Villetta Rose

The Villetta Rose is a late maturing red potato variety. It was developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is under plant variety protection. It originated from a cross between Dark Red Norland and Nordonna varieties. Villetta Rose has a medium to long dormancy, stores well and maintains its red color in storage. It is grown for fresh sale and processing.

Botanical Features

The Villetta Rose plant has medium vigorous vines with a semi-erect growth habit.
It has dark green leaves and red-purple flowers.
Tubers are a medium size and have a uniform spherical shape with shallow eyes.

Agricultural Features

Villetta Rose is resistant to bruising.
It is moderately resistant to PVY, early blight, pink rot and soft rot.
It is susceptible to common scab and medium-small tubers may develop skin netting.

Potato cultivars

List of potato cultivars

Adirondack Blue Adirondack Red Agata Almond Alturas Amandine Amflora Anya Atlantic Austrian Crescent Bamberg Belle de Fontenay Bintje Black Champion Bloomer British Queen Butte Champion Désirée Gala Golden Wonder Home Guard International Kidney Irish Lumper Irish White Kennebec Kerr's Pink King Edward Laura Lenape Marcy Marfona Megachip Melody Mizen Pike Pink Fir Apple Ranger Russet Ratte Red Gold Red La Soda Red Norland Red Pontiac Rooster Russet Burbank Shetland Black Skerry Champion Stobrawa Superior Ulster Emblem Umatilla Russet Villetta Rose Vitelotte Vivaldi Yellow Finn Yukon Gold

Creamer potato Fingerling potato Russet potato

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