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Asparges |
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Origin |
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Denmark, 1879
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Characteristics |
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Long tubers, with a white skin and yellow flesh.
Excellent flavour, sometimes described at
"nutty". Can be cooked whole with skins on and
used as a salad or boiling potato, hot or cold,
sliced or diced or cook with the skins on.
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Royalties
requested
by breeder |
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No. Traditional or “free” variety.
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Registered
for legal
distribution |
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Yes.Registered in Denmark by The Special
Committee for Potatoes (Specialudvalget
for kartofler).
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Other
Asparges is a highly popular and important part
of traditional Danish food culture, but is not
suitable for modern agriculture methods. It
needs to be handled with care and gives a
relatively small yield.
When Denmark entered EU in 1973 and had to follow
the EU regulation of registration to National
Variety Lists, no commercial producer wanted to
register this old variety.
The organisation The Special Committee for
Potatoes (Specialudvalget for kartofler) decided
to pay the fee (ca 900 €), to not make it disappear
from the market. The Special Committee for Potatoes
continues to pay the fee yearly. |
