Nicola Potatoes are oval and long, with smooth, pale yellow-buff skin and deep yellow flesh.
These are waxy potatoes that hold their shape very well when cooked.
They have very good flavour.
Cooking Tips
One of the best potatoes currently (early 2000s) around for salads.
If you want to bake it, try it in a microwave oven.
History Notes
Nicola Potatoes were developed by the Saatzucht Soltau-Bergen potato breeding company in Germany.
Released 1973.
Sources
Hadders, Maurice. Van Rijn-KWS B.V. Potatoes. Report of an excursion to demonstration fields with varieties for organic cultivation on 23 June 2008 at the Kollumerwaard experimental farm in Munnekezijl (Northern Netherlands). June 2008. Retrieved August 2009 from http://www.organicseeds.nl/talen/en/activities.html.