Yukon gold tables

YUKON GOLD TABLES

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Table 1. Early and full season harvest of Yukon Gold versus Superior in Ontario, 1999 (5 locations each).

 
 

Cultivar

Marketable Yield,
Early Harvest

cwt/acre
Late Harvest

Yukon Gold

182*

316*

Superior

161

340

*No significant difference between the two cultivars.

 
 
 

 Table 2. Nebraska trials: Yield data from 1997, 1998 and 1999; locations were Imperial, O’Neill and Scottsbluff each year.

 

 

 
 

Cultivar

Total Yield
cwt/a

Yield >1.88”
cwt/a

Specific
gravity

Fry Color
^

Yukon Gold

390

402 A*

1.080 A*

2.6 A*

Rus Burbank

369

326 B

1.074 B

3 B

Rus Norkotah

362

333 B

1.074 B

3 B

site mean

356

327 B

1.075 B

2.9 B

^ SFA Chart: 1=lightest, 5=darkest
* When columns are followed by letters, numbers followed by the same upper-case letter are not different at 95% confidence level.

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

 Table 3. Nebraska trials: Disease data from 1997, 1998 and 1999; locations were Imperial, O’Neill and Scottsbluff each year.

 
 
 

Cultivar

Common
Scab ^

Black
Scurf ^

Vascular
Discolor ^

Yukon Gold

3.7 A*

4.7 B*

1.7

Rus Burbank

0.3 B

12.8 A

1.8

Rus Norkotah

0 B

1.1 B

0.5

^ Percent of Tubers Harvested
* When columns are followed by letters, numbers followed by the same upper-case letter are not different at 95% confidence level.

 
 
 

 Table 4. Nebraska trials: Defects data from 1997, 1998 and 1999; locations were Imperial, O’Neill and Scottsbluff each year.

 
 

Cultivar

Off
Shape ^

Hollow
Heart ^

Sprouting ^
(1997 only)

Yukon Gold

3.0 B*

0.7 a

1.7

Rus. Burbank

12.0 A

0.1 ab

0

Rus. Norkotah

4.9 B

0 b

0

^ Percent of Tubers Harvested
* When columns are followed by letters, numbers followed by the same upper-case letter are not different at 95% confidence level and when followed by the same lower-case letter they are not different at the 90% confidence level.