Agronomics of New Red-Skinned Potato Cultivars (1998) - 3 pages
Cultivars tested;
Norland - is the standard red-skinned variety for the Canadian Prairies. It is early maturing with
excellent yields of fairly uniform tubers, but its skin tends to fade during storage.
NorDonna - is a newly released (North Dakota Program) very dark red-skinned variety. NorDonna may be slow maturing and lack the yield potential of Norland.
Cherry Red - this Colorado variety is exceptionally red and holds its color well. Again, this variety may be too slow-maturing for local growing conditions.
This trial evaluated the impact of seed piece spacing on the yields and tuber size distribution of
Norland, NorDonna and Cherry Red under irrigated and dryland conditions. The spacings tested were 15, 25 and 35 cm (6, 10 and 14"). The 25 cm spacing would represent the norm for Norland under irrigation while a wider spacing would be more typical in dryland production.
