Atlantic at locations subject to heat stress. In the seed producing areas of Maine it’s specific gravity averages approximately 0.005 less than that of Atlantic. Tubers are round, netted-skinned, and have moderately deep stem and bud ends. Chips from Coastal Chip are slightly lighter in color than those produced by Atlantic. In mid-Atlantic states where heat stress adversely affects chip color Coastal Chip processes into chips for a slightly longer period of time after harvest than does Atlantic. Glycoalkaloid content of Coastal Chip averaged 7.9 mg/100 g fresh tissue. Sunburned (green) tubers of Coastal Chip develop purple streaks that remain following processing. Hills must be properly covered to reduce losses. Coastal Chip is resistant to race A of the golden nematode (Globodera rostochiensis) and potato virus A. It is tolerant to Verticillium wilt, more susceptible to common scab and Rhizoctonia than Atlantic and susceptible to potato virus X.     

Islander: A golden nematode resistant potato variety for fresh market and chipping

The Islander potato variety is a medium maturing variety with oblong, shallow-eyed, white-skinned tubers. High dry matter and good chip color characterize this variety which is better adapted to Long Island, New York and New Jersey than to other northeastern areas. It is resistant to golden nematode and net necrosis; moderately resistant to common scab and early blight; and less susceptible than most varieties to acid scab and Rhizoctonia. The Islander is a product of the cross Chipbelle × Norchip.     

Tobique,a new chipping variety

Tobique is a chipping variety with good yield and table quality. It is resistant to Verticillium wilt,Fusarium sambucinum, Fusarium coeruleum, and virus Y. Tobique was originated at Fredericton, New Brunswick and is a product of the potato breeding program of Agriculture Canada. This variety has been under test in New Brunswick for fifteen years as seedling F61025. It has also been tested extensively in the Maritime Provinces and throughout Canada through the facilities of regional and national evaluation trials. Tobique was selected from a cross between the variety Cariboo and Fredericton seedling F45019. Cariboo was introduced in British Columbia as a maincrop variety of distinctive appearance and bruise resistance; also with resistance toVerticillium alboatrum andPhoma rot. F45019 is a late blight resistant seedling with high dry matter. Pedigree: {ie419-01}     

Ivory Crisp: A potato variety with high tuber solids and cold chipping ability

Ivory Crisp was released in 2002 by the experiment stations of Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and North Dakota, and by the USDA/ARS. It resulted from a 1980 cross of ND292-1 and A77268-4. Ivory Crisp is suited for use in both the direct delivery and storage chipping markets. Ivory Crisp is a medium-maturing potato variety with round, white tubers and excellent chipping quality. It has medium to high yield potential, high tuber solids, resistance to most internal and external tuber defects, and the ability to chip from cold storage. In trials in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, total and U.S. No. 1 tuber yield of Ivory Crisp was similar to Atlantic but lower than Chipeta. Yield of tubers in the size range 113–336 g for Ivory Crisp is higher than for either Atlantic or Chipeta. Ivory Crisp is resistant to growth cracks, secondary growth, hollow heart, and stem-end necrosis, but susceptible to shatter bruise. Tuber sugar content has consistently remained low following cold storage and near-acceptable chip color retained at 4.4 C. Ivory Crisp is susceptible or moderately susceptible to most common field diseases of potato. It is highly susceptible to common scab, powdery scab, and pink rot. Tubers of Ivory Crisp have dry matter content (22.4%) lower than those of Atlantic, but higher than those of Chipeta. Glycoalkaloid content of Ivory Crisp tubers is very low (4.3 mg 100 g^-1). An application for Plant Variety Protection has been filed for Ivory Crisp. Seed is available from potato seed growers in Idaho, North Dakota, and Canada. Small amounts of seed, for research purposes, can be obtained by contacting the corresponding author.     

Gemchip: A new potato variety with chipping quality and verticillium resistance for the Western U.S.

Gemchip, a new potato chipping variety, was released jointly by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Experiment Stations of Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Colorado on August 9, 1989. Gemchip was tested in irrigated yield and chipping trials in the Western U.S. since 1982. It outyielded Norchip by an average of 23% and Atlantic by 14%, and it chipped well both out of the field and out of storage. Gemchip is moderately late in maturity and resistant to Verticillium wilt.     

Rosa: A new golden nematode resistant variety for chipping and tablestock

Rosa is a golden nematode resistant variety with chipping potential comparable to Norchip and with good cooking quality. It is resistant to early blight and leaf roll, and moderately resistant to late blight. Rosa is a hybrid between North AmericanSolarium tuberosum ssp. and South AmericanS. tuberosum ssp.Andigena clones.     

Yankee Supreme: A new bruise-resistant potato variety

The Yankee Supreme potato is a medium to medium-late maturing variety with round to oblong, moderately smooth, shallow-eyed, buff-colored tubers. It is characterized by bruise resistance and high dry matter. Tubers can be used for fresh market or processing. Although chip color is often marginal, this variety can be reconditioned to its original color after cold storage. Yankee Supreme is resistant to virus X and to net necrosis caused by the leaf-roll virus.     

Prestile: A new round white potato variety

Prestile is a late maturing potato variety with attractive, round to oblong, white-skinned, white-fleshed tubers with shallow eyes. Its major use is expected to be for tablestock in areas where Katahdin and Ontario are now grown. Prestile tubers are slow to sprout in storage and do not show the net necrosis caused by potato leafroll virus, but are quite susceptible to heat necrosis. This variety is immune to potato virus X, and is moderately resistant to common scab (Streptomyces scabies), verticillium wilt (Verticillium albo-atrum), and early blight (Alternaria solani). Prestile is susceptible to skinning and shatter bruise, and is difficult to kill, particularly when heavily fertilized.     

Carlton: A new early tablestock potato variety

Carlton, an early sizing, oval, white-skinned potato variety was released by Agriculture Canada in 1982. Its tubers size as early as Warba making it suitable for the first early market, while its eyes are much shallower. Its yielding pattern was very similar to that of Warba when harvested at 75, 89 and 103 days from planting and to those of Norland and Norchip at maincrop harvest at a wide range of locations on the Canadian prairies. Boiling quality was similar to Warba while early chipping quality was better. No serious problem has been encountered in nearly twenty years of testing.     

Norwis: a new potato variety combining chipping quality,wide adaptation,disease resistance,and high yield

A new potato cultivar, named Norwis, bred and developed by FritoLay, Inc., is described. Norwis was initially tested, grown, and released as FL 657 (2). Norwis is a cultivar combining high yield, wide adaptation, good chipping quality, and general resistance to some common potato diseases. It is field resistant to PVX, PVY, and PLRV, and has some tolerance to southern bacterial wilt.