Potato Variety - Sliverton Russet(AC83064-6)

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

Silverton Russet is a high yielding, medium maturing, medium russet-skinned, dual-purpose cultivar. The Colorado and Idaho Agricultural Experiment Stations and the USDA schedule release for 1999. Silverton was tested as AC83064-6. Parentage of Silverton is CalWhite (A76147-2) x A7875-5. It has medium specific gravity and attractive tuber type. Plant Variety Protection will be applied for. Emergence is rapid. The vine is medium-sized and upright to spreading with white flowers. It has a determinate growth habit and a moderate to shallow root system. Tubers have white flesh, are oblong to long, with medium russet skin. Eyes are shallow and distributed more heavily near the apical end. Specific gravity is medium (1.080).