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Old February 28, 2018   #2
kath
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Sometimes looking at descriptions given for different varieties online will tell you which ones tend to form "a little nest" around the seed piece, etc. Yukon Gold may be the best of the varieties I've grown to fit that description. Over the years, I've tended to eliminate the varieties that grow close to the surface of my hills because they result in green, unusable spuds and because I only have just so much usable soil for hilling within the confines of my potato patch; unfortunately, I don't have written records of which ones were eliminated because of this problem. The ones I still grow every year are Red Norland and Kennebec because of their taste, relative scab and disease resistance, versatility and production in my conditions. Last year began my trials of blue-fleshed varieties- no clear winner yet.
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