Seed Potatoes 2015

Our suppliers offer a special discount for early orders of their seed potatoes.

As last year, CHADAHS will be buying about 5 varieties of seed potato in bulk, for loose sales (by the kg) from February 2015.

However, your choice of varieties is much greater (see below) if you pre-order 2.5 kg net(s) by the end of August 2014 - for delivery in February 2015. These orders must be pre-paid. Order forms are available from the Trading Shed & below.

Peter
Coordinator, CHADAHS Trading Shed at Ally Pally

Optional - download order form to print & complete before you go to Trading Shed: potato order form (in PDF format).

2.5kg nets at £3.20 per net (unless otherwise stated)

1st earlies

Accent: High yielding, short oval pale yellow
Arran Pilot: white skin colour, very early, good flavour
Casablanca: white skin and flesh
Duke of York: yellow flesh, roasts well, tasty, old fashioned flavour
Epicure: High yielding with deep eyes. Floury and tasty. White skin (£3.65)
Foremost: russet skin, good scab resistance
Lady Christl: waxy yellow tubers, good scab resistance
Homeguard: very early, good boiler, good scab resistance
Maris Bard: high yield, white skin
Pentland Javelin: eelworm and scab resistant, good boiler
Red Duke of York: deep red, vigorous grower
Rocket: Boiling, salads and chipping
Swift: very early
Vanessa: early red
Winston: early, good drought resistance

2nd earlies

Brtish Queen: Britain’s most popular 2nd early
Catriona: blue/purple eye splashes
Estima: big yields of large yellow, waxy tubers
Marfona: high yielding, waxy baker, stores well
Maris Peer: popular, firm texture, lots of round white tubers
Nadine: Good disease resistance, big crops that store well, white, waxy
Spunta: original Cyprus potato, good for salads, drought resistant (£3.65)
Wilja: High yield of uniform white tubers

Main crop

Cara: Red eyes with high yields, disease resistant
Desiree: popular red, vigorous, fairly waxy
King Edward: In spite of its ready availability commercially, still one of the best all-rounders
Keers Pink: fine grained, pink
Maris Piper: good chipper
Majestic: stores well
Picasso: massive yields, good keeper
Pentland Crown: robust, drought resistant, disease resistant
Romano: Good disease resistance, high yield, uniform red tubers
Rudolph – ORGANIC ; red skin, high yield (£3.65)
Organic Sarpo Mira: high resistance to foliar blight (3.65)

Salad

Charlotte: reliable, high yielding, waxy light yellow tubers
Anya: A cross between Desiree and Pink Fir Apple (2kg net)
Pink Fir Apple: long, knobbly pink tubers (£3.65)
Nicola: yellow, waxy
International kidney: also known as ‘the Jersey Royals’ (when grown in Jersey)