2014 Upstate New York Potato Variety Trial Report
from D. E. Halseth, E. R. Sandsted, and J. M. Kelly, Horticulture, Cornell:
Potato variety yield trials were conducted in four counties in upstate New York in 2014 in which a total of 30 named varieties and 206 breeding lines were evaluated. Ten replicated variety yield trials and two observational trials were conducted at the Thompson Vegetable Research Farm near Freeville in Tompkins County. Grower chip processing trials were conducted on mineral soils near Arkport (Steuben County) and Bliss (Wyoming County). Grower red and white tablestock trials were planted on muck soil near Marion (Wayne County). All trials at Freeville and on grower cooperator farms were grown using standard commercial cultural practices. Marketable yield, tuber quality and appearance, maturity, storage life and processing potential are among the important characteristics which are evaluated. Round whites, red, blue and purple-skinned potatoes, and russets were evaluated, in addition to breeding lines from Cornell, University of Maine, and USDA-Beltsille.
Thanks to Mahany Farms, McCormick Farms, and Williams Farm for their continued assistance!
2014 Upstate NY Potato Variety Trials and Cultural Practice Experiments (pdf; 458KB)
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Upcoming Events
Niagara Region Vegetable Meeting
August 14, 2024
Clarence Center, NY
We'll start this meeting off at Root Down Farm to hear late season disease management updates in peppers and cole crops, plus current best management practices to limit fungicide resistance. Potato variety recommendations and disease control questions in potatoes will be addressed.
Then we'll head to Kreher's beet field to view and discuss alternative weed control technologies. The beet field is an on-farm demonstration of various flame weeding protocols in comparison with stacked tool cultivation equipment. One or two weeding robots will be on-hand for live demonstrations and discussion of the technology's current abilities and future potential. We'll also cover industry updates and a review of late summer disease management in squash.
2.0 DEC credits will be available in categories 23, 1a, and 10.
2024 Chipping Potato Twilight Meeting
August 20, 2024
Dansville, NY
Join us for a brief, on-farm meeting including insect pest updates and viewing of the chipping potato variety trial. 1.0 DEC credits in categories 10, 1a, and 23 will be offered. Dinner follows!