A visit with Tom Wagner and some interesting potatoes

wmontanez · August 22, 2012

Have a good vacation. Glad to hear you got to visit Tom and see some new potatoes varieties. I am growing Yungay from TPS (now first year clone) I am not yet sure what I would get. Last year the tubers were small but tasty.

**Tom Wagner** · August 23, 2012

I consider myself lucky to have Mr. Jones visiting me and allowing me to do a SHOW AND TELL mostly with potatoes.

It was a difficult job to try to show him some highlights with a scant three hours...I could have used many more to explain details about many more varieties. He visited but one of my plots...so I had to talk fast.

CHELLAN is a cross of Chellah.....a fairly new Irish bred potato and a un-named seedling that had great late blight resistance. I kept the two L's as Chellah has two L's and to distinguish the name from Chelan....the town and lake in central Washington. CHELLAN was a first year seedling hill during the 2011 season and the tubers of the hill were cut to make 32 hills fr 2012. I have been impressed with this clone for many reasons....the vigor, the yield, the late blight res, and the wonderful white tubers it produces. I think it is much better than the parents in nearly every respect.

I am posting a picture of the hills taken about two weeks ago. The plants look even better now. I have crosses of it taking including a cross from Skagit Plenty.

August 22, 2012	#1
wmontanez Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: MA Posts: 776	Have a good vacation. Glad to hear you got to visit Tom and see some new potatoes varieties. I am growing Yungay from TPS (now first year clone) I am not yet sure what I would get. Last year the tubers were small but tasty. __________________ Wendy

August 23, 2012	#2
Tom Wagner Crosstalk™ Forum Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: 8407 18th Ave West 7-203 Everett, Washington 98204 Posts: 1,157	I consider myself lucky to have Mr. Jones visiting me and allowing me to do a SHOW AND TELL mostly with potatoes. It was a difficult job to try to show him some highlights with a scant three hours...I could have used many more to explain details about many more varieties. He visited but one of my plots...so I had to talk fast. CHELLAN is a cross of Chellah.....a fairly new Irish bred potato and a un-named seedling that had great late blight resistance. I kept the two L's as Chellah has two L's and to distinguish the name from Chelan....the town and lake in central Washington. CHELLAN was a first year seedling hill during the 2011 season and the tubers of the hill were cut to make 32 hills fr 2012. I have been impressed with this clone for many reasons....the vigor, the yield, the late blight res, and the wonderful white tubers it produces. I think it is much better than the parents in nearly every respect. I am posting a picture of the hills taken about two weeks ago. The plants look even better now. I have crosses of it taking including a cross from Skagit Plenty.