Pixie

Parentage:

Osprey x Valor

Breeder:

Zella Doig
Calviston
Old Fargie Farm
Glenfarg, Perthshire
PH2 9QF

Agent:

Not applicable

UK National List:

2005

Plant Breeders Right:

2005

Intended Market:

Speciality/Salad

Maturity:

Early Maincrop

General Description:

Plant: tall, erect, faint colour on stem
Flowers: white flowers, medium frequency
Tuber: round oval, eyes shallow-medium
Skin: parti-coloured red
Flesh: cream

DISEASE RESISTANCE (1 = susceptible, 9 = resistant)

1.    Wart Disease (race 1):

Resistant

2.    Foliage late blight:

4

3.    Tuber late blight:

5

4.    Blackleg:

8

5.    Potato Virus Y°:

3

6.    Potato Leafroll Virus:

4

7.    Common scab:

4

8.    Powdery scab:

8

9.    Gangrene:

5

10.  Potato Cyst Nematode

10.1 Globodera rostochiensis Ro1:

8

10.2 Globodera pallida Pa1:

3

                                       Pa2,3:

3

RESISTANCE TO DAMAGE

1.    External:

9

2.    Internal:

5

OTHER CHARACTERISTICS

1.    Specific gravity (1 = low):

7