Bloomer potato explained

Bloomer
Species:Solanum tuberosum
Genus:Solanum
Cultivar:'Bloomer'
Origin:County Clare, Ireland, 1936

Bloomer is a potato variety. Bloomers produce round purplish-blue tubers with fairly deep eyes. The flesh is cream coloured.

The bloomer potato produces an abundance of beautiful white flowers, which presumably helped name the variety.[1] Davidson (1936) described this as an old variety found growing in the Midlands of Ireland but of no commercial value. It was noted by Kehoe (1986) as being unique to the Irish potato collection.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Irish seed savers 2010 seed catalogue
  2. Web site: Potato Varieties of Historical Interest in Ireland. Ireland's Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. 14 January 2011. 21 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130621104311/http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/media/migration/farmingsectors/crops/seedcertification/topspotatocentre/PotatoBook010610.pdf. dead.