Potato
Potato Ratte
Potato Ratte: Sowing, planting and harvest calendar
Ratte is an old potato variety belonging to Solanum tuberosum, in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. It is a firm-fleshed potato recognised by elongated tubers that are often slightly curved and relatively small. Their irregular outline is part of the variety's character: potatoes from the same plant need not have identical lengths or bends. Both the skin and flesh are yellow. The fine texture of the flesh is one of its main attractions in the kitchen, alongside a distinctive appearance that differs from large, evenly rounded potatoes.A potato tuber is an underground organ formed from a modified stem, rather than a root or a fruit. Its eyes are buds from which shoots can develop. Above ground, the plant has herbaceous stems and compound leaves divided into several leaflets. Any flowering does not by itself indicate the size or maturity of the tubers below. Small berries occasionally produced after the flowers are…
