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  Pearl Friday, September 10, 2010  

Pearl

Pearl

 

PEARL

Parentage:

Variant of Arran Comet

Breeder:

Higgins GI
Longhillock Store
Alves
ELGIN
IV30 8UP

   

Agent:

Higgins GI
Longhillock Store
Alves
ELGIN
IV30 8UP

   

UK National List:

2001

Plant Breeders Right:

2001

   

Intended Market:

Speciality - punnet

Maturity:

Second Early

General Description:

Very low, spreading, thin stems, faint local colour on stem. Flowers absent/rare.

Oval-long tubers, shallow-medium eyes, white skin, cream flesh.


DISEASE RESISTANCE (1 = susceptible, 9 = resistant)

   

1.     Wart Disease (race 1):

9

   

2.     Foliage late blight:

2

3.     Tuber late blight:

1

4.     Blackleg:

4

   

5.     Potato Virus Y°:

2

   

6.     Potato Leafroll Virus:

2

7.     Common scab:

6

   

8.     Powdery scab:

5

9.     Gangrene:

3

10.   Potato Cyst Nematode

 
   

10.1 Globodera rostochiensis Ro1:

2.2

   

10.2 Globodera pallida Pa1:

Not tested

Pa2,3:

1.7

 

RESISTANCE TO DAMAGE

   

1.     External:

1

   

2.     Internal:

4

   

OTHER CHARACTERISTICS

 
   

1.     Specific gravity (1 = low):

5

 


 

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