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Compare Belle de Fontenay vs Bintje vs King Edward
Side-by-side: origin, year, region, uses, and trait descriptions — sourced from CIP, USDA, ICAR-CPRI, AHDB, and primary breeder catalogues.
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Shared attributes
All 3 are Iconic varieties · All 3 from Western Europe
Classification
Iconic
Iconic
Iconic
Origin
France (heritage, 1885)
Netherlands (1910)
United Kingdom (1902)
Year released
1885
1910
1902
Region
Western Europe
Western Europe
Western Europe
Best uses
Boiling / SaladSpecialty
Frying / FriesAll-purpose
Baking / RoastingMashing
Description
Classic French salad variety from Île-de-France. Yellow flesh, holds shape, premium retail.
Belgium's fry king for over a century. Yellow-flesh, perfect for double-fried Belgian frites.
120+ year-old British classic. Pink-eyed cream flesh, exceptional roasties and bakers.
Methodology: Variety attributes aggregated from CIP Lima genebank, ICAR-CPRI catalogue, EU Common Catalogue, USDA PVPO, AHDB, NIAB, NAK Netherlands, Potato Pedigree Database, and primary breeder releases (CAAS, EARO, BARI, INTA, EMBRAPA, IHAR-PIB, VNIIKKH). Year fields populated only where the release date is well-documented across sources.