Ulla
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General
- Origin & Breeding: bred from the cross (Saskia x 92/456) at the breeding station of Nordostbayerischer Saatbauverband, Marktredwitz (Germany) in 1959.
- Year registered in Canada: 1997
- Registration number: 4573
- Maturity: medium early
Botanical Features
- Plants: medium tall, spreading, open, deeply sunk-in top; wings prominent, waved.
- Leaves: light green, medium large.
Leaflets: broadly ovate, smooth, wavy margins. - Flowers: few, small white corolla; flower bud slightly pigmented; peduncle short to medium, purple mottled.
- Tubers: oval to oblong; smooth to netted ochre skin; shallow eyes; yellow flesh.
- Sprouts: ovoid to cylindrical; base slightly pubescent, weakly pigmented of red-purple; apex very weakly pigmented.
Agricultural Features
Medium high yielding variety; excellent storability; medium high dry matter. Moderately susceptible to internal defects, highly resistant to injuries.
- Utilization: mostly firm cooking texture; good for boiling and baking.
- Chief Market: fresh market
Reaction to Diseases
Resistant: race 1 of potato wart.
Good resistance: PVA, early blight.
Moderately susceptible: common scab, leaf late blight.
Highly susceptible: PVY.
References: 1
Send your comments to cfia.potatosection-sectiondespommesdeterre.acia@inspection.gc.ca regarding potato variety descriptions.
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