dish. " Creamers " are smaller, with a short growing season, and have different growth characteristics than traditional varieties of potatoes. Research began in Washington and Wisconsin in 2019 to determine how plant damage may influence growth and production of this newer potato type. Two varieties were grown at each location with 'Blushing Belle' common to both locations and damage applied at various growth stages based on days after emergence (DAE) or days after planting (DAP). Damage affected the distribution of tuber size as shown in Tables 9 through 12. TABLE 9 'Blushing Belle' 'Creamer' Potato-Plant Damage Washington-3 Year Average Tuber Size Growth Stage % Damage Tuber Initiation (8 DAE) 33 66 99 Row Closure (16 DAE) 33 66 99 Pre-Harvest (24 DAE) 33 66 99 TABLE 10 'Bintje' 'Creamer' Potato-Plant Damage Washington-3 Year Average Tuber Size Growth Stage % Damage Tuber Initiation (8 DAE) 33 66 99 Row Closure (16 DAE) 33 66 99 Pre-Harvest (24 DAE) 33 66 99 TABLE 11 'Blushing Belle' 'Creamer' Potato-Plant Damage Wisconsin-2 Year Average Tuber Size Growth Stage % Damage Vegetative (31 DAP) 33 66 99 Tuber Initiation (37 DAP) 33 66 99 Row Closure (44 DAP) 33 66 99 Pre-Harvest (51 DAP) 22 THIRDQUARTER2022 33 66 99 Under-Sized 16 16 17 18 16 16 22 21 16 21 26 32 16 20 27 31 Creamers (Ideal) CWT/A 189 182 180 124 189 169 159 99 189 164 147 80 189 161 129 94 Over-Sized 129 93 77 32 129 82 79 34 129 51 48 17 129 59 48 18 Under-Sized 11 8 10 10 11 9 14 20 11 9 12 25 Creamers (Ideal) CWT/A 184 157 149 100 184 153 156 55 184 157 161 95 Over-Sized 139 139 118 34 139 174 120 88 139 166 124 23 Under-Sized 6 5 6 5 6 5 10 11 6 5 7 8 Creamers (Ideal) CWT/A 142 117 134 123 142 123 115 133 142 117 121 145 Over-Sized 137 167 144 191 137 180 139 55 137 197 123 112