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'Austrian Crescent' Potatoes |
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Early Season
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Mid- to late-season. 10-inch, fingerling tubers weighing up to 18 ounces with tan skin and deep, waxy, yellow flesh. Medium-sized plants. Good storage. High resistance to scab. Good for new potatoes.
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Overall: (4.0 Stars)
Taste: (4.5 Stars)
Yield: (3.5 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (4.0 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 2
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 02/23/2015 by
loki
- An experienced gardener
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Cache, Utah, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 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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| I love this potato. However it is variable from year to year (I save seed potatoes, so it's the same source). It's the environment that affects the yield and size. For me this is not an early potato and not one for new potato use (I define this as and early variety dug in summer for new potatoes). Certainly any potato can be dug and called a new potato, but this one is best grown as a full season potato and dug after the tops are dead and hard frosts have hit. You will then get the highest yield and some lunkers with this variety. I've had really large potatoes from this 'fingerling' variety, as large as 'regular' potatoes, but more elongate. You will also get lots of small ones. It stores well too - perhaps better than any other I've grown. There is some evidence that there are several cultivars that are included under this name. |
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Reviewed on 12/29/2007 by
Sam Yachup
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Albany, 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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| I found this variety produces higher yields and larger tubers than either Russian Banana or Rose Finn but have not seen the 10" long sizes ascribed to this variety. Still it has out produced all other fingerlings I have grown and the tubers are larger than other varieties. Excellent eating quality. Firm. waxy texture make it great variety for boiled new potatoes as well as frying and in salads. Easy to grow and and a favorite for those of us waiting for the season's first new potatoes. |
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