Alturas is a russet potato variety released in 2002 by the USDA-ARS and the Agricultural Experiment Stations of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington and it is under plant variety protection. It is a processing potato that has cold-sweetening resistance, so it can be processed directly out of storage into French fries and other frozen potato products.
Botanical features
Tubers are lightly russeted with brown skin
Tubers are oval to oblong
Tuber sprouts are green
Flesh is white and has a shallow eyes
Has a large, open canopy and is a late-maturing variety
Plant stems are green with some anthocyanin pigmentation
Has white flowers and yellow anthers
Range of one to eight inflorescences per plant
Agricultural features
Higher yields and higher specific gravity than Russet Burbank
Resistant to Verticiliium wilt and early blight
Superior to the more common Russet Burbank in that it is more resistant to Corky ringspot, late blight, tuber net necrosis (caused by Potato leafroll virus), Fusarium dry rot, and common scab Susceptible to Potato virus X, Potato virus Y, bacterial soft rot, root-knot nematode, and bacterial ring rot