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Pink Fir Apple
The Pink Fir Apple potato is a maincrop potato variety with a long knobbly shape, pink skin, and creamy waxy flesh. 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, and in 1996 was crossed with the Désirée variety to form the Anya potato for Sainsbury's J Sainsbury plc, trading as Sainsbury's, is a British supermarket and the second-largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane, London, the company was the largest UK r ... supermarkets.Paul R. Wonning Characteristics It grows to about in height. Its blooms, which are single form, normally with five petals, are about in diameter at full maturity and are coloured blue-violet, mauve taupe and light pastel purple. References Potato cultivars {{potato-stub ...
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Potato
The potato () is a starchy tuberous vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are underground stem tubers of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'', a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern United States to southern Chile. Genetic studies show that the cultivated potato has a single origin, in the area of present-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern Bolivia. Potatoes were domesticated there about 7,000–10,000 years ago from a species in the '' S. brevicaule'' complex. Many varieties of the potato are cultivated in the Andes region of South America, where the species is indigenous. The Spanish introduced potatoes to Europe in the second half of the 16th century from the Americas. They are a staple food in many parts of the world and an integral part of much of the world's food supply. Following millennia of selective breeding, there are now over 5 ...
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The UK includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and most of List of islands of the United Kingdom, the smaller islands within the British Isles, covering . Northern Ireland shares Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border, a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. It maintains sovereignty over the British Overseas Territories, which are located across various oceans and seas globally. The UK had an estimated population of over 68.2 million people in 2023. The capital and largest city of both England and the UK is London. The cities o ...
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ...
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Désirée (potato)
Désirée or Desiree or ''variation'', may refer to: * Désirée (given name), a female given name People * Des'ree (born 1968), British pop/soul vocalist throughout the 1990s * Desiree Barboza, Venezuelan politician * Desireé Bassett (born 1992), American hard rock guitarist * Desiree Becker (born 1994), German politician * Desiree Burch (born 1979), American comedian and television host. * Désirée Clary (1777–1860), Queen of Sweden, 1818–1844 * Desireé Cousteau (born 1956), American porn star * Desiree Gould (1945–2021), American actress * Desiree Heslop (born 1961), British singer also known by the stage name Princess * Desiree Horton (born 1971), nicknamed "Chopper Chick", Los Angeles helicopter pilot/TV reporter and United States Forest Service helicopter firefighter * Désirée Malonga (born 1981), Afro-Romanian actress and model * Désirée Nosbusch (born 1965), Luxembourgish actress and TV host * Desiree Ortiz, Venezuelan television host * Desir ...
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Anya Potato
Anya, Ania or Anja is a given name. The names are feminine in most East European countries and unisex in several African countries. Origins and variant forms * Anya (Аня) is a Russian language, Russian diminutive of Anna (name), Anna. * Ania is the spelling in Polish language, Polish, which is also a diminutive of Anna. * The spelling Anja is common in Croatian language, Croatian, Norwegian language, Norwegian, Danish language, Danish, German language, German, Swedish language, Swedish, Finnish language, Finnish, Dutch language, Dutch, Afrikaans language, Afrikaans, Slovenian language, Slovenian, Macedonian language, Macedonian, Montenegrin language, Montenegrin, Bosnian language, Bosnian, Serbian language, Serbian. * Anya is sometimes used as an Anglicisation of names, anglicisation of the Irish language, Irish name Áine (given name), Áine * Anya is an old Kurdish language, Kurdish name. It means "strength" or "power". * Anya is a Hungarian language, Hungarian word for "m ...
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Sainsbury's
J Sainsbury plc, trading as Sainsbury's, is a British supermarket and the second-largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane, London, the company was the largest UK retailer of groceries for most of the 20th century. In 1995, Tesco became the market leader when it overtook Sainsbury's, which has since been ranked second or third: it was overtaken by Asda from 2003 to 2014, and again for one month in 2019. In 2018, a planned merger with Asda was blocked by the Competition and Markets Authority over concerns of increased prices for consumers. The holding company, J Sainsbury plc, is split into three divisions: Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd (Sainsbury's Local, including convenience shops), Sainsbury's Bank, and Argos (retailer), Argos. The group also owns and operates the Habitat (retailer), Habitat furniture retailer, Nectar (loyalty card), Nectar card, Tu (clothing), Tu clothing brand and Bush (brand), B ...
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