Picture and Description of Duke of York Potato
Seed and its Cooking Qualities

Duke of York Potato Seed...

Bred by William Sim of Fyvie, Aberdeenshire. It is a pale yellow boiler with a waxy texture.

View pest resistance and texture guide for this variety (see below).

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Potato Texture

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Yellow skin, light yellow flesh. Firm cooked texture.

First early variety.

A potato seed that produces excellent tubers for:

• Boiling

Waxy potatoes are firmer and hold their shape. Floury potatoes are softer and break up more easily. The potato varieties mentioned on this web site are suggestions only and there are many more available.

1 is WAXY and 9 is FLOURY

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Pest and Disease Resistance

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The numbers given for pest or disease susceptibility or resistance are to be read as indicators. Factors like soil, crop maturity and skin thickness can affect the outcome of these readings - they are only a guide... don`t get hung up.

1 is Susceptible and 9 is Resistant

Blt

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Photo used with kind permission of the British Potato Council



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