hi, just a quick ask to see if anyone has grown dunbar standard potatoes ever,if so what where they like??? or do you know of people who have and have sid how they were. trying to get my list for next year already.
I grew them last year; fairly slug free, average flavour. Won't bother growing them again..... it says in my diary
Good old (1936) Scottish variety, reasonable flavour when grown on chalk but yield was disappointing - the euro database claims a high yield.
Phil
I grew them and Dunbar Rover courtesy of the Potato day. Standard didn't do too well on my heavy clay but Rover did. I think it is now unavailable... there wasn't any at Ryton last year!
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According to Alan Romans, Dunbar Standard is very vigorous with huge foliage. Does well in heavy clean soils. Tubers have a good strong flavour and have good all round cooking qualities.
However the yield is only average, and they are susceptible to Blight as many of the old varieties are.
I grew them one year but was not excited by them.
They were bred by C.T.Spence of Dunbar, and he knew my Grandparents who lived in Dunbar, very well. For their wedding present, Spence gave them an Orkney Chair with a very high straw back, which is still in our Family.