Black irish

wingnut · July 11, 2012

My smallest tuber from this one was 15oz and the largest 24oz for a total over 9lbs from one hill. It is a great tasting dark purple/black flesh.

meadowyck · July 11, 2012

Wow, but sad to say I think that one is too large for me and the very limited space I have. It is very beautiful

wingnut · July 11, 2012

It takes up the same foot of row as the rest..........

wmontanez · July 11, 2012

Wow. That is something! I was eyeing that one as TPS from the description and now knowing that taste good + 9lb per hill is in my list for next year. Is Negate in the same family?

wingnut · July 11, 2012

I am not sure Wendy, I hope Tom chimes in on the subject. I believe it may be from a seperate line than negate,negation,and negima. But again not sure.

**Tom Wagner** · July 11, 2012

Interesting seeing the Black Irish potato variety growing 125 miles away from the ones I have in Skagit County, Washington.

For the record Black Irish is from a 2009 cross of Negro Y Azul and Irish Tom. The seedling was grown out as a first year seedling in 2010. The pedigree includes many varieties such as Red Regis, Lenape, Lumper, Tollocan, Vokal, Black Hills Gold, John Tom Kaighin, Tom Kaighin, Multa, Oberarnbacher Fruhe, A81286-1, Butte, Norgold Russet, Russet Burbank, Delta Gold, Katahdin, etc. There are many more in the ancestor list but these are the ones that roll off my memory. Having grown each of those varieties and tasting each of them gives me a deep appreciation of having them all assembled into a single clone.

Negate...BTW...is a cross of Negro Y Azul and Blue Ox. A full sib of Angus Bull. Oh...that reminds me to find a picture of a new clone that I used pollen from Angus Bull the other day to make a cross. The female clone is a freshly name sib of Black Irish which I named Black Famine. Does anyone want to see a picture of it?

The picture below is a shot of a single plant of multiple hills of BLACK FAMINE.
Tubers of this clone wintered in the row last year and had great late blight and frost resistance. Don't worry about the name...it ain't 1847 anymore.

loeb · July 18, 2012

It looks very strong.. nice one

I hope I will learn how to grow so strong potato plants someday.

wingnut · July 18, 2012

Loeb, it is just a real vigorous clone, with a sprinkle of TLC!

wmontanez · May 20, 2013

Next year on my list

July 11, 2012	#1
wingnut Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: bald hill area thurston county washington Posts: 312	Black irish My smallest tuber from this one was 15oz and the largest 24oz for a total over 9lbs from one hill. It is a great tasting dark purple/black flesh.

July 11, 2012	#2
meadowyck Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Brooksville, FL Posts: 1,001	Wow, but sad to say I think that one is too large for me and the very limited space I have. It is very beautiful __________________ Jan “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” -Theodore Roosevelt

July 11, 2012	#4
wmontanez Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: MA Posts: 776	Wow. That is something! I was eyeing that one as TPS from the description and now knowing that taste good + 9lb per hill is in my list for next year. Is Negate in the same family? __________________ Wendy

May 20, 2013	#9
wmontanez Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: MA Posts: 776	Next year on my list __________________ Wendy

July 11, 2012	#6
Tom Wagner Crosstalk™ Forum Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: 8407 18th Ave West 7-203 Everett, Washington 98204 Posts: 1,157	Interesting seeing the Black Irish potato variety growing 125 miles away from the ones I have in Skagit County, Washington. For the record Black Irish is from a 2009 cross of Negro Y Azul and Irish Tom. The seedling was grown out as a first year seedling in 2010. The pedigree includes many varieties such as Red Regis, Lenape, Lumper, Tollocan, Vokal, Black Hills Gold, John Tom Kaighin, Tom Kaighin, Multa, Oberarnbacher Fruhe, A81286-1, Butte, Norgold Russet, Russet Burbank, Delta Gold, Katahdin, etc. There are many more in the ancestor list but these are the ones that roll off my memory. Having grown each of those varieties and tasting each of them gives me a deep appreciation of having them all assembled into a single clone. Negate...BTW...is a cross of Negro Y Azul and Blue Ox. A full sib of Angus Bull. Oh...that reminds me to find a picture of a new clone that I used pollen from Angus Bull the other day to make a cross. The female clone is a freshly name sib of Black Irish which I named Black Famine. Does anyone want to see a picture of it? The picture below is a shot of a single plant of multiple hills of BLACK FAMINE. Tubers of this clone wintered in the row last year and had great late blight and frost resistance. Don't worry about the name...it ain't 1847 anymore.

July 18, 2012	#7
loeb Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Poland Posts: 251	It looks very strong.. nice one I hope I will learn how to grow so strong potato plants someday.