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Pink Fir Apple

Scottish Seed Stocks  
English Seed Register
ParentageBred from Darbre
Breeder's AgentGB Seed Industry

A late maincrop salad variety first marketed in 1850. Pink Fir Apple produces long, knobbly, pink-skinned tubers with creamy, firm, waxy flesh. Well known for its excellent taste. Susceptible to potato cyst nematode Globodera rostochiensis Ro1 and Globodera pallida Pa2/3,1.
Pink Fir Apple leaf
Pink Fir Apple
Pink Fir Apple
 
Tuber characteristics
Shape of tuber Very long
Depth of eyes Deep
Colour of skin Red
Colour of flesh Light yellow
  
Botanical description
Maturity Maincrop
Frequency of berries Absent
Colour of flower White
Colour of base of lightsprout Pink
Resistance to Damage, Pests and DiseasesLow.......High
Potato Cyst Nematode ( Globodera pallida Pa 2/3, 1 ) 
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2
       
Potato Cyst Nematode ( Globodera rostochiensis Ro1 ) 
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2
       

Results of National List and Potato Council Independent Variety Trials





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