Blog, potato (Solanum tuberosum)
Potatoes: New varieties coming up
As I have written previously, I have expanded my interest in potato breeding significantly over the past couple of years. This year, I had the opportunity to buy a number of uncommon varieties, many of which originated in Tom Wagner‘s breeding program, or as seed bank accessions.
These were planted more than a month after our traditional potato varieties, as I took the time to culture them all in my little lab so that I can multiply the varieties that I like over the winter.
No tubers yet; consider this a preview. There are many different leaf types and growth habits among these varieties. Some varieties will make good tubers for eating, while others will have more value as breeding partners.
These tubers were supplied by Doug at Windmill Hill Farms.
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| Skagit Series #1 (Tom Wagner) No details |
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| Skagit Plenty (Tom Wagner) Should be yellow skin / yellow flesh; 2n=4x |
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| Aggie Gold No details |
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| DG-D8 330 “Polish late blight breeding stock” according to GRIN |
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| Kern Brot (Tom Wagner) Should be red skin, yellow flesh; 2n=4x |
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| Pink Fir Apple Pink skin, white flesh fingerling; 2n=4x |
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| Thunderation (Tom Wagner) Should be round, yellow flesh; 2n=4x |
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| Guincho Negra Should be blue skin, blue flesh; 2n=4x |
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| PI 320371 2n=2x http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1238201 |
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| Sarpo Auxona Should be pink skin, white flesh, blight resistant |
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| Negima (Tom Wagner) Should be blue skin, blue flesh; 2n=4x |
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| PI 320370 2n=2x http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1238200 |
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| Skagit Valley Gold (Tom Wagner) Should be yellow skin, yellow flesh; 2n=2x |
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| Azul Toro (Tom Wagner) Should be blue skin, blue flesh; 2n=4x |
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| Azule Rose (Tom Wagner) Should be blue skin, blue flesh; 2n=4x |
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| Golden Grenade No details |
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| Thundercloud (Tom Wagner) No details |
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| PI 225703 2n=2x http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1181428 |
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| Skagit Series #3 (Tom Wagner) No details |
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| Skagit Series #2 (Tom Wagner) No details |
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| PI 473271 2n=4x http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1368207 |
True potato seeds and seed-grown tubers are sometimes available in our seed shop.