Colorado specializes in the right cultivar for the right situation!
An internationally successful potato breeding program is located in the San Luis Valley, Colorado. This program provides buyers with the most advanced clonal selections available. Several new cultivars have been developed for the fresh and processing industries which are widely grown in the west and many other parts of North America. Recently, emphasis has been placed on developing specific traits in new cultivars including better flavor, high vitamin and antioxidant content, and great horticultural characteristics. Much work has been accomplished on developing specialty cultivars with colored flesh and russets that have specific characteristics for individual needs such as earliness, appearance, and disease resistance. Grower screening of new clones prior to their release and naming helps to assure industry acceptance. CSU has one of its premier research Centers located in the San Luis Valley, the SLV Research Center, with four scientists located on site. These scientists provide seed growers with feedback and data on seed stocks. Additionally, the Colorado Potato Certification Program is located at the same site. This innovative approach coupled with CSU Research and Extension personnel helps Colorado lead in growing the appropriate cultivars that closely fit the buyer’s needs.
Potato Varieties
Type: Russets
Primay use: Fresh market and processing
Medium to late maturing, long russet, white flesh.
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Primay use: Specialty market.
Round purple skin, yellow flesh.
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Primay use: Specialty market.
Medium maturing, round purple skin, yellow flesh
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Primay use: Fresh Market
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Medium maturing, oval yellow skin, yellow flesh.
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Primay use: Specialty market.
Medium maturing, fingerling, red skin, red flesh.
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Primay use: Specialty market.
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Late maturing, oblong red skin, yellow flesh.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Processed
Primay use: Fresh market and processing.
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The Atlantic potato is a mid-season chipping potato variety. It is widely grown for chipping directly off the field or with short-term storage.
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Primay use: Specialty market; "Heirloom variety".
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Medium maturing, yellow fingerling.
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Primay use: Specialty market.
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Medium maturing, yellow fingerling.
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Primay use: Fresh market.
Medium early maturing, round oval, yellow skin, yellow flesh.
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Primay use: Fresh market and specialty markets
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Late maturing, oblong white.
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Primay use: Early maturing fresh market red with high yield potential
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Type: Yellows
Primay use: Specialty market.
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Medium maturing, oval yellow.
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Primay use: Fresh market.
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Medium to late maturing, oblong dark russet.
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Primay use: Fresh market.
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Medium to late maturing, oblong red.
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Primay use: Processing.
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Chipeta is late maturing and produces a high yield of tubers with good quality. It is marketed primarily for chip stock.
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Primay use: Fresh market.
Medium to late maturing, oval red
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Primay use: Fresh market and processing.
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Early maturing, long russet.
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Medium-late maturing, with oblong-long tubers that have medium russet skin. Tubers exhibit excellent fry color out of storage and their attractiveness make this variety suitable for both processing and fresh market usage.
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Primay use: Specialty market.
Round red skin, yellow flesh.
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Primay use: Specialty Market
Round white skin, yellow flesh.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Russets
Primay use: Fresh Market and Processing
Long russet, white flesh.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Russets
Primay use: Fresh, specialty and processing.
Early to medium maturing, oval red skin, yellow flesh
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Primay use: Fresh Market
Medium maturing, round red skin, white flesh.
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Primay use: Fresh market.
Early maturing, Round red skin, white flesh.
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Primay use: Fresh market.
Early maturing, round to oval, yellow skin, yellow flesh
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Type: Specialties
Primay use: Fresh Market
Columbine Gold has dark purple skin and yellow flesh. It has a medium yield potential and a very early maturity. The attractive oval tubers are resistant to internal and external grade defects.
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Primay use: Dual purpose russet with fresh and processing potential
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Type: Specialties
Primay use: Medium-early maturing fresh market
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Type: Specialties
Primay use: Fresh market.
Medium maturing, round, red skin, white flesh.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Reds
Primay use: Fresh market.
Early maturing, oblong red-skinned, white flesh.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Yellows
Primay use: Fresh market and speciality markets
Late maturing, oval, red skin, yellow flesh.
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Primay use:
Early to medium maturing, oval red skin, white flesh.
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Primay use: Fresh market.
Early, round, red skin, white flesh.
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Primay use: Dual russet with fresh and processing potential
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Type: Specialties
Primay use: Specialty market.
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Late maturing, red skin, yellow flesh fingerling.
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Primay use: Specialty market; "Heirloom variety".
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Late maturing, oblong yellow.
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Type: Russets
Primay use: Specialty market.
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Medium to late maturing, oblong russet, yellow flesh.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Russets
Primay use: Fresh market and processing.
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Medium maturing, oval white skin, white flesh.
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Primay use: Processing
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Medium maturing, round, white skin, white flesh.
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Primay use: Specialty market.
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Late maturing, red tinged,yellow skin, yellow flesh fingerling.
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Primay use: Fresh market.
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Early maturing, oval yellow skin, yellow flesh.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Russets
Primay use: High yielding russet with fresh and processing potential
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Type: Specialties
Primay use: Medium maturing fresh market specialty
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Type: Russets
Primay use: Dual purpose russet with fresh and processing potential
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Type: Russets
Primay use: Dual purpose russet with fresh and processing potential
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Type: Reds
Primay use: Fresh market.
Early maturing, round red skin, white flesh.
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Primay use: Fresh market.
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Early maturing, round to oval yellow.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Specialties
Primay use: Early maturing fresh market specialty
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Type: Yellows
Primay use: Fresh market.
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Late maturing, oval, red-skinned, yellow flesh.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Russets
Primay use: Processing.
Medium maturing, round russet.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Russets
Primay use: Processing.
Medium maturing, round russet.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Russets
Primay use: Processing.
Medium maturing, round white skin, white flesh.
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Primay use: Fresh market.
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Medium maturing, long oval, yellow.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Russets
Primay use: High yielding russet with fresh and processing potential
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Type: Russets
Primay use: Fresh market and processing
Medium maturing, round white
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Russets
Primay use: Fresh market and processing
Medium maturing, round white.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Russets
Primay use: Fresh market and processing.
Medium maturing, round white.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Russets
Primay use: Fresh market and processing.
Late maturing, round white skin, white flesh.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Yellows
Primay use: Fresh market.
Early maturing, round oval, yellow skin, yellow flesh.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Specialties
Primay use: High yielding fresh market specialty
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Type: Specialties
Primay use: Specialty market.
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Medium maturing, round purple skin, white flesh.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Russets
Primay use: Fresh and specialty markets.
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Early maturing, oval, red-skin, yellow flesh.
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Type: Reds
Primay use: Specialty market.
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Early to medium maturing, red skin, pink flesh fingerling.
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Primay use: Fresh market.
Medium maturing, oval red skin, yellow flesh
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Type: Russets
Primay use: Fresh market
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High yielding fresh market russet. It has attractive oblong tubers and a high percentage of US No. 1 tubers
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Primay use: Fresh Market
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It has a high percentage US No. 1 tubers. The vine has a late maturity.
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Primay use: Specialty market.
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Late maturing, pink skin, yellow flesh fingerling.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Russets
Primay use: Fresh market.
Early to medium maturing, long russet.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Russets
Primay use: Fresh market.
Early to medium maturing, long russet.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Russets
Primay use: Fresh market.
Early to medium maturing, long russet.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Russets
Primay use: Fresh market.
Early to medium maturing, long russet.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Russets
Primay use: Fresh market.
Early to medium maturing, long russet.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Russets
Primay use: Fresh market.
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Late maturing, long russet.
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Primay use: Fresh market.
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Early to medium maturing, oblong red.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Reds
Primay use: Fresh market.
Early to medium maturing, oblong red.
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Primay use: Fresh market.
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Early to medium maturing, oval yellow.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Russets
Primay use: Fresh Market
Originated from Aberdeen and was selected and developed further in Colorado. It has a strong potential for high yields from irrigated fields in the West and Midwest.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Yellows
Primay use: Fresh market.
Late maturing, round, yellow skin, yellow flesh.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Russets
Primay use: Fresh market.
Round yellow skin, yellow flesh.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Russets
Primay use: Fresh market.
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Early maturing, oblong russet.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Russets
Primay use: High yielding russet with long term storage potential
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Type: Yellows
Primay use: Fresh Market
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White skin and yellow flesh. It has very high yield potential and a medium-early maturity. The attractive oval tubers have a small size profile and are resistant to internal and external grade defects.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Russets
Primay use: Processing.
Late maturing, oblong white skin, white flesh.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Processed
Primay use: Medium maturing chipper with high yield potential
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Type: Specialties
Primay use: Specialty market.
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Medium maturing, round, flattened yellow-flesh.
View Cultivar & GrowersType: Yellows
Primay use: Fresh market and processing.
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Fresh market and processing
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