Delta Gold: A new potato variety with yellow flesh, high solids and high quality for baking and processing
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Delta Gold is a medium-late maturing, round, yellowish-skinned, yellow-fleshed variety which is excellent for baking and processing. Its yields have been lower than Kennebec; however, specific gravities have been higher. It is moderately resistant to scab and early blight and immune to net necrosis and virus A.
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New variety Delta Gold yellow-flesh high dry matterResumen
Delta Gold es una variedad de maduración semi tardía, con tubérculos redondos, de piel amarillenta y de carne amarilla, excelentes para horneado y procesamiento.
A pesar que sus rendimientos han sido menores que los de Kennebec, su gravedad específica ha sido mayor. Es moderadamente resistente a la sarna y al tizón temprano e inmune a la necrosis en red y al virus A.
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