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PARENTAGE
• CO94170-1× Mountain Rose
KEY ATTRIBUTES
• Good yield potential (average 396
hundredweight per acre in trials)
• Attractive, oval tubers with red skin
and red flesh
• Small tuber size profile
• Medium vine size, semi-erect plants
with white flowers
• Medium-early maturity
• Resistant to hollow heart, second
growth and growth crack.
• 58 percent of tubers U.S. No. 1
• Low specific gravity (1.076)
• Retains vivid red flesh color even after
cooking
• High amount of nutritious
anthocyanins
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n this month's Smorgasbord, we take a closer look at Crimson King,
a red-skinned, red-fleshed variety that has shown promise for the
fresh market. Thanks to Crimson King's deep red flesh color, there is
also potential for the specialty chip market. It is PVP-pending, and seed
is available from the San Luis Valley Research Center. It has been test-
grown in Washington State, southern California, Florida and upstate
New York.
Crimson King was developed by Colorado State University at the San Luis
Valley Research Center and is marketed exclusively by Georgia-based
Crown Quality Concepts.
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