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Old August 13, 2015   #22
Fusion_power
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I'll summarize what I have from growing here in a hot humid climate. Three fingerlings are exceptionally good performers: La Ratte, French Fingerling, and Russian Banana. Kennebec is the only commercial variety that is consistently highly productive and heat tolerant.

I have 3 varieties from Tom Wagner that perform well in the heat. Chellan is a medium to large white potato that makes an exceptionally good crop of frying potatoes. Azul Toro is a very good blue potato in the heat and humidity. It can be used boiled, baked, and made into shoestrings. I have one for which I don't know the name but it has purple skin and cream flesh. It is the best early maturing potato I grow.

I have some unusual varieties growing this year that are doing decently well, but I would not recommend them until I've grown them 2 or 3 more years.
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