Russet Burbank

Parentage: Seedling of Early Rose

Characteristics

  • Parentage: Seedling of Early Rose

  • Maturity: Maincrop

  • Flowers: White

  • Tuber Shape: Long

  • Tuber Skin: Cream

  • Tuber Flesh: White

Russet Burbank

Resistances

Splitting
Bruising
Silver Scurf
Dry Rot (F. sulphureum)
Dry Rot (F. coeruleum)
Skin Spot
Potato Virus Y
Potato Leafroll Virus
PCN (G. Rostoch Ro1)
PCN (G. Pallida Pa 2/3, 1)
Powdery Scab
Common Scab
Blackleg
Tuber Blight
Foliage Blight

Consumer Quality

Maincrop maturity with moderate yields. Medium to high dry matter with good fry colour. Predominantly grown in Europe as a processing variety, also used for the fresh market in North America.

Agronomic Features

High resistance to Common scab.

Sucrose %Glucose %Dry MatterMarketable %
Lionheart0.0190.00920.990.2
Markies0.0860.00919.883.5
Pentland Dell0.0960.01221.384.7
Maris Piper0.1050.02622.093.7