Russian Blue Potato

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?HMNSL 16 August 2009 Russian Blue Potato

There are about 12 plants in the garden and the tops have died back. The seed tubers were placed in the ground on 13 of April 2009. They are left in the ground for storage at the present time. Russian Blue potatoes are really are from Russia, although, like all potatoes, they originated in South America. They’re an heirloom variety which means they’re totally old school and not genetically modified.

Washed weight is just under 3 pounds from one plant, all uniform in size. They produce numerous top seed pods, which can be seen in some of the photographs. I do nothing with the seeds.There were no small potatoes on this plant.

I bake them in the oven and eat with a bit of butter, skins and all. The blue color remains after cooking. The tuber appears to be more dense or fine grained than our typical potato.