ENVOL

Envol
Variety Name: EnvolRights Holder | Breeder: LES BUISSONS RESEARCH CENTERCountry of Origin: Canada CanadaYear of of introduction: 1999
Envol Potatoes are oval, with smooth, light buff skin, and white flesh. These are waxy potatoes, that hold their shape very well during cooking. They are aimed at the direct to consumer table market. Early harvest.

Botanical Features
 
  • Plants: medium height, semi erect; stems slightly pigmented; wings medium; nodes moderately swollen.
  • Leaves: medium green, half close, slightly pubescent on lower surface, no pigmentation on mid-rib and petiole.
  • Terminal leaflets: medium ovate, acuminate tip, asymmetrical and acute base; faintly wavy margins.
  • Primary leaflets: four pairs, elliptical, acuminate tip, truncate and asymmetrical base.
  • Flowers: low to medium profusion; buds strongly pigmented; medium size white corolla, green yellow anthers; peduncule very slightly pigmented.
  • Tubers: round to oval; white smooth skin; medium deep to shallow eyes; slightly prominent eyebrows; white flesh.
  • Sprouts: spherical; sprout base has weak pubescence and a strong red-violet pigmentation; sprout tip is half-open with medium blue-violet pigmentation and strong pubescence.