b'parent, it has good fusarium control at seed reception, says Gagnon. It will keep a really nice smooth shape and skin finish if you keep it longer in the field, unlike other early varieties.Ariana (AG 709.11, undergoing registration) is an early-to-mid season fresh market variety with slightly creamy flesh and high yield potential. The tuber set is very uniform. This variety stores very well and is perfect to harvest just after Alliston. Sunrise Potato in Alliston, Ont. has developed SP326 and SP327 for the chipping sector. AAC Confederation has round, yellow flesh with PHOTO: PETER VANDERZAAGa high set of uniform tubers. It offers a high yield po-tential of medium-sized tubers. In Laval Universitys taste trials, this variety obtained the best tasting score ever at 18.5 out of 20, says Gagnon.NEW BRUNSWICK DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SUNRISE POTATOSP326 AND SP327REVEILLE RUSSET, NONPAREIL Sunrise Potato in Alliston, Ont. has developed SP326 and SP327 for the chipping RUSSET, MARITIME RUSSET sector.Reveille Russet is a fresh market variety with oblong tubers, excellent size and me- Both varieties are well adapted to the growing conditions from Manitoba to dium-to-early maturity. In 2019, its average dry land total yield was 11.5 per centQuebec with excellent yields and medium to high levels of dry matter, and prove to higher than Russel Burbank, and marketable yield 55 per cent more. Its highlyhave good fry quality, says owner Peter VanderZaag.resistant to hollow heart, second growth, blackspot, drought and early dying. It hasSP327 is under a license agreement with La Patate Lac-Sainte-Jean.an improved culinary quality and stores better than Russet Norkotah.The Nonpareil Russet is a dual-purpose variety with smooth long tubers andSOLANUM INTERNATIONALRIVER RUSSET, RED APPLE, mid-season maturity. Its average dry-land total yield is 26.6 per cent higher thanAUTUMN ROSEGoldrush, with 30.3 per cent more marketable yield. The tubers are resistant toFrom Stony Plain, Alta.-based Solanum International is River Russet, an attractive hollow heart, second growth, growth crack, shatter bruise and blackspot. It haswhite-fleshed table variety with a similar maturity to Russet Norkotah, and overall good tolerance to drought and early dying. This is a serious candidate to replacebetter taste and texture. This large, shallow-eyed russet has a natural resistance the industry standard Russet Norkotah and Goldrush in the count trade market,to browning after cutting and resistance to bruising as well.says New Brunswick potato specialist Jacques Lavoie. Red Apples round tubers have deep red, smooth skin and yellow flesh. Its a Maritime Russet is another dual-purpose russet variety with oblong tubers,high-set and high-yielding table variety which tolerates heat and drought and is a nice smooth appearance and mid-to-late maturity. Average dry-land total yieldsuitable for organic production. is similar to Russet Burbank but the marketable yield is 15.3 per cent higher. ItsAutumn Rose is an excellent tasting red-skinned, white-fleshed table variety tubers are resistant to hollow heart, second-growth, growth crack and scab. Itwith slightly mealy texture, says spokesperson Phil Bakker. It is early maturing, offers significantly lower acrylamide formation, resulting in exceptional average fryhigh yielding, stores well, and has fairly good resistance to common scab.colours from cold storage. It also offers good tolerance to drought and early dying.EDMONTON POTATO GROWERSTORNADO, NOBLESS AND AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA (AAFC)AACAC HEATHERCANADA GOLD-DORE, AAC RED VIOL AND AAC HAMERTornado is an early-maturing, high-yielding, medium-sized potato meant for the AAC Canada Gold-Dore (licensed by Canadian Eastern Growers) is a fresh marketfresh/french fry market. It has deep red skin, white flesh and long uniform tubers, variety with a shiny yellow skin and a light-yellow flesh. This variety is great forwith good heat and drought tolerance. Its parentage is Druid x Kondor. It has good boiling, baking and has shown strong yields. Its resistant to potato virus Y andoverall keeping quality.common scab. Noblesse (from HZPC) is a multi-purpose variety for the fresh/french fry market AAC Red Viola (licensed by Kroeker Farms) is intended for the baby potatowith great culinary range from boiling to baking. It has yellow skin and dark yellow market for boiling and baking. It has deep red skin and bright white flesh. Thisflesh. Tubers are medium-sized and uniform, with medium-to-high tuber set, good high-yielding variety produces tubers of uniform size. Its medium maturing, withdormancy and good drought and heat resistance.high scab resistance and keeps its red skin colour even after cooking. AC Heather is a fresh market variety produced by AAFC breeders which shows AAC Hamer (licensed by Parkland Seed Potatoes) is a mid-season round whitemoderate resistance to common scab. The tubers are oval with smooth, dark red variety for the fresh market as well as chipping. This higher-set variety maintains askin and white flesh. It has shown high yields across all trial sites and good boil good chipping quality directly from the field and cold storage. It has smooth skin withand bake scores. Plant vigour is moderate, maturity is mid-season, and dormancy shallow eyes and shows resistance to common scab, late blight and fusarium dry rot.is intermediate (longer than Norland). SPRING 2020 SPUDSMART.COM 11'