Red Pontiac potato

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The Red Pontiac, also known as Dakota Chief, is a red-skinned early main crop potato variety originally bred in the U.S., and is sold in the Southeastern United States, Canada, Australia, Algeria, the Philippines, Venezuela and Uruguay. It arose as a color mutant of the original Pontiac variety in Florida,[1] by a J.W. Weston in 1945.[2] It was registered by the USDA in 1983.[2] The original Pontiac itself was a hybrid of varieties "Triumph" and "Katahdin" and released in the USA in 1938 and Australia in 1940.[3]

It can be used in recipes for baking, boiling, mashing, roasting or in salads, and can be cooked in a microwave oven.[4] It is not so suitable for frying.[3]

The plants are large and spreading with angled stems and large light purple flowers. The potatoes are deep-eyed and round with dark red skin and white waxy flesh,[4] though can be knobbly if soil moisture is uneven.[2] The skin colour can fade significantly, leaving only the eyes as red.[3]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Red Pontiac. Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Retrieved on 2007-09-21.
  2. ^ a b c The Potato Association of America (2007). Red Pontiac. The Potato Association of America website. University of Maine. Retrieved on 2007-09-21.
  3. ^ a b c Wilson, Graeme (1999). Potato varieties. Department of Primary Industries website. Department of Primary Industries - Victoria. Retrieved on 2007-09-21.
  4. ^ a b Barker, p. 61

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