Violetta from the modern breeding of Emma x Highland Burgundy Red. First early Emma, round with light cream skin and flesh, Highland Burgundy Red, a heritage oval maincrop, red skin and flesh with floury taste. Violetta is an early maincrop and has inky blue black skin and deep violet flesh. It is listed as a salad variety with long fingerling tubers. Although looking at the ones I grew this year, they are not what I would describe as long oval or fingerling type potatoes, more medium oval.
First shoots
Violetta by jayb 35, on Flickr
Antho still quite evident on the stems as they grow.
Violetta Potato by jayb 35, on Flickr
First flower buds
Violetta Potato by jayb 35, on Flickr
First shoots

Antho still quite evident on the stems as they grow.

First flower buds

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