Seed Potatoes: Shadow Queen (12 pcs) *Purple skin and flesh, a descendant of Kitamurasaki!

Flesh texture: Medium (Sticky ☆☆★☆☆ Mealy)
Boiling resistance: Medium (Little ☆☆★☆☆ Much)
Discoloration after cooking: Very little (Little ★☆☆☆☆ Much)
Maturity: Mid-late (Early ☆☆☆★☆ Late)
Dormancy period: Somewhat long (Short ☆☆☆★☆ Long)





☆Characteristics of Shadow Queen☆

Shadow Queen is a Japanese native potato variety registered with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on October 4, 2006.

This variety was developed with the aim of breeding a raw food variety with high anthocyanin content. Seeds produced from open pollination of Kitamurasaki were sown the following year, and superior individuals were selected from them.

The name comes from the fact that the flesh is a very deep, dark purple, reminiscent of a shadow, and the shape is long like May Queen. It has a deeper purple skin and flesh than its parent, Kitamurasaki, and is a cooking variety that is resistant to decolorization even when boiled.

Starch content is approximately 15-17%, peel browning is unknown, discoloration after cooking is slight, reducing sugar content is low, skin color is purple, flesh color is purple, taste is medium-high, flesh texture is medium, boiling resistance is medium, shape is long oval, eye depth is shallow, maturity is mid-late, and dormancy period is somewhat long.

Disease and pest resistance: Susceptible to potato cyst nematode, moderately weak to late blight, strong against tuber rot, moderately weak to scab, weak to potato virus Y, slight secondary growth, no brown center rot, no hollow heart, no cracking.