Seed Potatoes: Hokkai Kogane, 12 pieces *Easy to bear fruit and resistant to breaking apart when cooked!

Meat texture: Slightly sticky (Sticky ☆★☆☆☆ Powdery)
Boiling resistance: Almost none (Little ☆☆☆☆☆ Much)
Discoloration after cooking: None (Little ☆☆☆☆☆ Much)
Senescence period: Mid-late season (Early ☆☆☆★☆ Late)
Dormancy period: Intermediate (Short ☆☆★☆☆ Long)

☆Characteristics of Hokkai Kogane☆

Hokkai Kogane is a Japanese native potato variety registered with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in 1981.

It was developed by cross-pollinating Toyoshiro, a processing variety, as the mother plant with Hokkai No. 51, which has low reducing sugar content, as the father plant, with the aim of developing a high-quality, high-yield variety. The variety was born from selecting individuals with superior traits from the resulting seeds.

The name Hokkai Kogane originates from it being the first yellow-fleshed potato developed in Hokkaido for French fries. Hokkai comes from the place name, and Kogane (gold) refers to the color when fried. It has low reducing sugar content, making it resistant to discoloration when fried, and its quality is excellent for both direct consumption and processing. Initially, it faced challenges because traditional varieties like Russet Burbank and Bintje had white flesh. However, as the production of seed tubers for Yukijiro decreased, Hokkai Kogane gradually gained popularity.

Starch content is approximately 15-17%, peel browning is minimal, discoloration after cooking is none, reducing sugar content is low, skin color is yellowish-brown, flesh color is pale yellow, taste is unknown, boiling resistance is almost none, shape is oblong, eye depth is shallow, senescence period is mid-late season, and dormancy period is intermediate.

Disease and pest resistance: Susceptible to potato cyst nematode, intermediate for late blight, slightly strong for tuber rot, weak for potato virus Y, weak for PVY-O, none for PVA, weak for PVX-b, none for PVS, strong for powdery scab, weak for bacterial wilt, none for internal brown spot, none for secondary growth, none for hollow heart, and almost none for internal rust spot.