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Home » Vegetables » Root Vegetables » Potatoes » Floury Potatoes » Katahdin Potatoes

Katahdin Potatoes

Katahdin are round, large-sized potatoes with thin light-buff skin and white flesh.

They are marketed for direct to consumer sales.

Cooking Tips

They are particularly good as a baked potato or as mash, though some consider the taste bland.

Storage Hints

Katahdin Potatoes store well.

History Notes

Katahdin Potatoes were developed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Presque Isle, Maine from a cross between two potatoes referred to as “USDA 40568” and “USDA 24642” in 1923.

During development, the potato was referred to as “USDA 42667.”

Released 1932.

It was very popular in Maine in the 1940s.

They were a parent of Calrose Potatoes.

This page first published: Apr 16, 2005 · Updated: May 18, 2018.

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Tagged With: American Potatoes, Floury Potatoes

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