yukon gem early season potato

yellow skin with pink eyes, yellow flesh A modern take on old familiar Gold , with higher yields and better PVY and scab resistances. Stocked with the latest in plant-vigor innovation, the Gem seems to be surpassing its predecessor in popularity. In 2006, plant pathologists from the Agricultural Research Service in Aberdeen, Idaho, deemed Gem ready for the fresh market because of its determined resistance to costly infections of late blight and dry rot. Matures about 10 days later than Gold, but worth the wait. is from a contraction of the words in the Gwich’in phrase chųų gąįį han , which means ‘white water river’ and refers to the pale color of glacial runoff in the River. PVP . Indigenous Royalties.