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We got the seed potatoes T and Morgan were giving you on one of there special offers! it was spring time and was about £2-99p well OH lost the name of it it red skinned and we just dug them up what a size bakers we are very pleased but can't remember the name !dose anyone one know did anyone else get them?

Could it be desree?

We are harvesting our main crop on Sunday. Having been camping all week. Shame it has to rain tomoz!

Quote from: Basfordlad on September 05, 2013, 16:57:05
Could it be desree?

We are harvesting our main crop on Sunday. Having been camping all week. Shame it has to rain tomoz!

Basfordlad its not Desree it may begin with S not sure but thanks .

Sarpo Mira look the same kind of colour and size as Desirée ... I just dug mine all up and they were from T&M

Sarpo Mira is a distinctly elongate tuber, quite a long oval rather than a PFA "finger"... but it is red skinned, will still be in good condition foliage (the only thing that stops it is frost) and might well be in flower.

Other candidates: Red Duke of York (unlikely), Setanta (quite floury, like a Red Rooster), Red Rooster itself (both it and Setanta can have quite reticulate skins).

If when its baking you get a distinct whiff of popcorn then it's a Sarpo Mira BTW...

Quote from: squeezyjohn on September 05, 2013, 18:35:40
Sarpo Mira look the same kind of colour and size as Desirée ... I just dug mine all up and they were from T&M

Yes!! Squeezy John that's the one ,and thanks Chriscross spot on its all coming back to me must be that bang on the head I had 

If that's the case then it is a good baker, but I would steam rather than boil to part-cook for roasting and I wouldn't boterh with it for mash, it is hopeless when boiled, going form very hard to slush in an instant...
I always grow it for bakers, and mine will probably get an experimental dig this week