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'Kennebec' Potatoes |
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Mid-season. Large, oblong tubers with thin, buff skin, unobtrusive eyes and moist, firm, creamy-white flesh. Excellent storage. Resistant to late blight, black leg and potato viruses A and Y but medium scab resistance.
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70-90
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| Rating Summary |
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Overall: (4.7 Stars)
Taste: (4.5 Stars)
Yield: (4.6 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (4.8 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 12
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 12/26/2013 by
Luther
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Moody, South Dakota, 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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| Yields vary from year to year, but are always high and occasionally unbelievable. We use Kennebecs for french fries (excellent) but find them exceedingly bland for all other purposes. |
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Reviewed on 01/23/2012 by
Soilgeek
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Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan, Alaska, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 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 grew Kennebec for the first time in 2011. All I have to say is \"what took me so long\"?! |
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Reviewed on 03/20/2011 by
sadie
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All Counties, Ontario, Canada
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 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 work well in Ontario as well. They tend to grow large (and digging them makes you feel like a good gardener). I have had them store nicely in the cold cellar until June. I think I could get even bigger ones if my soil wasn\'t quite so clayish. |
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Reviewed on 01/22/2011 by
big hungry
- An intermediate gardener
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Greenbrier, West Virginia, 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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| Kennebec was the first potato i ever grew. In very average soil, I produced a good yield, of medium to large spuds. Kennebec also has an excellent taste. |
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Reviewed on 01/28/2010 by
Rammarg
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Perry, Pennsylvania, United States
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| Good, dependable yield. I plant them every year and have never been disappointed.
Very good flavor. |
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Reviewed on 10/10/2009 by
lewisn
- An intermediate gardener
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Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Vigorous plants and good yields of medium to large potatoes. Thin skin tends to turn pale green when exposed to any sunlight, so they must be stored in the dark at all times. Very good flavor. Blue ribbon winner at several local fairs. |
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Reviewed on 12/11/2008 by
pkreutzer
- A novice gardener
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Monroe, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Not Sure
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| very good producer, high number of large potatoes. good taste |
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Reviewed on 05/23/2008 by
farmerdill
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Richmond, Georgia, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| The standard white potato for the south. Been growing them since the 50's when they replaced the Irish cobbler. A good general purpose potato that can be used as a baker. The tubers are large and elongated and have very shallow eyes. A pretty carefree plant, widely adapted. Have grown it in several locations in Virginia and here in Georgia. |
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Reviewed on 01/07/2008 by
MATERGIRL
- An intermediate gardener
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York, Pennsylvania, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 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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| In 2007 grew Kennebecs from my own saved tiny seed potatoes (I know they say you shouldn't, but I don't do this every year). Beautiful plants and free from Colorado Potato Beetles for some reason this year. Other years we were inundated. We made a mistake in harvesting. Thinking the potatoes would just sit there after the vines died down, we waited a bit too long and many of them were turning soft and sprouting! You live and learn. We got some nice potatoes anyway. Kennebecs have nice crispy off-white interiors and smooth thin skin with relatively few eyes. They keep well - we keep them in the fridge because we don't really have any other cool dark place (some people swear refridgerating them ruins the taste, but we haven't noticed this). Great tasting and a good all-purpose potato. Nice realiable potato for this area. Lots of people plant them. Oh, and they get to be a fair size too. |
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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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| produces large size spuds, good and tasty. |
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Reviewed on 12/26/2005 by
goodolboy
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Cocke, Tennessee, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 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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| This has been our staple white fleshed, non russet potato for years.
It's hard to ask more of a potato than that it be easy to germinate, easy to grow, drought tolerant, of good size for both use and sale, dependably high yielding, with good storage capability, versatility of use and decently tasting. The Kennebec is all these. The taste is good but not exceptional, in my opinion.
If I were to grow only one potato and it might mean the difference between eating and going hungry, this is the one that I would plant. |
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Reviewed on 11/10/2004 by
russell
- An experienced gardener
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Ontario, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| Excellent main season variety,reliable grower, great keeper, Good flavor |
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