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Home » Vegetables » Root Vegetables » Potatoes » Floury Potatoes » Great Scot Potatoes

Great Scot Potatoes

Great Scot are round, medium to large-sized potatoes, with pale yellow skin and white flesh.

These are floury potatoes.

They are not good for commercial processing.

Popular in Meghalaya State, India.

Storage Hints

The potatoes don’t store well.

History Notes

Great Scot Potatoes were developed in 1909 from a cross between Imperator and Champion potatoes.

Some sources say the potato was developed by a G. Muir (or Mair) of Lockerbie, Scotland; others attribute the potato to an E. Miles of Mickleholm, England.

Other names

Scientific Name: Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Great Scot

This page first published: Apr 7, 2005 · Updated: May 18, 2018.

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