Black Champion
| Black Champion | |
|---|---|
| Genus | solanum |
| Species | Solanum tuberosum |
| Cultivar | Black Champion |
| Origin | Ireland, pre 1936 |
Black Champion is a variety of potato with purple skin colour that produces round, flattened tubers.[1] W.D. Davidson describes it as an, "old variety found growing in the Midlands of Ireland but of no commercial value." H.W. Kehoe notes them as, "unique to the Irish potato collection."[2]
Its sprouts are purple and spherical, and it grows tall, erect plants with thin stems. Flowers are rarely grown, but they are an intense blue-violet colour with medium-sized white tips.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Irish Seed Savers Spring 2010 Seed List
- 1 2 "Potato Varieties of Historical Interest in IReland" (PDF). Ireland's Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. pp. 10–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
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