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The Birgit Red potato variety, registered in Canada and offered by Rockyview Elite Tuber, is recognized for its red-skinned appearance, with smooth, vibrant skin and consistent shape, making it appealing in fresh market applications.

Lady Rosetta (LR) is the potato variety with red skin, round, uniform tuber with relatively shallow for crisp quality production, either fresh or from storage. This variety is majorly used in the potato chips manufacturing around the world.

Kufri Lavkar is an early maturing variety (matures in 70 days in plateau and 100 days in the plains) with round white and light creamy firm flesh tubers.

Aromata is versatile, resistant to AM and wart disease, and does not germinate quickly in storage. The Aromata is, therefore, suitable for the international table market, the peeled market, and seed potato cultivation.

The Pirol potato is a medium-early variety developed by NORIKA in Germany and introduced around the year 2000. It is derived from the well-known AGRIA variety, inheriting many of its desirable traits. Pirol produces medium-sized, round-oval tubers with shallow eyes, uniform in size, and covered with smooth yellow skin.

Innovator is a medium-early Dutch potato variety bred from Shepody × RZ-84-2580. Tubers are large, long-oval with russet skin, shallow eyes, and pale yellow flesh. It has good yield, high dry matter, and excellent suitability for fries, baking, and fresh market use.

Lady Jane is a highly resistant to stress and easy to cultivate, making it an ideal choice for French fry producers. The special feature of Lady Jane is its high dry matter content and excellent color after cooking throughout the entire storage period.

The Chenoa potato variety from Rockyview Elite Tuber is a high-yield, disease-resistant seed potato ideal for Canadian climates.

The Norman (also known as Agria Norman) potato variety has smooth yellow to light brown skin and yellow flesh, with a round to oval shape. It’s versatile for cooking, suitable for boiling, mashing, and roasting due to its good texture and mild flavor.

Taurus is an early maincrop variety, suitable for crisping. In trials it demonstrated resistance to PCN Ro1, skin spot, black dot, dry rot (F. coeruleum), silver scurf and powdery scab.

Gala has bright yellow skin and medium yellow flesh. It also has a very long period of rest and it is commonly grown for fresh market.

Vermont is a very early-maturing starch potato variety developed in the Netherlands for high early starch yields and efficient processing. It produces large, round, light yellow tubers with firm texture and a starch content of about 20%. The variety shows rapid emergence, early tuber formation, and strong foliage cover, making it ideal for early harvesting.

Markies is a chipping and crisping variety with a yellow skin and light yellow flesh colour. Tubers are big, oval long with shallow eyes, of uniform size, and deliver high yields. With a floury cooking texture and excellent dry matter content, Markies fries well and is known to absorb less oil when fried for either chips or crisps.

The Eldena potato variety is a medium-early processing type specifically bred for the production of flakes and granules. While details about its origin and release are not widely available, Eldena is recognized for its high yields and stable processing qualities under both fresh market and storage conditions.

The Montis potato variety offered by Rocky View Elite Tuber is another notable seed potato known for its excellent qualities. This variety typically features a smooth skin and white flesh, making it versatile for various culinary applications.

Hermes is the potato variety with yellow skin, oval, low tuber number and high dormancy. It has high dry matter and good fry colour. It is also suitable for crisp quality production, either fresh or from storage.

The AC Vigor potato variety, offered by Rockyview Elite Tuber is known for its adaptability and strong yield. Developed in Canada, AC Vigor is valued for its resilience and disease resistance, making it a popular choice among Canadian growers.

Agria is a variety suitable for fresh table consumption, french fries/chips and it also crisps well. The cooking type is floury, with excellent fry qualities. Agria has big, oval long tubers, yellow skin, and deep yellow flesh colour.