There are so many varieties of early potatoes on sale that it is difficult to choose which is the most suitable for the vegetable garden.

Below are descriptions of some more examples, to be added to the ten early potato varieties posted yesterday.

Ultra-Early Potato – Swift

• good yields
• attractive, medium sized potatoes
• good skins
• good cooking quality

First Early Potato - Amandine

• high yielder
• uniform, oval shaped tubers
• pale yellow, waxy flesh
• salad potato
• ideal for container growing

First Early Potato - Annabelle

• high yielder
• oval tubers
• waxy, yellow flesh
• salad potato
• ideal for container growing

First Early Potato - Colleen

• good overall resistance to disease
• suitable for organic production
• oval tuber
• light yellow skin and flesh

First Early Potato - Foremost

• low resistance to late blight on foliage & tubers and potato leafroll virus.

First Early Potato - Pentland Javelin

• high yielding but tendency to bulk late
• good resistance to common scab
• resistant to potato cyst nematode Ro1
• moderately susceptible to tuber blight
• good boiling quality.

First Early Potato - Premier

• medium yields

• good for early french fries

• better for chipping industry than the garden

First Early Potato - Ulster Sceptre

• long oval, white tubers with cream flesh
• good flavour
• moderate yields
• susceptible to tuber blight

Second Early Potato - Cosmos

• high yield
• uniform, oval potatoes
• good drought tolerance
• resistant to common & powdery scab
• excellent tuber blight resistance
• ideal for organic production

Second Early Potato - Estima

• used as ‘the’ white variety in Supermarkets
• good baker
• good shape and flavour

Second Early Potato - International Kidney

• low resistance to late blight on foliage and late blight on tubers

Second Early Potato - Harlequin

• early main crop variety
• delicate and waxy texture
• salad potato
• excellent cooking qualities
• long tubers with parti-colour skins and cream flesh
• produces high tuber numbers
• good overall disease resistance Excellent cooking qualities

Second Early Potato - Marfona

• good baker
• popular supermarket potato

Second Early Potato - Maris Peer

• moderate yields
• uniform sample
• good resistance to powdery scab, gangrene, damage, bruising and skin spot
• moderately susceptible to drought and slug damage.
• susceptible to potato cyst nematode
• firm cooked texture, good boiling quality.

Second Early Potato - Milva

• Modern disease resistant
• high yields
• waxy type suitable for boiling because it stays firm and does not readily discolour
• good salad potato
• oval yellow potato
• very blight & scab resistant
• susceptible to eelworm

Second Early Potato - Mimi

• produces very high numbers
• round red skinned tubers
• very high quality
• tubers are very regular
• flesh is medium yellow with very consistent cooking characteristics
• small plants
• ideal container potato

Second Early Potato – Nadine

• very high yields
• bright attractive tubers

Second Early Potato – Nicola

• high number of uniform tubers per plant

• salad potato
• good boiling qualities
• good resistance to common scab, potato leaf roll virus, and potato cyst nematode Ro1.

Second Early Potato – Orla

• excellent taste
• high yields
• good baker
• good foliage & tuber blight resistance
• suited for organic production

Second Early Potato – Saxon

• boils and bakes with good texture and freedom from cooking blackening or disintegration
• good blackleg, PCN Ro1 and powdery scab resistance

Second Early Potato – Wilja

• Long oval yellow tubers with light yellow flesh

• high yields

• good resistance to common scab and leaf roll virus

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