Austrian Crescent is a medium maturing yellow
potato
The potato is a starchy food, a tuber of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'' and is a root vegetable native to the Americas. The plant is a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae.
Wild potato species can be found from the southern Unit ...
variety.
It is grown for specialty markets and stores well. It can be used in salads
or for roasting.
It is also known as 'Kipfel', the German name for "croissant".
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Botanical features
* Tubers
Tubers are a type of enlarged structure used as storage organs for nutrients in some plants. They are used for the plant's perennation (survival of the winter or dry months), to provide energy and nutrients for regrowth during the next growing s ...
have a finger-like shape with medium depth eyes.
* They have a deep yellow,[ or pale yellow flesh with a darker yellow skin that has a smooth,][
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References
Potato cultivars
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