Early Season Varieties
Sold Out for the 2021 Shipping Season
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 BlushAlta 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 RoseIt has dark red skin, cream flesh, good flavour, high yield, mid-season maturity, medium dormancy and moderate scab resistance
BellanitaSold Out 2021 - Bellanita Potatoes is an early, small-sized salad variety producing 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 has an excellent taste.
CaribeNot available 2021 - Caribe is a high yielding oblong potato with a 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 season for harvest. Excellent storage qualities and great for boiling.
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 2020 - Smooth red skin, shallow eyes white flesh. No internal defects, few irregular tubers. Some resistance to scab and rhizoctonia (black scurf)- Rode EerstelingA great addition to our selection of heritage potatoes. Rode Eersteling is an average yielding potato with a pale yellow flesh.
SieglindeSold Out 2021 - 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.
