Edgecote Purple was formerly in our Conservation Potato section. It is an early maincrop bred sometime before 1916 by Mr Wilde of Edgecote, close to the battle site. It was a favourite of Redcliffe Salaman, writing about potatoes in 1926. It is probably the same thing as Gloucester Black Kidney and Port Wine Kidney. All have reputations for flavour and vigour - the Gloucester variety was supposed to have originated as loot from an infamous train crash in the area.