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Home » Vegetables » Root Vegetables » Potatoes » All-Purpose Potatoes » Michigan Purple Potatoes

Michigan Purple Potatoes

Michigan Purple are round to oval potatoes, with bright purple and white flesh.

These are table use potatoes.

The plant delivers high yields.

The promoters hoped that the potato’s purple skin would cause it to be viewed as a gourmet potato.

Storage Hints

Skin colour fades in storage.

History Notes

Michigan Purple Potatoes were developed by a Dr. David Douches at Michigan State University from a cross between a potato referred to as “W870”, and Maris Piper potatoes.

Sources

Long, Chris and Sieg Snapp. Management Profile for Potato Variety ‘Michigan Purple’. Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University. 2004. Retrieved September 2009 from https://www.msu.edu/~longch/Mich%20Purp.%20factsheet.htm

Michigan Potato Industry Commission. Michigan Potato Research Report 2007. Volume 39. 1 March 2008.

This page first published: Apr 16, 2005 · Updated: Jun 1, 2018.

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