Variety profile
Potato ‚Vitelotte’
Solanum tuberosum · Solanaceae
- Ripening
- spät
- Harvest
- Week 39 to 42
- Vigour
- stark
- Origin
- Frankreich
- Introduced
- 1850
- Open-pollinated
- Yes
- Heritage variety
- Yes
- Use
- Kochen, Salat, Lager
- Disease resistance
- Kraut Und Knollenfaeule: mittel, Schorf: mittel
About this variety
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An old French truffle potato with elongated, knobbly tubers whose dark violet skin hides intensely blue violet flesh. The flavour is reminiscent of sweet chestnuts and is distinctly nuttier than that of pale varieties. It ripens late and produces rather small tubers, but rewards you with colour and aroma. Steamed or made into violet crisps it shows at its best.
Nutty like sweet chestnuts, with deep violet flesh that keeps its colour when steamed.
Care and diseases
Soil, feeding, pruning, companion planting and diseases apply to every variety of this species alike. You will find the full guidance on the species page.
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