Lady Liberty (NY152) is a late Maincrop chipping variety that produces smaller sized tuber profile than most chippers and a slightly textured skin. Lady Liberty is the new standard for chip color consistency from early to late season storage and chips great direct from 46 F storage.
Agronomic Traits
- Utilization: Chip
- Market Maturity: late Maincrop (105-110 DAP)
- Yield: High to very high
- Skin Color: White, slightly netted
- Flesh Color: White
- Tuber Shape: Round oval
- Tuber Set: 11-13
- Dry Matter: 22.0-22.5%
- Dormancy: Long
Variety Characteristics
- Chipper
- Medium to late maturity
- Round tuber with netted skin
- Tuber dormancy is approximately 4 weeks
- Higher tuber set
- Higher percentage of undersize, a very desirable size profile suitable for the small size snack pack market
- Lower than average internal defects
- Low level of external defects
- Varying levels of hollow heart is a concern; occasionally high counts have been observed
- Moderate to good resistance to common scab
- Has a marker suggesting PVY resistance
- Low bruise susceptibility
- Susceptible to race Ro1 of Golden Nematode
- Average specific gravity
- Good heat and drought tolerance
- Very minor stem end reaction
