How many different potatoes are there?

Answer 1

In the U.S we mainly haveround white potatoes new potatoes Yellow flesh potatoes. Potatoes originated in Peru and today that country counts with more than 3000 kinds of Potatoes, Including Huarya, Yellow, etc...

Answer 2

There are about five-thousand potato varieties worldwide. Three thousand of them are found in the Andes alone, mainly in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile and Colombia. They belong to eight or nine species, depending on the taxonomic school. Apart from the five-thousand cultivated varieties, there are about 200 wild species and subspecies, many of which can be cross-bred with cultivated varieties, which has been done repeatedly to transfer resistances to certain pests and diseases from the gene pool of wild species to the gene pool of cultivated potato species.

Answer 3

There are thousands of potato varieties. But for cooking purposes, we can say that there are basically six types: yellow, red, russet, white, fingerling and blue potatoes.

Today, there are about about 100 varieties of edible potatoes. They vary in size, shape, color, starch content, maturity, and flavor. The skin of potatoes is generally brown, red, or yellow, and may be smooth or rough, while the flesh is yellow or white. There are also other varieties available that feature purple-grey skin and a beautiful deep violet flesh.

Answer 4

In the region of 5000 cultivated varieties

Answer 5

about 10,000,000,000