Potato Variety - CO97087-2RU Russet

Characteristics Shape: Oblong Skin: Russet Flesh: White Market Use: Fresh and Processing Markets Medium Maturing

CO97087-2-1RU is an experimental variety released from Colorado State University. It is an medium maturing long russet with a medium vine and high percentage of nice sized good looking tubers that shows a lot of promise. It has high specific gravities(1.096 average) with some resistance to cold storage affecting fry quality. It has good resistance to black spot bruising. It has placed in the top 5 of the Western Regional fry trials the last two years.