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Acadia Russet

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Leaf Flowers Plant
Sprout tuber Sliced tuber

General

Botanical Features

Agricultural Features

High yielding, attractive appearance, skin sets after topkilling, susceptible to skinning at harvest, very short dormancy period, grades well with few culls, suitable for the count-box trade. High total solids.

Reaction to Diseases

Moderately resistant: fusarium dry rot (Fusarium coeruleum and F. sambucinum), phoma rot.
Susceptible: common scab, late blight, leaf roll, verticillium wilt, PVS, PVX, PVY.

References: 1, 6.

Send your comments to cfia.potatosection-sectiondespommesdeterre.acia@inspection.gc.ca regarding potato variety descriptions.

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