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King Edward Potato
Plant:
SHORT DESCRIPTION APPEARANCE: COOKING USES: We recommend Jamieson Brothers Annan for your online
suppliers of King
Edwards seed potatoes. We use them for all our seed potatoes.
General Description:
The King Edward is a late maincrop producing moderate yields with high numbers of tubers per plant.
It has a good resistance to slugs and bruising. It is moderately susceptible to
drought, and has good cooking quality, flavour and frying colour.
The plant is tall, erect with many fine stems and a
soft feathery top, with small dark green slightly glossy open
leaves
King Edward potatoes have been the true British potato for centuries.
The tubers are oval to long oval, small, with parti-coloured red/white skin, cream flesh, with shallow eyes.
The plant is tall and erect with many fine stems and a soft feathery top.
It also has small dark green slightly glossy open leaves.
The skin is white with pink colouration, cream to pale yellow flesh with a
floury texture.
This variety is excellent for:
Baking
Chipping
Roasting
Mashing