Production Characteristics
- Maturity: Late season
- Yield: Heavy. Total yield 406 cwt/a; marketable yield 354 cwt/a.; 105% Atlantic; 118% Chieftain over 11 years of field trials
- Tuber set: Heavy. It sets high in the hill, requiring additional hilling
- Nitrogen: TBD
- Specific gravity: Avg. 1.070 in NE states; much lower in southern states
- Diseases: Very susceptible to late blight. Resistant to common scab, Golden nematode Ro1, hollow heart, internal heat necrosis. Moderately resistant to blackspot bruise
- Storage: Excellent; dormancy is three weeks longer than Chieftain
- Market: Fresh market, round red tablestock
- Advantages: A round red with uniform tuber size and higher productivity than Chieftain and Norland Dark Red. Few internal defects and pick-outs. Earlier skin set than most red-skinned varieties. A replacement for Norland Dark Red
- Other: Strong skin set will typically take a full three weeks after vine kill
Physical Characteristic
- Plant
- Growth habit/canopy: Semi-upright to spreading; intermediate type foliage structure
- Inflorescences: Red violet corolla, prominent star, yellow-orange anthers
- Stems: Medium to thick with weak to medium anthocyanin coloration
- Leaves: Medium to dark green, intermediate silhouette, very weak to weak anthocyanin coloration
- Tubers
- Skin color and texture: Bright deep red, light net to netted skin
- Flesh color: White to off-white with no secondary color
- Shape: Large, round uniform tubers
- Eye depth/distribution: Shallow eyes, primarily on apical half. Eyebrows are medium
- Overall appearance: Good, attractive tubers
- Taste/flavor: Good boiling and cooking scores
- Texture after cooking: Does not slough; remains firm and does not darken after boiling
- Preferred uses: An all-purpose potato, good for boiling, mashing, roasting, salads. Baked, it will be moist
- Presentation: Same as any red-skinned potato
