FINGERLING POTATO, Amarosa – Solanum tuberosum Harvesting History will begin shipping potatoes in February, WEATHER PERMITTING. We CANNOT SHIP POTATOES to the areas EAST of the Mississippi unless we have 3 DAYS with above freezing temperatures. We CANNOT SHIP POTATOES to areas WEST of the Mississippi unless we have 5 DAYS with temperatures above freezing. We CAN SHIP to the Southeastern US and Southern California in December. FULL SUN Amarosa fingerling potatoes are a new variety that was released in 2010 are small in size and are oblong and slender in shape. The thin skin is smooth with a deep red to burgundy coloring with some brown spots and patches. There are also a few, shallow eyes and lumps scattered across the surface. The flesh is firm,
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Fingerling Potatoes An Ancient Vegetable with Modern Nutritional Value - The Fingerling Potato View the Harvesting History videos on growing potatoes at our YouTube site POTATOES CANNOT BE SHIPPED IF THE TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING. WE WILL SHIP TO THE WEST COAST WHEN WE HAVE 5 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES. WE WILL SHIP TO THE MIDWEST AND EAST COAST WHEN WE HAVE 3 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES. The fingerling potatoes are long, finger-shaped potatoes. They are thought to be some of the most ancient varieties. Like many of our potatoes they are indigenous to the valleys of the Peruvian Andes. In the 16th century, they were discovered by Spanish sailors who introduced them into Spain. In the 1800s, the French began to develop fingerling varieties, and it was from European
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Check out our detailed videos on growing potatoes and growing potatoes in tires on YouTube! To see our Starting Potatoes in the ground or in tires videos on You Tube click this link Potatoes cannot be shipped if the temperatures are below freezing. We will ship to the west coast when we have 5 consecutive days above freezing temperatures. We will ship to the midwest and east coast when we have 3 consecutive days of above freezing temperatures. For this newsletter, we are going to be talking about standard potatoes. Harvesting History sells two kinds of potatoes: the fingerlings and the standards. Fingerlings are long, somewhat ‘finger-shaped’ potatoes. The standard potatoes have a round or oblong shape. We will be discussing fingerling potatoes in our February 2, 2019 newsletter. Potatoes are
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