b'2024 AS THOUGHTS TURN towards with the upcoming growing season, it means its time to think of what new potato varieties you will be planting. Spud Smart checked in with potato breeders and Newseed companies across the country to see what the latest varieties available for the upcoming growing season are. Edmonton Potato GrowersPotatoCarminelleCarminelle is a fresh potato variety with dark red skin and light-yellow flesh. It has a good yield with small, long oval shaped tubers. Carminelle has medium early maturity and medium dormancy. It Varietieshas low sensitivity to internal bruising. CatalogueA look at latest potato varieties available for Canadian potato growers for the 2024 growingHanse Seedsseason.BY: ASHLEY ROBINSON Baby LouBaby Lou is a maincrop variety suitable for long term storage. Its a firm cooking smaller shaped potato with yellow skin and yellow flesh. Baby Lou produces a very high number of tubers and is tasty, eye-catching and extremely even in size. It shows good resistances to potato virus Y, bruising, growing cracks, common scab, Rhizoctonia and internal rust spot.BelmondaBelmonda is a high yielding, main crop variety with excellent storability. It has attractive round oval tubers with a very uniform grading, shallow eyes, yellow skin and flesh. Belmonda has excellent tolerance against bruising, Rhizoctonia, blackleg, early blight, Phytophthora, internal rust spot and potato virus Y. When grown under dry conditions Belmonda shows tremendous promise specifically with reducing incidence of second growth.14SPUDSMART.COMWinter 2024'