Rooster potato
Encyclopedia
Rooster is a red-skinned cultivar
of potato
, duller in colour than the Désirée
, with floury yellow flesh. It was originally bred at the Teagasc
Oak Park Research Centre in Carlow
, Ireland
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It has become Ireland's number one variety of potato; in 2004, it accounted for 38% of Irish potato production.
Cultivar
A cultivar'Cultivar has two meanings as explained under Formal definition. When used in reference to a taxon, the word does not apply to an individual plant but to all those plants sharing the unique characteristics that define the cultivar. is a plant or group of plants selected for desirable...
of potato
Potato
The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family . The word potato may refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber. In the region of the Andes, there are some other closely related cultivated potato species...
, duller in colour than the Désirée
Desiree potato
The Désirée is a red-skinned main crop potato originally bred in the Netherlands in 1962. It has yellow flesh with a distinctive flavour and is a favourite with allotment-holders because of its resistance to drought, although it is not well suited to organic growing...
, with floury yellow flesh. It was originally bred at the Teagasc
Teagasc
Teagasc is the semi-state authority in the Republic of Ireland responsible for research and development, training and advisory services in the agri-food sector. The authority has a number of county advisory centres, colleges and research centres in which it carries out its main business...
Oak Park Research Centre in Carlow
Carlow
Carlow is the county town of County Carlow in Ireland. It is situated in the south-east of Ireland, 84 km from Dublin. County Carlow is the second smallest county in Ireland by area, however Carlow Town is the 14th largest urban area in Ireland by population according to the 2006 census. The...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
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It has become Ireland's number one variety of potato; in 2004, it accounted for 38% of Irish potato production.