Well, we've nearly tasted them all. Flavor ratings - this season

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by halleone

Sure wish you didn't make 'em sound so good, just makes me want to try them, along with all the others I want to try........

I too grew Bill's Polish years ago but the problem is that some list it in the red section and some the pink section of the older SSE YEarbooks. I just looked in the 2012 Yearbook and no listings in the red section, but 4 in the pink section.

Here's what Bill wrote when he introduced it:

indet, potato leaf, quick to germinate, plants size up more quickly ( than what say I?, CJM), unharmed by a June 4 frost, heavy set early, shy to set later, some fruits smaller ( 4-8 oz) and cherry red, others larger ( up to 1.5#) and brick red ( specify which you want), no diffrence in growth and leaf habit or taste, my favorite for taste,, plants from roadside stand near Somerville, NJ, by OS ( original source, CJM) Agnes Lynn, Conyngham, PA, strain said to be from Poland.

In the same 1995 Yearbook it's also listed in the Pink section with the followihg listers:

Jeff F, a frind of Craig's, got it from Craig in 1989

Edmund Brown got it from two others, one going back to 1984 so probably not the Ellis one

Calvin Waite got it from CV HE8 in 1992, I didn't check to see which seed company this is/was

BIll Minkey got it from Craig in 1991.

BAck then I don't think everyone knew to check the epidermis color, I know I didn't, and it really is a very very deep pink.

Bill Ellis was a Prof of Folklore at some place in PA, I forgot where, and he also introduced the variety Conyngham Sewer, which he said he stabilized from a volunteer found growing downstream from a local water relief outlet.

That one always amuses me and not that different from the variety just called 1884 which was found on a river bank after the Great Flood of 1884.

So whenever I see a Polish variety mentioned and there are MANY of them both red and pink, when I see the words brick red, I know it's Bill's Polish, if you will.

[barkeater]

Originally Posted by carolyn137

I too grew Bill's Polish years ago but the problem is that some list it in the red section and some the pink section of the older SSE YEarbooks. I just looked in the 2012 Yearbook and no listings in the red section, but 4 in the pink section.

So whenever I see a Polish variety mentioned and there are MANY of them both red and pink, when I see the words brick red, I know it's Bill's Polish, if you will.

Thanks, Carolyn. TGS described their offering as "brick red" so that should be a good seed source.