The Canadian Potato Variety Repository is Canada's most comprehensive bank of commercial potato material.  It contain material obtained from the Agriculture and Agri-Food (AAFC) repositories in Vancouver, BC and La Pocatière, QC when these repositories closed in April of 1996.

Most public selections in the repository originate from North American breeding programs. Proprietary varieties and seedlings originate from North American and International sources, and are maintained by special arrangement with their owners or Canadian agents.

Varieties and seedlings in the Canadian Potato Variety Repository are maintained as disease-tested tissue culture stock.  All material entering the repository is subjected to a rigorous in-house testing program which meets or exceeds standards established by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency(CFIA).  All distributions from the bank are audit tested by a CFIA accredited laboratory in accordance with CFIA regulations.

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The Repository serves as a source as well as a point of entry for material into the Canadian Seed Certification System.  It offers a wide selection of potato varieties and seedlings to customers across North America and around the world. Public varieties are available for general distribution, while arrangements for obtaining proprietary must be made directly with the owner of the variety. Typically, five plantlets of each requested selection are distributed.  Any multiplication functions are outside of the purpose of the repository and any arrangements for multiplication services should be made separately.

Index of Public Potato Varieties available ABNAKI AC BELMONT AC BLUE PRIDE AC BRADOR AC CHALEUR AC DOMINO AC NOVACHIP AC RED ISLAND ACADIA RUSSET AGASSIZ AGITATO ALASKA ALASKA FROSTLESS ALASKCLEAR ALL BLUE ALLAGASH RUSSET ALLEGANY ALPHA ALWARD ANOKA ANSON ARRAN CONSUL ARRAN VICTORY ATLANTIC AVON BAKE KING BANANA BATOCHE BEAUTY OF HEBRON BELCHIP BELLEISLE BELRUS BINTJE BISON BLISS TRIUMPH BLUE MAC BRIGUS BUCKSKIN BUTTE CALGOLD CALROSE CALWHITE CAMPBELL 11 CAMPBELL 12 CAMPBELL 14 CAMPBELL-13 CANDY CANE CANSO CANUS CARIBE CARIBOO CARLTON CAROLA CASCADE CASTILE CENTENIAL RUSSET CENTURY RUSSET CHATA BLANCA OJO CHEROKEE CHERRY RED CHIEFTAIN CHIPBELLE CHIPETA COASTAL CHIP COASTAL RUSSET COLUMBIA RUSSET CONESTOGA CRUZA CRYSTAL CUPIDS DAKCHIP DELTA GOLD DENALI DESIREE DONNA DORIS EARLY OHIO EARLY ROSE EIDE RUSSET ELBA EPICURE ERAMOSA ERIK ESTONIAN RED FESTIVE FINGERLING FONTENOT FRONTIER RUSSET FUNDY GARNET CHILI GEMCHIP GEMINI-108 GENESEE GOLD COIN GOLD RUSH GOLDRUS GRAND FALLS GREEN MOUNTAIN HAMPTON HINDENBURG HOUMA HUDSON HUNTER HURON IDITARED IRISH COBBLER ISLANDER ITASCA JEMSEG KANONA KATAHDIN KENNEBEC KESWICK KRANTZ LA CHIPPER LA ROUGE LABELLE LANDGLADE LANGLADE LEMHI RUSSET LENAPE LIBERTAS LONGLAC MAINECHIP MAVERICK McINTOSH BLACK McINTYRE McINTYRE BLUE MENOMINEE MICHIGOLD MIRTON PEARL MONONA MOURASKA MULTA NIPIGON NISKA NOOKSAK NORCHIP NORDONNA NORGOLD RUSSET - BC NORGOLD RUSSET -NEB NORKING RUSSET NORLAND NORLAND-Dark Red NORLAND-NEW RED NORQUEEN NORWIS OAC Royal Gold OAC Ruby Gold OCEANIA ONAWAY ONEIDA ONTARIO PECONIC PENOBSCOT PINK PEARL PORTAGE PRESTILE PUNGO PURPLE 2126 PURPLE CHIEF PURPLE VIKING RANGER RUSSET RARITAN RASSVARSITY RECORDA RED BEAUTY RED CLOUD RED GOLD RED LA SODA RED PONTIAC RED RASCAL RED WARBA REDDALE RED-DY REDSEN RHINE RED RICHTER'S JUBEL RIDEAU RIVER JOHN BLUE ROSA ROSE GOLD ROSITA RUS. BUR. HEENE RUS. BUR. IDAHO "E" RUS.BUR.BC RUS.BUR.COLORADO RUS.BUR.GRAHAM'S RUS.BUR.IDAHO "D" RUS.BUR.MANITOBA RUS.BUR.PEI #1 RUS.BUR.PEI #2 RUSSET BURBANK RUSSET NORKOTAH RUSSIAN BLUE SACO SAGINAW GOLD SANGRE SEBAGO SHEPODY SIERRA SIMCOE SISSI SNOWCHIP SNOWDEN SOMERSET SPARTAN PEARL STEUBEN SUNCHIP SUNCRISP SUNRISE SUPERCHIP SUPERIOR TEJON TETON TOBIQUE TOLAAS TRENT UP-TO-DATE URGENTA VIKING WARBA WARRIOR WASECA WAUSEON WHITE ROSE - B.C. WHITE ROSE - mettler YANKEE CHIPPER YANKEE SUPREME YELLOW FINN YORK YUKON GOLD YUNGAY