VEGETABLE

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VARIETY

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COMMENTS

1st EARLY POTATOES

Swift  Short stems

Rocket

Earliest crops under  fleece.

2nd EARLY POTATOES

Karlena       Best tasting tatie, Floury

Red Duke of York  floury, red skin, white flesh

Edzell Blue
B.skin, floury, white flesh

MAIN CROP POTATOES

Sante
E. maincrop

Red Cara
L. maincrop

Arran Victory
Blue skin, white flesh

SALAD POTATOES

Charlotte
2nd early

Roseval
Pink skin, yellow flesh

Nicola
E maincrop

Waxy flesh

Long potato DORMANCY

Arran consul
E. Maincrop

Axona
L. Maincrop

HERITAGE POTATOES

Shetland black Floury, black ring  Early, tasty

Highland burgundy red

Floury, red inside

Salad Blue
Blue right through.

Smaller crops, less disease resistance

SHALLOT SETS

Pikant

Red Sun

Golden Gourmet

Lift & Dry when leaves brown

ONION SETS

Red Baron

Sturon

Lift & Dry when leaves brown.

GARLIC CLOVES

Long keeper

Giant White

Plant Sept/Oct
Absolutely hardy

ELEPHANT GARLIC

Heads are as large as a Man’s fist. Will store for over a year. Slice or roast. Disease free. Related to Leek, mild Garlic flavour. Plant Sept/Oct. Absolutely hardy.

My  choice  of   taties  for  taste,  texture, disease and slug resistance.
To  retain  colour  and taste, only microwave, bake or steam potatoes.

Taties with coloured skin have thicker skins giving better slug resistance. Late dormancy means that  taties start sprouting later and  can  store longer in the coldest, dark, frost-free place that you can find. Try leaving some taties in the ground with an extra 300 mm of soil placed on top, for digging up in March and April when the Supermarket ones are  poor. Also try growing a 1st early variety in a large container in the greenhouse or cold frame, for eating in early June. At the first sign of Blight, cut off the affected foliage or spray  with fungicide. The new Sarpo Hungarian varieties have better Blight resistance. Try Axona.

TUBERS AND SETS