Mar 10, 2022

A look at some up-and-coming cultivars available to potato growers

Spudman regularly showcases up-and-coming cultivar varieties available to potato growers. Here is a list of some of our recent Cultivar Corner segments:

Malou, a yellow that shows good resistance to key diseases

Natascha is an early, high-yielding yellow with great taste

Rocky Mountain Russets are attractive tubers with high yield potential

Petoskey is a chipper with common scab resistance, good long-term storage potential

Yukon Gem is a better-yielding, disease-resistant Yukon Gold type

Rainier Russet (top photo) has attractive culinary, nutritional qualities (with video)

Galena Russet is a high-yielding, french fry processing variety

Erika’s traits include common scab, black dot resistance and cooking profile