purple potatoes?

[Graye]

My neighbour has given me some potatoes to try. They are long and knobbly, a little like black jerusalem artichokes I suppose. Initially they looked black but now I've peeled them they are deep purple. She tells me they are tasty but a little dry and that the cooking water will go a bright turquoise but the flesh will stay purple. Assuming they are good I might try to grow some - does anyone have an idea of the variety please?

[Big Al]

My neighbour has given me some potatoes to try. They are long and knobbly, a little like black jerusalem artichokes I suppose. Initially they looked black but now I've peeled them they are deep purple. She tells me they are tasty but a little dry and that the cooking water will go a bright turquoise but the flesh will stay purple. Assuming they are good I might try to grow some - does anyone have an idea of the variety please?

Sounds like pink fir apple if nobbly but thinking aloud pink fir apple might be white.....

[Big Al]

My neighbour has given me some potatoes to try. They are long and knobbly, a little like black jerusalem artichokes I suppose. Initially they looked black but now I've peeled them they are deep purple. She tells me they are tasty but a little dry and that the cooking water will go a bright turquoise but the flesh will stay purple. Assuming they are good I might try to grow some - does anyone have an idea of the variety please?

could be edzel blues....but they have white flesh or maybe these which are salad blues

http://www.heritage-potatoes.co.uk/shop ... 91c7055463

have a look around this site http://www.heritage-potatoes.co.uk to see if they are there.

By the way, pink fir apple are scrumptious..

[kathleen]

We have potatoes like that over here in NZ, they're an old Maori variety called Tutaekuri (which delightfully translates as dog poo..which I suppose is what they look like!), also known as Urenika. They're so beautiful when they're cooked, a bit more dirty tasting than a regular spud, but I quite like them. From your description your purple spuds sound pretty similar to these?? Have a look at this http://www.organik.co.nz/maori_spuds.html and see if they look the same

[ina]

There are several varieties here with very dark flesh; but I think they'll probably be different ones in France.

[hamster]

Pink fir apple are only pink on the outside, the insides are white. (At least mine are!) I think there's a variety called the 'salad blue' but I could be mistaken...

[Graye]

Well, they were delicious anyway and it turns out they are called Vitelotte. I eventually found this link to tell me what they were. I must admit they look a little strange on your plate...

http://veggies-only.blogspot.com/2007/0 ... otato.html

[Peggy Sue]

I bought some like this a few years ago for a supermarket (I've boycotted them now though!) They said on the packet they were Shetland Black potatoes- sound just the same as yours, looked black but actually deep purple on close inspection. When you cut them there was a vein of colour below the skin.

[sleepyowl]

I want to grow these or the ones which have bright pink flesh