Fine Gardening Magazine - August 2013 No. 152
#10 is 'Kennebec' potato
Days to maturity 80-85
Avoids most diseases - Arguably the hardest crop for the home gardener to grow, potatoes are disease-prone root vegetables that always seem to disappoint. Enter the Incredible Hulk of potatoes, 'Kennebec', which truly is a tough-as-nails beast. The list of diseases that this potato resists reads like the alphabet: PVA (potato virus A), PVY (potato virus Y), PVA (potato virus S), PVX (potato virus X), blackleg, and late blight. The seed tubers of this variety can be planted earlier than most potatoes, sprouting and resisting rot despite cool soil temperatures. You can expect highly productive plants that yield loads of uniform, white fleshed spuds.
article by Danielle Sherry - a senior editor, who expands her veggie garden each year to make room for even more tough veggies.
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