Topic: spuds

[ACE]

I have not grown them for years but we got a small bag of apache potatoes from the shop the other month and I really liked them. So looking through the catalogue I spotted Albert Barlett apache seed potatoes. Are they the same?  There is not mention of Albert Bartlett on the bag we are eating. No need to suggest all the other weird and wonderful varieties you plant as I am not adventurous in the varieties I use. It is just that these remind me of an old fashioned taste we used to have as kids and might grow a couple of rows if I can get the seed spuds.

[goodlife]

Yep...I would think they are the same.
Last year I grew them from supermarket spuds..and they grew very well here, though they did grow much bigger than the shop sizes were. Sadly I wasn't that impressed with them..ok as roasties ...but we did eat them all...

[kGarden]

I spotted Albert Barlett apache seed potatoes. Are they the same?

I think of Albert Barlett as being a potato grower and packager ... looking on their website they only seem to tout the Rooster variety of spuds, but searching images on Google I see several different varieties, all with the Albert Barlett packaging that I am familiar with, so if you have found Albert Barlett Apache spuds I reckon they will indeed be that variety - package by Albert Barlett.

[Digeroo]

Found this on their website.

http://albertbartlett.co.uk/potatoes/apache/

Seems they are not the breeders if you put in Apache on the potato data base

http://www.varieties.potato.org.uk/display_description.php?variety_name=Apache

I am not sure that potatoes taste the same in different soils, never rated Lady Christyl but others rave about it.  Not sure all potatoes are the same, Desiree is becoming more and more varied.

[ACE]

These are the ones I found through the Kingseed discount catalogue that is given out at the allotments. Not at the price advertised here naturally.

https://www.kingsseeds.com/kolist45/1/True/1/35071.htm

[laurieuk]

The taste of potatoes does vary a lot depending on the soil in which they are grown. Some allotment groups will not allow ware (shop bought) potatoes to be grown on the site because of the risk of virus etc.

Found this on their website.

http://albertbartlett.co.uk/potatoes/apache/

Seems they are not the breeders if you put in Apache on the potato data base

http://www.varieties.potato.org.uk/display_description.php?variety_name=Apache

I am not sure that potatoes taste the same in different soils, never rated Lady Christyl but others rave about it.  Not sure all potatoes are the same, Desiree is becoming more and more varied.

[Jayb]

They are a stunning looking potato, love the markings on the skin.

[artichoke]

I love Apache for looks, taste and texture, but I have to say that they are the worst storers of all my potatoes. In sacks in a cool dark garage, they are the only ones that have strong sprouts and loads of roots, so I am cooking them now asap.

Another fact is their strange growth habit: long shoots spidering out from the main plant with tiny potential potatoes on the tips, making a complex interlocking web just below the surface. I got the impression that if I left them there I would have a heavy crop of small potatoes as well as the new ones deeper down, but I needed them and their space.

I have just dug up a volunteer couple of Apaches growing tall among my leeks, and there was the same web starting to spread. I will try them again, but I will plant them further apart, dig them later (to see what happens to the small potatoes) and eat them rapidly.

Hope that helps......