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Home » Vegetables » Root Vegetables » Potatoes » All-Purpose Potatoes » Nampa Potatoes

Nampa Potatoes

Nampa Potatoes are oblong, with russetted skin.

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

Late harvest.

Not being grown commercially (as of 2006.)

History Notes

Nampa Potatoes were developed jointly by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the University of Idaho from a cross between Norgold Russet potatoes and a potato called “A589-65.”

During development, the potato was referred to as “A63126-2.”

Released in 1973.

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

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