Pink Fir Apple potato

{{short description|Variety of potato}}

{{Infobox Cultivar

| name = Pink Fir Apple

| image = Pink fir-apple potato.JPG

| image_caption ='Pink Fir Apple' potatoes

| species = Solanum tuberosum

| cultivar = 'Pink Fir Apple'

| origin = France

}}

The Pink Fir Apple potato is a maincrop potato variety with a long knobbly shape, pink skin, and creamy waxy flesh.{{cite web|url=http://www.xsdnet.com/seedsavers/cgi-bin/db.cgi?id=40&type=page|title=Potato Seed Catalogue 2005|work=Irish Seed Saver Association|year=2012|accessdate=16 June 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20121216154617/http://www.xsdnet.com/seedsavers/cgi-bin/db.cgi?id=40&type=page|archivedate=16 December 2012}} Its shape makes it difficult to peel, unless boiled before peeling.

Pink Fir Apple potato was first imported to the United Kingdom from France in 1850,{{cite web|last=|first=|year=2012|title=The European Cultivated Potato Database|url=http://www.europotato.org/display_description.php?variety_name=Pink%20Fir%20Apple|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924003828/http://www.europotato.org/display_description.php?variety_name=Pink%20Fir%20Apple|archive-date=2015-09-24|accessdate=7 February 2012|work=europotato.org}}{{cite web |last= |year=2012 |title=Pink Fir Apple 1850 |url=http://www.heritage-potatoes.co.uk/shop.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207000000/http://www.heritage-potatoes.co.uk/shop.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=28 |archive-date=7 February 2012 |accessdate=7 February 2012 |work=heritage-potatoes.co.uk }} and in 1996 was crossed with the Désirée variety to form the Anya potato for Sainsbury's supermarkets.{{cite web |year=2012 |title=Anya Seed Potaoes |url=http://how-to-grow-potatoes.co.uk/first-early-potatoes/anya-seed-potatoes/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516000000/http://how-to-grow-potatoes.co.uk/first-early-potatoes/anya-seed-potatoes/ |archive-date=16 May 2012 |accessdate=16 May 2012 |work=how-to-grow-potatoes.co.uk }}Paul R. Wonning {{google books|eCxwCAAAQBAJ|Gardener's Guide to Growing Potatoes in the Vegetable Garden: Growing a potato garden for beginners or veterans (2015)|page=27}}