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{{Infobox cultivar<br />
| name = ''Potato'' 'Vivaldi'<br />
| image = Vivaldi potato SASA.jpg<br />
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| genus = ''[[Solanum]]''<br />
| species = ''[[Potato|Solanum tuberosum]]''<br />
| cultivar = 'Vivaldi'<br />
| hybrid = 'TZ 77 148' × 'Monalisa'<br />
| origin = HZPC in the [[Netherlands]]<br />
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The '''Vivaldi potato''' is a [[cultivar]] of [[potato]] bred by HZPC, in the Netherlands,<ref name=hzpc>{{cite web |title=The producer's choice for yellow fleshed potatoes |url=http://www.vivaldipotatoes.ca/producers.asp |publisher=vivaldipotatoes.ca |access-date=4 January 2017}}</ref> and then passed to 'Naturally Best', based in [[Lincolnshire]], England, who promoted and distributed the potato in the UK.<ref name=Marks>{{cite web |first=David |last=Marks |title=VIVALDI POTATO |url=http://www.gardenfocused.co.uk/vegetable/potatoes/variety-vivaldi.php |publisher=gardenfocused.co.uk |access-date=4 January 2017}}</ref> <br />
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The name was chosen as a reference to [[Antonio Vivaldi]], since, as the potatoes are grown both in the UK and overseas, they are available during all "[[The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)|Four Seasons]]" of the year.<ref name=hzpc/> The known parents of 'Vivaldi' are 'TZ 77 148' and 'Monalisa', which are not commonly grown in the UK.<ref name=Marks/><br />
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'Vivaldi' is a Second Early variety producing oval tubers with yellow skin and pale yellow flesh and which are resistant to scab.<br />
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Botanical features of this variety include a tall plant with stems weakly pigmented and slightly swollen nodes. Terminal and primary leaflets are ovate, the flowers have orange anthers and a white corolla with a prominent star. The tubers have few shallow eyes with light yellow flesh and the sprouts are a red-violet.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.inspection.gc.ca/plants/potatoes/potato-varieties/vivaldi/eng/1312587385941/1312587385942|title=Vivaldi|publisher=Canadian Food Inspection Agency|date=2012-01-31}}</ref><br />
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The Vivaldi potato is field immune to potato wart, and highly resistant to [[Potato virus A|potato viruses A]] and [[Potato virus Y|Y]]. It is moderately resistant to leaf roll, [[potato virus X]], late blight on tuber, [[silver scurf]], [[blackleg (potatoes)|blackleg]] and black dot, and is moderately susceptible to late [[blight]] on leaves, common scab, powdery scab, [[rhizoctonia]] and skin spot.<ref name=":0" /> A general assessment is that Vivaldi's disease resistance is "on the low side".<ref name=marks/> The variety has the advantage of producing a good crop of potatoes, with a longer than average harvest time.<ref name=marks/><br />
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It was the winner in the Fresh Produce category at the Q Food and Drink awards in 2006 and won gold at [[The Grocer]] Own Label Awards in 2011, where the judges said that there was no need to add butter to improve the taste.<ref>{{cite web | title=More Potatoes, More Deliciousness | publisher=Albert Bartlett | date=18 April 2023 | url=https://www.albertbartlett.co.uk/corporate/more-potatoes/}}</ref><ref name=albert>{{cite web |title=Vivaldi |url=http://albertbartlett.co.uk/potatoes/vivaldi |publisher=albertbartlett.co.uk |access-date=4 January 2017}}</ref>{{non-primary source needed|date=September 2022}} It was awarded the [[Royal Horticultural Society|RHS]] [[Award of Garden Merit]].<ref name=Marks/><br />
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HZPC, who originally bred Vivaldi, cite its advantages as "very good taste, good yield, good cooking quality, suitable for different market segments, and uniform tuber size and shape".<ref>{{cite web | title=Vivaldi | publisher=HZPC | url=https://www.hzpc.com/our-potato-varieties/vivaldi | access-date=26 October 2024}}</ref><br />
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The UK producers reported that laboratory studies "suggested" 'Vivaldi' to be lower in calories and carbohydrates than many other popular potato varieties.<ref>{{cite web |title = Scientists make 'slimming' potato | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4689108.stm | access-date = 2007-01-04 | work=BBC News | date=2006-02-07}}</ref> However, a later assessment found that Vivaldi potatoes were similar to other varieties in nutritional value, and no better for slimming, by simply comparing stated nutritional values for different varieties. The assessors found that Vivaldi had a slightly smoother texture than many other varieties, but not a buttery taste.<ref name=marks>{{cite web | last=Marks | first=David | title=Independent assessment of the Vivaldi potato variety|publisher=GardenFocused | date=8 June 2024 | url=https://gardenfocused.co.uk/vegetable/potatoes/variety-vivaldi.php}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Potato cultivars}}<br />
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[[Category:Potato cultivars]]<br />
[[Category:Science and technology in Lincolnshire]]<br />
[[Category:Antonio Vivaldi]]<br />
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