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'Castile' Potatoes |
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Late Season
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Late-season. Large, smooth, oblong tubers with buff skin and white, dry, mealy flesh. Good storage. Resistance to hollow heart, fusarium and golden nematode and medium resistance to scab. Medium to large plants. Also known as 'Beltsville'.
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| Rating Summary |
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Overall: (3.0 Stars)
Taste: (5.0 Stars)
Yield: (4.0 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (3.0 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 1
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 12/28/2004 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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| In our experience, the Castile, a.k.a. Beltsville, is a wonderful potato to grow. It grows well and it yields well. It is a good looking potato with oblong, slightly flattened tubers with shallow eyes, white skin, white flesh. It is really a "long-white" potato, a.k.a. the 'California long white'. It is a great general purpose potato. Our problem was that we could not figure out how to keep it in storage till the next year for sale as a seed potato. One can imagine that it would be a wonderful potato for gardens. It was with some reluctance that we stopped growing it. |
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