almond potato
{{Short description|Variety of potato}}
{{Infobox cultivar
| name = Potato 'Almond'
| image = Almond potato.JPG
| image_caption = 'Almond' potatoes
| species = Solanum tuberosum
| genus = solanum
| cultivar = 'Almond'
| origin = Finland, Sweden, Norway
}}
The almond potato (Norwegian: Mandelpotet,{{cite book
|author=Norway. Landbruksdepartementet
|title=Melding om de offentlige tiltak til ophjelp av landbruket: Meldinger fra statens forsøksstasjoner i plantekultur
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=djUZAQAAIAAJ
|year=1943
|publisher=Grøndahl & Søns.
|language=no
|pages=60–
|quote=For feltet på Stor-Elvdal kommunegård artet tørr-råteangrepet seg noe liknende, om ikke fullt så galt. Her var Mandelpotet medtatt istedenfor Sagerud, og den ble først og sterkest angrepet. Etter siste kontroll den 15. september stod Arnica og ...}} Swedish: Mandelpotatis,{{cite book
|title=Meddelande - Statens vaxtskyddsanstalt
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RVkvAAAAIAAJ
|series=101-107
|year=1964
|language=sv
|pages=268–
|quote=Mandelpotatis synes ha funnits i Sverige under lika lang tid som Magnum bonum. Sålunda anfor H. von Post 1889 i en "Studie over Potatisvarieteterna" resultaten av flerariga prov med några sorter, varibland . . .}} Finnish: puikulaperuna{{cite book
|author=János Gulya
|title=Konfrontation und Identifikation: Die finnisch-ugrischen Sprachen und Völker im europäischen Kontext
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4LZiAAAAMAAJ
|year=2002
|publisher=Harrassowitz
|language=de
|isbn=978-3-447-04656-5
|pages=95–
|quote=Im Rahmen des Namenschutzes für geographisch gebundene Nahrungsmittel ist die rundovale Kartoffelsorte Lapin puikulaperuna für den finnischen Markt per EU- Gesetz geschützt. Sie gedeiht nur in nördlichen Gegenden von Finnland und ...}}), also called Mandel potato or Swedish peanut fingerling,{{Cite journal | last1 = Nærstad | first1 = R. | last2 =Hermansen | first2 = A. | last3 = Bjor | first3 = T. | year = 2006 | title = Exploiting host resistance to reduce the use of fungicides to control potato late blight | journal = Plant Pathology | volume = 56 | issue = 1 | pages = 156–166 | doi =10.1111/j.1365-3059.2006.01491.x | doi-access = free }}{{cite book
|author=Sue Stickland
|title=Heirloom Vegetables: A Home Gardener's Guide to Finding and Growing Vegetables from the Past
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dwZIAAAAYAAJ
|year=1998
|publisher=Fireside Books
|isbn=978-0-684-83807-6
|pages=151–
|quote=Swedish Peanut Fingerling A dry golden-fleshed late season variety, grown by Swedish settlers in about 1900. Crescent shaped potatoes are great baked or roasted, they set and store well, and are ...}}{{cite book
|title=Growing for Market: News and Ideas for Market Gardeners
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rk1MAAAAYAAJ
|year=2000
|publisher=Fairplain Publications
|pages=143–
|quote=Swedish Peanut Fingerling also has an interesting history. "This variety was brought to Alaska by Swedish Settlers in 1910-15, and was called Mandelpotatis," related Gerritsen. "I received seed for Swedish Peanut Fingerling from a friend, Bill ...}} is a potato known since the 19th century.{{cite book
|title=Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vaZJAQAAMAAJ
|year=1896
|publisher=Royal Horticultural Society.
|pages=406–}}{{cite book
|title=Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eNwZAQAAMAAJ
|year=1898
|publisher=Royal Agricultural Society of England
|pages=590–}} Almond potatoes are yellow or white; in rare cases a variety called blue almond (Blå mandel in Swedish) can be found which has yellow-white flesh with blue skin. Its shape is oval and somewhat resembles an almond, hence the name. Blue almond is an old variety which was grown in the northern regions of Sweden before the yellow-peeled almond potato was introduced.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nordgen.org/index.php/en/content/view/full/588/ |title=Blå mandel / Potato / Plant material / Innehåll / Plants / NordGens webbplats - NordGen |access-date=2017-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219101233/http://www.nordgen.org/index.php/en/content/view/full/588/ |archive-date=2017-02-19 |url-status=dead }}
It is considered a delicacy in Norway,{{cite web|url=http://www.norway.org/News_and_events/Culture/Food/TasteofNorwegianFall/|title=A Taste of Norwegian Fall|publisher=Royal Norwegian Embassy in Washington|access-date=11 March 2010}} Finland and Sweden, where it is most commonly grown in the northern regions.{{cite book
|author=Kirsten Dreyer
|title=Kamma Rahbeks Brevveksling Med Chr. Molbech
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J1KOOm3LMjkC&pg=PA77
|date=1 January 1994
|publisher=Museum Tusculanum Press
|language=da
|isbn=978-87-7289-245-0
|pages=77–
|quote=Frem til idag kendes "Mandel potatis" og "Mandel potet" fra dyrkning i dalene i Nordsverige og Nordnorge (venligst oplyst af direktør Karl Tolstrup, Landbrugets Kartoffelfond, Vandel)}} It can be grown better in the north, since the variety is susceptible to plant diseases in the south.{{cite book
|author=Anton Letnes
|title=Potetboka
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=crs5AAAAMAAJ
|year=1966
|publisher=Bøndenes Forlag
|language=no
|pages=36–
|quote=Mandelpotet er en gammel landsort som dyrkes i de øverste dalfører og nord i landet. Den har en middels høg, sluttet og overhengende risvekst. Stenglene har en sterk svartbrun farge og er gjerne greinet. Bladene er mørkegrønne og middels ...}} Finnish Lapland puikula (Lapin puikula) has a European Union and UK Protected Designation of Origin.{{cite book
|title=Official Journal of the European Communities: Legislation
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MHgNAQAAMAAJ
|year=1997
|publisher=Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
|pages=22–}}{{cite book
|author1=Graeme Thomas
|author2=Giulio Sansonetti
|title=New light on a hidden treasure: International Year of the Potato 2008, an end-of-year review
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3e7wAAAAMAAJ
|date=13 January 2009
|publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
|isbn=978-92-5-106142-8
|pages=21–}}