1st Early

Seed Potatoes

1ST EARLY SEED POTATOES

 

1st Early's or some times called new potatoes are the first of the potatoes to be planted in mid march. plant in well prepared soil ideally done the previous winter with plenty of organic matter added. dig out a trench one spade deep line the trench with good compost or well rotted manure and place the well sprouted tubers 30cm(12") apart. cover back over with the excavated earth as the shoots grow out of the soil earth up this dose two things covers up the tubers to prevent them going green and also protects the new shoots from frost. the potatoes should be ready for lifting from mid June early July. just have a feel around the base of the plants first if you find a tuber there will be more underneath. most 1st early are best eaten as dug and not suitable for storage.  

 

 

 

 

 

ACCORD 1996  *new for 2010*

 

This is an Accent type potato yellow skinned tubers which are oval in shape good disease resistance good size tubers originally bred in the Netherlands

 

BOIL, STEAM, SALAD AND CHIPS

 

ARRON PILOT 1930 (may queen x pipo)

 

oval white skinned tubers with medium shallow eyes prefers a good soil good blight and disese resistance

originally bred in scotland by Donald Mc Kelvie

 

BOIL, STEAM AND SALADS

 

DUKE OF YORK 1891(early primrose x king kidney)

 

a heritage variety with a pronounced flavour creamy oval tubers origanallly bread by william slim in scotland

 

BOIL, STEAM, SALADS

 

EPICURE *new for 2010* (magnum bonum x early regent)

 

white round tubers with deep eyes distinct flavour

 

LADY CHRISTL 1996 (

 

high yeilding disease resistant pale yellow oval tubers waxey origanly bred by meijer in the neatherlands

 

BOIL, STEAM, SALADS

 

MARRIS BARD 1972 (y15/139 x ulster prince)

 

very early variety large skin pale yellow oval originaly bred by PBI in england

 

BOIL, STEAM, SALADS, CHIPS

 

PENTLAND JAVELIN 1968 (2693AB(2) X 11-79)

 

produces numerus tubers of uniform shape skin white with short skin white with short oval tubers good show variety good disease resistance origanlly bred by jack dunnet in scotland

 

BOIL, STEAM, SALADS

 

RED DUKE OF YORK 1942

 

a heritage variety producing deep red large tubers very good flavour oval shape found as a sport in the netherlands some people say that it is one of the tastest varietys

 

BOIL, STEAM, SALADS, MASH 

 

ROCKET 1987 (f12/17 x d42/8)

 

high yeilding variety producing a good crop of eaven sized round tubers with white skin origanly bred by PBI in england

 

BOIL, STEAM, SALADS 

 

SHARPES EXPRESS 1900

 

an old flavour with a distinctive mealy flavour white oval tubers

 

BOIL, STEAM, SALADS

 

SWIFT 1994 (90-83 x stroma)

 

very popular variety one of the earliests excellent flavour white oval tubers origanly bred by jack dunnet in scotland

 

BOIL, STEAM, SALDS

 

VANNESSA 1973 *new for 2010*

 

long oval red tubers good slug resistance good show variety origanlly bred in the neatherlands

 

BOIL, STEAM

 

VALES EMERALD *new for 2010*

 

producess excellent baby potatoes large cropper creamy round tubers

 

BOIL, STEAM, SALADS

 

WINSTON 1992 (kismet x dxmp 70 1981)

 

disease resistant variety makes good early baked potatoes good show variety origanally bread by jack dunnet in scotland

 

BOIL, STEAM, SALADS, BAKED POTATOES