Carlingford

Origin

Breeder Northern Ireland Plant Breeding Station

Parentage S62/47/1 x Dr McIntosh

National List Trials 1982

Botanical Features

Maturity Second Early

End Use

Haulm Low to medium height

Flowers Occasional White

Tubers Round/short oval, medium/small size, white skin, white flesh

Pest & Disease Performance

Wart Disease

Immune

Spraing

Foliage Blight

Black Dot

Tuber Blight

Black Scurf

Blackleg

Skin Spot

Common Scab

Silver Scurf

Powdery Scab

Dry Rot (Fusarium coeruleum)

Gangrene

Dry Rot (Fusarium sulphureum)

Potato Leaf Roll Virus

PCN Ro1

Susceptible

Potato Virus Y

PCN pallida

Susceptible

Consumer Quality

Carlingford’s low dry matter when immature produces a moderately firm / firm cooked texture. Combined with a distinctive flavour and freedom from after cooking blackening, Carlingford makes an excellent variety for a wide range of uses including - canning, punnet, salad, pre-packed immature and out of season new potatoes from second cropping. Uniformity of shape is a notable advantage over Maris Peer. If grown to maturity, Carlingford produces tubers of pre-packing quality whilst retaining its distinctive flavour.

Agronomic Features

Carlingford consistently gives significantly higher yields of even sized tubers compared with Maris Peer that is grown in the same way. Carlingford has the further advantage of far superior resistance to common scab, PVY and skin spot. Carlingford has good ability to initiate tubers even at low light levels. Carlingford produces good tuber numbers even under polythene with little or no reduction in tuber numbers. Carlingford is most suitable for early salad production.