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Wisconsin prenuclear stock collection. Note that some varieties are protected and not available to the public without owner approval.
Cultivar / Acronym / Origin1 / Status2 / Field Maturity3A91814-5 / A91814-5 / Ew07 / M / M
Accumulator (W2324-1) / ACR / WB04 / P / ML
Adirondack Blue / ADB / CU14 / M / M
Adirondack Red / ARR / CU14 / M / EM
All Blue / ABL / CU14 / M / ML
Atlantic / ATL / SF83-5 / P / M
Austrian Crescent / AUS / CU14 / M / M
Bannock Russet / BAR / Ew09 / M / L
Banana / BFI / Ew12 / M / L
Caribou Russet / CBU / Mb15 / P / M
Carola / CAR / R-CU13 / M / ML
Clearwater Russet / CLW / Ew15 / M / ML
Colorado Norkotah 8 / RNKC8 / CO99 / P / EM
CW08071-2rus / CW08071-2rus / WB16 / S
CW08221-5rus / CW08221-5rus / WB16 / S
Dark Red Norland / DRN / GF99/ Z89-1 / P / E
Dark Red Noralnd-Z2 / DRN-Z2 / Z96 / P / E
Desiree / DES / St09 / M / ML
Early Gem / EGM / R-CA13 / M / E
French Fingerling / FRF / R-CU13 / M / L
Freedom Russet (1836-3) / FRR / WB01 / P / L
German Butterball / GBB / CU14 / M / L
Gold Rush (GDA) / GDR / Jh87-1r-22 / P / M
Hodag (W5955-1) / HDG / WB10 / P
Kennebec / KEN / SF83-3 / P / L
Langlade / LAN / SF84-5r / P / L
La Rouge / LAR / J84 / P / M
Lelah (W2717-5) / LEH / WB08 / P / EM
Lamoka / LMK / CU10 / P / L
Manistee / MAE / MI16
Marcy / MAR / CU06 / M / L
MegaChip (W1201) / MCP / WB02 / P / L
Mercury / MER / CO16 / P / E
Magic Molly / MGM / CU14 / M / ML
Nicolet (W2133-1) / NIC / WB05 / P / ML
Oneida Gold (W6703-1Y) / ONG / WB10 / S / L
Pike / PIK / CU93 / P / L
Pinnacle (W5015-12) / PIN / WB09 / P / ML
Purple Viking / PVK / CO12 / M / M
Payette Russet / PYT / Ew15 / M / ML
Peter Wilcox / PWX / CU14 / M / EM
Russet Burbank / RBK / W83-1 / P / L
Red Pontiac / RDP / W84-2 / P / L
Red Endeavor (W6002-1R) / REN / WB09 / S / ML
Rose Finn Apple / RFA / Ew12 / M / M
Red Gold / RGD / R-St13 / M / E
Rio Colorado / RIO / CO09 / M / E
Red LaSoda 10 / RL10 / CU03 / P / M
Red LaSoda / RLS / SF83-3 / P / M
Ranger Russet / RNG / Ew88 / P / M
Russet Norkotah / RNK / E84-1R / P / EM
Russet Norkotah 296 / RNK 296 / CO11 / P / E
Red Norland / RNL / Jh85-1r-15 / P / E
Red Pearl (W84-75R) / RPL / P92 / P / EM
Russet Sebago / RSB / SF84-3r-8 / P / L
Red Thumb / RTB / CO12 / M / E
Reveille Russet / RVR / CO16 / P
Snowbird / SBD / PC12 / P / EM
Sangre / SGR / CO13 / M / L
Silverton / SLV / Za02 / P / ML
Snowden / SNO / M87-7r-4 / P / L
Superior / SUP / SF83-4,5 / P / E
Susanna / SUS / St06 / M / L
Teton Russet / TTR / Ew11 / P / E
Tundra (W2310-3) / TUN / WB07 / P / ML
Viking / VIK / ND12 / M / M
Villetta Rose (W2275-3r) / VLR / WB02 / P / M
W2978-3 / W2978-3 / WB09 / S / EM
W6234-4rus / W6234 / WB09 / S / ML
W6609-3 / W6609-3 / WB10 / S
W6822-3 / W6822-3 / WB12 / S
W8405-1R / W8405-1R / WB10 / S / ML
W8516-1rus / W8516-1rus / WB12 / S
W8822-1 / W8822-1 / WB12 / S
W8890-1R / W8890-1R / WB16 / S
W8893-1R / W8893-1R / WB12 / S
W9133-1rus / W9133-1rus / WB12 / S
W9433-1rus / W9433-1rus / WB13 / S
W9523-1rus / W9523-1rus / WB14 / S
W9576-11Y / W9576-11Y / WB13 / S
Waneta / WAN / CU16 / P
White Pearl (W1355-1) / WPL / WB00 / P / ML-L
Yukon Gold / YKG / CU95 / P / EM
1Initial(s) of the donor person or institution and the year acquired, e.g., “P87= Peloquin 1987; “CU95”= CornellUniversity 1995.
Legend for the Origin of Wisconsin Seed Potato Cultivars
AC= Agriculture Canada
CO= Colorado Potato Certification Serivce
CU= CornellUniversity
E= Eckre (North Dakota grower)
Ew= Ewing, Lorie (University of Idaho Nuclear Seed Potato Program)
FL= Frito-Lay
G= Grower (Maine)
H= Helgeson, John (UW-Plant Pathology
Jh= Johansen, Doug (North Dakota Breeder)
J= Jones, Ed (CornellUniversity)
K= Kelley
M= Mattek, J.W. & Sons (Wisconsin grower)
MS = MontanaStateUniversity
ND = North Dakota State Seed Department
NM= NatureMark
P= Peloquin, Stanley (UW- Horticulture)
PC=Phytocultures LTD (Canada)/Dutch Company HZPC
R-CU =Ruth Genger (Cornell University)
R-CA=Ruth Genger (Potato Gene Resources Repository, Potato Research Centre, Fredericton NB)
S = Summit Plant Labs (Colorado)
SF= State Farm
St= Sturgeon Bay (NRSP-6-United States Potato Genebank)
T= Tatro Potato Seed Farms (Wisconsin grower)
US= USDA (Bethesda Laboratory, MD)
W= Wright, Bud (Agriculture Canada)
WB= Wisconsin Potato Breeding Program
Z = Dennis Zeloski (Wisconsin grower)
Za = Zapata (Colorado grower)
2P= propagated annually; M= stored for maintenance only; S=spud pro lines (maintenance only)
3Maturity Class: L=late, M=medium, E=early, EM=early-medium, ML=medium-late, ML-L=medium-late to late
All varieties have been virus tested.
Also see the following websites on cultivar description The Potato Association of America The European Cultivated Potato Database The British Potato Variety Database