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  Shelley Thursday, September 9, 2010  

Shelley




                  

Shelley

                  

Parentage:

Harmony x Thurso


Breeder:


Jack Dunnett

Clevnagreen

Freswick

Caithness

KW1 4XX

 

Agent:

Not Applicable

 

UK National List:

2004

Plant Breeders Right:

2004

Intended Market:

Speciality/Salad

Maturity:

Early Maincrop

General Description:

Plant: medium height, semi erect, stem colour absent.

Flowers: red-violet, medium frequency.

Tuber: oval, eyes shallow

Skin: white

Flesh: cream

 

 

 

DISEASE RESISTANCE (1 = susceptible, 9 = resistant)

 

 

1.    Wart Disease (race 1):

Resistant

2.    Foliage late blight:

5

3.    Tuber late blight:

5

4.    Blackleg:

4

5.    Potato Virus Y°:

8

6.    Potato Leafroll Virus:

2

7.    Common scab:

7

8.    Powdery scab:

6

9.    Gangrene:

5

10. Potato Cyst Nematode

 

10.1 Globodera rostochiensis Ro1:

4.6

10.2 Globodera pallida Pa1:

4.7

Pa2,3:

5.2

 

RESISTANCE TO DAMAGE

1.    External:

5

2.    Internal:

9

 

 

OTHER CHARACTERISTICS

 

1.    Specific gravity (1 = low):

4

 

 

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