Sandpiper

Parentage:

Wischip x FL 1815 (Bonaparte)

Breeder:

Robert Hoopes
4295 Tenderfoot Road
Rhinelander
WI 54501
USA

Agent:

Mark Pettigrew
Pepsico International
Cambridge University Farm
219b Huntingdon Road
Girton
Cambridge
CB3 0DL

UK National List:

2006

Plant Breeders Right:

Yes

Intended Market:

Crisping

Maturity:

Early Maincrop

General Description:

Plant: low height, semi-erect, faint, local colour on stem
Flowers: few white flowers
Tuber: round-oval, eyes shallow-medium
Skin: white
Flesh: light yellow

DISEASE RESISTANCE (1 = susceptible, 9 = resistant)

1.    Wart Disease (race 1):

Susceptible

2.    Foliage late blight:

3

3.    Tuber late blight:

1

4.    Blackleg:

8

5.    Potato Virus Y°:

8

6.    Potato Leafroll Virus:

5

7.    Common scab:

5

8.    Powdery scab:

3

9.    Gangrene:

1

10.  Potato Cyst Nematode

10.1 Globodera rostochiensis Ro1:

2.3

10.2 Globodera pallida Pa1:

2.8

                                       Pa2,3:

3

RESISTANCE TO DAMAGE

1.    External:

7

2.    Internal:

3

OTHER CHARACTERISTICS

1.    Specific gravity (1 = low):

6