Viking Purple Organic Heirloom Potato has a very large, smooth, dark purple skin and pure white flesh. Its excellent flavor is great for mashing, and it is quickly gaining the reputation of a great tasting, slightly sweet, general purpose potato. Viking Purple is very early, has good storage and is drought resistant. Average tubers are 3˝ - 4" in diameter, but in a good year it can produce even larger tubers. This variety produces what some call “lunkers”, large oversize potatoes, so plant close (8”-10”) to control size. This small-to-medium spreading plant has some resistance to leafhoppers. This high-yielding potato was developed at North Dakota State University in 1962. Don't refrigerate them--doing so converts some of the potato's starch to sugar. And don't expose them to direct sunlight, which turns them green and makes them bitter. They should be kept in a cool dry area, away from light; a cellar is ideal.
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