On 26/06/2011 13:27, Bob Hobden wrote:
Now everyone is eating their early potatoes how are they?
What do you think of the varieties you grew for growth and taste?

We grew Inova and Printaline this year and must say we are rather
impressed, probably the best early pototoes we have ever grown for
yield, tuber quality/shape and flavour and that says a lot as we try
different varieties every year. When the potatoes were still small we
were getting over 3lb from each plant and the last Inova we dug up we
got over 5lbs although they are beginning to get large, still taste nice
though. The Printalines seem to have stayed smaller, more like new
potato size.

So please let us know how your varieties have done?


I've grown daisy for the third year now. They are a second early. They
weren't quite so nice as a boiled potato this year being a little floury
and they also have a little scab, perhaps due to the long period of dry
weather. However the yield is good and they make good sized potatoes if
left until they die off naturally. The make excellent chips and mashed
potatoes and keep well overwinter too. Last years crop lasted around the
year - the old potatoes from last year started going soft and sprouting
too badly just as this years crop became ready to harvest a few roots.

--
David in Normandy.
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