AC Saguenor

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GENERAL

• Origin & Breeding: bred at the Agriculture Canada Research Center from the cross (Hudson x F73008) in La Pocatière, Quebec (Canada) in 1986.
• Year registered in Canada: 1998
• Registration number: 4779
• Maturity: early mid-season

BOTANICAL FEATURES

• Plants: medium height, erect; thin stems moderately pigmented; wings weakly prominent, straight single; nodes moderately swollen, weakly pigmented.
• Leaves: yellowish green, semi-open, pubescent; midribs and petioles weakly pigmented.
  Terminal leaflets: medium ovate; tip cuspidate; base cordate and slightly asymmetrical; weakly wavy margins.
  Primary leaflets: three pairs, large; medium ovate; tip cuspidate; base cordate and asymmetrical.
• Flowers: medium-sized, very pale lavender corolla, moderately prominent star; yellow-orange anther; flower buds weakly pigmented; peduncle weakly pigmented.
• Tubers: oval to oblong; smooth white skin; shallow eyes, few to intermediate in number, uniformly distributed; slightly prominent eyebrows; light yellow flesh.
• Sprouts: ovoid; base reddish purple, moderately pigmented, not pubescent; apex very weakly pigmented, moderately pubescent.

AGRICULTURAL FEATURES

This variety gives very good yields early in the season and excellent mid-season yields; well adapted to Quebec climatic conditions; good storability; medium dormancy period; medium specific gravity.

• Utilization: good for boiling and baking.
• Chief Market: fresh market.

REACTION TO DISEASES

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