Greenvale AP guide to colourful potato varieties

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Coloured potatoes can add some fun to a traditional potato recipe, but they tend to be quite difficult to find at the local supermarket. For those that want to enjoy colourful spuds, Greenvale AP recommends growing your own. Here, we discuss some of the most popular coloured potato varieties.

All Blue is a medium sized potato in a striking deep blue colour, which Greenvale AP says not only tastes great, but stores well too. Its texture works well with virtually all potato dishes. To keep its pretty blue hue, it’s important not to overcook. This particular variety is very robust, and usually matures mid to late season, with impressively high yields. Yellow Finn potatoes, Greenvale AP says, have a unique pear shape and golden coloured flesh. The coarser texture of this variety lends itself well to mashed, boiled or baked potatoes.

Rose Finn Apple are, as the name would suggest, a very pretty rose colour, with a deep yellow flesh under the skin. These potatoes are however, slightly more delicate and prone to disease. They also require steady watering over the course of the season. Once they mature, they will keep for quite a few months.

German Butterball is a potato variety which Greenvale AP farmers say is distinguished by its delicious flavour. The bright yellow skin and buttery flesh make this oblong, medium sized potato the idea, all-purpose spud. One of the most unusually coloured varieties is undoubtedly the Purple Peruvian. This is the only fingerling which comes with purple flesh as well as purple skin. The plants bear large sized tubers and are very resistant to diseases such as scab. However they do require plenty of watering and a rich soil in order to flourish.

A recent cultivar, which produces some fantastically high yields, is the Red Thumb.This has both red skin and red flesh, with long tubers and very tiny, shallow eyes. Another red potato is Red Gold; the red-orange skin hides a pale yellow flesh. The round, uniform and medium sized tubers are drought tolerant and disease resistant. Because Red Gold are an early variety, Greenvale AP say that they are not suitable for long term storage.

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