Potatoes - Duke of York
DUKE OF YORK and RED DUKE OF YORK:
A good old-fashioned variety with excellent flavour. It was bred about a century ago in Aberdeenshire. Tubers oval; some almost egg-shaped. Medium-floury variety with yellowish flesh; very good flavour. Some susceptibility to blight but they mature early so they usually avoid it. Best boiled but will disintegrate if over-cooked; care is needed.
Yield about 1.25 lbs per 2 gallon pot; up to 2lb from a 3 gallon pot; the
reds slightly more prolific. I find the reds a bit more floury and happier in pots than the
whites; they are my favourite early. There is a rare pink variant too which is equally good. It occasionally flowers when grown in pots (see picture) but usually the buds fall off.
Pictures (click on small images for detail):
Flowers
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Tubers
Pink variant.
Seed tubers of Duke of York (and its variants) can be obtained from JBA Seed Potatoes. The link below goes to the white variety (click the picture):
Pink Duke of York is below:
Nigel Deacon / Diversity website
