The Katahdin Potato Variety

**Tom Wagner** · June 19, 2014

http://i.imgur.com/z3TluHK.jpg

I still am enamored with Katahdin even after 50 years of using it to breed new varieties of potatoes. The crosses I made today using pollen and flowers from Katahdin were done during the best and most perfect conditions I can imagine...62 F after a good soaking rain earlier in the week.

F. J. Stevenson, the original breeder, would be so proud. The variety has been around 80 plus years and I will always consider it a classic variety. No prettier plant exists than potatoes, in my opinion. I spend hours crossing potatoes when I have the ideal conditions.

June 19, 2014	#1
Tom Wagner Crosstalk™ Forum Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: 8407 18th Ave West 7-203 Everett, Washington 98204 Posts: 1,157	The Katahdin Potato Variety http://i.imgur.com/z3TluHK.jpg I still am enamored with Katahdin even after 50 years of using it to breed new varieties of potatoes. The crosses I made today using pollen and flowers from Katahdin were done during the best and most perfect conditions I can imagine...62 F after a good soaking rain earlier in the week. F. J. Stevenson, the original breeder, would be so proud. The variety has been around 80 plus years and I will always consider it a classic variety. No prettier plant exists than potatoes, in my opinion. I spend hours crossing potatoes when I have the ideal conditions.