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Comber Earlies, also called new season Comber potatoes,[1] are potatoes grown around the town of Comber, County Down, Northern Ireland.[2] They enjoy the status of protected geographical indication (PGI) since 2012 and are grown by the Comber Earlies Growers Co-Operative Society Limited.[3][4][5][6][7]
The term applies to immature potatoes harvested between early May and late July in the area surrounding Comber.[8][9] This area, sheltered by the Mourne Mountains and Ards Peninsula and protected from frost by the saltwater of Strangford Lough, has a distinctive microclimate, allowing an early potato harvest and a distinctive sweet, nutty flavour.[10] Comber Earlies are not a variety of potato, they can be of many varieties, but are named solely after the location at which they are grown.[11]
Comber potatoes have long been linked with the Ulster Scots planters the Hamiltons and Montgomerys.[12] The first written mention of potatoes being grown in Ireland, in 1606, mentions Comber.[13]
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