Carlingford

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GENERAL

• Origin & Breeding: bred by Northern Ireland Plant Breeding Station from (S62/47/1 x Dr McIntosh) in Loughgall (Northern Ireland, UK). Released in 1982.
• Year registered in Canada: 2003
• Registration number: 5582
• Maturity: mid-season

BOTANICAL FEATURES

• Plants: short, compact, bushy; stems medium thick, numerous, mainly unbranched, weakly pigmented; wings waved, single; nodes not swollen and not pigmented; internodes faintly pigmented in axils.
• Leaves: dark green, glossy, moderately open, small.
  Terminal leaflets: narrowly ovate; wavy margins; apex acuminate; base slightly cordate.
  Primary leaflets: three to four pairs; narrowly ovate; apex acuminate; cordate base, very asymmetrical.
• Flowers: few white flowers on a short peduncle; lemon-yellow anthers; buds strongly pigmented, especially at base; peduncle and pedicel pigmented; few berry production.
• Tubers: round to oval; smooth white skin; moderately shallow eyes; white flesh.
• Sprouts: ovoid, pubescent; red-violet.

AGRICULTURAL FEATURES

Moderately high yielding variety with a high number of uniform tubers per plant; medium-long dormancy period; low dry matter.Good storability.

Due to high production of tuber numbers, it is essential to ensure adequate moisture.

• Utilization: firm waxy cooked texture, good flavour, no after cooking discoloration; good for boiling and baking; excellent for packing and washing.
• Chief Market: fresh market.

REACTION TO DISEASES

High resistance: PVY, common scab.
Moderately resistant: powdery scab, leafroll.
Moderately susceptible: late blight, blackleg.
Susceptible: PVX, PVA, potato cyst nematodes.

References: 1, 3

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