Irish seed potatoes??

[danmon_81]

I want to grow some Comber spuds next season....there a family favourite of ours being from round there...i know they wont quite be th same but i'd love to grow some!!

Any of our N.Irish contingent know where/ if i can get some Comber seed potatoes????

any help would be great!

cheers

Dan

[planesailing]

After reasearching:

The reason that the Comber area has such a reputation for early potatoes is primarily due to its location in County Down. The parent material of the soil surrounding the northern tip of the Lough is Triassic red sandstone and gravel. It is lighter and free draining, which allows the soil to dry more quickly and warm up faster than soil in other parts of Northern Ireland. Protection offered by the Ards peninsula to the east and the Mourne mountains to the south means that the climate is warmer than other parts of Northern Ireland. This, twinned with the warmer soil, means that the growing season for the New Season Comber Potatoes starts before potatoes in the rest of Northern Ireland. This warmth also means there is a lower risk of frost. Therefore the potatoes are normally harvested between May and July, earlier than other potatoes in Northern Ireland.

The seed potatoes are most likely to be Home Guard.

[danmon_81]

ah...so there's no class of 'comber' potato. right got ya.

[planesailing]

It comes under the same category as Jersey Royals (International Kidney), Cornish News (Rocket) and Cyprus (Spunta).

[VJay]

below is a link to a great site describing different varieties of potatoe, + loads more info.

Potatoes,English,British,tubers,flowers,varieties,blossom,cooking, DIVERSITY WEBSITE

below is another website which sells different seed

http://www.jbaseedpotatoes.co.uk/