The European Cultivated Potato Database

British Columbia Blue

HIGHER TAXON:	Solanaceae
GENUS:	Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. British Columbia Blue
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ADMINISTRATION
Country of origin	CANADA [2] UNITED KINGDOM [9]
Data source	ARCHE NOAH [2] DEU416 [9]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirements	Fully tested [9] Untested [2]
Plant material maintained as	Tuber [2] Tuber and in-vitro [9]
Sample status	Traditional cultivar/landrace [9] Advanced cultivar [2]
Test conditions	Organic [2]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
Light sprout colour	Blue [2]
Maturity	Intermediate to late [9]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colour	Blue [2]
Tuber eye colour	Blue [2]
Tuber eye depth	Shallow to medium [2]
Tuber shape	Oval [2]
Tuber skin colour	Blue [2]
Tuber skin texture	Smooth to intermediate [2]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Tuber shape uniformity	Medium to uniform [2]
Tuber size	Medium to large [2]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackening	Little [2]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked texture	Firm (salad type) [2]
Taste	Moderate to good [2]

Source:
[2]	Arche Noah, AUSTRIA	2005
[9]	Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), GERMANY	2005