Harvest is underway on the farm
The potatoes we have harvested are looking great, we should have a great supply and will be opening our online catalouge Early December for 2022 spring shipping.
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.
BananaA 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. A very high set can be expected. Susceptible to common scab.
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.
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 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.
Pink Fir Applelimited supply only available in 4 packs.. Grown 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.
Mixed Variety Packages
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.
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 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.
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
BridgetLimited Supply, Four Pack and 1kg Only - Good 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.
ChieftainSold Out 2021 - 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)
CitadelSold Out 2021 - Citadel 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 PearlSold Out - One 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.
Gold RushSold Out 2021 - Gold 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.
Purple VikingSold out for 2021 shipping- Round, 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 GoldSlightly pinkish moist flesh texture, red gold has a moderate resistance to scab. Used for boiling and baking.
RokoNot Available 2021 - Oval 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.
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.
ShepodyLimited Supply, Four Pack and 1kg Only - Long 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)
VikingSold Out 2021 - Viking 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 2021- 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 sautéed. Similar to the Russian Blue, it is moderately susceptible to scab, but is also high in antioxidants.- 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.
BintjeLimited Supply, Four Pack & 1kg Only - 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 2021 - 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 MountainSold Out - Heritage Variety - All round fantastic potato for home gardeners. Perfect for french fries, baking and boiling.
Irish CobblerLimited Supply, Four Pack and 1kg bags only. Historical 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 Applelimited supply only available in 4 packs.. Grown 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.
Russian BlueWe hope to have a supply again in 2023. In the mean time, give All Blue a try. 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.
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 sautéed. Similar to the Russian Blue, it is moderately susceptible to scab, but is also high in antioxidants.
- BananaA 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. A very high set can be expected. Susceptible to common scab.
- BintjeLimited Supply, Four Pack & 1kg Only - 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 2021 - 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 MountainSold Out - Heritage Variety - All round fantastic potato for home gardeners. Perfect for french fries, baking and boiling.
- Pink Fir Applelimited supply only available in 4 packs.. Grown 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 EerstelingA great addition to our selection of heritage potatoes. Rode Eersteling is an average yielding potato with a pale yellow flesh.
- Russian BlueWe hope to have a supply again in 2023. In the mean time, give All Blue a try. 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 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.
