Potato Varieties: A Comprehensive List
A9305-10 - "This russet selection has shown tremendous potential for long term storage, comparable to Russet Burbank, and it has resistance to scab and moderate resistance to dry rot. It has a high early yield with large percentage of US No.1 tubers. It is both good as an early processing variety and good for early fresh pack.
Its weaknesses include a light russet skin and susceptibility to PVY." See also: PVMI's informational PDF.
A95109-1 - "an early-maturing, russeted clone that produces a high percentage of U.S. No. 1 tubers. Its attractive tubers make it very suitable for use by the fresh-pack industry and could also be used as an early processor [...] resistant to external and internal tuber defects and is resistant to common scab. A95109-1 also has moderate resistance to Verticillium wilt and dry rot. Weakness include lower specific gravity and some shatter bruise was noted." See also: WA Columbia Basin Cultural Management Recommendations for A95109-1 (PDF)
AO93487-2R - "has a round bright red skin, mid-early maturity for the fresh market. High US.No.1 yields, bright red skin color that does not fade in storage, shallow eye depth, few internal & external defects with high fresh market merits [...] weakness include moderate skinning during harvest." See also: PVMI's informational PDF.
AO96160-3 - "a medium to late maturing selection from Oregon with medium yields and long, medium heavily russetted tubers. It has good specific gravity, excellent fry color from storage and an attractive tuber with high counts of US No.1. It is resistant to common scab and has moderate resistant to Verticillium wilt. This clone’s main weaknesses are a medium overall yield and susceptibility to net necrosis and vascular discoloration." See also: PVMI's informational PDF.
AOA95155-7 - A "late maturing oblong light russet that produces a high percentage of U.S. No. 1 tubers. Its attractive tubers make it suitable for use by the fresh-pack industry and processing market [...] resistant to blackspot bruise, dry rot and common scab. AOA95155-7 also has moderate resistance to Verticillium wilt. Weakness include lower specific gravity and lower yields." See also: PVMI's informational PDF.
Abeille - Tubers are "round; flaky yellow skin; moderately numerous shallow eyes, evenly distributed; eyebrows slightly prominent; yellow flesh.... High yielding variety; moderately resistant to hollow heart, brown heart, vascular net necrosis; high dry matter content; long dormancy period (9 months)." Primary use: Fresh market.
Abnaki - Tubers are "roundish, flattened at the stem-end; smooth light creamy buff skin, sometimes slightly netted; shallow eyes, same color as the skin; white flesh.... High yielding of attractive appearance; widely adapted; hollow heart can develop especially in oversized tubers if the variety is subjected to wide growth-rate fluctuations; stores well. High total solids." Released in 1970 by USDA, New York and Maine. Primary use: Fresh market, boiling, baking; also suitable for chipping and French frying. See also: Akeley et alia, Am. Potato J. 47:229 (1970).
AC Belmont - "round to oval [tubers]; smooth white to very light buff skin; shallow to medium deep eyes; white flesh." Released in 1995 by Ag Canada NB. See also: Tarn et alia, Am. Potato J. 72:409-416 (1995).
AC Blue Pride - Tubers are "oval to long; smooth blue purple skin; shallow eyes; white flesh, occasional coloration in vascular ring." "Medium high yielding variety; excellent storability, long dormancy period; medium specific gravity."
AC Brador - Tubers are "oblong; smooth yellow skin; shallow eyes; light yellow flesh.... High yielding variety; early tuber set; extremely high resistance to late blight; susceptible to hollow heart. Good storability; very long dormancy period; medium-high specific gravity." Released in 1991 by Ag Canada NB. See also: Tarn et alia, Am. Potato J. 72:401-408 (1995).
AC Chaleur - Tubers are "round to oval, slightly blocky; smooth buff coloured skin; moderately shallow eyes; white flesh.... Medium to high yielding variety; not susceptible to hollow hart. Medium specific gravity. Medium dormancy." Released in 1993 by Ag Canada NB. See also: DeJong et alia, Am. Potato J. 72:393-400 (1995).
AC Domino - Tubers are "round; smooth blue purple skin; medium-deep eyes; white flesh, blue coloration may occur in vascular ring.... High yielding variety; tubers set early; high number of tubers per plant; well adapted to Newfoundland growing conditions; good storability, medium dormancy period; high specific gravity."
AC Dubuc - Tubers are "long, sometimes slightly curved; smooth buff skin; few shallow eyes, predominantly apical; non prominent eyebrows; white flesh.... High yielding variety; well adapted to Québec climatic conditions; good storability; medium long dormancy period; high specific gravity."
AC Glacier Chip (WIS75-30) - Tubers are "oval, uniform; smooth white skin; medium deep eyes, evenly distributed; eyebrows not prominent; white flesh.... High yielding variety with high number of tubers per plant and very low tuber deformities. This variety should be grown with an in-row spacing of 30 cm. Tubers are concentrated in the hill, which facilitates harvest. High specific gravity. Medium dormancy period. Good storability; maintains excellent chip quality in long-term storage." Released in 2000 by Ag Canada. See also: Lynch, et alia, Am. J. Potato Res. 78:327-332 (2001).
AC Maple Gold (WIS75-30) - Tubers are "oval, uniform; smooth light yellow skin; shallow eyes, evenly distributed; eyebrows not prominent; medium yellow flesh.... High yielding variety with medium number of tubers per plant. This variety should be grown with an in-row spacing of 30 cm. High specific gravity. Medium dormancy period. Good storability." See also: Lynch, et alia, Am. J. Potato Res. 78:339-343 (2001).
AC Novachip - Tubers are "oval to oblong, slightly flattened (small tubers are round); smooth buff coloured skin; shallow eyes, except medium deep at the bud end; white flesh.... Medium high yielding variety; medium dormancy period; medium specific gravity. Tubers tend to be large; in row spacing should be 20 cm to avoid oversized tubers." Released in 1991 by Ag Canada NB. See also: DeJong et alia, Am. Potato J. 72:417-426 (1995).
AC Peregrine Red (ND2937-3) - Tubers are "oval; smooth red skin; shallow eyes, evenly distributed; eyebrows not prominent; cream coloured flesh.... High yielding variety with medium number of tubers per plant. Medium specific gravity. Medium dormancy period. Good storability." See also: CFIA; Lynch, et alia, Am. J. Potato Res. 78:333-337 (2001).
AC Ptarmigan (F76080) - Tubers are "oval; smooth buff skin; shallow eyes, eyebrows not prominent; cream coloured flesh.... High yielding variety of attractive appearance; very uniform tuber size and shape; early tuber set; medium number of tubers per plant; medium specific gravity." Released in 1992 by Ag Canada Lethbridge. See also: Lynch et alia, Am. Potato J. 71:387-394 (1994).
AC Red Island - Tubers are "round to oval; bright red skin; shallow eyes, predominantly apical; creamy white flesh.... High yielding variety of medium size tubers. Tubers have very good red colour which is retained during storage. High specific gravity."
AC Saguenor - Tubers are "oval to oblong; smooth white skin; shallow eyes, few to intermediate in number, uniformly distributed; slightly prominent eyebrows; light yellow flesh.... This variety gives very good yields early in the season and excellent mid-season yields; well adapted to Quebec climatic conditions; good storability; medium dormancy period; medium specific gravity."
AC Stampede Russet (TAXV675-27) - Tubers are "oblong; russetted brown skin; shallow eyes, intermediate in number, evenly distributed; not prominent eyebrows; white flesh.... High yielding variety of attractive appearance; medium number of tubers per plant, very uniform in size; low level of internal and external defects; good storability; medium dormancy period; high specific gravity." Released in 1998 by Ag Canada and Texas A&M. See also: Lynch et alia, Am. J. Potato Res. 77:241-244 (2000).
AC Sunbury (F80054) - Tubers are "oval; smooth light yellow skin; shallow eyes, intermediate in number, predominantly apical; non prominent eyebrows; light yellow flesh.... High yielding variety; medium number of tubers per plant; short dormancy period; high dry matter content." See also: Murphy et alia: "AC Sunbury: A new light yellow-fleshed medium early table potato cultivar with resistance to golden cyst nematode" (Am. J. Potato Res. 79:397-402 [2002]).
Acadia Russet - Tubers are "oblong, slightly flattened lengthwise; lightly netted creamy buff skin; few, very shallow eyes; creamy white flesh.... High yielding, attractive appearance, skin sets after topkilling, susceptible to skinning at harvest, very short dormancy period, grades well with few culls, suitable for the count-box trade. High total solids." Released in by Ag Canada NB. See also: Tarn and Young, Am. Potato J. 60:925-931 (1983).
Accent - Tubers are "round to oval, yellow, medium rough to rough skin; pale yellow flesh; rather shallow eyes." See also: Potatoes Netherlands.
Accord - Tubers are "round to oval, pale yellow, smooth skin; yellowish-white flesh to white flesh; shallow eyes to rather shallow eyes." Primary use: Fresh market.
Adirondack Blue - "Early- to main-season variety good for Baking, boiling, steaming, mashing, brightly colored salads. Spreading plants yield large, round to oblong, slightly flattened, purple-fleshed tubers with purple skin." See also: Tucker Farms.
Adirondack Red - "oblong to long, slightly flattened, purplish-red-skinned tubers with shallow eyes and pink to red flesh. Excellent flavor. Good for boiling, mashing, pan frying, salads and microwaving. Color may leach out during boiling but not with other cooking methods." See also: Tucker Farms.
Adora - Tubers are "oblong; light yellow, rather smooth skin; medium shallow eyes, evenly distributed; pale yellow flesh.... High yielding variety with good tuber uniformity; few tubers per plant. Rather good resistance to internal bruising. Low dry matter content. Long dormancy." Low-carb variety developed in the Netherlands. See also: HZPC; Potatoes Netherlands.
Adriana - Tubers are "Elongated oblong, shallow eyes, yellow smooth to medium skin, pale yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Agassiz - "Characteristics: not in production; medium yield of oblong, russet tubers; late maturity, good for tablestock, chips, medium tuber solids, medium dormancy. Resistance: common scab, hollow heart." Potato Varieties in Canada, 1991. New Brunswick Department of Agric. 1983. Released by the University of Minnesota in 1983. See also: Dave's Garden.
Agata - Tubers are "oval to oblong; light yellow smooth skin; shallow eyes, intermediate in number, evenly distributed; slightly prominent eyebrows; yellow flesh.... High yielding variety. Tubers are very uniform in shape and present good resistance to internal bruising. Low dry matter content. Medium storage abibility." See also: Potatoes Netherlands; Pomme de Terre.
Agria - "Oval, regular, very shallow eyes, yellow skin, yellow flesh." "Very high yield variety. Large to very large tubers, attractive appearance, only slightly susceptible to internal bruising. Fairly high dry matter content. Long dormancy." Primary use: "relatively firm to floury flesh; free from discolouration after cooking; excellent for baking, good for boiling and frying." See also: CFIA; Potatoes Netherlands.
Aida - Tubers are "Long oval, shallow eyes, yellow skin, pale yellow flesh."
Ajiba - Tubers are "round to oval, yellow, medium rough skin; yellowish-white flesh; rather shallow eyes." Primary use: Fresh market.
Alamo (B5066-3) - "medium-high yield of oblong, white tubers; medium-early maturity, good for tablestock, low tuber solids." Am. Potato J. 45:139-141 (1968).
Alasclear (AK14-70-1-72) - "high yield of oblong, white tubers; late maturity, good for tablestock, high tuber solids, medium dormancy." See also: Dearborn, Am. Potato J. 60:189-192 (1983).
Alaska - Tubers are "long oval, not very deep eyes, yellow skin, yellowish-white flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Alaska 114 - Adapted to grow in Alaska; "medium vine type, tough white skin, stores well, good culinary characters." See also: Am. Potato J. 37:108-110 (1960); Dearborn: Alaska Experiment Station Circular, Jan. 1959.
Alaska Frostless - "tops withstanding frosting to 28 °F; tubers thin oval with faint purple blush on exposure to several days of light." Released in 1968. See also: Am. Potato J. 46:1-4 (1969).
Alaska Red - "medium yield of oval, red tubers; medium maturity, good for tablestock, low tuber solids." Tubers have red skin and white flesh. See also: Dearborn: Am. Potato J. 54:365-369 (1977).
Alaska Red-eye - "Yellow skin with distinct red around the eyes, cream-colored flesh, very good looking."
Alaska Russet - "low yield of long, russet tubers; late maturity, good for tablestock, medium solids. Resistance: common scab, susceptible to shatter cracking." Released in 1964. Am. Potato J. 41:137-139 (1964).
Albas - Yellow-skinned, oval tubers with white flesh. Primary use: Starch production.
Albatros - Medium large to large, oval, yellow skin, shallow to medium eyes, light yellow flesh. Multipurpose variety with good drought tolerance. See also: European Cultivated Potato Database.
Aldo - White-skinned, cream-fleshed, round-oval tubers; early maincrop, general-purpose potato.
All Blue - "Smooth, oblong, medium-size, deep-blue to almost purple skin and brilliant purple, moist, firm flesh with slightly grainy texture." Washington State University [see the report from Benton County Extension] reports that All Blue is also listed as Black Russian, Davis Purple, Eureka Purple, Fenton Blue, Purple Mountain, Russian Blue and Shaw #7." See also: Tucker Farms; Wood Prairie Farm.
All Red (Cranberry Red) - "Large, round tubers with smooth cranberry-red skin and light-rose flesh even when cooked boiled or roasted."
Allegany - "Allegany was released by the New York State Experiment Station in 1990.... Tubers are round in overall shape and in cross section with shallow lateral eyes and deep apical eyes. Skin color is buff and skin texture ranges from smooth to slightly netted depending on soils and environment.... The high yielding ability in fall production areas is this variety's primary advantage. Allegany is not adapted to summer and winter production regions due to its late maturity. The variety has resistance to golden nematode, early blight, and Verticillium wilt and is moderately resistant to pitted scab and has some general resistance to late blight. Tubers can be marketed as tablestock and chip stock. The long dormancy of tubers is an advantage in storage. Tubers tend to be susceptible to bruising when grown at high nitrogen levels and/or when harvested in cold conditions." See also: Plaisted et alia, Am. Potato J. 67:227-231 (1990).
Allians - Tubers are "Elongated oblong, shallow eyes, smooth yellow skin, dark yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Allure - Yellow-skinned, round tuber with white flesh. Primary use: Boiling, French frying.
Almera - Long-oval, yellow-skinned tubers with white flesh. Primary use: Fresh market.
Alowa - Tubers are "Long oval, not very deep eyes, yellow skin, pale yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Alpha - Tubers are "round to oval, large, uniform; fairly rough yellow skin; moderately shallow eyes; pale yellow flesh.... High yielding variety; tubers are usually quite uniform and have good resistance to internal bruising. Very late variety, seed should be prepared to advance maturity in Eastern Canada. Medium specific gravity." Most widely grown variety in Mexico. See also: Potatoes Netherlands; Spudseed; Colorado Potato; San Luis Hills Farm.
Alta Russet - "an early-maturing cultivar, with high yield and excellent processing quality (fry color and dry matter) coupled with a tuber size and shape profile ideal for the manufacture of wedge-cut french fries." See also: "Alta Russet: An Early-Maturing, High-Quality Russet Cultivar for Wedge-Cut French Fry Production" (Am J Potato Res 81:195-202 [2004].
Altesse - Tubers are "Long, not very deep eyes, yellow skin, yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Alturas - "A late-maturing, very high yielding selection with oblong, lightly russetted tubers. It was selected for dehydration purposes but should also be useful for french fry processing and possibly fresh market" (spudseed.com). Released in the Pacific Northwest in 2002. See also: "Alturas: A multi-purpose, russet potato cultivar with high yield and tuber specific gravity" (Am J Potato Res 80:295-302 [2003]); Spud Man Magazine; Agricultural Research; CFIA.
Amandine - Tubers are "Long oval, regular, eyes shallow to very shallow, yellow skin, pale yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Amey (B-9922-11) - "Amey is a late-maturing, russet-skinned, white-fleshed potato cultivar that yields more than Russet Burbank in most eastern United States potato production areas." See also: Am J Potato Res 78:175-181 (2001).
Aminca - Tubers are "Oval, regular, shallow eyes, yellow skin, yellow flesh.... Early to very early variety, productive, with a dry matter content fairly satisfactory for a variety of this early maturity." Primary use: Fresh market. See also: European Cultivated Potato Database .
Amisk Ranger - A clonal variant of Ranger Russet grown on Canadian central plains; more resistant to verticillium and fusarium and slightly higher yeilds than Ranger Russet. See also: Am. Potato J. 72:185-189, "Amisk: A Clonal Variant of Ranger Russet" by Lynch et alia. Also known as Ranger Amisk.
Amorosa - Large, red-skinned, long-oval tubers with pale yellow flesh.
Amyla - Tubers are "Short oval, medium to deep eyes, yellow skin, yellow flesh." Primary use: Starch production.
Anais - Tubers are "Oval, eyes surface, moderately sunken, yellow skin, yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Andes Gold – "Cream colored skin and pale yellow flesh; this potato has a very creamy texture. Outstanding as a baked potato." Listed as an Heirloom variety in the 2008 Oregon Potato Seed Cerification Standards (pdf).
Andes Sun –"With its pink blush skin and shallow eyes, this potato could pass for a rose colored plum. Creamy texture and moderately sweet taste, this potato is excellent steamed and roasted." Listed as an Heirloom variety in the 2008 Oregon Potato Seed Cerification Standards (pdf).
Andover - Tubers are "round; rough, buff colored skin; few shallow eyes, predominantly apical; medium prominent eyebrows; white flesh.... High yielding variety; susceptible to drought, heat stress and air pollution. Medium dry matter content. Good storability quality; medium dormancy period (6 months). Very rapid emergence and early set. Exceptionally rapid early growth." See also: Am J Potato Res 75:113-116 (1998).
Annabelle - Tubers are "Elongated, shallow eyes, yellow smooth to medium skin, dark yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market. See also: Potatoes Netherlands.
Anoe - Tubers are "Elongated oblong, shallow eyes, smooth yellow skin, pale yellow flesh."
Anosta - Round to oval, yellow-skinned tubers with pale yellow flesh. Primary use: Chipping.
Anson - Tubers are "round to oval with slightly depressed heel; smooth white skin, slight purple colouration may develop, especially around the eyes, on exposure to light; medium-deep eyes; creamy white flesh.... High yielding variety; good storability, medium dormancy period; high specific gravity."
Apolline - Tubers are "Elongated oblong, shallow eyes, smooth yellow skin, pale yellow flesh."
Apollo - Tubers are "Oval, regular, very shallow eyes, yellow skin, yellow flesh.... Early variety with early tuber crop maturity and regular shaped tubers, with good appearance, and well suited for the production of earlies." Primary use: Fresh market.
Aquilon - Tubers are "oval; white smooth skin; eyes are medium shallow and predominantly apical; slightly prominent eyebrows; white flesh.... High yielding variety; high tuber set. Very resistant to drought. Washes excellently; tendency to crakc if harvested before maturity. Medium dormancy period. Very high specific gravity."
Arcade - Long-oval, yellow-skinned tubers with yellow flesh. Primary use: Chipping.
Arielle - Oval, yellow-skinned tubers with pale yellow flesh. Primary use: Fresh market.
Arinda - Long-oval, yellow-skinned tubers with pale yellow flesh. Primary use: Fresh market.
Armada - Large, oval, yellow-skinned tubers with pale yellow flesh. Primary use: Fresh market.
Arnova - Large, long-oval, yellow-skinned tubers with pale yellow flesh. Primary use: Fresh market.
Arran Consul - Tubers are "oval, blunt, indented at the stem end; pale yellow skin; medium-deep to deep eyes; creamy white flesh.... Medium to high yielding, long dormancy period, stores very well." Primary use: Fresh market.
Asterix - Tubers are "oblong; flaky red skin; shallow eyes, predominantly apical, slightly prominent eyebrows; light yellow flesh.... High to very high yielding variety. Tubers are uniform in shape and have a rather good resistance to internal bruising and hollow heart. Good storability. High to very high dry matter content." See also: Potatoes Netherlands; Bruwier; Pomme de Terre.
Atlantic - "Atlantic is a medium- to late-maturing potato released in 1976 by Webb et al. USDA - Beltsville, Maryland. It is primarily a chipping potato noted for its light chip color. It also is considered a good baker; has wide adaptability to a diverse range of irrigated growing conditions." Tubers are "round, fairly deep eyes, yellow skin, white flesh." In Canada considered a white-skinned variety: Tubers are "oval to round, smooth; lightly netted to heavily scaled white skin; shallow white eyes; white flesh." PAA considers this a russet variety: "Tubers are oval to round with light to-heavy scaly netted skin, moderately shallow eyes, and white flesh." Primary use: Fresh market, chipping. See also: CFIA; Nebraska; PAA; Spudseed.
Atlas - Tubers are "Oval, fairly regular, not very deep to medium eyes, yellow skin, pale yellow flesh.... Relatively late variety, productive, but which appears susceptible to the leaf roll virus, with very large tubers, very few in number and rather slightly susceptible to desprouting." Primary use: Fresh market.
Augsburg Gold - "tasty skin, attractive, mealy yellow flesh." Waxy potatoes, good for steaming or frying. See also: European Cultivated Potato Database.
Aurora - Tubers are "round, yellow, rough skin; white flesh; rather deep eyes." Primary use: Starch production.
Austrian Crescent - "10-inch, fingerling tubers weighing up to 18 ounces with tan skin and deep, waxy, yellow flesh."
Avalanche - Skin is "smooth, very bright white even after storage and shipping" and tubers are "oval to long, some more rounded than White Rose."
Avon - a white-skinned, white-flesh descendent of Irish Cobbler and Katahdin released in the early 1960s by New Brunswick. See also: Am Potato J 39:363-367.
Axelle - Tubers are "Elongated oblong, shallow eyes, yellow smooth to medium skin, yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Axona - Red-skinned, cream-fleshed, oval tubers; moderately high specific gravity.
Bailla - Tubers are "Long, not very deep eyes, yellow skin, yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Bake-King - "R. Plaisted and Peterson release the Bake-King variety, a cross of Merrimack and Green Mountain" (Tucker's Chronology). Bake-King is a parent of Shepody.
Baltica - "Baltica is an medium early, very high yielding fresh market potato variety with high numbers of short oval tubers per plant. The tubers have a smooth yellow skin and yellow flesh color. Baltica has long storage capabilities and when cooked or peeled has a high resistance to discoloration. Baltica is a German variety developed and owned by Solana."
Banana - "Late season. Small, fingerling tubers with buff-yellow skin and light-yellow, waxy-textured flesh. Stores well. Resistant to scab and somewhat resistant to late bright." Primary use: Fresh market specialty potato; boiling, baking, salads, roasting. See also: CFIA; Idaho Potato Commission; SpudSeed; Coffin et alia, Am. Potato J. 70:1-6 (1993). Also known as Banana Fingerling and Russian Banana.
Bannock Russet - Developed for growers in the Pacific Northwest, released in 1999; all-purpose russet with good processing qualities. See also: Colorado Potato; Am J Potato Res 79:147-153 (2002); "Cultural Management of Bannock Russet Potatoes."
Baraka - Very large, yellow-skinned tubers with pale yellow flesh. Primary use: French frying and chipping.
Bartina - Large red-skinned tubers with yellow flesh.
Batoche - Tubers are "round-oblong, moderately large, uniform; smooth bright red skin; medium-deep eyes darker red than the skin; creamy white flesh.... High yielding; attractive appearance. Tuber size varies with moisture availability. Spacing plants 24 cm apart will help prevent oversizing when tubers are grown under irrigation. High total solids."
Bea - Tubers are "Long oval, very regular, very shallow eyes, clear yellow skin, pale yellow flesh.... Variety giving tubers with excellent presentation, due to their shape, regularity and eyes. It requires great care to be taken in the storing and pregermination of the seed potatoes." Primary use: Fresh market.
Beacon Chipper - a high-yielding, round white potato for the chip-processing market. This variety has an attractive round appearance with shallow eyes and high percentage of oversize tubers. "Traits: Chip quality with storage potential, yield, moderate common scab resistance." Primary use: chip processing. See also: "Beacon Chipper: A round white chip-processing potato variety", Am. J of Potato Res 83:241-247.
Belana - Early yellow variety, with smooth skin and a dark yellow flesh. HIgh yield of large oval tubers. Primary use: fresh market. See also: article on reaction to Belana's replacing of variety 'Linda' in Germany in 2004. Grown in the Colorado Potato Certification Service's 2007 crop test (pdf).
Belle de Fontenay - Tubers are "Claviform, very regular, very shallow eyes, yellow skin, dark yellow flesh.... Variety whose low productivity and susceptibility to certain diseases are largely compensated by an extreme earliness and a very good culinary quality." Primary use: Fresh market. See also: Cornell.
Belleisle - Tubers are "oblong to ovoid; medium size; slightly netted buff skin; shallow light buff eyes; white flesh.... High yielding variety of attractive appearance; performs well under organic production practices; highly resistant to bruising and skinning; good storability; high specific gravity."
BelRus - "Tubers are long and slightly flattened, with shallow, well-distributed eyes. Skin is heavily russeted except immediately adjacent to the eyes which may not be russeted. Tuber flesh is cream in color." Adapted to growing conditions of Northeast U.S. and northern Florida.
Beltsville - Released as Castile in 1991 (see Am. Potato J. 68:453-459). "Large [white-skinned] tubers with pure-white flesh."
Benno Vrizo - Large, yellow-skinned, long to oval tubers with yellow flesh.
Berber - Large, yellow-skinned, oval tubers with yellow flesh.
Bernadette - Tubers are "Oblong, eyes on surface, yellow skin, pale yellow flesh." See also: Scottish Agricultural Science Agency, which considers this a white-skinned cultivar.
Bildstar - "round, red, smooth to medium smooth skin; yellow flesh; shallow eyes to rather shallow eyes." See also: HZPC.
Bintje - "large, regular, long, oval, thick; smooth pale yellow skin; shallow eyes; light yellow flesh; on exposure to light, tubers become green with dark purple at the eyes." Primary use: Fresh market, boiling, baking, French frying. See also: Bruwier; Cornell; McDonald (NZ; bottom of page); Pomme de Terre; Potatoes Netherlands; DPIWE (Tasmania).
Bismark - Also known as Bismarck, Silver Bismarck. "Its country of origin is thought to be Germany. Bismark is an early maturing cultivar with long, oval creamy white tubers and flesh with purple eyes."
Blazer Russet (A8893-1) - "Oblong russet, mid-early maturity, dual purpose." A USDA-ARS article says, "Versatile and delicious, Blazer Russet potato is one of the newest graduates of the potato-breeding program of university and Agricultural Research Service scientists in the Pacific and Intermountain West. This potato is well-suited for fresh-market sale or for potato processors to make into frozen potato products."
Bleue d'Auvergne - Tubers are "Rounded, half-sunken eyes, pale purple skin, smooth, white flesh."
Blondy - Tubers are "Oval, regular, shallow eyes, yellow skin, yellow flesh."
Blossom - "Fingerling tubers with magenta-red skin and pink, smooth-textured, waxy flesh. Good storage. Medium resistance to scab, leaf hoppers and late blight."
Blue Mac - Tubers are "round, stem-end slightly flattened; blue purple skin; medium-deep eyes; white flesh.... High yielding variety; slight cracking may occur on tubers grown in dry soil; good storability, short dormancy period. High total solids."
Blue Tomcat – "The darkest of all the purple potatoes with a mealy, flavorful flesh." An entry in the Oregon Foundation Potato Seed Program's clone bank.
Bondeville - Tubers are "Oval, yellow skin, pale yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Bonnotte de Noirmoutier - Tubers are "Round, half-sunken eyes, yellow skin, smooth, dark yellow flesh."
Boulder - "Boulder is a round white selection with medium specific gravity that can be used in both the tablestock and chip-processing markets. The tubers will chip process out-of-the-field and from 10 C storage. The tubers of Boulder are large in size with a low incidence of internal defects." See also: Am J Potato Res 81:345-352 (2003).
Brigus - Tubers are "round to oval; smooth purple skin; shallow eyes; cream to very pale yellow flesh. High yielding variety; good storability, short dormancy period; medium specific gravity." Primary uses: boiling and French frying.
Brise du Nord - Tubers are "round to oval; smooth red skin; shallow to moderately shallow eyes, well distributed; eyebrows very slightly prominent; white flesh.... High yielding variety; large tubers of attractive appearance. Medium dry matter content. Medium dormancy period." Primary use: boiling.
British Columbia Blue - "This variety is part of a "constellation" of large blue-fleshed clones, all of which are very similar, but not apparently identical.... The related clones include Sharon's Blue, Nova Scotia Blue (below) and the widely offered All Blue (sometimes referred to as Canadian Purple). A related Swedish clone is Congo, similar but possessing by far the darkest purple or blue skin and flesh color" (Potato Gene Resources Newsletter, 2001).
Brora - "Very tall, semi erect, intense local colour on stems. Numerous, small, red violet flowers, oval tubers, smooth, red skin, cream flesh." Early maincrop variety for the crisping market.
Brownell - An Australian variety, "Brownell is a medium to late maturing cultivar with round, brownish-pink tubers, medium to deep eyes, and white flesh. The tubers are excellent for boiling, but baking quality is somewhat inferior."
Burgundy – "Knobby surface and a cream flesh with purple rings are the signature of this potato. Best baked or roasted."
Butte - Tubers are "long, ends rounded, smooth; tannish brown skin, medium light russet with fine pattern; shallow eyes, evenly distributed, becoming pink when exposed to light; white flesh.... High yielding variety; tubers detach easily from stolons; resistant to hollow heart; very resistant to injuries due to the herbicide metribuzin; fair storability, medium dormancy period; high specific gravity." Primary uses: Boiling, baking, French frying if fresh. See also: Cornell.
Cabaret - "Round-oval tubers, shallow-medium eyes, white skin, cream flesh." Early maincrop, general-purpose potato also intended for the French fry industry.
Caesar - Tubers are "Long oval, eyes very shallow to not very deep, yellow skin, pale yellow flesh.... Medium-maturity productive variety, giving tubers with fine presentation and rather rich in dry matter." Primary use: Fresh market. See also: CFIA; HZPC; Potatoes Netherlands.
Calgary - Tubers are "Rounded, deep eyes, yellow skin, yellow flesh." Primary use: Starch production.
CalRed - Tubers are "round; red skin; eyes are shallow and evenly distributed; eyebrows not prominent; cream colored flesh.... High yield of small tubers per plant. Medium dormancy period (6 month). Medium specific gravity." Primary use: boiling. See also: MV Produce; San Luis Hills Farms.
CalWhite - Tubers are "oblong; large; rough to netted buff skin; medium deep eyes, intermediate in number, evenly distributed; slightly prominent eyebrows; white flesh.... Very high yielding variety with few tubers per plant. Spacing between plants should be very close to avoid oversize tubers. Performs well in hot climates; may form heat sprouts under high soil temperatures. Good resistance to growth cracks, second growth, shatter bruises, hollow heart and heat necrosis; moderately resistant to blackspot bruises; susceptible to net necrosis caused by leafroll. Good storability; short dormancy period; medium high specific gravity." PAA says tubers have "smooth, white to buff colored skin that may take on a slight pink color when exposed to low intensity light." Primary uses: baking and French frying. See also: PAA; UC Davis.
Canela Russet (AC 92009-4RU) - "a medium maturing, oblong russet with the primary use being the fresh market." See also: the Maine Potato Lady.
Canelle - Tubers are "Elongated oblong, shallow eyes, yellow smooth to medium skin, pale yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Cantate - Tubers are "long-oval; yellow, smooth to medium smooth skin; fairly yellow flesh; very shallow eyes."
Caribe - Tubers are "oblong, thick, narrowing at the bud end; smooth red-purple skin or heavily stippled red-purple on a tan background; numerous medium-deep eyes the same colour as the skin or deep indigo; creamy white flesh. High yielding variety; attractive appearance; widely adapted; easily topkilled; grades well with few culls; stores well. High total solids." Primary uses: Fresh market, boiling, and chipping. See also: Cornell.
Carlingford - Tubers are "round to oval; smooth white skin; moderately shallow eyes; white flesh.... Moderately high yielding variety with a high number of uniform tubers per plant; medium-long dormancy period; low dry matter.Good storability." Good fresh market potato; primary uses are boiling and baking. See also: British Potato Variety Database .
Carlita - Tubers are "round to oval, yellow, medium rough to rough skin; pale yellow flesh; rather shallow eyes."
Carlton - Tubers are "oval; buff skin; shallow eyes; creamy white flesh.... Medium yielding variety; wide adaptability as first early tablestock. Tubers size early to very early across the Canadian Prairies; vines maturity is midseason to late; smooth conformation if harvested early but if left to plant maturity, tubers frequently become oversized and rough with growth cracks or hollow heart. Weak to medium storability; low to medium specific gravity." Primary uses: boiling.
Carola - "Oblong tubers with yellow skin and moist, firm, yellow flesh. Good storage. Highly resistant to scab but susceptible to fusarium seed-piece decay. Inconsistent yields depending on growing conditions. Medium-spreading plant." "Not many come close to the exquisite flavor and moist creamy texture of its yellow flesh. Both market farmers and home gardeners like the satiny gold skin and large tubers. Carola can be finicky with a susceptibility to fusarium seed-piece decay and inconsistent yields depending on growing conditions." See also: the Maine Potato Lady; Garden Harvest Supply.
Carrera - Tubers are "Oblong, shallow eyes, yellow smooth to medium skin, yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market. See also: Potatoes Netherlands.
Cascade - Tubers are "oval to oblong; buff colored flaky skin that shows occasionnal slight cracking; medium shallow eyes, evenly distributed; eyebrows non prominent; cream coloured flesh.... High yielding variety, tubers are relatively free of internal defects such as net necrosis. Initially released for early French fry processing directly out of the field. Medium specific gravity. Short dormancy." "Cascade was released by the USDA, Washington State University and the Washington State Potato Commission in 1969. It was the only selection of a cross between B3820-14 x PI214372. It was tested as No. 48-1.... Tubers are oblong with shallow eyes and bright white, smooth skin that shows occasional slight cracking.... early yields are higher than Kennebec and Russet Burbank and tuber specific gravity is greater than Kennebec but less than Russet Burbank.... Cascade was initially released for early French fry processing directly out of the field. Tubers are relatively free of internal defects, such as net necrosis and have ideal shape for French fries.... Although the initial intent for Cascade was the processing market, its attractive appearance and good internal qualities make it a good tablestock variety." Primary uses: boiling, baking, French frying. See also: PAA (considered a white-skinned variety by PAA).
Casteline - Tubers are "Long oval, rather shallow eyes, yellow skin, pale yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Castile - Tubers are "oblong, slightly flattened with shallow eyes. Skin is smooth and white. Tubers are suitable for tablestock, chip and French fry processing. Yield potential is good and specific gravity is considered in the medium range." See also: Cornell; Halseth et alia, Am. Potato J. 68:453-460 (1991). Also known as Beltsville and California Long White.
Cecile - Long oval fingerling shape with a smooth red skin and bright yellow flesh color. Shallow eyes. High number of tubers per plant. Uses: fresh market.
Celine - "Oval-long tubers, shallow eyes, skin red, light yellow flesh." General purpose, early harvest variety.
Centaure - Tubers are "Short oval to oval, yellow skin, yellow flesh." Primary use: Starch production.
Centennial Russet - Tubers are white fleshed, oblong to slightly flat with shallow eyes and a dark, heavy russeted skin; medium to high specific gravity. See also PAA; San Luis Hills Farm; Spudseed.
Century Russet - "Tubers are long and cylindrical to slightly flattened. Skin is lightly and uniformly russeted. Eyes medium-shallow with a distinct eyebrow, moderate in number and evenly distributed." Suitable for freshmarket. See also: CFIA; Colorado Potato; Spudseed; "Cultural Management of Century Russet Potatoes"; Am J Potato Res 77:161-166 (2000).
Ceres - Tubers are "Short oval, fairly inserted eyes, yellow skin, pale yellow flesh." Primary use: Starch production.
Charlotte - Tubers are "Long oval, very regular, shallow eyes, yellow skin, yellow flesh.... Variety with many tubers, medium sized, very regular long oval shape and good culinary quality." Primary use: Fresh market. See also: Garden Action (UK); Thompson & Morgan (UK).
Cherie - Tubers are "Long oval, shallow eyes, skin red, smooth, pale yellow flesh."
Cherokee - Tubers are "short-elliptical to round; slightly flaky ivory yellow skin; shallow eyes; white flesh. High yielding variety; widely adapted, particularly to mineral and muck soils; good resistance to skinning and bruising; good storability; high total solids." Primary uses: boiling, baking, and chipping.
Cherry Red - Tubers are "oval; smooth red skin; shallow eyes, moderately numerous and evenly distributed; non prominent eyebrows; white flesh. Medium to high yielding variety; slightly sensitive to metribuzin; moderately resistant to drought. Tubers are moderately sensitive to growth cracks, second growth and black spot bruise. Good storability with few problems and minimal sprouting. Medium dry matter content. Medium dormancy period (6 months)." Primary uses: baking and boiling. See also: Cornell; Spudseed.
Chieftain - "Tubers are oblong to round, medium thick with a smooth, medium red skin and white flesh.... attractive and well suited for the table stock market. Processing quality for chips and french fries is not acceptable." "Highly resistant to scab and resistant to net necrosis, stem-end browning and late blight.... eveloped in 1966 by USDA and Iowa. It is a well regarded red-skinned, white-fleshed variety." See also: CFIA; Cornell.
Chinook - Released by New Brunswick in 1965, a lightly russeted, white-fleshed variety with resistance to common scab. See also: Am Potato J 43:1-5 (1966).
Chipeta - "Chipeta is late maturing and produces a high yield of tubers with good quality. It is marketed primarily for chip stock..... Tubers are round to oval with white skin and white flesh. The skin is commonly covered with small, russeted areas. Eyes are moderately deep with apical eyes indented most. Eyes are moderate in number and concentrated on the apical end. Dormancy is medium." See also: Colorado Seed Potato; Spudseed.
Chipie - Tubers are "Rounded, shallow to moderately sunken eyes, yellow skin, pale yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market, French frying.
Cicero - Tubers are "oval, yellow, medium rough skin; pale yellow flesh; shallow eyes."
Cilena - Tubers are "long-oval; yellow, smooth skin; yellow flesh; shallow eyes.
Clauster - Tubers are "Oval, regular, shallow eyes, yellow skin, pale yellow flesh.... Very productive rustic variety, giving large regular tubers with shallow eyes, of good keeping quality, but with low dry matter content." Primary use: Fresh market.
Cleopatra - Fresh market potato; tubers are "oval, red, smooth skin; pale yellow flesh; shallow eyes."
Coastal Chip - "a medium-late maturing potato chipping variety suitable for production in locations along the east coast of the United States where heat stress reduces internal quality of tubers.... Tubers are round, netted-skinned, and have moderately deep stem and bud ends. Chips from Coastal Chip are slightly lighter in color than those produced by Atlantic." See also: Haynes et alia, Am. Potato J. 69:515-523 (1992).
Coastal Russet - Tubers are " oblong to long, smooth; medium russetted tan skin; shallow eyes, evenly distributed; white flesh.... High yielding variety, early tuber set. Highly resistant to hollow heart and net necrosis caused by leaf roll. Good storability; short to medium dormancy period; medium specific gravity." Primary uses: boiling and baking.
Cobbler - "Round tubers with buff skin and firm, dry, white flesh. For short-term storage. Medium resistance to scab. Medium-sized plants." An old variety, first reported in 1876, and one of the first to be grown in the Pacific Northwest. Also known as Irish Cobbler. See also: PAA.
Coliban - "This Australian cultivar is a medium to late maturing type, with attractive, white, round to oval tubers and shallow eyes. There is often a blue blush at the rose end. The tubers can be used for boiling, chipping and baking."
Colorado - Tubers are "Elongated oblong, shallow eyes, skin red, medium to rough, yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Colorado Rose - "Main-season, all-purpose potato. Medium-sized plants produce large, oval, smooth, rose-red-skinned tubers with white flesh."
Comtesse - Tubers are "Elongated oblong, shallow eyes, yellow smooth to medium skin, pale yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Conestoga - Tubers are "blocky, slightly flattened; very slightly flaked white skin; shallow eyes usually the same color as the skin, occasionnally pink; white flesh.... High yieldind variety; tubers size early; washes well. Very vigorous plant with early growth. High total solids. Short dormancy period." Primary uses: boiling, baking, and fresh chipping.
Concurrent - Tubers are " oval; smooth light yellow skin; few shallow eyes, evenly distributed; not prominent eyebrows; light yellow flesh.... High to very high yielding variety; medium number of tubers per plant, uniform in shape and in grading; good resistance to hollow heart and to drought; rather good resistance to internal bruising; medium to good storability; short to medium dormancy period; low dry matter." Primary uses: boiling and baking. See also: European Cultivated Potato Database ; Pomme de Terre.
Congo - A blue-skinned and blue-fleshed variety with a large number of synonyms, as determined by genetic fingerprinting. See the University of Melbourne's page. Synonyms: British Columbia Blue; McIntosh Black; River John Blue; Sharon's Blue. Suspected synonyms: All Blue, Blue Congo, Congo Blue, Purple Congo, Nova Scotia Blue, Himalayan Black. See also: Dave's Garden.
Coralie - Tubers are " Elongated oblong, slightly deep eyes, skin red, light yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Corine - Tubers are "short oblong, regular, eyes on surface, light yellow skin, light yellow flesh."
Corolle - Tubers are "Long oval, not very deep eyes, yellow skin, yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Courage - Round, enough big tubers with a maroon skin and light yellow flesh colour. Very uniform in shape and size and high yielding. Rather high dry matter content; fairly floury quality. Primary uses: table stock, chipping.
Cowhorn - "Late-season. Fingerling tubers with pointed tips, dark-purple skin and dry, mealy, white flesh. Good storage. Excellent resistant to common scab and late bright.... Cowhorn is also known under the synonyms Purple Cowhorn and Seneca Cowhorn. Though listed as a fingerling in most databases, its name comes from its general appearance.... Specific gravity is 1.069. Maturity is mid-to-late and it is low yielding. It is a heritage variety with uncertain origins. It has been grown in New York state since before 1853. There is some speculation that it might have been developed in Vermont. There is further speculation that it might be identical to La Crotte d’Ours (Bear Poop), a Canadian heritage variety, thought to have roots to Scotland." See also: Potato Gene Resources Newsletter (in .pdf format).
Crestone Russet - Early fresh-market russet, low solids. Oblong-long, slightly flattened tubers, shallow eyes, white flesh. "Crestone is an early-maturing fresh market potato released in 1993 by Colorado State University."
Crispin - "Longer shelf-life and more attractive appearance than Yukon Gold. A more flavorful yellow-flesh potato with a firm texture."
Crosty - Tubers are " Elongated, eyes on surface to fairly deep, yellow skin, pale yellow to white flesh."
Cupids - Tubers are "round to oval; white skin, slight flaky russetting in some soils; shallow eyes; pale yellow flesh.... High yielding variety of attractive appearance; tubers are uniform in size; relatively resistant to damage during harvesting; moderately resistant to greening; good storability; high dry matter." Primary uses: boiling and home French frying.
Cycloon - Tubers are "long-oval; yellow, medium rough skin; fairly yellow flesh; shallow eyes."
Cynthia - Tubers are "Oval, regular, shallow eyes, yellow skin, yellow flesh.... Very productive variety showing a good earliness of tuber development, with very large tubers of good culinary quality, but having a certain susceptibility to diseases. Primary use: fresh market.
Cyrano - Medium to large oval tubers with yellow skin and shallow eyes; light yellow, waxy flesh. "Excellent appearance and a good dry matter make Cyrano suitable for a select or exclusive table potato clientele." See also: HZPC's European site.
Daifla - Tubers are "Oblong, shallow to moderately deep eyes, yellow smooth to medium skin, white flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Daisy - Tubers are "Oval, not very deep eyes, yellow skin, pale yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Daisy Gold - "Mid-season. Yellow, flaky, moist flesh. Resistant to nematodes."
Dakota Chief: see Red Pontiac.
Dakota Crisp - "Tubers are round, uniformly sized and smooth, with an eggshell skin color, white flesh and shallow eyes. The variety is medium in maturity and specific gravity. Stores well; low sugar accumulation in storage; processes consistently from 45F storage. Suitable for chip processing and tablestock."
Dakota Diamond - Smooth, round tubers with bright white skin, white flesh, and shallow eyes. Medium-late maturity; tubers size very quickly. Possesses resistance to common scab, moderate resistance to pink rot and exhibits preferential avoidance by Colorado potato beetle in choice cage studies. See also: NDSU press release.
Dakota Jewel - "Early maturing, medium yielding cultivar with round smooth tubers and bright red skin. Vines are vigorous with a semi-erect growth habit and have red-purple flowers. Suitable for the fresh tablestock market. Its bright red skin color retention and long dormancy make it suitable for packing from long-term storage. It is suitable for boiling, use in soups, stews, and for baking when a sweeter, waxier texture is desired." See also: NDSU press release.
Dakota Pearl - Tubers are "round; smooth light yellow skin; medium deep eyes, predominantly apical; slightly prominent eyebrows; cream colored flesh.... Medium to high yielding variety that produce uniformly round tubers of attractive appearance. It has shown very good resistance to blackspot bruises during trials. Excellent chipping quality even after long-term storage at 6 °C." Primary uses: boiling, baking, chipping. See also: North Dakota.
Dakota Rose - A medium early maturing potato cultivar with bright red skin coloration and exceptionally smooth skin. Suitable for tablestock.
Dali - Tubers are "long-oval, yellow, smooth skin; fairly yellow flesh; very shallow eyes." "Average susceptibility to rust spots, fairly resistant to hollow heart, fairly resistant to black spots.... Holds shape very well when cooked, table-use group A-B, very slight blackening after cooking, not suitable for deep frying." Primary use: Fresh market. See also: Pomme de Terre.
Defender (A90586-11) - a 1990 cross between KSA195-90 and Ranger Russet. "A90586-11 produces long tubers with buff-tan skin. In potato marketing terminology, it would be considered a long white. The eyes are intermediate in number and evenly distributed. Tuber set is low, with average size typically medium, although large tubers are common.... Compared to Russet Burbank, A90586-11 has relatively short tuber dormancy." See also: OSU; Am. J. Potato Res. 83:9-19 (2006); "French Fries, Research and the Economy" by James Zuiches.
Delice - Tubers are "Oval to long oval, regular, shallow eyes, yellow skin, yellow flesh.... Early productive variety, showing a good earliness of tuber development, which appears appropriate for the production of earlies." Primary use: Fresh market.
Delikat - "Delikat is early maturing with oval yellow fleshed large tubers with shallow eyes that's suitable for fresh markets and chipping and dehydrated products. Tuber initiation occurs early and the vine is medium to tall sized with a rapid development. Its storablility is very good and it has resistances to potato wart, leaf roll virus, PVY, PVA. It is susceptible to late blight, rhizoctonia and blackleg. Delikat is a private variety of Norika."
Denali - Tubers are " oval to oblong, uniform shape; smooth and tough buff coloured skin; shallow eyes, evenly distributed; short eyebrows; white flesh.... High yielding variety of attractive appearance; tolerant to heat and frost; moderately resistant to hollow heart and other internal defects; not affected by tuber greening because tuber set deeper than many varieties; good storability; medium dormancy period; very high specific gravity." Primary uses: chipping while fresh.
Désirée - Tubers are "Long-oval; smooth red skin; pale-yellow flesh; shallow eyes." Very popular gourmet variety, especially in Europe. See also: Pomme de Terre; Potatoes Netherlands; CFIA; Alex McDonald (NZ); Cornell; Seeds of Change; Spudseed; Garden Action (UK). Also spelled Desiree.
Diamant - Tubers are "oval, yellow, smooth to medium smooth skin; pale yellow flesh; rather shallow eyes."
Ditta - Tubers are "long-oval, dark yellow, medium rough skin; yellow flesh to fairly yellow flesh; shallow eyes." "Fairly resistant to rust spots and to hollow heart, fairly resistant to black spots.... Holds shape very well when cooked, table-use group A, slight blackening after cooking." Primary use: Fresh market. See also: Pomme de Terre.
Divina - Tubers are " oval; smooth creamy yellow skin; shallow to medium deep eyes, slightly red pigmented, few in number, predominantly apical; slightly prominent eyebrows; yellow flesh.... Very high yielding potential variety; high number of attractive appearance tubers per plant; good storability; medium dormancy period." Primary uses: boiling and baking.
Doline - Tubers are "Elongated oblong, shallow eyes, skin red, smooth, pale yellow flesh."
Donald - Tubers are "oval, yellow, medium rough skin; fairly yellow flesh to pale yellow flesh; moderately deep eyes."
Dorado - Tubers are "oval; yellow, medium rough skin; fairly yellow flesh to pale yellow flesh; shallow eyes."
Doré - Tubers are "round, yellow, rough skin; yellow flesh; shallow eyes." Primary use: Fresh market.
Draga - Tubers are "long-oval, yellow, smooth skin; yellowish-white flesh; moderately deep eyes." Primary use: Fresh market.
Duchesse - Tubers are "Oblong to elongated oblong, very regular, eyes on surface, yellow skin, yellow flesh.... Slightly earlier variety than Bintje, productive, with early tuber formation, giving very regular tubers with some dry matter content." Primary use: Fresh market.
Dundrod - Tubers are " round to oval; slightly rough light yellow skin; medium deep eyes, intermediate in number, predominantly apical; white flesh.... Medium yielding variety; moderately resistant to internal and external bruising; good storability; medium specific gravity." Primary uses: boiling.
Durango Red - "This selection is medium yielding medium maturing with round tubers with red skin and white flesh. Plants are medium size and upright. It’s useful in the fresh market and the specific gravity is medium (1.076). The skin color is deep red and holds well in storage. Good uniform tuber size." See also: Colorado Seed Potato; San Luis Hills Farms.
Early Rose - Tubers are "Flattened oval, rather regular, shallow to half-sunken eyes, distributed over the whole surface of the tuber, pale pink skin, white flesh, sometimes rosy vascular ring."
Eden - Tubers are "Long, rather shallow eyes, yellow skin, pale yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Eersteling - Tubers are "long-oval, yellow skin; pale yellow flesh; very shallow eyes."
Eigenheimer - Tubers are "oval, yellow, smooth to medium smooth skin; fairly yellow flesh; moderately deep eyes."
Elba - "Late-season. Round, smooth, tubers with buff skin and firm, moist, white flesh. Excellent storage. High resistance to scab and good resistance to leaf hoppers, early blight, verticillium, golden nematode and Colorado potato beetle." See also: Wood Prairie Farm.
Elfe - Early yellow variety, with oval,smooth-skinned tubers. High resistances and good storability; firm cooking and suitable for packing. Grown in the Colorado Potato Certification Service's 2007 crop test (pdf).
Elkana - Tubers are "round to oval, yellow, medium rough to rough skin; yellow flesh; moderately deep eyes." Primary use: Starch. See also: Pomme de Terre.
Elles - Tubers are "round to oval; yellow, medium rough to rough skin; yellowish-white flesh; moderately deep eyes."
Elodie - Tubers are "Long oval, not very deep eyes, yellow skin, pale yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Emeraude - Tubers are "Oval to long oval, regular, very shallow eyes, yellow skin, yellow flesh.... Relatively early productive variety, rather slightly susceptible to leaf blight, with fairly large numbers of rather large regular tubers." Primary use: Fresh market.
Envol - Tubers are "round to oval; white smooth skin; medium deep to shallow eyes; slightly prominent eyebrows; white flesh.... Very good early yielding variety; high percentage of large tubers, attractive appearance. Medium high dry matter content. Excellent storability; long dormancy period." Primary uses: boiling.
Eole - Tubers are "Oval to long oval, very regular, very shallow eyes, yellow skin, yellow flesh.... Medium maturity variety, very productive, giving large and regular tubers of good culinary quality, but susceptible to common scab." Primary use: Fresh market.
Epicure - Tubers are "round, large, slightly irregular; white to yellow coloured skin, turns pink on exposure to light; deep to very deep yellow eyes; white flesh.... High to very high yielding variety; rapid tuber production and bulking; tolerant to cold, recovers rapidly from frost damage and capable of tuber production at soil temperatures below those required by other varieties; good storability; medium dormancy period; medium specific gravity." Primary uses: boiling and baking.
Epona - Tubers are "Rounded, yellow skin, medium to rough, pale yellow flesh." Primary use: Starch production.
Eramosa - Tubers are "oval, semi-flattened, rarely oversized; smooth white skin; shallow eyes; white flesh.... High yielding variety; very good resistance to skinning and hollow heart; good storability; medium dormancy period; medium specific gravity." Primary uses: boiling and baking.
Escort - Tubers are "round to oval, yellow, smooth skin; pale yellow flesh; rather shallow eyes." Primary use: Fresh market, French frying.
Estima - Tubers are "oval; buff colored smooth skin; very shallow eyes, predominantly apical; light yellow flesh.... Very high yielding variety that produce large tubers of attractive appearance. Early tuber set. Good resistance to drought, bruising and growth cracks. Medium dry matter content. Rather long dormancy period." Primary uses: Fresh market and frying. See also Bruwier; Garden Action (UK); Pomme de Terre.
Estivale - Tubers are "Elongated oblong, yellow smooth to medium skin, pale yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Europa - Tubers are "Oval, rather shallow to medium sunken eyes, yellow skin, yellowish white flesh.... Variety with early tuber development, giving an excellent presentation, but susceptible to virus diseases."
Eva - Tubers are "well shaped, have shallow eyes and a bright white skin" and is "likely to be used for the tablestock market because of its outstanding appearance." "Released by the New York State college of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University to New York foundation Seed Growers in 1999." See also: Am J Potato Res 78:65-68 (2001).
Eve Balfour - "Round tubers, shallow-medium eyes, white skin, white flesh." General purpose, early maincrop.
Exquisa - Tubers are "long-oval, yellow, smooth skin; yellow flesh; rather shallow eyes." Primary use: Fresh market.
Fabula - Tubers are "oval; smooth light yellow skin; few medium deep eyes, predominantly apical; eyebrows slightly prominent; light yellow flesh.... High to very high yielding variety; very good foliage cover; very large tubers, uniform in size; good resistance to internal bruising. Low to medium dry matter content." Primary uses: boiling and baking. See also: HZPC; Potatoes Netherlands.
Fambo - Tubers are "oval to oblong; smooth to rough light yellow skin; shallow eyes, evenly distributed; eyebrows moderately prominent; light yellow flesh.... Medium to high yielding variety; large tubers of attractive appearance; uniform in grading; good resistance to internal bruising and drought. Short dormancy period; medium to high specific gravity." Primary uses: chipping and frying. See also: Potatoes Netherlands.
Fanchette - Tubers are "Elongated, shallow to moderately deep eyes, skin red, smooth to medium, dark yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Fanette - "Oblong, very regular, eyes on surface, yellow skin, yellow flesh.... Early variety, productive, with early tuber formation, seems to be very suitable for the production of new potatoes, with large regular light-skinned tubers, but with low dry matter content." Primary use: Fresh market.
Fausta - Tubers are "Oval rounded, eyes half -sunken to deeply sunken, yellow skin, pale yellow flesh."
Felsina - a light-yellow-skinned tuber reportedly "good for French fry industry." "Table-use group B-C, slight blackening after cooking, fairly good fry colour.... Productive variety, rich in dry matter, giving very large oval regular tubers and appearing rather well suited for processing." See also: Pomme de Terre; Potatoes Netherlands.
Fianna - Tubers are "oval; pale yellow, smooth to medium smooth skin; white flesh; shallow eyes." Primary use: Chipping.
Fingerling Salad - "Late-season heirloom. 2- to 4-inch fingerling tubers with buff-yellow skin and light, waxy, yellow flesh. Good storage."
Florette - Tubers are "Short oval, very regular, very shallow eyes, yellow skin, pale yellow flesh.... Rather early productive variety, with good earliness of tuber development; the tubers have an excellent presentation, with relatively high dry matter content, but show a certain susceptibility to the leaf roll virus." Primary use: Fresh market.
Floriane - Tubers are "Long oval, shallow eyes, yellow skin, pale yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Florice - Tubers are "Oval, not very deep to moderately sunken eyes, yellow skin, pale yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Florida - White-skinned, yellow-fleshed oval-long tubers. Early maincrop intended for the French fry processing market.
Fontane - Tubers are "oval, yellow, medium rough skin; pale yellow flesh; rather shallow eyes." Primary use: Chipping.
Franceline - Tubers are "Long oval to long, regular, shallow eyes, red skin, yellow flesh.... Good culinary quality variety, maturing earlier than Roseval, and having a clearer red tuber colour." Primary use: Fresh market.
Freedom Russet (W1836-3rus) - Tubers are blocky in shape and carry a medium dark netting similar to Goldrush. Eye depth can be slightly greater than Goldrush in some environments. Maturity is medium-late. See also: University of Wisconsin.
Fremont Russet - A medium yielding, medium-late maturing, fresh market russet cultivar with medium specific gravity, smooth, oblong to long tubers and excellent late season storage capabilities. See also: Agro Engineering.
Fregate - Tubers are "Short oval to oval, very regular, shallow eyes, yellow skin, pale yellow flesh.... Fairly productive medium-early variety, with tubers showing an excellent presentation." Primary use: Fresh market.
French Fingerling - "Mid- to late-season. Large, fingerling tubers with smooth, dark rose-red skin and waxy, yellow flesh lightly splashed with pink. Good storage. High resistance to scab and shows some resistance to leaf hopper. Tall, spreading plant." "Rather dry and flourlike, this outstanding potato variety offers an exceptional quality and delicious nutty flavor all its own. Tenderly wrapped in a pinkish-red skin, the smooth, moist yellow flesh has streaks of pink. Fingerlings measuring between two and four inches are the most popular." See also: Specialty Produce.
Fresco - Tubers are "round to oval, yellow, smooth to medium smooth skin; pale yellow flesh; shallow eyes." Primary use: chipping.
Frieslander - Tubers are "oval, yellow, smooth to medium smooth skin; fairly yellow flesh; rather shallow eyes." Primary use: Fresh market.
Frisia - Tubers are "oval, yellow, smooth to medium smooth skin; yellowish-white flesh; shallow eyes." Primary use: Fresh market.
Frontier Russet - Lightly russeted, long to oblong tubers; suitable for fresh baking and French frying. Adapted to Pacific Northwest growing conditions. In U.S. Northeast, described as "Early season. Oblong, smooth tubers with slightly russeted skin and dry, mealy, white flesh. Excellent storage. Good resistance to scab." See also: CFIA; Cornell; Pavek et alia, Am. Potato J. 68:525-532 (1991).
Fundy - Tubers are "round to elliptical, medium size; smooth buff skin, slightly netted; shallow eyes; eyebrows long, curved and prominent; white flesh.... High yielding variety; tubers of attractive appearance; susceptible to skinning and bruising; medium specific gravity." Primary uses: boiling and baking.
Gala - "round oval to oval, high set of uniformly shaped tubers with shallow eyes; medium sized tubers smooth skin, yellow to dark yellow flesh [...] predominantly firm cooking table potato." See also: Fruit Today article.
Garnet Chile - "Late -season. Round tubers with light-red skin and moist, firm, white flesh. Good storage. Good resistance to scab. Large, tall plants.... perhaps the most important variety in North American potato growing. It is an 1853 seedling of the Rough Purple Chile procured by The Rev. Chauncey Goodrich from South America in 1851 in a attempt to stave off the then on-going problem of potato degeneration. Off spring of the Garnet Chili subsequently produced a vast percentage of the most successful potato varieties of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries." Also known as Garnet Chili. On the Garnet Chile's role as founding clone, see the article by Stephen L. Love: "Founding Clones, Major Contributing Ancestors, and Exotic Progenitors of Prominent North American Potato Cultivars", published in Am. J. of Potato Res. 76(5):263-272).
Gemchip - "Selected from the progeny of a cross between BR5960-9 x ND5737-3 and was tested as BR70934-24. It was released in 1989 by the USDA and Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Colorado.... Tubers are round to short oblong, smooth with a shallow to moderately deep bud-end. Skin is smooth but may have small scaly patches." See also: Pavek at alia, Am. Potato J. 68:461-466 (1991).
Gem Russet - Attractive new Pacific Northwest all-purpose Russet. Very smooth tubers with good processing characteristics and excellent fresh-market quality. See also UIdaho storage management; Spudseed; MV Produce; Am J Potato Res 79:25-32 (2002).
GemStar Russet (A9014-2) - "A potato variety with high yield, good culinary quality, excellent fresh market appearance, and resistance to common scab." See: Am J Potato Res 83:171-180; PVMI flyer
Genesee - "Genesee is a late season, golden nematode and scab resistant tablestock variety with a bright, white skin. It is also resistant to Verticillum wilt, and early blight." See also: Plaisted et alia, Am. Potato J. 70:897-901 (1993).
German Butterball - "Late-season heirloom. Oblong tubers with light, russet skin and medium-dry, yellow flesh. Excellent storage. Resistance to viruses and scab but some susceptibility to rhizoctonia." "Tubers are yellow fleshed, oval and smooth to slightly flaky with a yellow skin color; eyes are shallow and well distributed; medium specific gravity." See also MV Produce; Potato Garden ; Colorado Potato Seed; Spudseed.
Gigant - Tubers are "large, round oval; light yellow skin, smooth to slightly flaky; shallow eyes, evenly distributed; medium prominent eyebrows; light yellow flesh.... Very high yielding variety that has a good resistance to drought. Very high dry matter content. Good storability aptitude. Medium dormancy period (6 months)." Primary uses: boiling and baking.
Glacier Blue - no information currently available. Seed potato at Cad-Re Feed (Alaska).
Gloria - Tubers are "long-oval, yellow, smooth skin; yellow flesh; rather shallow eyes." Grown in Sweden since at least 1921. Primary use: Fresh market.
Golden Sunburst - Medium maturing, very high yielding fresh market potato variety with high numbers of short oval tubers per plant. The tubers have a smooth yellow skin and deep yellow flesh color.
Goldrush - Hollow-heart resistant; oblong/blocky to long, russet-skinned, very white flesh, primarily for fresh market. "Mid-season. Oblong to long tubers with well-russeted skin and medium-dry, white flesh. Fair storage. Very resistant to drought and common scab, verticillium, black spot bruising and hollow heart. Large upright vine." "Goldrush generally produces smooth tubers with few external and internal defects, although they can be variable in shape. Under non-irrigated conditions, U.S. No. 1 yields were comparable to Russet Norkotah, but substantially higher than that of Russet Burbank." Primary use: Fresh market, boiling, baking, French frying. See also: North Dakota; CFIA; Cornell; Red Isle produce; Johansen et alia in Am. Potato J. 71:809-816.
Gourmandine - Tubers are "Elongated, shallow eyes, yellow smooth to medium skin, yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Granola - Tubers are "short-oval, yellow, fairly rough skin, yellow flesh, fairly deep eyes.... fairly good resistance to leaf blight, moderate resistance to tuber blight, very good resistance to viruses A and Y, resistant to pathotype A of the golden nematode.... fairly firm texture, free from discoloration after cooking."
Gredine - Tubers are "short oblong, shallow eyes, yellow skin, medium, yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Green Mountain - Tubers are "large, short-oblong to oblong, flattened; ends usually blunt; smooth buff skin, often netted; medium-deep white eyes; white flesh.... High yielding variety; stores well; well suited for washing after two months storage; grows well in light soils." Primary uses: home gardening; boiling, baking, and fresh French frying. See also: Cornell.
Haida - "medium brown skin, with a number of eyes" with waxy flesh. Like the Ozette, the Haida may have been brought up the West Coast by seaman.
Hansa - Tubers are "long-oval, yellow, smooth skin; fairly yellow flesh; shallow eyes."
Hampton - "Mid- to late-season general purpose fresh market variety. Large plants bear round, shallow-eyed, buff-skinned, white-fleshed tubers. Resistant to golden nematode, verticillium wilt. Susceptible to scab, late blight, growth cracks." See also: Tucker Farms.
Harlequin - Particolored-red skin, light-yellow flesh, very long tubers; early maincrop salad potato.
Hermes - Tubers are "round to oval, yellow, medium rough skin; fairly yellow flesh; moderately deep eyes." Primary use: Chipping.
Hermine - Tubers are "Long oval, not very deep eyes, yellow skin, pale yellow flesh." Primary use: Fresh market.
Hertha - Tubers are "oval; smooth yellow skin; shallow eyes, few to intermediate in number, predominantly apical, very slightly pro