A good baking potato and red potato

[carloso]

Can any one reccomend a good baker potato and maybe a good red one ?


carlos

[carloso]

[saddad]

Red Duke of York... covers both...
:)

[supersprout]

The red one - Desiree - splendid spud

[RobinOfTheHood]

Romano for me. Not tried DOY.

[Rosyred]

http://www.britishpotatoes.co.uk/variety.asp

This may help Carloso

[Tee Gee]

Maxine for me good all rounder baking/boiling/chipping.

[barrow boy]

desiree we have a competion on our lotty everybody pays 80p and gets 3 spuds you can grow them as you like all the same desiree  then they come round and dig them up end of season the most weight wins  off of 3 plants i won  30lb of spuds not bad for 80p i get a shield and a gas barby donated by the local garden centre. ;) ;)

[Garden Gnome]

A good baker?

Winston! And it's ever so early. Stores perfectly, too.

[tim]

I'm missing out again - never had a baked potato which I found unwelcome.

But I suppose that the things one is looking for are:

1. Even shape.
2. Slug resistant. Do tell me!!
3. Clean skin.
4. Non waxy.
5. Good average size. But NOT like Picasso which are just TOO big!!
6. And tastes of potato?

[saddad]

Like I said Tim Red Duke of York.... agree about Picasso we've been here before!
;D

[triffid]

....
6. And tastes of potato?

lol -- nice one, Tim!

But better still, how about 'tastes like potato with melted butter and cheese' -- (therefore avoiding the calories added when I load the spud with both!)

[vee]

I'll second Desiree. It's a red early maincrop.
I'm growing it for the third year running as it makes lovely mash and it's also good as a baked potato.

[Froglegs]

Picasso may be big but the taste is to die for, and there's a bit of red there.

[supersprout]

better still, how about 'tastes like potato with melted butter and cheese' -- (therefore avoiding the calories added when I load the spud with both!)

nice one triff!

[tim]

And red ones do seem to be less attractive to slugs.

[Hyacinth]

Desiree for me last year & it's still my heart's desire for this. Down to the last ONE potato in my store - and I'm saving it for a Special Occasion ;D

[angle shades]

marfona and the red one desiree or romano ;D  / shades x

[philcooper]

And red ones do seem to be less attractive to slugs.

Please come to Hampshire and explain that to my slugs - they don't seem to believ it when I tell them

I'm with the vote for Red DoY

[zorro]

wilja are a good all rounder, and of course the favorite round our neck of the woods ulster prince

[zorro]

quick add on niethrer are red