b'New Brunswick Department of Agriculture,Potato Variety Management InstituteAquaculture and Fisheries Mountain Gem RussetCO05189-3Rus (Horizon Russet, pending approval) Mountain Gem Russet is a dual-purpose Horizon Russet is a promising early fresh market variety withmedium to late maturing variety. Its a uniform tuber size. Its tubers are blocky and have a nettedoblong-long in shape and has appearance. Horizon Russet grows well on dry land conditions.medium-russeted tubers with It has a 10.8 per cent higher marketable yield than Gold Rush. Itshigher protein content resistant to hollow heart, growth crack and common scab, andthan standard potato has good resistance to PVY. varieties. Mountain Gem Russet has high early and full season yields. Its favoured by Cavendish Farms.Pomerelle RussetPomerelle Russet is a dual-purpose russet, with medium heavy russet and smooth oblong-long uniform tubers. Its early maturing and produces moderately high early-season yields. It has greater resistance to soft rot, corky ringspot and tuber infections from late blight. Laurentian Potatoes is the Canada seller of Pomerelle Russet.38SPUDSMART.COM Winter 2023'