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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: plot51A on August 18, 2009, 09:10:45

Title: Arran Victory
Post by: plot51A on August 18, 2009, 09:10:45

Grown these lovely potatoes for the first time this year and am smitten! They look so gorgeous when you dig them, lovely purple/blue skin, but the flesh is white as white. Excellent mashed, and as roasties just perfect - crisp outside, meltingly soft inside.
Anyone else grow them? They will certainly be on my list for next year.

Title: Re: Arran Victory
Post by: saddad on August 18, 2009, 11:04:24

I have in the past... but the purple skins make them tricky to find in my soil and being late mains are more likely to get blight (needing a longer season) Great spud though..  :)

Title: Re: Arran Victory
Post by: realfood on August 18, 2009, 18:54:03

Yes, one of my favourite heritage varieties.

Title: Re: Arran Victory
Post by: Dadnlad on August 18, 2009, 22:51:32

We grew them for a few years, but as Saddad says, cos of their late cropping they're too prone to blight and we never got many :(
Blooming lovely roasties though, better even than KE's ;)

Title: Re: Arran Victory
Post by: plot51A on August 19, 2009, 08:36:58

Thanks for the responses. Had to lift mine earlier than I'd hoped due to the dreaded blight - but still got a reasonable crop. Beginners luck I guess!