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So...have you grown them and what's your thought of this variety? Do they taste nice or are they just 'edible'/will do?

I did quick walk through our local Asda other day..and while I was my way to fetch the milk, I couldn't resist having a peek to 'discouted' veg shelf and they had Apache potatoes there.. Got punnet quite cheaply and its now put away for the spring..

I've not grown them before - in fact I'd never heard of them before but they look like pretty potatoes!

I found a helpful description here http://www.dtbrownseeds.co.uk/seeds-plants-gardening/44698/potato-maincrop-seed-potatoes-apache
and you can get info about their disease resistance etc http://varieties.potato.org.uk/display_description.php?variety_name=Apache

They are variously described as second early and early main crop.

A4A's Tattieman doesn't seem to have them though so they can't be that great!!

I noticed quite few seed companies selling them...and they are not cheap neither..so my £0.89 for about 30 little potatoes sounds (and looks) like good deal for little trial run. They are nice and 'clean' little tubers with no obvious signs of 'disease'.
I now 'you should not grow potatoes from shop'....but...here we go...again..

Good luck with the experiment and let us know how it goes.

They make great Bombay potatoes.