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The sequoia potato: A recently-introduced insect-resistant variety

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The Sequoia potato is a high-yielding, late-maturing variety that has shown marked resistance to damage caused by flea beetles and leaf-hoppers.

Vine resistance to late blight has been evident, but the tubers are susceptible to rot initiated by the late blight organism. Plants should be sprayed or dusted but probably will not require as intensive a program of spraying as does Green Mountain or Irish Cobbler.

Some stem-end browning has occurred under conditions in North Carolina, but thus far it cannot be attributed directly to net necrosis caused by the leaf roll virus. Greenhouse tests conducted at Raleigh may show that the browning is correlated with soil conditions.

Sequoia has responded satisfactorily to a wide range of soil and climatic conditions. In North Carolina best results have been obtained on upland soils.

Careful attention should be given to spacing and fertilizing. Because of the vigor of this variety, it produces rough, over-size tubers with a tendency to hollow heart condition, if given too much space in the row or if fertilized too heavily.

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  1. North Carolina Agricultural Experimental Station, Raleigh, N. C.

    M. E. Gardner (Horticulturist) & Robert Schmidt (Associate Horticulturist)

  2. Division of Fruit and Vegetable Crops and Diseases, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Research Administration, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Md.

    F. J. Stevenson (Senior Geneticist)

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Sequoia (Sequoyah or Sikwayi) was a famous Cherokee Indian chief. As far as the records show he was born near Tuckaseigee in the vicinity of old Fort Louden in western North Carolina. It was for him that the giant trees in California were named in 1847. Sequoia’s greatest contribution to his people was the development of an alphabet which enabled them to read and write. It is said that he spent 12 years of his life in preparing this syllabary which, according to the 19th report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, stands second to the development of our own language.

Approved for publication as paper No. 200 of the Journal Series of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station.

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Gardner, M.E., Schmidt, R. & Stevenson, F.J. The sequoia potato: A recently-introduced insect-resistant variety. American Potato Journal 22, 97–103 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02863510

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