2019 Seed Potato Catalogue
We are no longer taking orders for 2019 spring shipping, but will re-open our store mid November for the 2020 shipping season
Amazing Flavour & Waxy Texture
These varieties not only have a unique flavour, but also a unique shape, long and skinny (finger shaped).
Roasting, BBQ’d and Soups are among their best uses.
Linzer Delikatess would be classified as a mid season potato with French Fingerling and Banana, late season varieties and Pink Fir Apple our longest season variety.
Typically you will receive 12-16 potatoes per kg
AmaRosaAmaRosa is a mid-season fingerling potato with a smooth bright red skin, and deep red flesh. These creamy nutritious fingerlings are great for baking, roasting, and grilling. AmaRosa also make fantastically colorful potato chips as they retain their bright red olor when fried.
BananaUnavailable for 2019 shipping, we are hoping to be selling Banana again in 2020, sorry…. – 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 […]
BellanitaSold Out - 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.
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.
Linzer Delikatesssold out 2019 - The Linzer is an early-maturing and another waxy potato most popular for boiling or making salads. Potatoes are small & oval with yellow skin. Linzer Delikatess is one of our top selling potatoes to home and market gardeners
Mixed Fingerling BagThe Mixed Fingerling Bag contains French Fingerling, Linzer Delikatess, Amarosa & Russian Blue. The 4 pack will have one of each potato variety & the 16 pack will have four of each variety
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.
Too many varieties to Choose from? Keep it simple and try one of our mixed bags!
Don’t restrict yourself to just one variety, choose one or more of our Variety Bags of potatoes and be the talk of your neighborhood by mixing things up with collections from our huge selection of potatoes. We have added 2 new Variety Bags this year including our Container & Tower Mix and Scab Resistant Mix of potatoes.
Container & Tower Garden Mix PackGrowing in containers and tower gardens is becoming more popular and is a great way of conserving space in small gardens while still being able to enjoy the space hungry potato plants. Not all types of potatoes are suited for container growing, typically fingerling and late season varieties yield best. Linzer Delikatess, Bintje, Russian Blue & German Butterball are the 4 varieties in this package. The 4 pack will have one of each potato variety & the 16 pack will have four of each variety
Gardeners FavoriteWe have combined a selection of out top 4 selling potatoes from last season in this mix. Linzer Delikatess, German Butterball, Roko & Red Gold. The 4 pack will have one of each potato variety & the 16 pack will have four of each variety.
Heritage Variety PackWe are proud of our growing selection of Heritage varieties, those which have been grown for more than 50 years. These four varieties are our top selling heritage varieties, Russian Blue, Bintje, French Fingerling & Rode Eerstelling. The 4 pack will have one of each potato variety & the 16 pack will have four of each variety- Mixed Fingerling BagThe Mixed Fingerling Bag contains French Fingerling, Linzer Delikatess, Amarosa & Russian Blue. The 4 pack will have one of each potato variety & the 16 pack will have four of each variety
Mixed Red CollectionIf your a fan of red potatoes, this mixed package is for you.. There are 2 standard red skinned, white fleshed potatoes (Norland & Sangre) along with 2 red skinned yellow fleshed varieties (Red Gold & Desiree) Norland Red Gold Sangre Desiree
Mixed Season BagEarly - Sieglinde Mid - Agria Mid - Chieftain Late - Desiree The easiest way of spreading out your harvest is by planting potatoes that mature at different times, in this package we have chosen a selection of early, mid & late maturing varieties for you. The 4 pack will have one of each potato variety & the 16 pack will have four of each variety.
Scab Resistant BagNorland, Gold Rush(Russet), Chieftain, Provento. Scab can be an issue in most parts of Canada & the easiest way to avoid scab is by selecting varieties that have resistant traits. Although we can not guarantee scab free potatoes, we are confident your scab issues will be much less when growing these varieties.
Early Season Varieties
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 BlushSorry not Available for 2019 shipping, we are still growing this variety, just need a year to build up supplies. 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.”- BellanitaSold Out - 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.
CaribeSold Out - 2019 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.
CarltonCarlton is a variety that was developed in Canada in the early 1980’s and is one of our earliest maturing varieties. As with many early season potatoes, the plants will generally set less than 8 potatoes and can grow quite large when left in the ground until late in the season.
EramosaSold Out 2019 – Eramosa is our only early white variety this year and produces a reasonably high yield for an early season potato. Eramosa was originally selected right here in Canada at the Guelph Potato Program in 1970. Great for boiling baking.- Linzer Delikatesssold out 2019 - The Linzer is an early-maturing and another waxy potato most popular for boiling or making salads. Potatoes are small & oval with yellow skin. Linzer Delikatess is one of our top selling potatoes to home and market gardeners
NorlandSold Out 2019 - Smooth red skin, shallow eyes white flesh. No internal defects, few irregular tubers. Some resistance to scab and rhizoctonia (black scurf)
Pacific RussetNewly released, russet skin white flesh, very shallow eyes. Good yield uniform size. Great boiled or baked. Rated very high in Ontario industry trials for yield and uniformity.
Rode EerstellingA great addition to our selection of heritage potatoes. Rode Eersteling is an average yielding potato with a pale yellow flesh.
SieglindeSold Out 2019 - 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.
Mid Season
Many of our tastiest potatoes fall into this category with these potatoes typically maturing within 70-90 days. Mid season varieties will produce more potatoes than Early Season potatoes and typically do not get as large.
Potato Towers & Containers
Many Mid, Late & Fingerling Varieties work great in tower and container growing. Especially in Tower growing methods when soil is continually added through early stages of growth, these varieties have the ability to continually produce potatoes due to their indeterminate growing habits.
Yellow Flesh & Flavour
Some of our best tasting potatoes are our mid season yellow fleshed varieties. There is something about the yellow flesh that results in a rich, sometimes buttery flavour. Common in Europe for decades, yellow fleshed potatoes are beginning to increase in popularity in North America, for one main reason. They taste great.
AgriaLight yellow skin with a flavourable dark yellow flesh, shallow eyes. High yielding variety, large tubers. Excellent baker good boiled or fried. Agria is our top selling potato with most grown for the culinary world thanks to it's great flavour. It can be somewhat prone to scab in dry, high pH regions without irrigation.
ArizonaArizona produces exceptionally high yields of large, uniform tubers. Has smooth yellow skin and light-yellow flesh, grows in almost all soil types, and has great heat tolerance. Moderately susceptible to scab
BridgetGood yielding medium early, white fleshed great for fresh cut french fries. Fairly big, uniformly-sized long oval tubers with shallow eyes. Yields high in most soil types.
Candy CaneSold Out 2019 – Candy Cane has a mottled ring of red under the skin. The amount of red depends on the growing season. It is a oblong potato with a slight sweet flavour.
Cherry RedSold Out 2019 - Oval smooth red skin with white flesh. Moderate resistance to rhizoctonia (black scurf). Attractive potato with good storability. Excellent for baking or boiling.
ChieftainSold Out 2019 - Oval to oblong tubers with bright red skin. Shallow eyes with white flesh. Great boiled and for home fries. Rated as moderately resistant to scab and rhizoctonia (black scurf)
CitadelCitadel is a high-yielding, high-setting variety with superior skin finish. Tubers are round-oval in shape with waxy yellow skin, yellow flesh, and shallow eyes. Citadel has exceptional taste and firm cooking qualities.
Dakota PearlOne of the best uses for this potato is making chips. It has a pale yellow skin and white flesh. Dakota Pearl also has a good resistance to scab. Also a great storage potato.
EricCrisp white flesh mid season variety. Potatoes can grow quite large with a medium set Good for chipping and boiling. Mild resistance to scab.
Gold RushGold Rush is a great alternative to Russet Burbank which has been a staple in many gardens for years. Gold Rush is an early maturing russet variety, great for boiling and baking.
KennebecThis is a high producing potato with yellow skin and white flesh. It stores extremely well and is great boiled, baked or fried.
NicolaLong to oval shape with a rich yellow skin and yellow waxy flesh. Excellent as a salad or boiling potato, wonderful for mash. Also excellent for baked potato dishes and roasting. Originally from West Germany, now widely grown around the world. Nicola is also an excellent storage potato with a strong skin which helps protect it from bruising & scab.
ProventoYellow Skin and yellow flesh this potato is either baked or boiled. Provento is a very heavy setting potato with a firm texture, but may be susceptible to scab.
Purple VikingRound, purple skin, shallow eyed tubers. This is a very popular purple cousin to the Viking. Tubers can get quite large. We enjoy this moist flesh potato baked or boiled. Displays some resistance to scab.
Red GoldSold Out 2019 – Slightly pinkish moist flesh texture, red gold has a moderate resistance to scab. Used for boiling and baking.
RokoOval potatoes with bright red skin and white flesh. Roko has a unique quality of producing high yields with uniform potatoes. Also excellent for over winter storage.- Ruby GoldSold out 2019 - Smooth red skin on oblong to round sometimes netted tubers with medium deep eyes and light yellow flesh. Good storability. For best cooking results harvest tubers when mature, as late in the season as possible when the skins are well set.
SangreOval to oblong tubers, dark red skin, shallow eyes, with white flesh. Has a very low incidence of internal defects such as hollow heart and is rated as high in Vitamin C. A good storage potato that is suitable for boiling and baking.
ShepodyLong tubers, white skin, white moist flesh medium deep eyes. Excellent tasting potato. Excellent for boiling, baking or french fries. Some resistance to rhizoctonia (black scurf)
VikingViking has a red skin and white flesh. The plants have a reasonable resistance to drought and moderate resistance to scab. Great for early boiling of baby potatoes & baking.
Yukon GoldSold Out 2019 -Oval, slightly flattened tubers, yellow, skin light yellow flesh. Tubers can grow quite large and store well. Good for boiling baking and frying. Plants look similar to a tomato plant.
Green Sprouting
This is an easy technique to get a head start on the growing season, excellent for advancing harvest of early potatoes an ensuring late season varieties will mature in your region. The key is to sprout your potatoes in a well lit room or greenhouse which will form nice green leaves ready to start growing when you put your potatoes in the ground. More information can be found on our growing tips page.
All BlueRecords 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 is moderately […]
All RedRound tubers that are rated as medium to late maturity. This potato has a good yield with red skinned and distinctive red flesh tubers that maintain their color after cooking. It has an excellent flavor and a moist texture.- AmaRosaAmaRosa is a mid-season fingerling potato with a smooth bright red skin, and deep red flesh. These creamy nutritious fingerlings are great for baking, roasting, and grilling. AmaRosa also make fantastically colorful potato chips as they retain their bright red olor when fried.
BintjeOriginating 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.
Blue MacBlue Mac is our smallest purple skin white-fleshed potato. Great either boiled or baked. These tubers are also resistant to potato wart. This potato was bred in Newfoundland by Agriculutre Canada Back in the 1970's
DesireeLong to oval smooth red skinned potato with pale yellow flesh. Good storage potato suitable for boiling. Resists internal defects such as hollow heart.- 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 ButterballFantastic 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.
Irish CobblerHistorical records indicate Irish Cobbler has been grown since the late 1800’s. Has some susceptibility to scab. Mainly used as a boiled or baked potato.- 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.
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 2019 -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.
Potatoes are Tough
I enjoy potatoes as they are relatively easy to grow. Although it is not necessary to use these supplies, however these fertilizers can increase yield and plant heath, the row cover can give a jump-start on growth in early spring & the irrigation system can help mitigate the effects of Canada’s wild climate.
Heritage Varieties
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 BlueRecords 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 is moderately […]
- BananaUnavailable for 2019 shipping, we are hoping to be selling Banana again in 2020, sorry…. – 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 […]
- BintjeOriginating 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 ButterballFantastic 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 great 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 2019 -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 2019 - 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.
