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Oromonte is a chipping potato which has produced very well in Colorado. It has consistently exceeded Kennebec in specific gravity and chip color. It is resistant to potato virus Y and to internal discoloration caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. tuberosi. It is more resistant to storage diseases and mechanical harvesting injury than Kennebec.
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Oromonte es una papa para freir que ha dado una buena cosecha en Colorado. Esta papa ha excedido consistentemente la papa Kennebec en gravedad especifíca y en el color de la papa frita. Es resistente al virus Y de la papa y también a la decoloración interna causada por Fusarium oxysporum f. tuberosi. Es más resistente que la Kennebec a las enfemedades del almacenamiento y al daño causado por la maquinaria de cosecha.
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Scientific Series Paper No. 129S, Department of Horticulture, Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station.
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Twomey, J.A., Akeley, R.V., Knutson, K.W. et al. Oromonte, a chipping potato for Colorado. American Potato Journal 45, 297–299 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02850286
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