The British Potato Variety Database

Purple Majesty

Scottish Seed Stocks

English Seed Register

Parentage

All Blue x ND2008-2

Breeder	San Luis Valley Research Center
Breeder's Agent	Albert Bartlett and Sons (Airdrie) Ltd

Purple Majesty is an early maincrop variety. This variety is particularily suitable for salads / punnets. This variety has low resistance to dry rot Fusarium sulphureum , late blight on foliage and late blight on tubers.. Tests for resistance to potato cyst nematode demonstrated susceptibility to both Globodera rostochiensis Ro1 and Globodera pallida Pa 2/3, 1.

Tuber characteristics
Shape of tuber		Oval
Depth of eyes		Shallow
Colour of skin		Blue
Colour of flesh		Blue

Botanical description
Maturity		Early Maincrop
Height of plants		Medium
Frequency of berries		Few
Colour of flower		Blue violet
Colour of base of lightsprout		Blue

Resistance to Damage, Pests and Diseases	Low	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	High
Dry rot ( Fusarium coeruleum )	.	.	.	.	.	6
Dry rot ( Fusarium sulphureum )	1
Late blight on foliage ( Phytophthora infestans )	.	.	3
Late blight on tubers ( Phytophthora infestans )	.	2
Powdery scab ( Spongospora subterranea )	.	.	.	4
Blackleg ( Pectobacterium atrosepticum )	.	.	.	.	5
Common scab ( Streptomyces scabiei )	.	.	.	.	.	6
Potato Cyst Nematode ( Globodera pallida Pa 2/3, 1 )	.	2
Potato Cyst Nematode ( Globodera rostochiensis Ro1 )	.	.	3
Potato Leafroll Virus	.	.	.	4
Potato Virus Yo	.	.	.	.	5
Bruising	.	.	.	.	5
Splitting	.	.	.	.	5

Results of National List and Potato Council Independent Variety Trials