Apache

With warm red skin dotting with cream coloured patches, the eye catching variety is very sweet tasting with a buttery chestnut flavour.

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DESCRIPTION With warm red skin dotting with cream coloured patches, the eye catching variety is very sweet tasting with a buttery chestnut flavour.
CATEGORY 1 Fresh Market
CATEGORY 2
PARENTAGE Stroma x S. phureja seedling
OWNERSHIP Caledonia Potatoes
BREEDER Zella J Doig
BREEDERS REP Caithness Potatoes Ltd Scotland
MATURITY Early maincrop
YIELD Wane production
TUBERS Short-oval shape eyes, medium–deep. Skin–red parti–coloured, medium yellow flesh colour.
EATING QUALITY Sweet tasting with a buttery chestnut flavour and has a slightly waxy texture. The contrasting skin colours stay bright if blanched first before roasting whole in their skins.
VIRUS DISEASES Low Resistant to PLRV. Reasonably high resistance to PVY.
OTHER DISEASES Moderate resistance to late blight, common scab, and powdery scab.
PCN Low resistant.
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