Early Harvest Regional Trial Postharvest Evaluation

The 2006 Early Regional Trial consisted of 4 named cultivars and 19 numbered clones. All entries, except Shepody, fried light and uniform with USDA ratings of "0".
      PHOTOVOLT   DIFFERENCE USDA  
    Clone Stem Bud Average STEM - BUD COLOR  
                 
  1 Ranger Russet 51.5 52.0 51.7 4.5 0  
  2 Russet Burbank 50.9 49.4 50.1 2.8 0  
  3 Russet Norkotah 48.3 52.5 50.4 5.9 0  
  4 Shepody 51.2 51.3 51.3 9.2 0  
  5 A95074-6 56.1 55.1 55.6 1.9 0  
  6 A95109-1 55.4 51.2 53.3 4.5 0  
  7 A95409-1 54.7 56.4 55.5 2.6 0  
  8 A96104-2 54.4 54.3 54.4 3.4 0  
  9 AC96052-1Ru 55.6 56.1 55.9 2.2 0  
  10 AO96141-3 57.8 55.7 56.8 3.3 0  
  11 AO96160-3 55.2 55.3 55.2 2.0 0  
  12 AO96164-1 51.3 53.1 52.2 2.5 0  
  13 AOA95154-1 54.1 57.5 55.8 3.9 0  
  14 AOA95155-7 53.9 53.7 53.8 2.6 0  
  15 AOTX95265-2ARu 49.4 51.0 50.2 3.7 0  
  16 AOTX95265-4Ru 50.0 51.1 50.5 5.6 0  
  17 CO94035-15Ru 55.5 55.9 55.7 3.8 0  
  18 CO95172-3Ru 51.1 52.5 51.8 3.6 0  
  19 CO97137-1W 47.2 49.9 48.6 3.6 0  
  20 MWTX2609-2Ru 50.9 50.7 50.8 3.3 0  
  21 MWTX2609-4Ru 52.7 48.0 50.3 5.1 0  
  22 TXA549-1Ru 49.6 51.9 50.7 5.2 0  
  23 TXNS278 50.9 51.1 51.0 2.2 0  
        LSD 0.05 1.9 2.6    
    Average 52.6 52.9 52.8 3.9 0  
                 
    * Average of 12 individual tuber absolute differences      
                 
  Planting date: April 3          
  Harvest date: August 8          
  Fried on: August 10