RE: Potatoes
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- Subject: RE: Potatoes
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- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 08:31:23 -0800
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Hi Carleen
We grew four types of potatoes this year: 'Kennebec', 'Yellow Finn', 'Yukon
Gold', and 'All Blue'.
All four types did well, but the 'Yellow Finn' were biggest and hardiest,
and seemed to survive our very wet fall and winter in better shape than did
the others (fewer spoiled).
The 'Yukon Gold' win our vote for tastiest, without a doubt, but all four
were outstanding. The 'All Blue' make a gorgeous soup, and a really
wonderful vinaigrette potato salad, along with diced colored sweet peppers
and red onions. The vinegar sets the purple color and it's quite
spectacular.
What's this about a spud cellar? I keep my potatoes in a wooden box that's
been in the family for 100+ years.
Sue P.
SPesznec@lhs.org Milwaukie, OR.
> I do recall many folks in our garden club saying they too loved Yukon
> Gold. We have a local feed store that sells this seed potato. I'll be
> sure to get some then; can't have too many potatoes. (Still reading
> up on making a spud cellar.)
>
> The other potatoes I have coming (minitubers) are Yellow Finn
> (someone said it was a parent of Yukon Gold-?) Caribe, Nooksack,
> Peanut, Red Gold, Redsen and All Blue. Figure it will feed my big
> potato eating family for some months, some for seed, and some to
> share with friends.
>
> Anyone know if we have problems with Colorado potato beetles here in
> the Pacific NW ? or any other potato pests ? Years ago (old
> home-PNW) we would get tiny pin size worms that would dig into the
> potato flesh (Russets) about 1/4 inch deep. Can anyone tell me what
> those might have been ?
>
> Sincerely,
> ~Carleen~
> Keeper of Sheep & Old Roses
> Rainier, OR zone 8
>
