How Many Potatoes per bag?
Typically you will receive 6-10 potatoes per kg for our Early Season Varieties. Larger potatoes can be cut as long as there are at least 3 eyes on each cut piece. With cutting you can expect to plant 14-16 individual “hills”.
Early Season Varieties should be ready to harvest 50-70 days after planting.
Keep an Eye on the Size!
It is a good idea to take a peak under the hills if you want to harvest small potatoes from early season varieties. If you leave these guys too long you may end up with softball sized tubers when left to grow too long.
Alta BlushSold out 2022 - Alta Blush’ was discovered as a chance seedling in Wetaskiwin, Alberta in 1992. The exact parentage is unknown but it was developed by private potato breeder John Safroniuk of Wetaskiwin Alberta. It has a smooth, thin skin, shallow eyes and tastes wonderful. John’ s daughter, Tracey Berg, writes. “The potato is excellent in salad, boiled, baked and roasted. It has a creamy texture. It is by far our favourite for mashing, but they don’t mash well until late September.”
Alta RoseAlta Rose is the newest variety to the farm! These tubers have smooth dark red skin with cream flesh and a really good flavour. This mid-season variety has the potential for high yields with medium dormancy and is moderately scab resistant.
Bellanita$2.95 – $29.45Bellanita is an early fingerling variety that is smaller in size, perfect for potato salads! This variety produces very high tuber numbers, these long tubers are consistent in shape and have an attractive yellow skin and pale yellow flesh color. The cooking type is rather firm and Bellanita is known for its excellent taste and texture.
CaribeCaribe is a high-yielding oblong potato with purple skin and white flesh. These potatoes are an early maturing variety that can grow quite large if planted early and left until the end of the season for harvest. Excellent storage qualities and great for boiling, baking, steaming, and frying.
Linzer DelikatessUnfortunately, we will no longer be growing Linzer Delikatess. We understand that many of you have grown to enjoy this variety, it was one of our favorites as well. Bellanita is another yellow-fleshed variety that we now grow instead. For most climates these two varieties are indistinguishable, however, we have had feedback with some growers in Ontario where it does not produce a potato with a similar waxy texture. We hope you give Bellanita a try. If you do please let us know what you think.
NorlandSold out 2022 - Norland has smooth red skin, shallow eyes, and white flesh. No internal defects, few irregular tubers. Some resistance to scab and rhizoctonia (black scurf). Norland is a high-yielding variety, it adapts well to different soils. Sensitive to drought, susceptible to skinning and bruising if harvested before maturity. Stores well even though the dormancy period is short. Moderately resistant to common scab and rhizoctonia.- Rode Eersteling$2.45 – $25.95Rode Eesteling has been a great addition to our selection of heritage potatoes. Rode is an average yielding potato with pale yellow flesh and smooth red skin. Best roasted, boiled, fried, and mashed. Rode Eesteling has moderate winter storage as well as its moderately resistance to scab.
SieglindeSorry, we will not have Sieglinde available for the 2022 growing season. A very smooth light yellow potato with very thin skin. The flesh is firm and great for storing through the winter. An excellent potato for roasting and boiling. Sieglinde produces a firm skin which makes it ideal for winter storage and shows resistance to scab. This Variety dates back to the 1930's and originates from Austria.
