Key to Abbreviations and Seed Potato Information
The following table shows the abbreviations used in this guide for the available seed potatoes.
| Key to Abbreviations | |
|---|---|
| Code | Description |
| N | Nuclear Class |
| PE | Pre-Elite Class |
| E1 | Elite 1 Class |
| E2 | Elite 2 Class |
| E3 | Elite 3 Class |
| E4 | Elite 4 Class |
| F | Foundation Class |
| C | Certified Class |
All Nuclear seed potatoes are grown from tissue culture, tested and found free of all known viruses, bacterial ring rot and spindle tuber viroid.
All seed potato lots sold except “certified” are tested and found free of bacterial ring rot.
Pemberton Seed Control Area: In this area all potatoes grown must enter in the form of disease free nuclear stock tissue culture plants and cannot stay in the Pemberton Valley past Class E3 planted.
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