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'Elba' Potatoes

Sub-Category:	Late Season

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Late season. Round, smooth, tubers with buff skin and firm, moist, white flesh. Excellent storage. Disease resistant variety. Resistance to scab, leaf hoppers, early blight, Verticillium wilt, golden nematode and Colorado potato beetle. Considered the potato variety most resistant to late blight.
Days To Maturity:	NA
Seed Sources:	Hudson Valley Seed Co - updated in 2024

Rating Summary

Overall: (4.0 Stars) Taste: (4.0 Stars) Yield: (4.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (4.0 Stars)

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Reviewed on 02/21/2011 by macinator - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Trumbull, Ohio, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
2008 was my first year growing potatoes and I wanted success so I grew blight resistant varieties. This variety was my largest producer...10 lbs.>200 lbs. Flavor was very good, storage was very good.

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