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Seminole: A new variety of potato combining good chipping characteristics with good field performance in Alabama, Florida, and North Carolina

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Seminole (FL282 or B4469-7) is a new potato variety, named and released by the Research and Farm Departments of Frito-Lay, Inc. Its medium-early tubers are round to oblong with smooth, light cream-buff skin color. The eyes are shallow and pink. It was selected on the Research Farm, Rhinelander, Wisconsin from family line B4469, one of 399 family lines received from the National Potato Breeding Program, Beltsville, Maryland. Tested for its reaction to Verticillium wilt, it was one of the most resistant among 1,190 seedlings. It proved superior to many named and numbered varieties in specific gravity and chip color. In Alabama, Seminole produced relatively high yields of tubers with unusually high specific gravity. Tests in Florida and North Carolina gave similar results. In the South, Seminole is usually 7–10 days earlier than Sebago, and produces higher yields of tubers with higher specific gravity. Unlike Sebago, its tubers separate readily from the vines preventing losses in mechanical harvesting.

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Seminole (FL282 o B4469-7) es una nueva variedad de papa, nombrada y proporcionada por los Departamentos de Investigación y Granja de Frito-Lay, Inc. Sus tubérculos medianamente tempranos, son redondos hasta oblongos, lisos de color de crema lijero. Los ojuelos son poco profundos y rosados. Esta variedad ha sido seleccionada en la Granja de Investigación en Rhinelander, Wisconsin, de la línea de familia B4469, una de las 39 líneas de familia recibidas del National Potato Breeding Program, Beltsville, Maryland. Ensayada por su resistencia a la marchtez de Verticillium, esta variedad fué una de las más resistentes entre 1900 plantas de semillero. Se ha demostrado superior a muchas variedades denominadas y numeradas en cuanto a la gravedad específica y el color de papa frita. En Alabama la variedad Seminole dió relativamente altos rendimientos de tubérculos de gravedad específica unusualmente alta. Ensayos en Florida y North Carolina dieron resultados similares. En el sur Seminole es generalmente de 7 a 10 días más temprana que Sebago y da rendimientos más altos de tubérculos con una gravedad específica más alta. A diferencia de Sebago, sus tubérculos se separan facilmente de las matas previniendo así pérdidas en cosecha mecanizada.

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Seminole: One of a tribe of Muskhogean Indians, originally settled in Florida removed in 1943 to the former Indian Territory. Now most of them are in Oklahoma.

Formerly Horticulturist, Crops Research Division

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Stevenson, F.J., Akeley, R.V., Hunter, D. et al. Seminole: A new variety of potato combining good chipping characteristics with good field performance in Alabama, Florida, and North Carolina. American Potato Journal 47, 35–38 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02865042

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