Cherokee
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General
- Origin & Breeding: bred by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1940 from the cross (USDA X96-56 x USDA X528-170) and selected in Maine in 1941.
- Year registered in Canada: 1955
- Registration number: 644
- Maturity: mid-season
Botanical Features
- Plants: medium size, spreading; thin stems, prominently angled; nodes slightly swollen, slightly reddish purple; wings prominent, slightly waved.
- Leaves: medium to large; midribs scantly pubescent.
Terminal leaflets: large, broadly ovate; tip acuminate; base asymmetrical.
Primary leaflets: large, elliptical-ovate, three pairs.
Secondary and tertiary leaflets: few. - Flowers: white.
- Tubers: short-elliptical to round; slightly flaky ivory yellow skin; shallow eyes; white flesh.
- Sprouts: spherical, grayish purple, moderately pubescent.
Agricultural Features
High yielding variety; widely adapted, particularly to mineral and muck soils; good resistance to skinning and bruising; good storability; high total solids.
- Utilization: good to very good for boiling and baking; suitable for chipping and starch.
- Chief Markets: fresh market, early chippings.
Reaction to Diseases
Resistant: common scab, late blight.
Moderately resistant: black leg, tuber net necrosis.
Susceptible: fusarium dry rot, verticillium wilt, PVX, PVY.
Highly susceptible: leaf roll.
References: 1
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