Topic: Bought my potato seeds today.

[Flowertot]

Hi All

I bought my potato seeds today (1st purchase for my very 1st allotment), do any of them suffer from the usual potato lurgy and bugs? 

Item: Potato - Desiree (Maincrop)
Item: Potato - Accent (First Early)
Item: Potato - Maxine (Second Early)

[spacehopper]

Congratulations on your forst seed purchase! You'll soon be hooked on this allotmenteering lark!  ;D

Not sure about the other two but I've heard that Desiree are very easy to grow and don't suffer slug damage.

[agapanthus]

I planted Desiree on a half plot that I took on last year. The soil had'nt been touched for about 15yrs and I was staggered at how good the Desiree were. So definitely those for me this year too ;D Always go for Arran Pilot for 1st earlies...real earthy flavour ;)

[vee]

I grew Desiree last year as well and they were really good - much better than from the greengocers. I am growing them again this year.
I haven't grown the other varieties you have got , so I can't comment on those.

[digswell]

Desiree, are a good cropper, fairly resistant to most things including drought, but can suffer bad ant damage on the skins when it is very dry, just makes the potato look a bit poor, and not that appetising if baked in jackets but doesn't affect the taste.

Don't personally know about the others, but I have found entries for them on the ECPD (European Cultivated Potatoe Database)
http://www.europotato.org/display_description.php?variety_name=Accent
http://www.europotato.org/display_description.php?variety_name=Maxine

I hope this helps.

[djbrenton]

Accent and Maxine are resistant to eelworm. Desiree is prone to scab on light soils.