Cultivar Corner: Queen Anne is a ‘visually brilliant’ yellow potato
Queen Anne is a visually brilliant potato with smooth, bright-yellow skin. This attractive mid-season potato produces high marketable yields while showing excellent resistance to common scab, bruising, rhizoctonia, tuber/leaf blight and potato virus Y (PVY). Queen Anne is suitable for both organic and conventional production and is ideal for mashing, frying and roasting.
North American Developer: Solanum International (www.solanum-int.com)
Agronomic Characteristics
- Tubers per plant: 12 to 14
- Tuber shape: Oval to long oval
- Tuber size: Fairly large
- Flesh color: Yellow
- Skin color: Yellow
- Eye depth: Very shallow
- Skin texture: Smooth
- Dormancy: Good
- Cooking type: Fairly firm cooking (AB/B)
Growing Recommendations
Queen Anne requires higher than normal nitrogen levels, with an N-P-K rate of approximately 250-120-250 pounds-per-acre. In addition, space 11 inches apart to obtain an optimal ratio in terms of size and yield.
Highlights
- Uniform size distribution
- Visually brilliant
- Excellent long-term storage
- Suitable for organic growing
- High marketable yield
