i love em- kerrs pinks
what is ayone else plantin this year and what are the favourites, and best way cooked too :P
would do a poll but there are so many varieties
john
Any baby new spud with lotsa butter and mint (or chives if no mint available!) ;D ;D ;D :P :P
Trying rocket, International Kidney and concorde this year ;D ;D
From a purely culinary stand-point, Ratte have to be the finest Salad potato available. The taste is superb and they are highly praised and priced by top restauranteures.
The problem on taste is that it is "a matter of taste" ie very subjective. Hence any list should have this caveat and a note of what the taster is looking for.
For those who like the "old fashioned early potato taste" the old varieties such as Arron Pilot and Home Guard are very difficult to beat as, for a very long time, new varieties were bred to meet commercial criteria such as resistance to mechanical damage, ability to bulk up when lots of chemical fertiliser is added etc. Some of the recent varieties such as Princess are not bad and have much better yields than the older ones.
On second earlies, Charlotte, Kestrel and Catriona take some beating in the taste stakes
For main crop it really is down to what you're looking for:
If it's a fluffy mash then Arran Victory is great
for chips, Golden Wonder (and crisps too - it's from this variety that they got the name!)
roasting, King Edward
baking, Spey, but if you add lots of butter and pepper there are many that taste great
Salad, Ratte does have it over Pink Fir Apple in that it keeps its flavoiur better (and it doesn't grow wherever it wants!!)
Phil
This year I is mostly planting
Rocket
Homeguard
Anya (came free with me order)
Golden Wonder
Pink Fir Apple
and King Edwards
:)
I have gone for Charlotte (my daughters name), Rocket, Pentland javelin and Kestrel for the earlies and Romano and King Eds for the maincrop. We should have a poll at harvest time for yield, taste and resistance to slugs erc.
MMMmmmm, interesting this, all a matter of taste I guess:-
I'm growing:
Rocket
Maris Bard
Charlotte
Pentland Crown
Maris Piper
Pink fir Apple
;D
I'm growing
Rockets (because I am a newbie and I wanted something fast)
Kestrel (upon recommendation)
Caras
King Edwards (my favourite commonly available maincrop)
Epicure, Red Duke of York & Yukon Gold
Rocket (bucket)
Mimi (slug-prone so in a bucket)
Royal Kidney (Alan Roman says they're nicer even than International Kidney!)
Red Duke of York
Kestrel
Estima (bakers!)
Pink Fir Apple
Ratte
Salad Blue
Highland Burgundy Red
Sarpo Mira (blight and slug resistant)
all from HDRA potato day so bought individually.
moonbells