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Old 01-12-2007, 07:34 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Marco Schwarz Marco Schwarz is offline
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Default Seed potato sorts

Hi..

Thanks, Robert and Mary..!

Well we're of Old Saxon origin and at home we always had sandy soil
and "mealy" sorts similar to Arran Victory, good for potato puree,
dumplings and fried potatoes but we also had salad potatoes..

Now we're located in Hesse, in the centre of Germany, in an ancient wineyard
area and our property is situated on a hill side. We have a loamy soil
(pure clay!) and a lot of big brown slugs. We're actually interested in
some _excellent_ potatoes for our own and we love old sorts (heirlooms)..

Did I mention we're "Jacket Potato" fans, too..? :-)

They have slug resistant ones too.


Any recommendations..?

I like to grow old, rare types but you don't get heavy yields.


See above mentioned..

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Marco