Potato
Grenaille potatoes
Grenaille potatoes: Sowing, planting and harvest calendar
The French term grenaille describes small potatoes, rather than a botanical variety or a particular cultivar. A grenaille potato is still a tuber of Solanum tuberosum, a species in the Solanaceae family. Several varieties can produce small tubers, so the word alone does not identify their flavour, colour or texture. This description presents a small potato format without assigning it the characteristics of one specific variety. It is useful to keep that distinction in mind when comparing different potatoes.Tubers may be round, oval or more elongated. Skin and flesh colours depend on the variety, including yellow, red and paler shades. The eyes are buds that can produce shoots. A potato is an underground stem tuber formed on a stolon, rather than a swollen root. Its stored reserves support the plant's development, while the foliage subsequently contributes to the formation of new tubers. The familiar potato therefore has a different botanical…
