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YELLOW POTATO [1 record]

Record 1 2016-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Vegetable Crop Production
CONT

Yellow potatoes have skins and flesh that ranges from pale yellow to golden yellow. Their flesh has a buttery flavor and they are used for baking, boiling, roasting, and mashing. Some yellow potato varieties are Bintje, Charlotte, Yellow Finn, and Yukon Gold. It is a type of potato that will typically not develop a brown tone when cut as quickly as some varieties.

OBS

The color of yellow-fleshed potatoes is imparted by carotenoids.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Production légumière
CONT

Divina. [...] Dotée d'une peau lisse et claire, d'une chair jaune savoureuse, d'excellentes aptitudes d'entreposage et d'une coloration rose sur les germes, cette variété fait une solide concurrence à la Yukon Gold, la pomme de terre à chair jaune de référence.

OBS

pomme de terre à chair jaune : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’agriculture» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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