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Maincrop


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.

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Potato : Druid

Potato 'Druid'

Solanum tuberosum

Late Maincrop.

Introduced exclusively by T&M, Potato ‘Druid’ is very similar to ‘Red Cara’ but with a slightly later maturity. Producing huge yields of short, oval, pinky red skinned tubers with shallow eyes and firm flesh that wont disintegrate on cooking. With good resistance to foliage blight, common scab and golden eelworm this late maincrop variety is ideal for the organic gardener. Height and spread: 60cm (24").


Please note: Potato ‘Druid’ CANNOT be sent to Northern Ireland or Eire.



Useful links:

How to grow potatoes in the ground Potato Selector Guide
How to grow potatoes in bags     How to stop blight

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    • 20 tubers

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Potato : Picasso

Potato 'Picasso'

Solanum tuberosum

Early maincrop.

Bred from ‘Cara’, this early maincrop variety has the same creamy skin and striking bright red eyes. Potato ‘Picasso’ produces huge yields of waxy fleshed tubers with good all round disease and drought resistance, although may be prone to slugs. Height and spread: 60cm (24").



Useful links:

How to grow potatoes in the ground Potato Selector Guide
How to grow potatoes in bags     How to stop blight

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    • 20 tubers

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Potato 'Beginners Collection'

Potato 'Beginners Collection'

Solanum tuberosum

  Customer Rating

First early, second early, maincrop.

Our choice of reliable, easy to grow varieties for both the beginner and the enthusiast. Height and spread: 60cm (24").


Please note: This collection CANNOT be sent to Northern Ireland or Eire.
  • Collection comprises:
  • Potato ‘Rocket’ (First Early) - Almost round, white skinned and fleshed tubers.
  • Potato ‘Pentland Javelin’ (First Early) - Waxy-textured tubers with white skins and flesh that is ideal for boiling as a salad or new potato.
  • Potato ‘Sante' (Ealy Maincrop) - Produces lots of uniform tubers with pale yellow flesh and a firm, dry texture.
  • Potato ‘Kestrel’ (Second Early) - Producing tubers of consistent size and shape, with attractive, smooth skins and violet eyes.
  • Potato ‘Desiree’ (Early Maincrop) - The world's most popular red potato, with pale yellow, firm waxy flesh.
  • Potato ‘Cara’ (Late Maincrop) - Creamy skin and striking bright red eyes.


Useful links:

How to grow potatoes in the ground Potato Selector Guide
How to grow potatoes in bags     How to stop blight

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Potato 'Chicago'

Potato 'Chicago'

Solanum tuberosum
  • NEW in 2013

Early maincrop.

A popular variety within the potato crisp industry for its dry texture and flavoursome flesh. Potato ‘Chicago’ is equally useful in the kitchen as a general purpose potato for roasting, chipping, mashing and wonderfully fluffy baked potatoes. Tubers also have good storage potential due to their long-term sugar stability. This versatile British bred early maincrop has performed well in trials, showing Golden eelworm resistance and partial White eelworm resistance, as well as heat and drought tolerance. Height and spread: 60cm (24").



Useful links:

How to grow potatoes in the ground Potato Selector Guide
How to grow potatoes in bags     How to stop blight

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    • 40 tubers

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Potato 'Allotment Favourites Collection'

Potato 'Allotment Favourites Collection'

Solanum tuberosum

Second early, maincrop.

Grow these reliable and trusted allotment favourites for an ongoing supply of home grown potatoes. Height and spread: 60cm (24").


Please note: This collection CANNOT be sent to Northern Ireland or Eire.
  • Collection comprises:
  • Potato ‘Orla’ (First early) - With good foliage and tuber blight resistance, producing creamy skinned, pale yellow fleshed, round-oval tubers.
  • Potato ‘Kestrel’ (Second early) - Producing tubers of consistent size and shape, with attractive, smooth skins and violet eyes.
  • Potato ‘Sante’ (Early maincrop) - Probably the most pest and disease resistant variety, growing well in all soils.
  • Potato ‘Cara’ (Late maincrop) - Creamy skin and striking bright red eyes.
  • Potato ‘Lady Balfour’ (Early maincrop) - A reliable variety with excellent disease resistance.


Useful links:

How to grow potatoes in the ground Potato Selector Guide
How to grow potatoes in bags     How to stop blight

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    • 50 tubers - 10 of each variety

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    • 100 tubers - 20 of each variety

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Potato 'Heritage Collection'

Potato 'Heritage Collection'

Solanum tuberosum

First early, second early, early maincrop, maincrop.

These five heritage varieties, all dating from before the 1950’s, have survived in enthusiasts’ collections over many years. T&M has previously sold these as microplants and minitubers, however we are delighted to be able to offer these now as regular seed potatoes. Height and spread: 60cm (24").


  • Collection comprises:
  • Potato ‘Highland Burgundy Red’ (maincrop) - Burgundy red flesh, with a fluffy texture and delicious sweet flavour. An excellent general purpose potato that retains its colour well if steamed rather than boiled.
  • Potato ‘Belle de Fontenay’ (early maincrop) - This pre-1950's first early variety, produces beautiful pale yellow tubers with a notably firm, waxy texture, making it an excellent salad potato.
  • Potato ‘Arran Pilot' (first early) - A traditional favourite with white flesh, a firm waxy texture and a pleasing flavour.
  • Potato 'Shetland Black' (second early) - Shallow eyed tubers with dark blue to almost black skin, and pale yellow floury flesh with a distinctive purple vascular ring.
  • Potato 'Salad Blue' (early maincrop) - Contrary to its name, the spectacular blue, floury flesh, of this unusual coloured potato is best suited to baking, roasting, mash, boiling or chips.

    • Useful links:

    How to grow potatoes in the ground Potato Selector Guide
    How to grow potatoes in bags     How to stop blight

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      • 50 tubers - 10 of each variety

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Potato 'Rubesse'

Potato 'Rubesse'

Solanum tuberosum

Early maincrop.

Potato ‘Rubesse’ produces good yields of uniform, cream to pale yellow-fleshed tubers with a rich red skin colour that doesn’t fade when washed. This attractive variety has a good flavour and can be used for a wide range of culinary uses. This promising new variety combines good drought tolerance with resistance to disease and Golden eelworm too. Height and spread: 60cm (24").

Useful links:

How to grow potatoes in the ground Potato Selector Guide
How to grow potatoes in bags     How to stop blight

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    • 20 tubers

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Gourmet Potato Collection

Potato 'Gourmet Collection'

Solanum tuberosum

  Customer Rating

Introduced exclusively by Thompson & Morgan

- Best In Class - for gourmet potatoes
- Bumper crops of evenly-sized attractive potatoes
- Growing mouth-watering potatoes couldn't be easier


Second early, early maincrop.

Colin Randel, Chairman of the RHS Vegetable Trials Committee has tried and tested hundreds of potatoes over the years. With his specialist knowledge he has picked three tasty potato varieties as his top rated for flavour. Grow this special selection in our effortless patio planters for a taste sensation. The perfect potato dish simply doesn't get any easier than this! Height and spread: 60cm (24").

  • Collection comprises:
  • Potato ‘Blue Belle’ - Early maincrop. Increasing in popularity for the home grower, this versatile and attractive looking potato produces good yields that are suitable for a wide range of culinary uses.
  • Potato ‘Piccolo Star’ - Second early. Very high numbers of mouthwatering, oval baby new potatoes, with a firm waxy texture and bright, creamy skin and flesh. Absolutely superb as a boiled 'new potato' or left to cool as a salad potato.

Useful links:

How to grow potatoes in the ground Potato Selector Guide
How to grow potatoes in bags     How to stop blight

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    • 10 tubers - 5 of each variety

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    • 10 tubers - 5 of each variety + 3 planters

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Potato 'Infinity'

Potato 'Infinity'

Solanum tuberosum
  • NEW in 2013 & T&M exclusive
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Early maincrop.

Potato ‘Infinity’ produces eyecatching crops of uniform, oval, red-skinned tubers, reminiscent of Potato ‘Rooster’ which is one of its parent lines. Attractive yellow flesh with a dry texture makes this early maincrop variety a versatile potato for general use. The tubers have a long dormancy, giving them excellent storage potential. Height and spread: 60cm (24").



Useful links:

How to grow potatoes in the ground Potato Selector Guide
How to grow potatoes in bags     How to stop blight

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Potato 'Trixie'

Potato 'Trixie'

Solanum tuberosum
  • NEW in 2013

Early maincrop.

Developed by Scottish Crops Research Institute, Potato ‘Trixie’ is a superb cross between ‘Charlotte and ‘Mayan Gold’. The long, oval tubers have pale yellow skin with shallow, purple eyes and pale flesh. Tubers have a more regular shape than ‘Charlotte’ and with ‘phureja’ in its parentage, the cooking time is a third less than for conventional potatoes. This early maincrop has a dry, floury texture so steaming is recommended as boiling can lead to disintegration. Height and spread: 60cm (24").



Useful links:

How to grow potatoes in the ground Potato Selector Guide
How to grow potatoes in bags     How to stop blight

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Potato 'Customer Favourites Collection'

Potato 'Customer Favourites Collection'

Solanum tuberosum

First early, second early, maincrop.

All of your favourite varieties in one fantastic collection. Height and spread: 60cm (24").


Please note: This collection CANNOT be sent to Northern Ireland or Eire.
  • Collection comprises:
  • Potato ‘Arran Pilot’ (First Early) - A traditional favourite with white flesh, a firm waxy texture and a pleasing flavour.
  • Potato ‘Charlotte’ (Second Early) - Pear shaped, yellow skinned, waxy tubers and creamy yellow flesh of first class flavour.
  • Potato ‘Kestrel’ (First Early) - Producing tubers of consistent size and shape, with attractive, smooth skins and violet eyes.
  • Potato ‘Pink Fir Apple’ (Late Maincrop) - Long, knobbly, pink skinned tubers with butter yellow, waxy flesh, and a distinctive nutty flavour.
  • Potato ‘Rocket’ (First Early) - Possibly the earliest early available, producing large crops of attractive and uniform white-skinned and fleshed tubers for your first tasty crop of the season.
  • Potato ‘Desiree’ (First Early) - The World's most popular red potato! With its pale yellow, firm, waxy flesh, Desiree is extremely versatile.


Useful links:

How to grow potatoes in the ground Potato Selector Guide
How to grow potatoes in bags     How to stop blight

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    • 60 tubers - 10 of each variety

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    • 120 tubers - 20 of each variety

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Potato Exhibitor Collection

Potato 'Exhibitor Collection'

Solanum tuberosum

First early, second early, maincrop.

Superb value for the show enthusiast, this collection offers our choice of the best potato varieties for the show bench. Height and spread: 60cm (24").


For growing unmarked exhibition quality tubers we recommend using our Exhibitor Growing Bags.
  • Collection comprises:
  • Potato ‘Winston’ (First early) - Good yields of large tubers with even shape and size.
  • Potato ‘Nadine’ (Second early) - Smooth skinned, rounded tubers with shallow eyes.
  • Potato ‘Kestrel’ (Second early) - Attractive tubers of consistent size and shape, with smooth skins and violet eyes.
  • Potato ‘Maxine’ (Early maincrop) - Large, smooth, pale-red skinned tubers with white waxy flesh which remains firm on cooking.


Useful links:

How to grow potatoes in the ground Potato Selector Guide
How to grow potatoes in bags     How to stop blight

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    • 40 tubers - 10 of each variety + 20 exhibitor bags

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