The Great potatoes Quiz!

[lozza_9]

Hiya

Some of you may know all of my potatoes sets got blown over and now I have no idea which is which

The varities I have are:
Valor
Lady Christel
Kestrel
Cara
Bonnie
Sante
Orla

Here are a few photo's - if anyone can tell me which is which I will love you for ever!

[Lesley Jay]

I grew Kestrel a few years ago and if my memory serves me right it should be a white potato with purple eyes.

[Helenclare]

Hi ,
I really feel for you as exactly the same thing happened to me last year only it was brassica seedlings etc.

I have several of your varieties chitting at home, I am only a few roads away from the allotment, so if you want to pop round to have a look and compare yours to mine you are most welcome . Send me a pm for my address if you are free.

Good luck!!

[lozza_9]

Hi Helen, will PM u now.

In case anyone is wondering, me and Helen have plots on the same allotment, we meet through.

Loz

[nick the grief]

It won't stop us spreading rumors Lozza

You are corect LJ White with purple splashes it is.

Here is some info that may help

Maincrop

CARA
PARENTAGE: ULSTER GLADE x A25/19,1976
APPEARANCE: Round oval tuber, white skin and cream flesh. Shallow eyed.
YIELD: Very high yield, large tubers.
CONSUMER QUALITY: Good for jacket potatoes.
HEALTH: Good resistance to Tuber Blight, Common Scab, virus Y and PCN.

SANTE
PARENTAGE: Y66-13-636 x SVPAM 66-42,1981.
APPEARANCE: Round to short oval tubers. White skin and light yellow flesh.
YIELD: A high yielding variety.
CONSUMER QUALITY: Waxy texture when boiled. Good for frying with excellent flavour.
HEALTH: Susceptible to drought and Blackleg. Resistant to PCN. Very popular on organic farms as it shows good Blight and Scab tolerance..

VALOR
PARENTAGE: CARA X EX VERNEI, 1993.
APPEARANCE: Uniform white skinned tubers.
YIELD: Very high yields.
CONSUMER QUALITY: Low dry matter, good to bake.
HEALTH: Good resistance to Blight. Susceptible to Gangrene. Resistance to PCN.

2nd Earlies

KESTREL
PARENTAGE: SEEDLING S. VERNIE x CARA, 1992.
APPEARANCE: Oval tubers with purple eyes, similar to Catriona. Excellent for showing.
YIELD: Well above average yield.
CONSUMER QUALITY: Floury tasty flesh, better steamed than boiled.
HEALTH: Susceptible to Common Scab. Good resistance to Blackleg and virus Y.
Good drought resistance. Good field resistance to slugs.

1st Earlies

LADY CHRISTL
PARENTAGE: WS733-391 x MANSOUR, 1995.
APPEARANCE: Oval with light yellow flesh and skin. Shallow eyed.
YIELD: Above average yield, which bulks early.
CONSUMER QUALITY: Very pretty, waxy potato, which produces medium sized tubers. Remains firm once cooked.
HEALTH: Good resistance to Common Scab, Leaf Roll virus, immune to viruses A, Y & X.

ORLA
PARENTAGE: OP657/3 X SPUNTA.
APPEARANCE: Oval with cream skin and cream flesh.
YIELD: Moderate yielding potato.
CONSUMER QUALITY: Good boiling variety.
HEALTH: Best resistance to Blight of any early also resistant to Virus Y.


Unfortunately the info I've got doesn't include Bonnie - I'll have to try and get an update.

It looks as though you are growing a lot of oval creamy white ones - that won;t help

[lozza_9]

excellent thank you Nick

My last post should have said we meet through GYO, she regonised the plot from my blog pages.

I think I know which ones are Bonnie as I remember they where very large BUT I have loads of little ones!!

Oh well

Loz

[PAULW]

Potato : Bonnie
Bold, round/oval uniformly shaped yellow skinned tubers with pink splashed eyes and cream flesh.

A bright skin finish hence the apt name. Recent tasting assessments have given Bonnie good reviews, particularly boiled and as a baker.

Good disease tolerances and resistant to golden eelworm

[multiveg]

I thought that said SPAM! not SVPAM

[lozza_9]

Hiya

I have managed to sort out the spuds with Helenclare help - thanks again.
They are now save in the house near windows. We managed to get them from your house back to ours in one piece.

Cheers
Loz

[lozza_9]

Hiya all,

Just to let you all know my spuds have come up lovely - some better than others but considering they where all mixed up I am very happy with the result. Now we have enough spuds to last us a few months and just started to plant my spuds for Xmas, some in tubs and some in the ground, see which one works best.

We even made for the first time our very own Oven chips, we normally get frozen ones but i thought it was silly have all these lovely spuds and going out and buying frozen chips! and the result was lovely. Both me and hubby thought they tasted better than the frozen ones and they take about the same about of time to cook. takes a few minutes to cut the spuds up but not that much effort.

Hopefully next year my spuds wont get mixed up again.

Cheers
Lozza