Our Guide to Growing Potatoes
Potato Varieties
Potatoes are available in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, colours, flavours and textures. They are classified according to how long they take to mature: first earlies take 9 weeks, second earlies and salad potatoes take 12 weeks, main crop take 14 weeks.
First Earlies
Arran Pilot
- Long oval tubers with white flesh. Good for baking.
Pentland Javelin
- Lots of short oval tubers. Good for boiling.
Maris Bard
- Very early with white skin and flesh. Good for boiling.
Second Earlies
Nadine
- High yield with creamy flesh. Boil or roast.
Maris Peer
- High yield of short oval tubers. Boil or make into chips.
Wilja
- High yielding long oval tubers. Boil, mash or chip.
Main Crop
Cara
- High yielding large oval tubers. Good for boiling and salads.
King Edward
- Oval tubers with a floury texture. Roast or mash.
Maris Piper
- High Yielding with a floury texture. Bake, mash or chip.
Salad Potatoes
Charlotte
- Yellow skin and flesh. Good for salads.
Pink Fir Apple
- Pink skin, creamy flesh and unusual flavour. Good for boiling.
Juliette
- High yielding long oval tubers. Good for salads.
