DeSota Potatoes This page first published: Apr 19, 2005 · Updated: Jun 1, 2018 · by CooksInfo. Copyright © 2021 · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · DeSota are round potatoes with pinkish-red skin. Probably extinct. History Notes DeSota Potatoes were developed in 1944 at Louisiana State University from a cross between Triumph and Katahdin potatoes.