2005 Early Tri-State Postharvest Evaluation

The 2005 Early Tri-State trial consisted of 4 named cultivars and 9 numbered clones. All entries fried light and uniform with USDA ratings of "0". Russet Norkotah and AO96141-3 both produced fries with severe after-cooking-darkening.

      PHOTOVOLT DIFFERENCE * USDA
  Clone Stem Bud Average STEM - BUD COLOR
             
1 Ranger Russet 52.6 50.5 51.5 5.7 0
2 Russet Burbank 52.7 50.6 51.7 3.0 0
3 Russet Norkotah 51.7 52.7 52.2 2.4 0
4 Shepody 58.3 55.3 56.8 4.1 0
5 A96023-6 52.5 52.9 52.7 2.3 0
6 A96108-12 54.0 50.5 52.3 4.0 0
7 A97142.3 58.1 55.8 57.0 2.6 0
8 A97229-1 56.6 53.9 55.3 3.0 0
9 A97287-6 60.4 57.9 59.1 2.7 0
10 A8104-4 59.7 56.2 58.0 3.8 0
11 AO96141-3 50.6 52.2 51.4 2.5 0
12 AO98133-2 55.6 56.0 55.8 5.3 0
13 CORN-3 57.4 56.1 56.7 1.6 0
      LSD 0.05 1.9 2.7  
  Average 55.4 53.9 54.6 3.3 0
             
* Average of 12 individual tuber absolute differences  
             
Planting Date:       March 24  
Harvest date:       August 2  
Fried on:       August 5