Vegetable
Pink Fir Apple
B tier
Pink Fir Apple is a knobbly, fingerling-like heritage potato with pinkish skin, yellow flesh, and a firm nutty bite that salad lovers chase at farmers markets. Irregular shape makes peeling a chore—most cooks scrub and boil whole, celebrating the knobs. Flavour is more interesting than smooth modern ovals; yield and looks are eccentric on purpose. Classic for cold salads with vinaigrette, warm buttered sides, and specialty restaurant plates. Harvest as a maincrop; store carefully in the dark. Embrace the knobs rather than fighting them with a peeler that wastes half the tuber.
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Pink Fir Apple was known in British gardens as a salad potato.
Heritage lists maintained the knobbly cultivar.
Revival of unusual vegetables restored Pink Fir Apple to markets.
Chefs used Pink Fir Apple for characterful warm salads.