Anya is a variety of
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 ...
that was bred at the
Scottish Crop Research Institute. Anya is a cross between the varieties
Désirée and
Pink Fir Apple, and it was named after
Lady Sainsbury.
A type of finger potato with a long knobbly oval shape, a pinkish beige coloured skin, and white waxy flesh . Its flavour is slightly nutty.
The Anya potato is a good boiling potato but can be prepared using most cooking methods. They are especially good in salads.
References
Potato cultivars
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