What is "desiree"

The 'Désirée' is a red-skinned main-crop potato originally bred in the Netherlands in 1962. It has yellow flesh with a distinctive flavour and is a favourite with allotment-holders because of its resistance to drought, and is fairly resistant to disease. It is a versatile, fairly waxy variety which is firm and holds its shape, and is useful for all methods of cooking, from roasting to mashing and salads.

• Habit: Medium height, later spreading
• Foliage: Medium to dark grey-green, strong purple colour throughout plant
• Stems numerous, purple
• Leaf rigid, open, slightly arched
• Leaflets oval, pointed
• Secondaries few
• Buds/flowers: Buds large, red-purple on hairy stalks, flowers red-violet fading to white

Désirée is an operetta in two acts with music by John Philip Sousa and libretto by Edward M. Taber. The libretto was later revised and updated by Jerrold Fisher and William Martin.

Désirée is a 1954 historical film biography made by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Henry Koster and produced by Julian Blaustein from a screenplay by Daniel Taradash, based on the best-selling novel Désirée by Annemarie Selinko. The music score was by Alex North and the cinematography by Milton R. Krasner. The film was made in CinemaScope.

It stars Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Merle Oberon and Michael Rennie with Cameron Mitchell, Elizabeth Sellars, Charlotte Austin, Cathleen Nesbitt, Carolyn Jones and Evelyn Varden.

The film was nominated for two Academy Awards, for Best Art Direction (color) ( Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox) and Costume Design ( Rene Hubert and Charles LeMaire).

Désirée is a French feminine given name. It may refer to :

• Désirée (film) based on a novel about Désirée Clary (see below)
• Désirée Artôt (1835–1907), German opera singer
• Désirée Clary (1777-1860), Queen Desideria of Sweden and Norway
• Désirée Miloshevic
• Désirée Nosbusch (born 1965), Luxembourgian actress
• Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld (born 1938), a sister of the King of Sweden
• Désirée Talbot (born 1925), South African opera singer
• Princess Désirée of Hohenzollern (born 1963)

"Desiree" is a 1977 song written and recorded by Neil Diamond and included as a track on Diamond's 1977 album, I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight. The single peaked at number sixteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number one on the Easy Listening chart to become his fifth number one on that chart.

It was used as the first long-distance dedication on American Top 40 on the show aired August 26, 1978.