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Potatoes 'Mark Warschawsky Quebel'

Potatoes 'Mark Warschawsky Quebel'

Product number: 407714.1
Origin: South America
Latin: Solanum tuberosum

Beautiful potato with round to slightly flat-round tubers, yellow with beautiful pink stripes. A gem in the harvest basket! The cream-colored flesh is quite firm in texture and pleasantly light in taste. Versatile in use: good for boiling, frying, and baking. Many tubers grow on one plant, making it a fertile variety that stores excellently.
WE SUPPLY SPECIAL VARIETIES LIKE THESE IN A MIXED SEED SIZE; THERE MAY BE (VERY) LARGE TUBERS INCLUDED, WHICH YOU PLANT WHOLE OR CUT INTO PIECES WITH SPROUTS.

MAIN CROP VARIETY FOR CONNOISSEURS.
A main crop variety means it can be harvested from September. Early planting can advance the harvest by a few weeks. The planting time is from mid-April, when the soil has warmed sufficiently. Pre-sprouting in light or in a large pot can be done earlier. Do not plant them in a too wet spot, but well in the sun. Main crop varieties can suffer from the dreaded potato blight (Phytophthora infestans). Some preventive measures are: spacious planting, fertilizing with patentkali, do not spray water over the plant, and possibly organic spraying with sulfur or silinal. The average planting distance is 70x40 cm; we recommend 80x40 cm to prevent diseases.

Names:
Latin: Solanum tuberosum
Dutch: Aardappel
English: Potato

Planting time:

April
May

Soil type:

All soil types

Location:

Flower colour: Light purple with white accents
Average growth height: 60 to 90 cm
Bulb / tuber size: Varies
Attractive to insects: N/A
Annual or perennial: Perennial
Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
Origin: South America
Ease of cultivation: Moderate

Latin: Solanum tuberosum
Dutch: Potato
Also known as: N/A
English: Aardappel

“These potatoes don’t taste as good as they used to…” Does that lament sound familiar? Perhaps you lived (and tasted!) more intensely in the past, but when it comes to those old forgotten varieties, we have good news for you: they’re back, those spuds of yesteryear! Old varieties from before 1950 with unique flavours, special colours, unknown shapes. How wonderful it would be if all these historic varieties were available on a special shelf at the greengrocer... but for now, you’ll have to grow them yourself (or have them grown) for this “new” culinary journey of discovery. Here’s a culinary tip: because of their special colour or shape, don’t peel them, but clean them thoroughly and cook them whole; often the colour remains after cooking, and presentation matters, doesn’t it? In the English tradition, harvested potatoes are neatly cleaned and displayed in baskets. You could further enhance this harvest presentation with unusual small cucumbers, multi-coloured Swiss chard, pumpkins, red kale, blue corn: “browse” our seed guides for all those special (old but now trendy) vegetables. Potatoes that have been displayed for a while will gradually turn green and are no longer edible. For the grower, it's important to know that these old varieties are more susceptible to disease: plant them with ample space and keep a close eye on them. A fun tip: just plant at least 5 varieties; they are packed in small portions (1 kg), and put a clear sign next to each type. Cook and taste them separately, turn it into a “Van Gogh Potato Eaters Feast”... Do you know a “forgotten” variety? Let us know. All that remains is to wish you a very good harvest and (for later): bon appétit!