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OAC Ruby Gold: A new red-skinned yellow fleshed table potato cultivar

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OAC Ruby Gold is a new potato cultivar with red skin and yellow flesh. Tubers are oblong in shape. When evaluated over three years at three sites in Ontario, it had higher specific gravity and culinary quality than Chieftain. OAC Ruby Gold has the same maturity and slightly lower yield than Chieftain. It is recommended for fresh market use in Ontario.

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OAC Ruby Gold es un nuevo cultivar de papa con cáscara roja y pulpa amarilla. Los tubérculos tienen forma oblonga. Durante tres años de evaluación en tres lugares de Ontario, este cultivar mostró una mayor gravedad específica y una mejor calidad culinaria que el cultivar Chieftain. OAC Ruby Gold tiene una madurez igual y un rendimiento ligeramente menor que Chieftain. Es recomendable para el uso fresco en el mercado de Ontario.

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  1. G. R. Johnston

    Present address: , 21 Division Street, N1H 1R1, Guelph, ON

  2. R. Coffin

    Present address: Cavendish Farms, C1N 5J5, Summerside, PEI

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, (Fredericton Research Center), Department of Horticultural Science, University of Guelph, N1G 2W1, Guelph, ON

    S. T. Ali-Khan (Research Scientist)

  2. Department of Horticultural Science, University of Guelph, N1G 2W1, Guelph, ON

    V. Currie (Technical Assistant)

  3. Thunder Bay Research Farm, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, RR #6, Highway 130, P7C 5N5, Thunder Bay, ON

    J. Wilson (Superintendent)

  4. Horticultural Research Station, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs, N3S 4N5, Simcoe, ON

    A. McKeown (Research Scientist)

  5. Kemptville College of Agricultural Technology, KOG 1J0, Kemptville, ON

    W. Langenberg (Lecturer)

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Ali-Khan, S.T., Johnston, G.R., Coffin, R. et al. OAC Ruby Gold: A new red-skinned yellow fleshed table potato cultivar. American Potato Journal 73, 301–304 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02855208

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