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Home » Vegetables » Root Vegetables » Potatoes » Russet Potatoes » Early Gem Potatoes

Early Gem Potatoes

Early Gem Potatoes is an American cultivar of potatoes, with russetted skin. They may no longer be being grown commercially.

Their name refers to them being ready to harvest early.

History Notes

Early Gem Potatoes were developed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Beltsville, Maryland from a cross between Russet Burbank potatoes and a potato referred to as “X96-56 ” in 1953.

Released 1955.

Other names

AKA: Early Russet Potatoes

This page first published: Apr 19, 2005 · Updated: May 18, 2018.

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Tagged With: American Potatoes, Russet Potatoes

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