Arran Victory

Variety

Arran Victory

created by Christian at 12.05.2021

Features

Color

white

purple

Taste

floury

Season Overview

Propagating

Planting

Harvest

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Description

Old variety. In the 1930 a popular food variety in Scotland. Bred on the island of Arran by Donald Mackelvie. Purple skin, whitish flesh and tastes slightly of chestnuts. Floury in cooking. Late variety. Round, slightly misshapen tubers. Robust, high yielding, and stores well. Good for roasted potatoes and mashed potatoes. Approx. 150 - 170 days of ripening.

Non hybrid

Not frost resistant

Growing tips

Keep frost-free.

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Wet

Soil

Light (sandy)

Nutrient requirement

High

Seeding distance

35 cm

Row spacing

65 cm

Seeding depth

10 cm

Diseases

Black spot of roses

Soft rot

Brown rot

Pests

Ten-lined potato beetle

Nematodes

Aphids

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