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M A R C H 2 0 1 6 POTATO GROWER 11 Chieftain 238 acres Red La Soda-New York 263 acres Red Pontiac 229 acres Dark Red Chieftain 140 acres Dakota Rose at 91 acres and Dakota Ruby 56 acres. White skinned vari- eties include Cascade 456 acres Dakota Pearl 338 acres Kennebec 165 acres CalWhite 66 acres and Waneta 56 acres. Russet Burbank was the second highest acreage 1008 acres. Other russet skinned varieties included Umatilla Russet 36 acres Alpine Russet 62 acres and Russet Norkotah with 18 acres. Yellow fleshed varieties were mainly Yukon Gold 160 acres and Satina 79 acres. Other varieties entered into certification with varied acreage include All Blue Irish Cobbler Viking Norchip Dakota Crisp Lamoka Goldrush Ranger Russet Jelly Milva Nicolet French Fingerling Russian Blue Runestone Gold and Sangre. In Minnesota all lots of seed potatoes planted or sold as seed must be winter tested regardless of class. Minnesotas winter test plot was planted on Dec. 1st 2nd 2015 by Eric Byre and Jeff Miller. 253 lots representing 4224 acres were planted on Twin Bridges Farms on the north shore of Oahu in Waialua Hawaii. Perry Paschke and Jeff Miller arrived in Hawaii on the 4th of January 2016 to certify the crop of 2015. Upon arrival we found the plants to be at ideal plant growth for reading the plants the 1st week. According to Al Medrano of Twin Bridges Farm the weather was a little warmer and drier than the previ- ous year when the plants were in an advanced state of growth when we arrived. Even though the number of virus transmitting vectors was up this year the overall potato virus Y PVY levels were down due to earlier planting of seed lots timely applications of crop oils and earlier vine killing and harvest before aphids moved in. Last year only 68 of the lots passed the winter test comapred to 81 that passed this year. The number of acres that passed this year was also up substantially from the previous year 86 vs. 75 again reflecting on the overall good year for Minnesota seed growers. Minnesota Certified Seed Potatoes When you buy Minnesota certified seed potatoes youre getting a history of high performance high quality seed. Minnesota seed is grown on a wide range of soil types from the rich black soils of the Red River Valley to the irrigated sands of Central Minnesota to the deep peat soils of East Central and Southern Minnesota. If you want a specific variety we can grow it. www.mnseed potato.org For your free copy of the Minnesota Certified Seed Directory Call 218-773-4956 MINNESOTA CertifiedSeedPotatoDirectory 2015