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'Snowden' Potatoes
 
Sub-Category: Late Season
 
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Description: Late-season. Plans produce medium round, white-skinned and -fleshed tubers. Developed for chipping but also good for boiling and baking.
Days To Maturity: 90-120
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Reviewed on 10/30/2012 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

Snowden is primarily a chipping potato, though like Superior, it is also good for baking and boiling. It was selected by the late Stanley Peloquin et al. of the Univ. of Wisconsin in the late 1980s-early 90s from a cross between B5141-6 x Wischip. Oddly, Snowden was never officially released by Univ. of Wisconsin, but was described by Peloquin in the University of Nebraska--Lincoln newsletter Nebraska Potato Eyes, Vol. 6, Issue 1 in Spring 1994. Since then, Snowden has become a standard reference variety for chipping potatoes. Lots of Snowdens have ended up as Utz potato chips which are currently taking market share from FritoLay in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states. To take market share from FritoLay is very unusual--a tribute to the Utz\\\'s and the Snowden. Snowdens are also used by Snyders and Troyers for their potato chips, among others. Gardeners will be glad to know that Snowden is a high yielding variety with a tuber set high in the hill. Therefore, gardeners will want to pay special attention to hilling to avoid green tubers. Also, please know that Snowden likes its space, plant them too close and all of those tubers will be small. So, plant them at a spacing of 12 to 15 inches if you want large tubers. Snowden will respond well to nitrogen applied during the season, and it likes high levels of moisture. Water them well. Snowden is basically a late season variety, yet for some reason, it does not keep especially well, so use them up first.
 




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