SEED POTATOES

Spring 2010

POTATOES IN RED PRINT NOT YET IN STOCK

Chit Indoors (in light and frost free conditions) until shoots are ½ to 1” high

Plant  March to May when the soil is warm and dry 12” apart, 30” rows, 4” deep.(count them out to suit your row lengths)

Earth up to 8” high, protect from frost and choose a sunny site. Farmyard manure, compost and a high potash fertilizer will increase yield. Too much nitrogen can lead to cooking, keeping and flavour problems.

Click below to jump to our selection of seed potatoes:

#First_Earlies

#Second_Earlies

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First Earlies

POTATOES IN RED PRINT NOT YET IN STOCK

Accent                         Cream Flesh, excellent flavour, good general purpose

Accord                          Similar to Accent, better disease resistance and higher yields, firm creamy flesh

Amandine (ORGANIC) "Salad baker" Pale yellow skin and flesh. Charlotte X

Annabelle                      UNAVAILABLE this year - CROP FAILURE

Arran Pilot                    Sold Out for 2010 Traditional favourite, White flesh, firm waxy texture, good                                          flavour, drought resistant

Belle de Fontenay      Long oval, waxy, excellent salad, good storage

BF15                              Belle de Fontenay X Flava. Firm, waxy, salad, better disease resistance

Cherie                            Long oval, red skin, yellow flesh, good salad

Colleen (organic)        Short oval, yellow skin and flesh, good chips, baked and salad

Duke of York                Cream flesh, floury texture, good general purpose

Dunluce                        White skin, white flesh, versatile with good flavour

Epicure                          Excellent flavour. Old variety, bred 1897, floury

Foremost                      White flesh, slightly floury, good flavoured early scraper

Home Guard                White flesh, slightly floury, good general purpose

International Kidney  Waxy, Pale yellow flesh. Good early salad, Can be used as general purpose later

(JerseyRoyal)

Lady Christl               Early, Oval firm tubers, yellow skin, pale yellow flesh. Heavy cropper, good disease                                      resistance

Manna                         Waxy flesh, high yielding exhibition variety

Maris Bard                 Flesh white and firm, Traditional New Potato, Early heavy cropper, good drought                                      tolerance

Mimi                           UNAVAILBLE - CROP FAILURE

Orla                             Oval, cream skin and flesh, High yields, versatile as a later main crop also

Pentland Javelin         Flesh white, slightly waxy. Good boiling and salad, good disease resistance

Premiere                     Oval, skin and flesh yellow, Firm dry tubers make very good chips and general purpose

Red Duke of York    Bright red skin with cream flesh, superb flavour, versatile

Riviera                        Accent type, Round oval. Skin yellow, flesh cream

Rocket                          Flesh white flesh, skin white. Earliest, cropping in 70 days, Good disease resistance

Rosabelle                    Red skin, cream flesh, good flavour, Salad

Sharpes Express        Flesh lemon. Floury, traditional good general purpose

Swift                            Very early, Rocket type with slightly larger tubers, Flesh white. Short bushy habit ideal                                      for containers

Ulster Chieftain          Short oval. Skin and flesh creamy white, Good slug resistance

Ulster Sceptre            Long oval. Skin and flesh white, good yield of waxy tubers

Vales Emerald            Maris Peer x Charlotte, Skin light yellow, flesh cream, huge yields of firm baby salads

Vanessa                        Red skin, cream flesh, Nice waxy new potato

Winston                      White skin, cream flesh, Lovely general purpose potato, Ideal for exhibiting

Second Earlies

POTATOES IN RED PRINT NOT YET IN STOCK

Bintje (Organic)            Creamy, yellow fleshed potato, good for roasting and baking                       

British Queen (Organic) Oval tuber, white skin and flesh and shallow eyes. Dry, floury and very tasty

Catriona                      White with purple eye. Favoured for showing, good for baking and steaming              

Charlotte                   Popular, High yielding, long, yellow, good waxy salad.                                       

Edzell Blue                 Blue skin!, cream flesh, excellent flavour, very floury

Estima                         Flesh cream, excellent flavour, firm early baker, good drought tolerance               

Kestrel                        Firm, general purpose, baker and chipper                   

Lintzer Delikatess     Long oval with light yellow skin and yellow flesh. Excellent flavour, waxy salad.

Marfona                     Flesh cream, high yield. Good jacket potato, stores well                            

Maris Peer                 Flesh white, firm. Good boiling or chips, superb flavour                 

Maxine                       Oval, red skin, firm cream flesh, Good disease resistance                                          

Milva                             Unavailable this year                  

Nadine                        Flesh Cream, very waxy, good exhibitor, high yields                                      

Nicola                        Good Flavour waxy salad and general purpose

Osprey                        Skin white and pink, flesh white, light and floury, good general purpose              

Saxon                          White skin and white flesh, great mash ! Modern disease resistant universal variety

Wilja                           Flesh pale yellow. Good general purpose, high yields of large tubers                      

Yukon Gold                Short, Oval, golden skin, yellow rich buttery flesh, versatile                             

Maincrop

POTATOES IN RED PRINT NOT YET IN STOCK

Ambo (Organic)         White and pink, cream flesh.                                                

Anya                      Desiree x Pink Fir Apple, Long smoother  tubers, red skin new potato flavour, waxy.    

Cara                        White, red eye. Flesh cream, very firm, drought resistant and very good general purpose.                                  Good Blight resistance

Desiree                       Red skin, light yellow flesh, firm and drought resistant. Excellent flavour, Versatile

Golden Wonder          Skin russet, flesh pale lemon, Floury and dry for good mash and roasting                 

Juliette                            Long salad potato, Excellent flavour, waxy

Kerrs Pink                  Pink skin, cream flesh, floury, Dense weed-suppressing foliage

King Edward               White with red eye. Flesh cream, slightly floury. Excellent flavour, versatile

Kondor                           NOW IN STOCK !!!!!! Red skin, yellow flesh, Good all rounder

Lady Balfour               Oval, White with pink eye, firm moist creamy flesh, good disease resistance, good                                         boiler and masher

Majestic                     Flesh white, floury, drought resistant, robust in any soil

Maris Piper                Very popular, Flesh cream, slightly floury. Good chips

Markies                     NEW ! Versatile, general purpose, good flavour, golden skin, light yellow flesh

Pentland Crown          White flesh. Drought and disease resistant, Huge yields of versatile potatoes

Pentland Dell              Flesh cream, white skin

Pentland Squire          Skin and flesh white

Picasso                        Skin yellow with red eye, cream flesh, Suitable for a wide range of uses, very uniform                                        and keeps well

Pink Fir Apple            Long, knobbly tubers, waxy. Keep their new potato flavour throughout.

Ratte                              Long waxy tubers, similar to pink fir but without the knobbles!Delicious 'nutty' taste

Romano                      Red skin. Cream flesh, firm. Good general purpose

Rooster                       Red skin, oval, pale yellow flesh, good roast

Sante                           The most disease resistant so far

Smile                          Unavailable this year

Vales Sovereign      General purpose with superb flavour

Valor                           Round, white skin and white flesh

Vitelotte                     Purple skin and Purple Flesh !! Good flavour and versatile

Vivaldi                        Versatile, good creamy flavour. Yellow skin, pale yellow flesh

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