Mallorcan potatoes for export.

[Tommo]

Just wondering if we could get them as seed potatoes in the UK?

 

[Teacu]

Post #58 mentions variety Lady Christi, and looking, for example, on the Thompson & Morgan website, you can buy this variety of seed potato on line from them. However, whether you can replicate the same taste growing them in the UK might be a bit of a challenge..

 

[mike_dublin]

https://www.majorcadailybulletin.co...87/mallorca-new-potato-export-the-starts.html

The export to the UK and Scandinavia of Lady Christl new potatoes started on Sunday. The centre of this export in Mallorca is of course Sa Pobla, where exporters still have some concerns because of Brexit uncertainties. Joan Mateu, president of Mateu Export, says that "the flexibility has ended, and we must see how the UK will specify requirements from now on". The UK represents 25% of Sa Pobla's potato export market; "it would be a difficult one to replace".

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This year's export is expected to be "normal". ...
Overall, though, the quality is good and the starting date for export is as it has generally been for some decades.

When the first exports were made, back in 1924, the harvest was in May. Joan Mateu explains that market demand and climate change have brought this forward more and more. The UK is the longest-established market. ...

see full article on the MDB website

 

[Rockape]

Post #58 mentions variety Lady Christi, and looking, for example, on the Thompson & Morgan website, you can buy this variety of seed potato on line from them. However, whether you can replicate the same taste growing them in the UK might be a bit of a challenge..

The climate and the soil create the flavour.....something you could never replicate in the UL, even if you brought the soil with you.

 

[Rosie34]

Managed to get some from our local greengrocer yesterday - he has them in every year

 

[Jimbo the Jambo]

The climate and the soil create the flavour.....something you could never replicate in the UL, even if you brought the soil with you.

Just like whisky.

Cheers,

Jimbo

 

[Lorenzo]

A great find today......Mallorcan new potatoes on sale in my local fruit & veg shop in Hedge End, Southampton! £1.90 a kilo if anyone lives near and fancies some (It's the little shop near Nat West Bank in the middle of the village).
No prizes for guessing what is for supper this evening!

 

[clinkham]

Second wave ?? of Mallorcan spuds

Huge supply of Mallorcan potatoes suddenly in stock at Great Harwood Tesco.
@ clubcard reduced price of £1 for 750g. Variety: Maris Peer.

"Delicate and Mild" "Freshly harvested from the red clay soils of Majorca"

They seem to be quite small.. but are perfectly formed.

At any other time, seeing these potatoes and description could encourage you to jump on the next plane and spend the Bank Holiday weekend visiting old friends in the hospitality business.

 

[mike_dublin]

https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2022/03/10/98381/britons-love-mallorcan-spuds.html

Early harvest boosts demand in Britain.

The first shipment of Sa Pobla potatoes have already been exported to the UK.
The Mateu Export potato farm started the harvesting and export campaign last Wednesday and the first lorries bound for the United Kingdom left on Friday.

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see full article on the MDB website

 

[clinkham]

Mallorcan potatoes have made it to Yorkshire.

Just had a run up to Skipton to visit Keelams farm shop. (keelhamfarmshop.co.uk)
They have loose Mallorcan potatoes on sale. First ones I've seen this year. No indication of the variety but they have a light dusting of Mallorcan soil to prove their authenticity.

Keelams seem to be ahead of the main food stores. We have a large Tesco, a modest Morrisons and the usual sized Aldi in the town, but all that buying power and no Mallorcan spuds

 

[Teacu]

Our nearest Tesco Superstore (Rainham, Essex) had Mallorca (Lady Christi) potatoes in stock (packaged) at least two weeks ago (and very nice they were, too)..

 

[Miller]

Our nearest Tesco Superstore (Rainham, Essex) had Mallorca (Lady Christi) potatoes in stock (packaged) at least two weeks ago (and very nice they were, too)..

Same at Tesco Laindon.

 

[Lorenzo]

Mallorcan new potatoes were on sale in Waitrose in Southampton today . Just cooked some up and they are delicious (Maris Peer variety). 750g bag for £1 as they are on a 20% off offer.

I've just done a bit of research about the grower. They were grown by Esplet - the main potato producer and exporter in Sa Pobla, a company that has been around for decades and which first started exporting potatoes in 1924, when they started sending the Royal Kidney variety to Britain.

This company is Mallorca’s biggest exporter of potatoes and is Spain’s biggest exporter of potatoes to the UK.

 

[Tangoman]

Mallorcan Spuds

We don't have Waitrose in Northern Ireland, but No. 2 son Chris has in Caversham. So message sent, and awaiting delivery soon.

 

[mike_dublin]

Better late than never, Mallorcan potatoes on sale in Britain

A lack of sun hits crop. It was a question of better late than never! Mallorca potatoes have finally arrived in Britain, which is their key export market, but this year the crop was hiy by an almost unbelievable problem for an island known for its weather....a lack of sun.

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It was a question of better late than never! Mallorca potatoes have finally arrived in Britain, which is their key export market, but this year the crop was hiy [sic] by an almost unbelievable problem for an island known for its weather....a lack of sun.

Harvesting took place later this year because of the weather in March and April, where there was little sun and plenty of rain. However, farmers are pleased with their crops which are already on sale in British supermarkets including Tesco. ...

see full article on the MDB website

 

[Lorenzo]

Strucky lucky - Majorcan new potatoes were on sale in the big Tesco in Buseldon, Southampton today.

 

[Tommo]

Just this minute bought some off the greengrocers stall on Glossop (Derbyshire) market. That's us sorted for Sunday roast. Coming to PP in September, then we can enjoy them in their "natural habitat ".