Pink Fir Apple potato

The Pink Fir Apple potato is a maincrop potato variety with a long knobbly shape, pink skin, and creamy waxy flesh.^[1] Its shape makes it difficult to peel,^[2] unless boiled before peeling.

Pink Fir Apple
'Pink Fir Apple' potatoes
Species	Solanum tuberosum
Cultivar	'Pink Fir Apple'
Origin	France

Pink Fir Apple potato was first imported to the United Kingdom from France in 1850,^[3][4] and in 1996 was crossed with the Désirée variety to form the Anya potato for Sainsbury's supermarkets.^[5][6]

Characteristics

It grows to about 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) in height.^[2] Its blooms, which are single form, normally with five petals, are about 2.5 cm (0.98 in) in diameter at full maturity and are coloured blue-violet, mauve taupe and light pastel purple.