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These potatoes also have coloured skin, but many varieties with pink or red skin have white or yellow flesh, as do the vast majority of cultivated potatoes. The yellow colour, more or less marked, is due to the presence of carotenoids. Varieties with coloured flesh are common among native Andean potatoes, but relatively rare among modern varieties.
The Red Pontiac (also known as Dakota Chief) is a red-skinned early main crop potato variety originally bred in the United States, [1] and is sold in the United States, Canada, Australia, Marruecos, the Philippines, Venezuela and Uruguay. It arose as a color mutant of the original Pontiac variety in Florida [2] by a J.W. Weston in 1945. [3]
Botanical features of this variety include a tall plant with stems weakly pigmented and slightly swollen nodes. Terminal and primary leaflets are ovate, the flowers have orange anthers and a white corolla with a prominent star. The tubers have few shallow eyes with light yellow flesh and the sprouts are a red-violet. [3]
It is a deep red mutant of the potato variety 'La Soda'. The non-mutant form was developed by the Louisiana potato breeding program in 1948 as a cross between 'Triumph' and 'Katahdin'. The mutant form was first observed in 1949 but was not released until 1953 by the United States Department of Agriculture, ( USDA ) and the Louisiana ...
A houseplant, sometimes known as a pot plant, potted plant, or an indoor plant, is an ornamental plant that is grown indoors. [1] As such, they are found in places like residences and offices , mainly for decorative purposes .
Red Gold or Golden Red Skins, potato is an early variety of North American potato. It has a red skin with yellow flesh inside. [1] It is resistant to potato leafroll virus and potato virus Y and moderately resistant to common scab, [2] but is susceptible to potato virus A and potato virus S. Red Gold was bred in Canada in the 1970s and ...
Red Norland is a red, early-maturing potato. [1] Smaller tubers (B and C size) are commonly sold as “baby reds” and this variety is often served boiled or in potato salads. [ 1 ] The progenitor variety, 'Norland', was released by the North Dakota Agricultural College in 1957.
Golden Wonder is a late maincrop russet skinned variety of potato.It is very dry and floury and is ideal for baking, roasting, and frying, [1] but needs close attention paid when boiling, as it will disintegrate in the boiling water if left too long.