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'Adirondack Blue' Potatoes |
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Early Season
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Early- to main-season variety good for Baking, boiling, steaming, mashing, brightly colored salads. Spreading plants yield large, round to oblong, slightly flattened, purple-fleshed tubers with purple skin. Susceptible to common scab and silver scurf. Resistant to golden nematode. Formerly known as S45-5.
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Overall: (4.0 Stars)
Taste: (4.3 Stars)
Yield: (3.7 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (4.0 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 3
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 09/03/2011 by
pea-picker
- An intermediate gardener
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Belknap, New Hampshire, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| First time growing these and Adirondack Red. Both were grown in raised beds. I added additional boards to raise up the sides for hilling them up. Yield of Adi-blue variety was nearly double the red variety in slightly less space. The Adirondack blues were hilled up a bit more. The blue ones grew quite large, and also closer to the surface than the reds, a few of them became exposed by heavy rains. The blue coloring may have saved them from greening, although the exposed part dried out somewhat so we cut it off anyway. These were also ready about 10 days earlier. |
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Reviewed on 03/31/2009 by
jkersmanc
- An intermediate gardener
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Otsego, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| These are really cool, but pretty low yielding. |
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Reviewed on 03/19/2005 by
skiman
- An experienced gardener
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Franklin, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Adirondack Blue is somewhat less mealy and more flavorful than the All Blue and is a great general purpose potato. It matures earlier than All Blue. It is one of our favorite eating potatoes no matter how it is prepared. They make decent potato chips and French fries too. Do not let them grow too big--they will get huge. They are susceptible to hollow heart, and when they get overly large, very pronounced eyebrows will detract from their appearance. Also, they do not like excessive bruising. Treat them like eggs, and they will respond accordingly. For those keeping them over winter for planting, please be aware they have a notoriously short dormancy; they will keep better at 42 F than at 48 F. |
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