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Bob Hobden wrote:
BTW we tried two varieties new to us this year and in our soil the Orla
were
excellent but the Premier were covered in serious scab, guess which one
we
will grow again.

Were the orla organic or 'normal'? We had the organic ones last year, and
although they were fine, they were a bit scabby and low yield, iirc.
Although I think the ones we had were nice tasting and quite large.

Normal I think, we don't bother about "Organic TM" seed.
It's down to the soil type and the variety, for example King Edwards hate
heavy soil so no good here at all whereas a friend a few miles away with
sandy soil does well. Which is why we are always trying new varieties just
to see which does well in our soil, an acid clay/silt. It's one of the
problems in moving to a new allotment site and takes years of experiment.
So far for us it's Early...Orla; SE..Kestral; Main.. Victoria (and probably
Setanta looking at the hulms but I've not dug any yet)

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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK