Pink Fir Apple potato explained
The Pink Fir Apple potato is a maincrop potato variety with a long knobbly shape, pink skin, and creamy waxy flesh.[1] Its shape makes it difficult to peel.
Pink Fir Apple potato was first imported to the United Kingdom from France in 1850,[2] [3] and in 1996 was crossed with the Désirée variety to form the Anya potato for Sainsbury's supermarkets.[4] [5]
Characteristics
It grows to about in height.[6] Its blooms, which are single form, normally with five petals, are about in diameter at full maturity and are coloured blue-violet, mauve taupe and light pastel purple.
Notes and References
- Web site: Potato Seed Catalogue 2005. Irish Seed Saver Association. 2012. 16 June 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20121216154617/http://www.xsdnet.com/seedsavers/cgi-bin/db.cgi?id=40&type=page. 16 December 2012.
- Web site: 2012. The European Cultivated Potato Database. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924003828/http://www.europotato.org/display_description.php?variety_name=Pink%20Fir%20Apple. 2015-09-24. 7 February 2012. europotato.org.
- Web site: 2012 . Pink Fir Apple 1850 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120207000000/http://www.heritage-potatoes.co.uk/shop.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=28 . 7 February 2012 . 7 February 2012 . heritage-potatoes.co.uk .
- Web site: 2012 . Anya Seed Potaoes . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120516000000/http://how-to-grow-potatoes.co.uk/first-early-potatoes/anya-seed-potatoes/ . 16 May 2012 . 16 May 2012 . how-to-grow-potatoes.co.uk .
- Paul R. Wonning
- News: Pink Fir Apple. Folia. 2016-12-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20161201081403/https://myfolia.com/plants/54-potato-solanum-tuberosum/varieties/884-pink-fir-apple. 2016-12-01.
