What it is
A late-maturing Campanian potato with rounded light-beige tuber, cream flesh and many eyes, historically widespread but now declining.
Origin place card
The source places it across the region, especially Acerrano-Nolano, Nocerino-Sarnese, Aversano, Piana del Sele, Monti Lattari and internal areas.
Verified history
The official page says it was very widespread in the past and is now in decline because of its many eyes. Treat this as source-supported tradition/history from Regione Campania — Patata ricciona o riccia di Napoli; the current evidence does not independently establish a founder, precise origin date, first attestation, or archival origin beyond that source framing.
Local hypothesis
This is a page about commercial inconvenience: a potato loses ground because the body people once accepted becomes a defect.
Local legend / oral tradition
No legend documented.
Ingredients
Si tratta di una patata molto diffusa in passato, oggi in declino per la presenza di numerosi "occhi".
Method
Plant not very early, around late February/early March, using whole seed tubers spaced at least 25 cm on simple rows around 75 cm apart. Source-supported detail: Descrizione delle metodiche di lavorazione, condizionamento, stagionatura L'epoca di impianto non è molto precoce (fine febbraio-inizi di marzo), l' investimento non è superiore a 5-5,5 tuberi/m2 (ottenuto disponendo tuberi-seme interi distanziati di almeno 25 cm su file semplici a 75
Ritual / calendar
ultimo aggiornamento 29 agosto 2019
Why travel for it
A declining old potato page: once widespread across Campania, now pushed aside because its many eyes make it commercially awkward.
Recreate-it pathway
Recover household uses before writing a recipe; source gives cultivation, not cooking.
Editorial warning
The source is concise and technical; this page is a recovery seed, not a finished feature.
Fieldwork questions
Where is it still planted? Why did households value it despite the many eyes? Which dishes suited its cream flesh?
Photo brief
Old tubers with many eyes, Campanian field, side-by-side with modern smooth varieties.