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'Prince Hairy' Potatoes
 
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Description: White-skinned, white-fleshed variety producing medium-large round tubers. Resistant to Colorado potato beetles, potato leafhoppers and flea beetles. Also known as NYL235-4.
Days To Maturity: 110-135
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Reviewed on 11/12/2012 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

Prince Hairy was released in 1992 as cultivar NYL 235-4 by Robert L. Plaisted et al. of Cornell University. That it was released with its field trial number and not a real name indicates that Plaisted realized that the new cultivar had potential, but it also had its problems. This was one of Plaisted\'s earliest efforts at conferring natural insect resistance to a modern potato cultivar. In 1980, Plaisted and Ward Tingey had selected S. berthaultii, a wild potato variety from South America, as one of the parents of NYL 235-4 because of its glandular trichomes. Six generations later in 1992, after producing a viable hybrid between the diploid, S. berthaultii, and the tetraploid, S. tubersosum, Plaisted released the new cultivar, NYL 235-4. This was the first U.S. selection released with natural resistance to Colorado Potato Beetle (CPB), aphids, flea beetles, potato leafhoppers and the potato tuber moths as well as having reasonable agronomic characteristics. While the sticky hairs on the undersides of the leaves did indeed keep insect pests away--a boon for organic growers, the flavor left something to be desired. Some described the flavor as being so bland as to be forgetable. Nevertheless, Jim Gerritson of Wood Prarie Farm, ME, convinced Plaisted to name the new variety \'Prince Hairy\'. Plaisted did so, only because he know he could do better. He continued his breeding efforts and better tasting off-spring of Prince Hairy are now commercially available.
 

Reviewed on 02/28/2012 by macinator - An experienced gardener

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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

Prince Hairy did well on all accounts in bug resistance. Plants were healthy. Yields were good; tubers medium size.. However, I did not care the the taste which was mediocre, my being a potatoholic. There are many varieties out there with better flavor. Grew these in 2008.
 




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