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Innovator
A long, russet-skinned Dutch variety from HZPC, released in 1999, with the North American russet Shepody as one parent. Its pale flesh cooks fairly firm to floury and it is grown for processing as well as the fresh market.
Origin and character
Innovator comes from the cross Shepody x RZ-84-2580. CFIA names BV de ZPC as breeder; the WUR Potato Pedigree Database names HZPC and gives 1999 as its year.
CFIA describes long oblong tubers, large to very large, with russeted tan skin and pale yellow to yellowish-white flesh. Dry matter is medium to high and the cooked texture fairly firm to floury. It has good resistance to leaf late blight and resists the pale cyst nematode (Globodera pallida pathotypes Pa2 and Pa3).
How it connects
Potato
- similar Russet Burbank
