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'Green Mountain' Potatoes |
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Late Season
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Late-season heirloom. Oblong tubers with buff skin and dry, mealy, white flesh. Excellent storage. Resistant to fusarium storage rot, black leg and verticillium and moderately resistant to scab.
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Overall: (4.0 Stars)
Taste: (5.0 Stars)
Yield: (4.5 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 02/07/2009 by
OhioMG
- An experienced gardener
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Huron, Ohio, 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: More than 8 hours per day
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| Flavor is EXCELLENT. Keeps well -- they are starting to get eyes now in February but are still firm and tasty. Sizes are, well, a surprise. Some were quite huge, others less so. No bug problems, no disease, just yummy potatoes. It produced MUCH better than Cobbler and a red one I got at the local garden center, despite the fact that we ran out of soaker hoses so it had to fend for itself during a dry summer. We had no issues with hollow heart or the odd brown veining like with the other white variety. Very worthwhile. We're growing it again in a new spot this year! |
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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 my family, we grew up eating Green Mountains. While we did not realize it, at the time (1950s-60s), the Green Mountain variety was well into its decline from dominating the North American market. Green Mountain is a late-maturity, high yielding, mealy potato with lots of flavor. People old enough to remember Green Mountain will know what potatoes used to taste like. It held sway in North America for well over 50 years until it was gradually supplanted by the Russet Burbank because of the latter\'s reliable production under irrigation and its suitability for french fries and baking, but not because of its overall flavor. The Green Mountain was once the standard for mealiness and for flavor, but its propensity for ill-shaped tubers under unfavorable conditions and its susceptiblilty to various potato diseases and physiolocal problems caused it to lose favor among growers for newer varieties. Still, even today, despite its faults, one is hard pressed to argue against its flavor. This should be a mandatory variety in every garden. Please be aware however, that Green Mountain is now hard to find in the market place. |
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