Shropshire Organic Gardeners Potato Day February 9th 2013
Montford Village Hall (new venue in 2012) SY4 1AD Map at bottom of page
9am till 3pm, free admission, breakfasts, snacks and lunches available
Coffee and Cake All Day
Large range of vegetable seeds, onion sets, shallots and garlic. Fruit trees, bushes and plants. Herbs too.
Over 50 potato varietes 15 per tuber (except Sarpo collection, see below)
not all Sarpo varieties are available, see list below)
Please check whole list on the day in case of other changes. ie Vanessa has been removed from main list.
Accord – First early, boil, salad, chips, light yellow, high yields, eelworm R01 resistant
Anya – Salad, boil, pink, long and knobbly, distinctive flour, award winner
Apache – Second early, boil, mash, bright red, cream eyes
Arran Pilot – First early, boil, salad, white, very early traditional, great flavour
Blue Belle – Main, boil, mash, roast, chips, cream, violet eyes,
British Queen – Second early, boil, mash, roast, white, a favourite
Cara – Main, boil, mash, bake, roast, white, red eyes, high yielding, disease resistant, stores well
Casablanca – first early, boil, salad, bake, roast, chips, white good cropper
Catriona – Second early, boil, salad, mash, roast, chips, white, blue eyes, excellent flavour
Charlotte – Salad, boil, mash, roast, pale yellow, first class flavour
Desiree – Main, boil, mash, bake, roast, chips, red, high yielding, drought resistant
Duke of York – First early, boil, salad, roast, chips, pale yellow, initially waxy becoming floury later
Epicure – First early, boil, salad, white, high yielding, delicious
Estima – Second early, boil, salad, mash, bake, yellow, big yields, large tubers
Foremost – First early boil, salad, white, large tubers, excellent flavour,
Harmony – Mai, boil, mash, bake, white, high yielding, stores well, some disease resistance
Home Guard – First early, boil, salad, white, good cropper, best eaten early
Innovator - Second early, bake, roast, chips, russet
International Kidney - Salad, boil, yellow, known as “The Jersey Royals”
Isle of Jura – Main, mash, bake, high yields, cream, good storage, some disease resistance
Juliette – Salad, boil, mash, roast, pale yellow, firm fleshed, resistant to scab and golden eelworm
Kerrs Pink – Main, boil, mash, bake, roast, chips, pink, best eaten with haggis
Kestrel – Second early boil, salad, mash, roast, chips, white, blue, good slug resistance
King Edward – Main, boil, mash, bake, roast, chips, white, red eyes, high yields,
Lady Balfour – Main, boil, mash, bake, roast, chips, red/white, high yields for organic production
Majestic – Main, boil, mash, bake, roast, white, drought resistant, can thrive in any soil
Marfona –Second early, boil, mash, bake, yellow, large tubers, stores well
Maris Bard – First early, boil, salad, white eelworm R01 resistant
Maris Peer – Second early, boil, salad, mash, roast white, good patio potato
Maris Piper – Main, boil, mash, bake, roast, chips, white, national favourite
Nadine – Second early, boil, mash, bake, white/cream, big crops, stores well, eelworm resistant
Nicola – Salad, boil, yellow, resistant to eelworm R01
Osprey – Second early, boil, mash, bake, roast, grows consistently well, white with pink eyes
Pentland Crown – Main, boil, mash, white, drought resistant, disease resistant
Picasso – Main, boil, mash, bake, roast, white, red eyes, very high yield, stores well, disease resistant
Pink Fir Apple – Salad, boil, pink, best cooked in skin
Purple Majesty – Main, boil, mash, bake, roast, deep purple, retains colour on cooking
Red Duke of York – First early, boil, salad, mash, roast, deep red, floury
Rocket – First early, boil, salad, white very early, good under polythene
Romano – Main, boil, mash, bake, roast, red, good disease resistance, slug resistant
Rooster – Main, boil, mash, bake, roast, chips, red, award winner
Sante – Main, boil, mash, bake, roast, chips, yellow, disease resistant, eelworm resistant R01
Sarpo Mira – Main, boil, mash, roast, red, high resistance to foliar blight
Sharpes Express – First early, boil, salad, roast, cream, floury, great flavour
Stemster – Main, boil, mash, bake, roast, red, high yields, good drought resistance, excellent keeper
Swift – First early, boil, salad, cream, earliest early, 60 days under polythene
Valor –Main, boil, mash, bake, white, high yield, drought resistant, blight resistant
Vivaldi – second early, boil, salad, mash, bake, roast, chips, white, unique texture, award winner
Wilja – Second early, boil, salad, mash, bake, roast, chips, yellow, high yields
Winston – First early, boil, salad, cream, large tubers, drought resistant, golden eelworm resistant
Yukon Gold –Second early, boil, mash, roast, yellow, gourmet favourite
Sarpo collection – Blight resistant varieties -
Blue Danube, Kifli, Sarpo Axona, Sarpo Una, Sarpo Mira – 20p tuber
