Cherokee Purple, Potato Leaf

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Cherokee Purple, Potato Leaf
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	potato
Fruit color	purple, black
Fruit shape	oblate, beefsteak
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type
Country

TX GU R

80 days, indet., potato leaf, 6-16 oz, dark pink-purple with green shoulders, beautiful, superb taste, very productive, a favorite.

Source 

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Location: Pasadena, Texas

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History

• The potato-leaf version of Cherokee Purple that first arose in Jere Gettle's garden (Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds ). Jere described it as follows in the earlier Yearbooks:

...the best strain of Cherokee Purple I've tried yet, excellent yield, size, deep color, super flavor, large potato leaves, very sweet taste, developed by me from a potato leaf plant in 1995.

• Jere Gettle introduced it to SSE in the late 1990s.
• There is another potato-leaved version of Cherokee Purple, called Spudakee which appeared around the same time and has been propagated and privately distributed since by Bill Malin of Hillsboro, NM. It is not clear whether Spudakee and Cherokee Purple, Potato Leaf are the same or not. Both Spudakee and Gettle's version should be grown sidy-by-side and compared with regular-leaved Cherokee Purple grown at the same time to see if there really are any differences.

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Related

• Cherokee Purple

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Similar

• Spudakee (originated from Bill Malin, Hillsboro, NM)

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017		.	.
2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014	Gleckler Seedmen	.	.
2013		.	.
2012		.	.
2011	Sand Hill Preservation Center	2	0
2010	Sand Hill Preservation Center	2	0
2009	Sand Hill Preservation Center	2	.
2008	Sand Hill Preservation Center	2	.
2007	Sand Hill Preservation Center	2	.

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