Rooster
Ireland's #1 variety. Red-skinned, golden flesh — the contemporary Irish kitchen standard.
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About this variety
Ireland's #1 variety. Red-skinned, golden flesh — the contemporary Irish kitchen standard.
Rooster is classified as a western europe variety released in 1991, primarily used for all-purpose, mashing. For agronomic specs, breeder details, and trial data not yet captured here, refer to the source registries linked at the bottom of this page.
Variety profiles aggregate data from CIP Lima genebank, ICAR-CPRI variety catalogue, EU Common Catalogue, USDA PVPO, AHDB Potato Variety Database, NIAB, NAK Netherlands, the Potato Pedigree Database, national breeding programmes (CAAS, EARO, BARI, INTA, EMBRAPA, INIFAP, IHAR-PIB, VNIIKKH), and peer-reviewed literature in Potato Research and the American Journal of Potato Research.