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Cara Potato




Cara potato variety picture General Description: 

This potato is a late maincrop variety with strong and late maturing foliage. It has a high resistance to bruising, and a good resistance to potato virus. Cara is moderately susceptible to slug damage. 

cara potato foliage picture Plant:

Cara is a very tall erect plant with few stems. It has small, mid green, light gloss closed leaves. The leaves are small broad and rough with primary leaves and with a plain margin. It also has many small pointed secondary leaves.

FLOWERS:

Cara has a few white flowers on a short stalk. with many berries.

COOKING USES:

Cara is excellent for:

Boiling
Wedges
Baking
Chipping