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Yetholm Gypsy Potatoes

Yetholm Gypsy are oval potatoes with bluish-purple skin, sometimes with patches of red and white showing through.

Their skin colour fades when cooked.

They have off-white flesh.

They are a floury potato.

Cooking Tips

Very good for roasted potatoes.

When boiling or steaming, best with skins left on.

History Notes

Sometimes called “Mr Little’s Yetholm Gypsy”, after the man, a Mr Little of Kelso, Scotland, who had kept the variety alive, passing it to the National Potato Collection in Scotland in 1998.

Yetholm, Scotland was a centre in Scotland of gypsy settlement. Kelso is near Yetholm.

Sources

Fowler, Alys. Potatoes. Manchester: The Guardian. 15 January 2011.

Mr Little’s Yetholm Gypsy 1899. Carroll’s Heritage Potatoes Catalogue. Retrieved Jan 2011 from http://www.heritage-potatoes.co.uk/shop.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=93

This page first published: Apr 6, 2005 · Updated: May 18, 2018.

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