SEED POTATOES

Spring 2012

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

#Maincrop

First Earlies

Help yourself to the amount you want, however small or large*

* Albert Bartlett varieties only available in 1 or 2kg prepacked bags this year

VARIETIES IN RED PRINT NOT AVAILABLE THIS YEAR

'NEW' are varieties new to us this year

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                     Waxy texture, yellow buttery tubers, oval, high yields

Apache * NEW            Mini tubers, Red/yellow skin, yellow flesh, good new potato *

Arran Pilot                    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

Casablanca                 NEW - White skinned Winston type, shallow eyes, good showing, slightly floury - chip                                         bake or boil

Celine                            Unavailable this year due to crop failure - sorry

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

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

Pentland Lustre NEW Lovely flavour, white skin/flesh, good baking/chips

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 Classic NEW  Oval, bold white and red skin, good exhibitor with shallow eyes and fine skin finish.                                      Good resistance to common scab

Ulster Prince              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

Help yourself to the amount you want, however small or large*

* Albert Bartlett varieties only available in 1 or 2kg prepacked bags this year

'NEW' are varieties new to us this year

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

Bonnie NEW             Salad type, round tubers, red skin, cream flesh

British Queen           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.                                       

Edgecote Purple     Purple Skin ! yellow flesh, excellent flavour, firm, waxy

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                                                 

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 *              

Roseval                      Salad, vivid red skin, yellow waxy flesh with a pink blush

Shetland Black          Tasty and floury, very dark blue skin, light flesh with blue rings!

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

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

Maincrop

Help yourself to the amount you want, however small or large*

* Albert Bartlett varieties only available in 1 or 2kg prepacked bags this year

'NEW' are varieties new to us this year

Ambo (Organic)         White and pink skin, cream flesh, good boiling and baker      

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

Arran Victory (organic) Blue skin, white flesh, Good roast, mash & bake

Bambino NEW          New potato, mini tubers, round, white skin, cream flesh

Bluebell NEW            Early main, good for baking, masking and showing, long oval tubers,                                      pink and yellow skin, yellow flesh

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

Fortyfold NEW         Classic British variety, dating from the 1800’s, traditionally used in Lancashire hotpot, large yields, round, deep eyed, purple skins and white flashes,  'nutty' flavour - delicious boiled, baked or roasted.

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

Harmony                          Early main, very waxy, pale skin and flesh, good flavour           

Highland Burgundy (Organic)     Red skin and Red Flesh ! Slightly floury, makes pretty crisps!

Hunter (organic) NEW Good roasting and baking, oval, white skin, cream flesh  

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                          Red skin, yellow flesh, Good all rounder

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

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

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

Markies                      Versatile, good flavour, golden skin, light yellow flesh 

Peach Bloom NEW   Red/white skin, white flesh, Good baking and roasting, round

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

Pentland Dell              Flesh cream, white skin, floury, good disease resistance

Pentland Squire         Good disease and slug resistance, white skin/flesh, floury

Picasso                         Skin yellow with redeye, 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

Red Cara NEW         Red skin, cream flesh, good multi-purpose, High disease resistance, good storage

Red King Edward NEW Red/Purple skin, cream flesh, good flavour, versatile

Remarka (organic)    oval tubers, cream skin/flesh, good roast, mash, chips 

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

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

Salad Blue NEW       Early main, blue skin/flesh, good chip, mash & crisps - not a salad type!

Sante                           The most disease resistant so far

Sarpo Mira NEW      Blight & slug resistant, red skin, cream flesh, good storage,   (organic)                   Floury texture, good general purpose

The Bishop NEW      Oval, white skin/flesh, Good for showing, floury texture, Good storage

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 *

Onion Sets 2012

Help yourself to the amount you want, however small or large

ALL ONION SETS VARIETIES NOW IN STOCK !

Shallots 2012

Help yourself to the amount you want, however small or large

VARIETIES IN RED PRINT NOT YET IN STOCK - DUE IN LATER JAN 2012

VARIETIES IN BLACK PRINT ON SALE NOW !