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February 16, 2010

Vales Emerald Potato Variety

Filed under: potato — Tags: early, new, potato, seed, variety — TopVeg @ 11:00 pm

Vales Emerald is a popular, high yielding, first early potato variety which tastes good.

Vales Emerald :

produces a large number of new potatoes
matures quickly , making it a very early potato
is a Maris Peer x Charlotte cross
has red violet flowers

vales emerald potato seed

Vales Emerald potato tubers are:

round to oval

white skinned

cream fleshed

shallow eyed

firm & waxy

great tasting

Uses of Vales Emerald:

boil or steam
serve hot or cold
ideal salad potato

Click this link to buy some seed of the first early variety of potatoes Vales Emerald

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February 14, 2010

Potato Variety Accord – first early

Filed under: potato — Tags: container, early, potato, seed, variety — TopVeg @ 7:09 am

The recently launched potato variety Accord is a first early.

Accord potatoes are:

first early
disease resistant – Double eelworm resistant
high yielding
creamy fleshed
very tasty
easy to grow
ideal for containers, patio planters, a sunny balcony or roof terrace

Click this link to order some Accord seed potatoes, which are a first early variety.

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February 13, 2010

Potato Variety Premiere

Filed under: potato — Tags: early, potato, seed, variety — TopVeg @ 11:07 pm

The potato variety Premiere is a first early potato.

Premiere potatoes are:

first early
pale yellow-skinned
yellow fleshed
oval shape
firm and dry texture
good for chips, boiling, New Potatoes, & Salad Potato
golden eelworm resistant

Click this link to buy some seed poatoes, variety Premiere.

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February 7, 2010

Blue Danube Potato Variety

Filed under: Uncategorized, potato — Tags: potato, seed, variety — TopVeg @ 11:16 am

Blue Danube is an early maincrop potato variety. It was known as Adam Blue.

BlueDanubePotato

Properties of Blue Danube potato tubers:

blue/purple skinned
oval
bright white flesh
delicious
general culinary use

The Blue Danube potato variety has good resistance to:

blackleg
potato virus Yo
dry rot
potato leafroll virus
potato blight – tubers have excellent blight resistance, although the foliage has only moderate resistance.

Click this link to buy some Blue Danube potato seed, which is an early main crop variety.

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February 5, 2010

Early Broad Bean Variety – Express

Filed under: pea&beans — Tags: broad bean, broad beans, variety — TopVeg @ 9:48 pm

The early broad bean variety, Express, matures quickly, thus producing a very early crop of broad beans.

ExpressBroadBeanPods

Broad Bean Express:

produces up to 34 good pods per plant!
yields well for early plantings
is winter hardy
matures quickly
freezes well
has tender and tasty beans

shelled-broad-beans-Express

Click this link to order the variety Express Broad Bean

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January 19, 2010

Charlotte – early potato variety

Filed under: potato — Tags: Charlotte, early, new, potato, variety — TopVeg @ 9:44 am

Charlotte is a variety of potato which may be harvested early in the season.

charlotte potato

Charlotte:

is a second early – planted between February and May and harvested from July to October
has moderate yields
has uniform, pear shaped potatoes
are smooth, yellow skinned potatoes
has a high resistance to foliage and tuber blight
is susceptible to potato cyst nematode
has medium dry matter
has yellow flesh
is waxy when cooked
is a good salad potato
may be eaten hot or cold
is suitable for growing in containers

Click this link to buy the early potato variety Charlotte.

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January 13, 2010

Asterix Potato Variety

Filed under: potato — Tags: potato, seed, variety — TopVeg @ 8:19 am

Asterix is a variety of potatoes which is mainly grown commercially for processing.

Asterix potatoes are:

high yielding
red skin
yellow flesh
long & oval
high dry matter
ideal for chips

Asterix is a late maincrop potato variety, mainly grown on a large scale for processing.

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January 7, 2010

Rooster Potato Variety

Filed under: potato — Tags: potato, rooster, seed, variety — TopVeg @ 9:39 am

Rooster is a variety of potatoes which is becoming more & more popular.

red skinned potato
shallow eyes
an all rounder- cook any way
maincrop potato
The Rooster was ‘Best Fruit or Vegetable Product 2005′

Rooster is a versatile potato suitable for:

Chips
Mashing
Roasting
Baking

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December 27, 2009

New Potatoes at Christmas – Who Wants Them?

Filed under: potato — Tags: Christmas, new, potato, seed, variety — TopVeg @ 12:07 pm

Who wants new potatoes at Christmas?

Christmas-new-potatoes

In our house it is the gardener – but when the gardener becomes the head of the table, he wants roast potatoes around the turkey and mashed potatoes with his gravy. The subtle flavour of freshly dug new potatoes, cooked with carefully preserved mint, is not appreciated.

This is the first year we have successfully grown new potatoes and harvested them on Christmas day. The seed potato varieties Carlingford and Vivaldi were planted in late July, under a polytunnel, and we have been enjoying them since November.

The polytunnel reduces the risk of frost, but in severe frosty weather the soil would have to be covered (eg with fleece) so that the soil & potatoes do not freeze.

Christmas-dug-potatoes

When we dug the new potatoes on Christmas morning, they had bulked up considerably, and were so big that they had to be cut in half before cooking. This was in spite of a severe attack of potato blight early on. Late sown potatoes are more vulnerable to blight at a very early stage, because as soon as they come out, and the first leaves emerge, they are likely to be in a blight period.

So, because the new potatoes are quite large we will probably plant some in August next year. But a few will be planted in July, just in case blight catches the August lot.

Click the link to buy some Carlingford or Vivaldi seed potatoes to grow new potatoes for Christmas.

The challenge of extending the potato season and harvesting new potatoes at Christmas is still there, but who really wants them with a traditional Christmas dinner?

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December 13, 2009

New Early Potato Varieties

Filed under: potato — Tags: early, new, potato, seed, variety — TopVeg @ 3:47 pm

Early (or new) potato varieties are planted from January to March and are ready for digging from May-July.
Second earlies are planted between February and May and harvested from July to October.

Examples of early potato varieties are:
Ultra-Early Potato – Lady Christl

LadyChrstll-new-potatoes

* high yielding
* numerous uniform attractive tubers
* good all round disease resistance, although it is slightly susceptible to Foliage Blight
* excellent cooking qualities & great flavour

Extra Early Salad Potato – Rocket

rocket-potatoes

* firm, waxy texture tubers
* good for chipping
* responds well under polythene
* best under long day length conditions of Northern Europe

Very early – Winston

* good yields
* bold white tubers
* a very short growing season
* good drought and heat tolerance
* powdery scab resistance
* masher, chips,bake,roast

First Early Potato – Sharpes Express

* low resistance to dry rot, late blight on foliage and late blight on tubers

First Early Potato – Red Duke of York

* low resistance to late blight on foliage, late blight on tubers, common scab, potato leafroll virus and potato virus Yo .

First Early Potato – Maris Bard

Maris-Bard-new-potatoes

TopVeg favourite!

* high yielding and early bulking
* good resistance to potato virus Y, gangrene, potato leaf roll virus, drought, damage and bruising
* moderately susceptible to spraing, powdery scab
* susceptible to potato cyst nematode
* medium dry matter with good boiling and frying quality
* good all round cooker

Second Early Potato – British Queen

* round tubers
* white skin

Second Early Potato – Charlotte

* moderate yields
* uniform, smooth skinned tubers
* high resistance to foliage and tuber blight
* susceptible to potato cyst nematode
* medium dry matter
* waxy cooked texture
* salad potato

Second Early Potato – Kestrel

* good yields of very attractive, long oval, coloured tubers
* good all round cooking quality
* good chipping potential, particularly early in the season

Second Early Potato – Edzell Blue

* heritage variety
* very floury texture
* mashes & bakes well, though difficult to boil
* best known blue- skinned variety

New (early) potato varieties can be ordered now so that they will be sent out in time to start chitting.

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