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'French Fingerling' Potatoes |
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Mid- to late-season. Large, fingerling tubers with smooth, dark rose-red skin and waxy, yellow flesh lightly splashed with pink. Good storage. High resistance to scab and shows some resistance to leaf hopper. Tall, spreading plant.
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Overall: (4.8 Stars)
Taste: (4.8 Stars)
Yield: (3.2 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (4.0 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 4
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 03/17/2010 by
LongIsland
- An experienced gardener
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Suffolk, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| Excellent taste, even when eaten plain, boiled or roasted. Can even eat the skin. Easy to grow. The vines flop over and wander, so don't plant other crops near by. I got around 4-5 potatoes from each plant. Some bigger than average fingerlings. Planted some early April and they didn't seem to mind the cool soil. I loosened up the soil, added compost, planted them in 1-foot deep holes, gradually filling in the soil as they grew. |
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Reviewed on 09/26/2007 by
Corbin
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 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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| 4th year growing French Fingerlings. Found it's best to fire kill plants once tubers are mature to assure timely hardening off. Properly hardened off tubers are beautiful shiny rose color and keep extremely well refrigerated until April/May. The plants are large and rangy and therefore require a more space than other fingerlings. Weeding is a must, since the plants do not produce a dense canopy to supress weed growth. Our 2007 yield was 13lbs per 1lbs of seed tuber in ground 4/22/07 in the Philadelphia PA area. Inconsistent moisture and PH higher than 6.5 caused poor scabby yield our first year. Will try plastic sheet mulch to suppress weed and drip tape to maximize moisture consistency and minimize scab. Excellent taste. Creamy, with complex earthy taste.... delicious. Excellent pan roasted in olive oil with garlic until creamy. Sold 250lbs in farmer's market in 4 weeks. |
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Reviewed on 08/26/2007 by
Luffa Zar
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Dane, Wisconsin, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| very tasty small yield for me but worth growing. |
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Reviewed on 12/12/2006 by
starwoodfarm
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Baker, Oregon, United States
Frost Free Season: Fewer than 103 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 didn't have real fertile ground, and competed with weeds, so take that into account when looking at my ratings. But I got a decent crop and they were good and mid august is when I started digging them. I will try and again and do better for them. I think they will reward the better treatment. |
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