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'Red Maria' Potatoes

Sub-Category:	Late Season

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Description:	Late season. Dark green upright plants produce red-purple flowers that yield large, round, bright, red skin, lightly textured tubers that hold color well in storage. Resistant to golden nematode and common scab. Plant showed some resistance to leafhoppers and tarnished plant bugs. This is NY 129 bred by Walter DeJong and Robert Plaisted and released by the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University to Foundation Seed Growers in 2010. Late maturity greater than 90 days.
Days To Maturity:	90
Seed Sources:	Fedco Seeds - updated in 2012

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Reviewed on 11/03/2015 by skiman - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	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
We have been growing Red Maria for a couple of years. It yields better than Norland Dark Red and its flavor is just as good. Red Maria produces huge tubers if you let them grow. They will have a thin delicate red skin, so proper skin set is important if keeping them through the winter--give them at least three weeks after vine-kill.

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