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Old 17-07-2008, 11:25 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren Nick Maclaren is offline
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Default Blight again folks


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"Bob Hobden" writes:
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| Currently I am growing what was supposed to be Belle de Fontenay
| (but isn't, though it is a waxy, cream-fleshed early) and Red Duke
| of York, which we eat early. It's really only the potatoes grown
| for keeping that get it badly.
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| Perhaps it's BF15 (no name) which we have grown this year and quite like.
| Certainly the yields are superb.

I don't think so. I have grown that before - this one has much
larger and much rounder tubers, with much less of a kidney shape.
And that was just the seed ....

| Thanks for the list - I will take another look and see if there
| is one that we would want to grow, but I am not optimistic.
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| If I remember correctly I think I posted a similar list about spraing
| resistant varieties on 21st Jan 2007. (just looked it up on Google)

You did :-) I looked then.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.