The European Cultivated Potato Database

 
 

Witchhill

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HIGHER TAXON: Solanaceae
GENUS:Solanum L.
Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Witchhill
Pedigree:
Breeder:
Breeder's rights: No [13]
Synonyms:
National list:
ADMINISTRATION
Country of originUNITED KINGDOM [2, 13]
Data sourceARCHE NOAH [2] GBR017 [12] GBR165 [13]
Plant health directive EC77/93, requirementsFully tested [13] Untested [2]
Plant material maintained asTuber and in-vitro [13]
Sample statusAdvanced cultivar [2, 12, 13]
Test conditionsOrganic [2, 12] Non organic [13]
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
Flower colourWhite [12, 13]
Flower frequencyVery rare [13] Rare [12]
Foliage coverModerate [12]
Growth habitSpreading [12]
Light sprout colourPink [2, 13]
MaturityVery early [12, 13]
Stolon lengthVery short to short [12]
TUBER CHARACTERISTICS
Primary tuber flesh colourWhite [2, 12, 13]
Tuber eye colourYellow [2]
Tuber eye depthShallow to medium [2, 12]
Tuber shapeOval to long [2, 12] Long to oval [13]
Tuber skin colourWhite to yellow [2, 12, 13]
Tuber skin textureSmooth to intermediate [2] Smooth [12]
TUBERING CHARACTERISTICS
Secondary growthVery low [2]
Tuber shape uniformityMedium to uniform [2] Uniform [12]
Tuber sizeMedium to large [12] Large to very large [2]
UTILISATION CHARACTERISTICS
After cooking blackeningSome [2]
Cooking type / 411 Cooked textureFirm (salad type) [2]
TasteModerate to good [2]
RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES
Resistance to late blight on foliageLow [12]
Resistance to late blight on tubersLow [12]
RESISTANCE TO PESTS
Resistance to Globodera rostochiensis race 1Low [2]


Source:
[2] Arche Noah, AUSTRIA 2005
[12] Henry Doubleday Research Association (HDRA), UNITED KINGDOM 2005
[13] SASA, UNITED KINGDOM 2005















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