Potatoes - Early Season - Cherry Red - Org

Cherry Red Organic Potato has small to medium-sized tubers, bright medium to dark-red skin and attractive white flesh. This one is always a good producer and a heavy setter with a "nest" of potatoes, tightly clustered in one place. The potato plants are medium, semi-erect, have stems that are moderately pigmented, and have straight single wings with nodes moderately swollen. Cherry Red consistently sets 8 to 9 tubers per plant and are rather shallow in the hill. Tuberization occurs early and tubers bulk at a very rapid rate early in the season. Cherry Red has good storability with few problems and minimal sprouting. Don't refrigerate them--doing so converts some of the potato's starch to sugar. And don't expose them to direct sunlight, which turns them green and makes them bitter. They will keep about a one to two weeks at room temperature and for several weeks at 45 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit. . ... more