While french fry processing is expected to be the primary market for Easton, it also has excellent flavor and is very good boiled, mashed or baked.
Characteristics:
- Lightsprout: medium to large, ovoid shape, few root tips, short lateral shoots.
- Lightsprout Base: medium intensity of anthocyanin colouration, absent or low to medium proportion of blue in anthocyanin colouration, medium to dense pubescence.
- Lightsprout Tip: medium size in relation to base, closed habit, absent or very weak intensity of anthocyanin colouration, medium density of pubescence.
- Plant: foliage structure is intermediate type where foliage is half open and stems are partly visible, semi-upright growth habit, mid-season to late maturity.
- Stem: low extent of anthocyanin colouration along entire length
- Leaf: outline is medium size, openness is intermediate between closed and open, medium to dark green on upper side, high extent and weak to medium intensity of anthocyanin colouration on upper side of midrib, weak presence of secondary leaflets, absent or very low frequency of coalescence of terminal and lateral leaflets.
- Second Pair of Lateral Leaflets: small to medium size, leaflet is narrower than long.
- Leaflet: absent or very weak to weak waviness of margin, shallow veins, medium glossiness of upper side, glabrous blade at apical rosette.
- Inflorescence: medium frequency per plant, medium size.
- Peduncle: low extent of anthocyanin colouration.
- Flower Bud: high extent of anthocyanin colouration.
- Corolla: medium to large.
- Corolla (Inner Side): medium to high extent of anthocyanin colouration, weak intensity of anthocyanin colouration, absent or low proportion of blue in anthocyanin colouration.
- Tuber: long oval to long shape, white flesh.
- Tuber Eye: shallow, yellow at.
- Tuber Skin: light beige.
