Colorado


Breeder(s) : Station de Recherche du Comité Nord et G.I.P.T. - France
Registered in the French official catalogue 2002
Category : Ware potato
Maturity : Medium-early to medium
Code Gnis : 2415



Tuber : Elongated oblong, shallow eyes, skin red, medium to rough, yellow flesh.

Sprout : Purplish red, wide cylindrical, slightly hairy.

Plant : Medium size, semi-upright habit, leafy type.

Stem : Moderately to highly pigmented.

Leaf : Dark green, slightly glossy to glossy, medium to large size; medium to large leaflet, medium width.

Flowering : Average to high.

Flower : Purplish red partially pigmented flower bud.

Fruit : Rare.






Yield : 124% of Désirée.

Grading : Proportion of large tubers: high to very high.

Susceptibility to diseases :
Leaf blight : Fairly resistant.
Tuber blight : Average susceptibility.
Black wart : Not Attacked.
Common scab : Average susceptibility.
Virus X : Susceptible.
Virus A : Susceptible.
Virus Y : Fairly susceptible.
Leaf roll : Susceptible.
Nematode RO 1-4 : Susceptible.

Internal tuber defects  : Fairly resistant to rust spots, average susceptibility to hollow heart and fairly resistant to black spots.

Susceptibility to desprouting : Fairly susceptible.

Susceptibility to bruising : Fairly resistant.

Dormancy period : Fairly short.

Culinary quality : Holds shape fairly well when cooked, table-use group C, blackening after cooking: none, fairly good frying quality.

Dry matter content : Medium.

Keeping quality : Fairly poor.