Despite their familiarity, potatoes are a diverse crop and new varieties are constantly being introduced for home-growers to have a go at.
This variety produces heavy crops of oval spuds with white waxy flesh. They cook extremely well and are especially good for boiling. Normally used when small as new potatoes, but also good when mature.
Produces very high yields of medium to large potatoes, with red skins and pale yellow waxy flesh. Good all-round cooking qualities, as well as drought and slug resistance, make them a popular choice for home-growers.
These large oval potatoes boast floury, creamy-white flesh with good flavour and which rarely discolours when cooking. Widely considered the best variety for making chips.
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