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Home » Vegetables » Root Vegetables » Potatoes » Russet Potatoes » Lemhi Russet Potatoes

Lemhi Russet Potatoes

Lemhi Russet are long potatoes with russetted skin.

They are marketed as all-purpose for direct to consumer sales and for processing into French Fries (aka chips in the UK.)

They are being grown commercially currently (2005) only for sale at farmer’s markets

Late harvest.

Storage Hints

Stores well.

History Notes

Lemhi Russet Potatoes were developed jointly by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the University of Idaho from a cross between Pioneer potatoes and a potato referred to as “A63126-8.”

During development, the potato was referred to as “A68678-1.”

Released 1981.

This page first published: Apr 19, 2005 · Updated: Oct 4, 2020.

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