A tender, upright, branching perennial first early variety with dark green foliage, purple flowers and short, oval tubers with white skin and some resistance to blight. Good for all cooking methods and high yielding. Available to harvest June to July
0.5-1 metres
0.5-1 metres
| Season | Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit |
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| Spring | ||||
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| Autumn | ||||
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Grow in an open, frost-free site with deep, fertile, moisture-retentive soil for high quality and heavy yields. Plants are tall so if possible try to grow on a less exposed site. Improve soil by adding organic matter, such as well-rotted manure, in the autumn. Draw earth up around the stems as they emerge, to exclude light and prevent the potatoes from becoming green. Water well in dry periods. Potatoes can also be grown in large containers or potato gro-bags. See potato cultivation for further advice
Propagate by chitting tubers or 'seed potatoes'. This is done by standing the tubers 'rose-end' up (the end with the most eyes) in egg boxes or trays in a cool, light place. After two to three weeks the shoots will begin to sprout. Plant out after frosts have passed, from about mid March to mid April
No pruning required
May be susceptible to cutworms, slugs, wireworms, leaf and bud eelworm and potato cyst eelworm
May be susceptible to honey fungus (rarely), Potato scab, Potato blight, Potato rot, Potato blackleg and stem canker