Yukon Gold

American  

[yoo-kon gohld] / ˈju kɒn ˈgoʊld /

Or Yukon gold

noun

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

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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

Example Sentences

As the movie opens, the Yukon Gold Rush of the 1890s is in full swing.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2020

The “fries” are actually smashed, skin-on Yukon Gold fingerlings with brittle jackets and soft centers.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2017

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

You Say Potato, I Say Double-Stranded RNA Tiffany Stecker writes about climate change, agriculture and forestry for ClimateWire in Washington, DC and prefers red potatoes to Yukon Gold.

From Scientific American • Jun. 12, 2013

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 Roy, Lillian Elizabeth