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			Potato Flowers - Pictures
			The pictures above are thumbnails. Clicking on the text below will lead you to full-size pictures. I've reduced the file size as much as I can so they load quickly. Typical file: 20kB. Some varieties do not produce flowers, or only very occasionally; they may abort just before the buds open, or much earlier. This list is compiled from my experience of growing the plants in pots. Potatoes tend to flower more easily in the ground. THE IMPORTANCE OF FLOWERING TO THE BREEDER Some varieties of potato produce 'apples' or berries, resembling small tomatoes. These are fruiting bodies containing potato seeds, and if grown they produce plants and potatoes different to the parent. They only form after successful pollination. Certain varieties pollinate easily and often form fruit,e.g. Salad Blue, which will even self-pollinate; unusual for a potato. Others only form fruit if pollinated successfully by another variety, e.g. Maris Piper. Some never set fruit when pollinated, or are very reluctant to do so, e.g. Pink Fir Apple. Some varieties never flower. These cannot be used for breeding new varieties. Arran Pilot Arran Pilot, another picture Blue Salad (Salad Blue) Blue Salad, another picture Blue Salad, seedling with white tubers, white flesh Blue Salad, seedling with light blue tubers, white flesh British Queen Cabaret Catriona Claret Congo Desiree Duke of York Duke of York, red Epicure Edzell Blue Edzell Blue, another picture Golden Wonder Golden Wonder, another picture Highland Burgundy Red Highland Burgundy Red, another picture Kerr's Pink Home Guard Majestic Markie Maris Peer Maris Peer, another picture Maris Piper Maris Piper, another picture Mayan Queen Mayatt's Ashleaf Nadine Orla Picasso Pink Fir Apple Pink Fir Apple, another picture Puritan Red Laure Remarka Rooster Rooster, better picture Ryecroft Purple Sarpo Mira Sarpo Axona Setanta Ulster Chieftain Up-to-Date Verity Vitelotte Wilja Yetholm Gypsy NO FLOWERS SEEN: Anya Bambino Cherry belle Dunluce elite Flourball Isle of Bute Jersey Royal (Int. Kidney) Kestrel Linzer delicatesse Mayan Gold Mimi Orion Osprey Pentland Dell Record Rocket Royal Kidney Saxon Shetland black Smile Swift Sharp's Express Ulster Prince Yukon Gold FLOWERS RARE: Bleu Auvergne Highland Burgundy Red Yetholm Gypsy Verity copyright Nigel Deacon / Diversity website Back to top
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Potato Flowers - Pictures