Seed Potatoes

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Sharpes Express potatoes are true heritage potatoes, having been going strong since 1901. ‘Express’ has high dry matter, very good flavour and cooks well although boiling requires care.

British Queen seed potatoes are an old variety of heritage potatoes first listed in 1894. British Queen potatoes (often known in Ireland as 'Queens') are oval in shape with white skin and white flesh. A dry and floury potato, packed with taste and particularly good when boiled. British Queen are growing in popularity once again thanks to it's excellent dry rot resistance. Winner of the RHS award of garden merit.

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British Queen seed potatoes are an old variety of heritage potatoes first listed in 1894. British Queen potatoes (often known in Ireland as 'Queens') are oval in shape with white skin and white flesh. A dry and floury potato, packed with taste and particularly good when boiled. British Queen are growing in popularity once again thanks to it's excellent dry rot resistance. Winner of the RHS award of garden merit.

Sku#: VAC439

Red Duke Of York potatoes are one of a select few early potatoes with red skin. They are also one of the few heritage potatoes that are commercially available, due to their vigorous growing habit.

As an early potato they have a fine flavour, but if you leave them to mature, the tubers will grow big enough to turn into baking potatoes and chips.

Red Duke Of York potatoes hold an Award of Gardening Merit from the RHS.

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The best chipping variety available, and a versatile all rounder. Potato 'Maris Piper' produces dry, floury tubers with creamy-white flesh of good flavour, that rarely discolours on cooking. This popular purple-flowered maincrop potato is also Golden eelworm resistant. Height and spread: 60cm (24in)

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Potato 'King Edward' is the classic Christmas variety and a firm favourite for roasting. The creamy white flesh has a light, floury texture and rarely discolours on cooking. A popular and well-loved late maincrop variety with good resistance to scab and slugs. Height and spread: 60cm (24").

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Home Guard is the traditional first early potato grown in Ireland. Early potato with a firm creamy flesh which tastes fantastic. High yield and very resistant to scab. The perfect potato for boiling, roasting or chipping.

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Oval-round, pinkish, red-eyed tubers with soft moist flesh that is excellent for baking and chipping. Maincrop potato 'Cara' has excellent disease resistance, including golden eelworm and blight, and withstands drought well. An allotment favourite Height and spread: 60cm (24in)

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These are a traditional tasty main crop potato with dense weed suppressing foliage. They are a good general purpose floury potato. Suitable for microwaving, mashes, bakes and fries well. Boiling needs care. They produce round, pink tubers with medium deep eyes.

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Potato 'Blue Danube' (previously known as 'Adam Blue') is the latest introduction from Sarvari, without the Sarpo prefix. The stunning blue-purple skinned oval tubers have bright white flesh of good flavour, that are excellent for general culinary purpose - larger tubers bake particularly well. This early maincrop shows moderate foliage blight resistance and excellent tuber blight resistance. Height and spread: 60cm (24").

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A very old variety dating back to 1850 which has made an astonishing comeback in recent years. This late maincrop variety produces long, knobbly, pink skinned tubers with butter yellow, waxy flesh, and a distinctive nutty flavour. Potato 'Pink Fir Apple' is deservedly an RHS AGM variety. Perfect for boiling, chipping, or eating either hot or cold as a salad potato. Height and spread: 60cm (24").

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Duke of York potato seeds debuted in 1891, and they soon became popular for their great taste and all-round use in the kitchen. Once boiled the potatoes are dry and mealy, making them an ideal early to use straight from your garden.

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Oval shape with slightly rough yellow-brown skin. Dry, floury flesh and can bruise easily. They can be very dry and mealy after boiling and retain their yellow coloured flesh. Record potatoes have good all-round disease resistance and great for all-round kitchen use. Suitable for boiling, baking and chipping.

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Red Duke Of York potatoes are one of a select few early potatoes with red skin. They are also one of the few heritage potatoes that are commercially available, due to their vigorous growing habit.

As an early potato they have a fine flavour, but if you leave them to mature, the tubers will grow big enough to turn into baking potatoes and chips.

Red Duke Of York potatoes hold an Award of Gardening Merit from the RHS.

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This late maincrop variety has it all - unprecedented blight resistance, good slug resistance, vigorous weed suppressing foliage, and it grows well in a wide range of soils. Potato 'Sarpo Mira' produces huge yields of tasty, floury tubers that have a long storage potential. A real all-rounder for all cooking purposes.

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Different to the rest of the Sarpo family, Una is a second early. Ready to harvest as early as mid-June onwards, it is an ideal variety for potato sacks and pots. This waxy, delicately flavoured variety works perfectly as a salad potato hot or cold, or when harvested late it makes for a great baker. The pink tubers also store well. As expected from all Sarpo varieties, it has excellence resistance to late blight as well as a range of other diseases and drought.

These are a traditional tasty main crop potato with dense weed suppressing foliage. They are a good general purpose floury potato. Suitable for microwaving, mashes, bakes and fries well. Boiling needs care. They produce round, pink tubers with medium deep eyes.