i was wanting to know about potatoes, is there any such thing as red potatoes when planted called pontiac ?

Question

i have heard of idaho potatoes planted in idaho. and there is russet potatoes. of course i don't know where they are planted at. but is there such a thing about the red skinned potatoes? and being called red pontiac potatoes?

Answer 1

The Red Pontiac, also known as Dakota Chief, is a red-skinned early main crop potato variety originally bred in the U.S., and is sold in the Southeastern United States, Canada, Australia, Algeria, the Philippines, Venezuela and Uruguay. It arose as a color mutant of the original Pontiac variety in Florida,[1] by a J.W. Weston in 1945.[2]

Answer 2

Yes there are such things. But they are not called the Red Pontiac Potatos

Answer 3

Yes there are