Canada
A specialist in the marketing of seed potatoes, HZPC Americas Corp. has a real passion for potatoes! HZPC develops its own varieties and undertakes an extensive program of variety trialing and introduction in North America. There is a comprehensive range of new, modern varieties available to meet the changing demands of the North American consumer. HZPC varieties are grown by the best American and Canadian seed potato producers.
Welcome
Welcome to the web site of HZPC Americas Corporation, the North American seed potato partner of the HZPC group.
HZPC is a world leader in the marketing of seed potatoes for processing and table potato markets. The key to HZPC’s success is understanding customer’s needs and supporting our seed varieties, thereby ensuring customers and growers are successful with our varieties.
Popular varieties
Research
Located in the Netherlands, close to the North Sea, is the HZPC potato breeding station. There, we screen hundreds of thousands of potential potato varieties in a continuing search for truly superior potato variety candidates. Part of the breeding program is dedicated to breed varieties especially for the North American markets.
Yield is a significant factor in this search but is only one of numerous characteristics that must be present before a potential candidate will even be considered. Is it resistant to diseases? Can it be grown in a number of environments? How does it taste? These are only a few of the questions that must be asked and answered during a ten year selection process.
Once a potato variety candidate has been selected for North America, it has to be shipped in-vitro from Holland to the official quarantine laboratory for screening before HZPC Americas Corporation can enter it in our own tissue culture lab, located at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Field trials and demonstration sites are needed as soon as possible before it can be presented to potential clients.
Seed production
Once a new HZPC variety has been selected for introduction, high quality seed potato production is needed.
HZPC varieties are grown by the best American and Canadian seed potato producers. The potatoes are grown on their own account and the crop is sold by HZPC Americas Corporation or by affiliate marketing agents. HZPC seed potato producers have excellent reputations and grow seed potatoes in select isolated areas in soils ideal for healthy potato production.
Contact
HZPC Americas Corp.
19 Regis Duffy Drive West Royalty CHARLOTTETOWN PE C1A 0K5 Canada + 1 902 892 2004 info.ca@hzpc.com http://www.hzpc.ca/