Blue Congo/Blå Kongo

GunnarSK · January 27, 2010

This is a very old kind of potato, and the best known one with purple flesh and skin in Europe. It is propagated and sold by SPK in Finland http://www.spk.fi/index.php?id=219 (although 25 kg. is the smallest portion) and possibly also at local nurseries. In Sweden the potato variety is carried by many nurseries, and in Denmark it is also available at the Seed Savers' site: www.froesamlerne.dk (but only to members). If you find the potatoes for sale in a shop as food, you can always try to grow them, but organic potatoes are best, because they haven't been treated with sprout inhibitors. Blue Congo is a late/autumn potato, but they can already be eaten at summer solstice (mid summer), as is the tradition in Sweden.
It is not entirely clear, if this is a Swedish variety or it is originally from UK (Britain), but it is most popular in Sweden.

January 27, 2010	#1
GunnarSK Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Warsaw, Poland 52° N Posts: 363	Blue Congo/Blå Kongo This is a very old kind of potato, and the best known one with purple flesh and skin in Europe. It is propagated and sold by SPK in Finland http://www.spk.fi/index.php?id=219 (although 25 kg. is the smallest portion) and possibly also at local nurseries. In Sweden the potato variety is carried by many nurseries, and in Denmark it is also available at the Seed Savers' site: www.froesamlerne.dk (but only to members). If you find the potatoes for sale in a shop as food, you can always try to grow them, but organic potatoes are best, because they haven't been treated with sprout inhibitors. Blue Congo is a late/autumn potato, but they can already be eaten at summer solstice (mid summer), as is the tradition in Sweden. It is not entirely clear, if this is a Swedish variety or it is originally from UK (Britain), but it is most popular in Sweden.