Gatsby [saxon x valor] is a commercial, PBR certified, early-season, main crop seed potato variety with good yields of bold, even sized, white skin tubers, suitable for the fresh market.
With its bright white skin and cream flesh-coloured potatoes, Gatsby is good enough to display as a washed product and ideal for baking.
Grower information
Pest and disease resistance
Common Scab: Slightly susceptible
Powdery Scab: Resistant
Gangrene: n/a
Black Leg: Slightly susceptible
Foliage Blight: Resistant
Silver Scurf: Slightly susceptible
Dry Rot: Resistant
Tuber Blight: Moderately susceptible
Potato Leaf Roll Virus: Slightly susceptible
Potato Virus Y: Moderate resistance
PCN RO1: Resistant
PCN pallida (2,3): Slightly susceptible
Black Dot: Resistant
Rhizoctonia: n/a
Agronomic attributes
Dormancy: Medium
Damage resistance: Slightly susceptible
Bruising resistance: Slightly resistant
Maturity: Early main crop
Yield: High
Please note: The variety Gatsby is protected under the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994. Unlawful propagation of Gatsby is an offence under the Act.
Consumer information
Quality attributes
Skin Colour: White
Skin Texture: Smooth
Flesh Colour: Cream
Dry Matter: 19 per cent
Tuber Shape: Oval
Uniformity of Shape: Even
Eye Depth: Shallow
Carbohydrate: 16.9 per cent
Cooking attributes
Gatsby is a firm cooking type of potato with a fine flavour.
Gatsby is suited to baking and roasting and ideal for fries/chips or wedges.
Ready to place an order?
Contact Elders' Potato Manager, Sharon Elphinstone.
