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> On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 19:32:36 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
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> > We can get Albert Bartlett Rooster potatoes in our supermarkets. I bought
> > them for a wee while but I have gone back to my Maris Piper.
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> So Maris Piper is a brand, not a type of potato?

Maris Bard is a potato cultivar; a type of potato. So is Rooster.
Albert Bartlett is the name of a potato farming business.

http://www.lovepotatoes.co.uk/potato-varieties

"There are literally thousands of different varieties of potatoes grown
around the world. In the UK around 80 varieties are grown commercially"
Below are some of the most popular potato varieties available in this
country."

scroll down to see the range of potato types available to shoppers
here, and how they are cused.

Janet UK