Abstract
Breeding ad selecting potatoes in Alaska to develop a variety that could be depended upon to process into light-colored chips has resulted in the naming and release of Snowchip. It is a selection from the cross Stately × Ontario. The oval, uniform, light buff, shallow-eyed tubers are suitable for either fresh market or chipping. Dry matter content of Snowchip, over a three-year period, expressed as specific gravity significantly exceeded Kennebec, Alaska 114 and Green Mountain. The rest period of this cultivar is short as is its paternal parent Ontario. However, Snowchip keeps well in storage at 38°F or cooler. Light-colored chips have been made conventionally from the 1971, 1972 and 1973 potato crops.
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El mejoramiento y la selección de papa en Alaska para obtener una variendad que puede ser valiosa para el procesamiento en chips ligeramente coloreados, ha resultado en el lanzamiento de Snowchip. Esta es una selección del cruce de Stately × Ontario. Los tubérculos son ovales, uniformes, levemente amarillo anaranjado, de ojos superficiales, y son adecuados, ya sea para el consumo fresco o para hacer chips. El contenido de materia seca de Snowchip en un perôdo de tres años, expresado como gravedad especîfica, excedió significativamente a las variedades Kennebec, Alaska 114 y Green Mountain. El reposo vegetativo de este cultivar es corto al igual que el de su progenitor masculino, Ontario. Sin embargo, Snowchip se conserva adecuadamente almacenada a temperaturas de 38°F ó inferiores. Chips ligeramente coloreados, han sido hechos convencionalmente con tubérculos de las cosechas de los años 1971, 1972 y 1973.
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Dearborn, C.H. Snowchip: A high yielding potato variety for Alaskan growers and processors. American Potato Journal 52, 47–50 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02852037
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