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These potatoes also have coloured skin, but many varieties with pink or red skin have white or yellow flesh, as do the vast majority of cultivated potatoes. The yellow colour, more or less marked, is due to the presence of carotenoids. Varieties with coloured flesh are common among native Andean potatoes, but relatively rare among modern varieties.
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The European Cultivated Potato Database (ECPD) is an online collaborative database of potato variety descriptions. The information that it contains can be searched by variety name, or by selecting one or more required characteristics. 159,848 observations; 29 contributors; 91 characters; 4,119 cultivated varieties; 1,354 breeding lines
'Vitelotte' potatoes have a dark blue, almost black, skin and dark violet-blue flesh; they have a characteristic nutty flavour and smell of chestnuts. The colour is retained in cooking, and is due to natural pigments in the anthocyanin group of flavonoids. [4] The plants mature late and, compared to modern varieties, are relatively low-yielding.
Potatoes grow beside the sea in a herbaceous zone. The wild potatoes that grow in the archipelago are mostly found in its western part. Apparently these potatoes do not reproduce by seeds and rarely produce flowers and fruits. [12] Potatoes grow in zones of disturbance, mainly in the herbaceous zone near the coast that is affected by winter ...
British Queen is a variety of potato that was bred by Archibald Finlay.. A type of potato with a great flavour [fact or opinion?] [according to whom?] and a floury flesh, [1] [full citation needed] [2] Finlay wrote that it "is one of the finest white kidney-shaped mid-season potatoes."
Start potatoes in cold water and bring up to a boil. This will prevent a starch crust from forming. Return potatoes to the hot pot after rinsing to promote drying and prevent them from becoming soggy.
Maris Piper is the most widely grown potato variety in the United Kingdom accounting for 16% of the planted area in 2014. Introduced in 1966 it was one of the first potato varieties bred to be resistant to a form of potato cyst nematode, a major pest of potato production in the UK.