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Maincrop potato varieties produce larger varieties for baking and roasting. For best results, 'chit' the tubers and then plant up from March to mid May. The potatoes will be ready to harvest approximately 20 weeks after planting. Maincrop potatoes are best grown in the ground, where they will have more space. 'Sarpo' potatoes offer exceptional resistance to blight, a common problem in potatoes.
Potato 'Cara'Solanum tuberosum Customer RatingMaincrop. Oval-round, pinkish, red-eyed tubers with soft moist flesh that is excellent for baking and chipping. Maincrop potato ‘Cara’ has excellent disease resistance, including golden eelworm and blight, and withstands drought well. An allotment favourite! Height and spread: 60cm (24”). Please note: Potato ‘Cara’ CANNOT be sent to Northern Ireland or Eire. For more information on potato cropping types, harvest periods and culinary uses, click here to view our Potato Selector Guide. Useful links: How to grow potatoes in the ground Potato Selector Guide |
Potato 'Desiree'Solanum tuberosum Customer RatingEarly maincrop. The world's most popular red potato, with pale yellow, firm waxy flesh. This well-loved maincrop potato has particularly good drought resistance. Potato ‘Desiree’ is versatile for all cooking purposes including roasting and baking. Height and spread: 60cm (24"). Useful links: How to grow potatoes in the ground Potato Selector Guide |
Potato 'Setanta'Solanum tuberosum
Maincrop. With the ever popular variety ‘Rooster’ as one of its parent lines, Potato ‘Setanta’ has a characteristically high dry matter - perfect for roasting, baking and chipping! This late maincrop variety triumphed over other varieties in our own taste tests. Potato ‘Setanta’ produces impressive yields of shallow-eyed, oval, red-skinned tubers with medium-yellow flesh. This superb potato has a reputation for being drought tolerant and free of pests and diseases, making it an ideal choice for the organic home gardener. Height and spread: 60cm (24"). Useful links: How to grow potatoes in the ground Potato Selector Guide |
Potato 'Maris Piper'Solanum tuberosum Customer Rating
Early maincrop. The best chipping variety available, and a versatile ‘all rounder’. Potato ‘Maris Piper’ produces dry, floury tubers with creamy-white flesh of good flavour, that rarely discolours on cooking. This popular purple-flowered maincrop potato is also Golden eelworm resistant. Height and spread: 60cm (24"). Useful links: How to grow potatoes in the ground Potato Selector Guide |
Potato 'Sarpo Axona'Solanum tuberosum Customer RatingLate maincrop. Sister line to the phenomenally popular ‘Sarpo Mira’ introduced in 2005. Potato ‘Sarpo Axona’ is very similar in all respects, particularly with its outstanding blight resistance, but the tubers are more regular in shape and the flesh is slightly more creamy. This late maincrop has superb flavour and is suitable for all culinary uses. Height and spread: 60cm (24"). Useful links: How to grow potatoes in the ground Potato Selector Guide |
Potato 'Sarpo Una'Solanum tuberosum Early maincrop. Potato ‘Sarpo Una’ always performs well, producing high yields of pink skinned, oval, quite waxy tubers with good flavour, that are suitable for general culinary use. This early maincrop variety has excellent tuber blight resistance. Height and spread: 60cm (24"). Useful links: How to grow potatoes in the ground Potato Selector Guide |
Potato 'Blue Danube'Solanum tuberosum, Potato 'Adam Blue' Customer RatingEarly maincrop. Potato ‘Blue Danube’ (previously known as ‘Adam Blue’) is the latest introduction from Sárvári, without the Sárpo prefix. The stunning blue-purple skinned oval tubers have bright white flesh of good flavour, that are excellent for general culinary purpose - larger tubers bake particularly well. This early maincrop shows moderate foliage blight resistance and excellent tuber blight resistance. Height and spread: 60cm (24"). Useful links: How to grow potatoes in the ground Potato Selector Guide |
Potato 'Kifli'Solanum tuberosum Customer RatingEarly maincrop. Best planted early as it can be a slow starter, Potato ‘Kifli’ shows the usual good ‘Sarpo’ family resistance to drought and blight, as well as a high resistance to virus. This early maincrop variety produces elongated white-skinned tubers with a fabulous ‘new potato’ flavour, that is best enjoyed when tubers are freshly harvested and cooked in their skins. ‘Kifli’ can be harvested over a long period - the larger and more mature tubers will still have excellent flavour. Height and spread: 60cm (24"). Useful links: How to grow potatoes in the ground Potato Selector Guide |
Potato 'Pink Fir Apple'Solanum tuberosum Customer Rating
Maincrop. A very old variety dating back to 1850 which has made an astonishing comeback in recent years. This late maincrop variety produces long, knobbly, pink skinned tubers with butter yellow, waxy flesh, and a distinctive nutty flavour. Potato ‘Pink Fir Apple’ is deservedly an RHS AGM variety. Perfect for boiling, chipping, or eating either hot or cold as a salad potato. Height and spread: 60cm (24”). Useful links: How to grow potatoes in the ground Potato Selector Guide |
Potato 'Sarpo Gwyn'Solanum tuberosum Maincrop. The latest introduction to the Sárpo range, boasting very high foliage and tuber blight resistance, as well as good resistance to other common potato diseases. Potato ‘Sárpo Gwyn’ produces a good crop of white-skinned and pale fleshed tubers which have a lovely flavour. Perfect for roasting, boiling, baking and mashing. Useful links: How to grow potatoes in the ground Potato Selector Guide |
Potato 'Sarpo Shona'Solanum tuberosum Maincrop. Short-growing, with dense, weed-smothering foliage, Sarpo ‘Shona’ makes a great addition to the kitchen garden. Resistant to drought and to blight, as well as to black dot, black scurf and potato virus Yo, this wonderfully robust addition to the ‘Sarpo’ range can be cooked and eaten in almost every way! They roast particularly well and make tasty potato wedges. And as with all ‘Sarpos, lifted tubers will last well in an unheated shed. Height and spread: 60cm (24"). Useful links: How to grow potatoes in the ground Potato Selector Guide |
Potato 'Mayan Gold'Solanum tuberosum Customer RatingEarly maincrop. Yellow skinned, long, oval, tubers with a deep golden flesh, a unique nutty flavour, and an extremely creamy, yet dry texture. This exclusive early maincrop Potato ‘Mayan Gold’ has proven exceptionally popular with chefs and the restaurant trade. Fantastic for chips and roast potatoes with a crispy texture and fluffy centres. Superb flavour when cooked in its skin, and for all cooking uses except boiling, as tubers tend to disintergrate. Height and spread: 60cm (24”). Useful links: How to grow potatoes in the ground Potato Selector Guide |