New potato - 'Nellie'

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#1

This is the newest potato I am releasing next season - ‘Nellie’
I couldn’t think of a name for it so I did a naming competition on Linkedin and the lady I drew named it after herself.

This is the third that I have selected that has commercial potential for market gardeners - produces well, good sized tubers, easy to peel. Though the flesh colour makes it a bit of a novelty type. I already have a market gardener wanting to buy tubers in the winter so he can build up stock for himself.

I love the strong purple flesh that turns bright blue when cooked, and also has a great flavour. A winner in my books though really only appeals to people who love unusual coloured vegetables, lol.

Now that I have proved it over a couple of years I will apply to register it with OSSI this coming week.

Nellie
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nellie mash
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#2

Looks great! Is it diploid or tetraploid?

I am experimenting with a new system for pledging OSSI varieties. You can enter your variety here if you want to try it out:
http://cms.osseeds.org/open.php

#3

It’s a tetraploid Bill. I have filled out the OSSI form, but yes, the form really doesn’t suit pledging potatoes.

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#4

That looks great! i really enjoy the pigmented potatoes. Michigan State University recently released a variety called “Blackberry” which is one of my favorites right now. The sibling of Blackberry which we call “Tie-dye” has white eyes and purple flesh like yours and I really liked the combination unfortunately Tie-dye is a long season variety so it likely wont be commercialized. So I am excited to see that there is another potato that has that great color combination that has some potential!

#5

If you like this phenotype, crosses between Muru and All Blue or Bora Valley give a lot of tubers with similar appearance and good performance.