AC Dubuc

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GENERAL

• Origin & Breeding: bred by Agriculture and Agri Food Canada Research Station in Fredericton from the cross (BR 64633-2 x F59103) and selected by AAC Research Station in La Pocatière. Released in 1998.
• Year registered in Canada: 1998
• Registration No.: 4780
• Maturity: mid-season

BOTANICAL FEATURES

• Plants: medium size, erect, leafy; stems not pigmented; wings prominent, waved single; nodes slightly swollen and slightly pigmented.
• Leaves: medium green, open; midribs and petioles not pigmented.
  Terminal leaflets: narrowly ovate; tip acuminate; base cordate and slightly asymmetrical; medium wavy margins.
  Primary leaflets: three pairs; medium ovate; tip cuspidate; base cordate, slightly asymmetrical.
• Flowers: few, medium size violet corolla, slightly prominent star; bright yellow anthers; flower buds and peduncles moderately pigmented.
• Tubers: long, sometimes slightly curved; smooth buff skin; few shallow eyes, predominantly apical; non prominent eyebrows; white flesh.
• Sprouts: spherical; blue-violet; base moderately pubescent; apex not pigmented, weakly pubescent.

AGRICULTURAL FEATURES

High yielding variety; well adapted to Québec climatic conditions; good storability; medium long dormancy period; high specific gravity.

• Utilization: fair for boiling, good for chipping at harvest, very good for french frying and baking.
• Chief Markets: french fries and fresh market.

REACTION TO DISEASES

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