The potato is slightly waxier in texture with a good skin finish. The variety is suitable for baking,boiling steaming and roasting.
This is an Irish potato resembling King Edward. It is currently sold by the Co-Op, prepacked.
It is a maincrop, ready fairly early, with dry matter about the same as King Edward and an unusually good flavour. I first encountered this when visiting Ireland in 1988.
It was bred by TEAGASC, the state-funded agriculture and food development agency in Carlow, Southern Ireland.
Features
- Tuber skin colour: Part red
- Tuber eye colour: Red
- Primary tuber flesh colour: Cream
- Tuber shape: Oval
- Tuber eye depth: Medium
- Tuber skin texture: Smooth
- Maturity: Early to intermediate
- Growth habit: Spreading to semi erect
- Foliage cover: Moderate to good
- Flower colour: White
- Flower frequency: No flowers
- Berries: No berries
- Light sprout colour: Pink
