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Yukon Gold

American  
[yoo-kon gohld] / ˈju kɒn ˈgoʊld /
Or Yukon gold

noun

  1. a yellow-fleshed, all-purpose variety of potato.


Yukon Gold British  

noun

  1. a variety of yellow-fleshed potato developed in Canada

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Etymology

Origin of Yukon Gold

First recorded in 1965–70; developed by Canadian agricultural researcher Garnet Johnston (1916–2000) at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada

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To give the green garlic a space to shine, I picked up a few pounds of yellow-fleshed Yukon Gold spuds from my favorite potato vendor.

From New York Times Apr. 8, 2022

Make one of them whipped, skin-on Yukon Gold potatoes.

From Washington Post Nov. 26, 2018

If you’re making it with potatoes, Yukon Gold are good, but really, any kind is fine.

From Seattle Times Mar. 27, 2018

The new documentary “Dawson City: Frozen Time” chronicles the discovery of a treasure trove of 1,500 reels of nitrate film that had literally been frozen in a swimming pool at that Yukon Gold Rush boomtown.

From Washington Times Apr. 10, 2017

So I became a member of the Yukon Gold Expedition, under the management of John Herrick and Julius Dwight, engineers.

From The Blue Birds' Winter Nest by Lillian Elizabeth Roy

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