What do we consider Heritage?
There are different definitions of a Heritage or Heirloom variety. For those purists, there are very few plants in the world that date back thousands of years in the case of potatoes, the oldest we grow dates back to the early 1800’s.
For this listing, we have only listed varieties that originate prior to 1950.
Each year we strive to source more Heritage varieties, however, there are only a limited number available in Canadian Gene Banks where all the seed potato stock material is stored.
All BlueSold Out -Records of All Blue date back to the late 1800’s, however some claim it to be genetically identical to Russian Blue. With that said anecdotal evidence states otherwise, please let us know what you find in your gardens. Blue potatoes are great roasted, steamed, mashed and sauteed. Similar to the Russian Blue, it […]
BananaUnavailable for 2018 shipping – A late maturing variety with generally, small banana shaped tubers, covered with light yellow skin containing pale yellow flesh. The waxy texture holds the tuber together for fabulous potato for salads. Very high set can be expected. Moderately resistant to common scab.
BintjeSold Out 2018 - Originating in 1910, bintje has a pale yellow skin on a long oval tuber with a yellow flesh. Heavy setting, the thick skin makes this a good storage potato. Excellent all purpose potato with fairly dry texture.
French FingerlingLate maturing oblong tubers with a red skin and light yellow flesh. This variety has drawn by far and away the largest number and most favorable comments from last years customers. It has the waxy texture characteristic of most fingerling varieties. It grows well and sets fairly heavy.
German ButterballSold out 2018 -Fantastic buttery flavor in these oval heirloom potatoes. Great for eating fresh or for storing throughout the winter. Since introducing German Butterballs to our selection it has grown to one of the most popular varieties we offer.
Green MountainHeritage Variety - All round fantastic potato for home gardeners. Perfect for french fries, baking and boiling.
KennebecThis is a high producing potato with yellow skin and white flesh. It stores extremely well and is great boiled, baked or fried.
Pink Fir AppleGrown for over 100 years, this fingerling is quite unusual with long knobby pink- skinned tubers. These potatoes make excellent salads but are also boiled & baked. These are our most expensive per kilogram potato that we sell, however as with all our fingerling potatoes you will receive substantially more potatoes per kilogram. Typically with this variety you will receive 14-18 potatoes per kilogram.
Rode EerstellingA new addition to our selection of heritage potatoes. Rode Eersteling is an average yielding potato with a pale yellow flesh.
Russet BurbankDates back to 1874 – (Netted Gem) Long cylindrical tubers with white flesh, heavy netted russet skin. Very good storage, good all purpose potato.
Russian BlueSold Out 2018 - This late maturing, dark blue skin and flesh variety has round to oblong tubers. A very heavy setting, large plant that should be spaced at 12 inches or more in an effort to get it to maturity by fall. The flavor is remarkably normal for such a distinctively visual variety.
SieglindeSold Out 2018 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.
WarbaUnfortunately we do not have any Warba for sale this year and it will be a few years before we will have them for sale again. Round tubers, buff skin, reddish areas around deep eyes, white flesh. Good yielding potato suitable for boiling or baking. Warba was bred in 1927 in the United States.
