Potato Red Skins

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Potato Red Skins
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular, wispy
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	heart
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	open-pollinated
Country	USA

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Potato Red Skins - sliced fruit. 2014-08-24.

B.C KO T

Compact and wispy looking plants with delicate regular leaf foliage. Red blunt hearts with smooth shoulders and very meaty texture with small seed chambers, 4-11 oz. Some fruits may have somewhat 'russet' skin, hence probably the name. Some fruits are round. Not very many seeds per fruit. Excellent rich and sweet flavor. (15 seeds / packet)

Seed source:

Norbert R. Pikovsky, Johnstown, Pennsylvania (PA PI N2) 08 / Donald C. Kellums of Port Byron, Illinois (IL KE D) / Abundant Life Seeds

Year grown: 2014

Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)

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IL LO N

80 days, indet., regular leaf plant with high yield of tennis ball size fruit with red and yellow skin, good flavor.

Seed source:

Abundant Life Seeds

Year grown: 1998

Location: Oblong, Illinois

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History

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• First offered in the Seed Savers 1997 Yearbook by Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois (IL LO N), seeds purchased from Abundant Life Seeds .
• Vended by Abundant Life Seeds in the 1990s.

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Also known as

• Potato Redskins,
  
• Redskin

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Potato Red Skins - plant. 2014-06-17.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Potato Red Skins - plant. 2014-06-22.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Potato Red Skins - baby fruit. 2014-06-17.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Potato Red Skins - green fruit. 2014-06-22.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Potato Red Skins - ripe fruit. 2014-07-31.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Potato Red Skins - ripe fruit. 2014-07-31.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Potato Red Skins - ripe fruit. 2014-07-31.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Potato Red Skins - ripe fruit. 2014-08-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Potato Red Skins - sliced fruit. 2014-08-21.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Potato Red Skins - ripe fruit. 2014-08-24.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Potato Red Skins - sliced fruit. 2014-08-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Potato Red Skins - sliced fruit. 2014-08-24.

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