Seed Potato Varieties
A small selection of the varieties we have in stock.
First Earlies
Arran Pilot
An old established favourite with gardeners, for early bulking and maturity.
Flesh - white.
Tubers - long oval.
Recommended for flavour when boiling straight from garden.
Home Guard
A variety with a long pedigree and good flavour at early lifting, with uniform medium size tubers.
Flesh - creamy white.
Tubers - oval.
Good for boiling, salads and roasting.
Maris Bard
A most promising, relatively new variety which has very early bulking with moderate large tubers.
Flesh - white.
Tubers - oval.
Good for boiling, chipping and salads.
Foremost
A proven variety which matures early, with numerous tubers.
Flesh - white.
Tubers - oval.
Good flavour when used for boiling and salads.
Sharpes Express
Good all round cooker with very fine flavour. Excellent on heavy soils, stores well.
Flesh - white.
Tubers - long oval.
Second Earlies
Nadine
A newer variety resistant to eelworm.
Flesh - white.
Tubers - round.
Very good flavour and uniform tubers.
Maris Peer
An early bulking and maturing variety of high yields. Flesh - creamy.
Tubers - oval.
Good for boiling, roasting and salads.
This variety is moderately firm and free from disintegration and discolouration.
Pentland Javelin
This variety produces numerous tubers of uniform shape.
Flesh - white and firm.
Tubers - round to oval.
A multi-purpose potato of good cooking quality.
MAINCROP
Kind Edward
The traditional gardeners quality potato.
Flesh - creamy white.
Tubers - long oval.
A very high quality potato for all uses, rarely discolours in cooking.
Majestic
An old favourite producing medium to large tubers.
Flesh - creamy white.
Tubers - long oval.
Performs well under a wide range of climatic conditions with good keeping qualities.
Pentland Crown
Resistant to common scab.
A very high yielding variety.
Flesh - creamy white.
Tubers - round to oval.
Good for boiling and baking.
Pink Fir Apple
A very old and unusual variety.
Flesh - yellow.
Tubers - long.
Waxy flesh with an unusual flavour. Best used as a boiled potato, perhaps with a salad. Well worth trying!
Desiree
An attractive red skinned variety producing high yields. Flesh - pale yellow.
Tubers - oval.
Good domestic cooking quality used for roasting, chipping and boiling.