Pink Fir Apple Seed Potatoes

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A distinctive late-cropping heritage salad potato with long, knobbly tubers, thin pink-blushed skin and firm waxy flesh prized for its rich, nutty flavour.

Description

Pink Fir Apple is a distinctive heritage salad potato, grown for its long, knobbly tubers and exceptional flavour. Beneath the pink-blushed skin is firm, waxy, creamy-yellow flesh with a rich, slightly nutty taste.

This late-cropping RHS Award of Garden Merit variety is excellent for salads, boiling, steaming and sautéing. The thin skin can be eaten, which also avoids the awkward job of peeling its characteristically irregular tubers.

Why grow Pink Fir Apple?

  • Maturity: Maincrop
  • Cooking type: Waxy
  • Texture: Firm, dense and waxy
  • Best for: Boiling, Salads, Sautéing, Steaming
  • Skin: Pink-blushed / yellow
  • Flesh: Creamy yellow
  • Tuber shape: Long, narrow and knobbly

Growing note: Cook the tubers whole or in large pieces with their skins on. Their waxy flesh holds together well and is particularly good served warm with butter or cooled for a potato salad.

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Maturity

Cooking Type

Skin colour

Pink-blushed / yellow

Flesh colour

Creamy yellow

Tuber shape

Long, narrow and knobbly

Texture

Firm, dense and waxy

Planting & Growing

Chit seed potatoes in a cool, bright, frost-free place if you want to encourage an earlier start. Plant from late March into April once the soil is workable and conditions are suitable.

Plant approximately 10–15cm deep, allowing about 35–40cm between tubers and around 75cm between rows. Earth up developing shoots to keep tubers covered and maintain an even water supply while tubers are forming.

Variety-specific advice: Cook the tubers whole or in large pieces with their skins on. Their waxy flesh holds together well and is particularly good served warm with butter or cooled for a potato salad.

Harvest: Allow a longer season and check tuber development from late summer into autumn.

For detailed advice on chitting, feeding, watering, growing potatoes in bags and containers, harvesting and storage, see our Seed Potato Growing Guides.

Delivery & Seed Info

Dispatch & Delivery

New-season seed potato dispatch normally begins from December/January, with orders sent as varieties become available. Where possible, we will group items from the same order into one delivery.

Quality & Storage

Patch specialises in seed potatoes. Our seed potatoes are carefully stored to maintain quality and visually checked before packing and dispatch.

Need a Larger Quantity?

We stock more than 50 varieties and can supply larger quantities than those shown online. Contact Alex if you require a larger quantity or have a specific requirement.

Growing Advice

Need some help getting started? Visit our Seed Potato Growing Guides for advice on chitting, planting, growing in bags and containers, harvesting and storage.

Problems With Your Delivery?

Please check your order when it arrives and contact us promptly if anything has been damaged in transit.

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