Aquilon

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GENERAL

• Origin & Breeding: bred and selected by Les Buissons Research Center, MAPAQ, Les Buissons (Québec) from the cross (Hudson x Campbell-13) in 1986.
• Year registered in Canada: 1999
• Registration number: 5013
• Maturity: mid-season

BOTANICAL FEATURES

• Plants: medium height, spreading growth; thin stems, strongly pigmented; very prominent straight single wings; moderately swollen nodes.
• Leaves: dark green, open, slightly pubescent; midribs and petioles are strongly pigmented and slightly pubescent.
  Terminal leaflets: elliptical, tip acuminate, base obtuse and symmetrical.
  Primary leaflets: four pairs, broadly ovate, tip acuminate, base truncate and very asymmetrical.
• Flowers: few, large, white; greenish yellow anthers; buds strongly pigmented.
• Tubers: oval; white smooth skin; eyes are medium shallow and predominantly apical; slightly prominent eyebrows; white flesh.
• Sprouts: ovoid, strong red-violet pigmentation and light pubescence at the base; apex green, closed and slightly pubescent.

AGRICULTURAL FEATURES

High yielding variety; high tuber set. Very resistant to drought. Washes excellently; tendency to crack if harvested before maturity. Medium dormancy period. Very high specific gravity.

• Utilization: excellent for chipping (it chips well until the end of April) and for boiling.
• Chief Markets: fresh market, chipping.

REACTION TO DISEASES

Resistant: (see note below)
Good resistance: common scab.
Moderately susceptible: rhizoctonia.
Susceptible: late blight, verticillium wilt.

NOTE: this variety is currently under study concerning its potential resistance to golden nematode.

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