Rooster potato

Rooster is a red-skinned, yellow-fleshed cultivar of potato, duller in colour than the 'Désirée', with floury yellow flesh.[1] It is uniformly roundish in shape with shallow eyes making it easy to peel. It is a general-purpose potato. It can be boiled, mashed, chipped, roasted, steamed and baked. It was originally bred in 1990 at the Teagasc Oak Park Research Centre in Carlow, Ireland by Harry Kehoe.[2][3] In 2004, 'Rooster' potatoes accounted for 38% of the total potato production in the Republic of Ireland.[4]

Potato 'Rooster'
GenusSolanum
SpeciesSolanum tuberosum
Cultivar'Rooster'
BreederHarry Kehoe, Teagasc Oak Park Research Centre
OriginCarlow, Ireland

References
  1. "Rooster". European Cultivated Potato Database. Retrieved 9 January 2007.
  2. "He was the Harry Potter of Potatoes!". Colraine Times. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  3. "Pedigree image for 'ROOSTER' (year: 1990)". Potato Pedigree Database. Wageningen University and Research. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  4. "Irish Potato Census" (PDF). Retrieved 8 January 2015.


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