Rose Gold Potatoes are round, with smooth, light-red skin and yellow flesh. They are marketed as all-purpose for direct to consumer sales, but are more on the floury side. Not being grown commercially as of 2006. Storage Hints Stores well. History Notes Rose Gold Potatoes were developed by Agriculture Canada in Ontario, Canada from a…
All-Purpose Potatoes
Rua Potatoes
Rua are oval, short potatoes with light-yellow skin and white flesh. They are marketed as all-purpose for direct to consumer sales, but if anything, they are best treated as waxy. They have good flavour. Popular in New Zealand.
Rukat Potatoes
Rukat Potatoes are unevenly shaped. They are marketed as all-purpose for direct to consumer sales. History Notes Rukat Potatoes were developed by a W.P. Raleigh in Clyde, Kansas from a cross between Russet Rural and Katahdin potatoes. Released 1954.
Rural New Yorker Potatoes
Rural New Yorker are oblong potatoes with light-buff skin. Late harvest. They were marketed as all-purpose for direct to consumer sales. History Notes Rural New Yorker Potatoes were released in 1946. They are now possibly extinct. Parent of Russet Rural Potatoes.
Rushmore Potatoes
Rushmore Potatoes are oblong and somewhat flattened, with russetted skin. They are marketed as all-purpose for direct to consumer sales. History Notes Rushmore Potatoes were developed by Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from a cross between Katahdin and Green Mountain potatoes. Released 1957.
Russian Blue Potatoes
Russian Blue Potatoes © Denzil Green Russian Blue Potatoes are oblong, with purple brown skin and purple flesh. The purple flesh has a white ring just under the skin, and is streaked white. The colour doesn’t leech into other food items being cooked with it, or onto cutting boards, fingers, etc. The taste is very…
Saranac Potatoes
Saranac Potatoes are round, with light-buff skin. They were marketed as all-purpose for direct to consumer sales. Late harvest. Possibly extinct. History Notes Saranac Potatoes were developed jointly by Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) from a cross between President and Katahdin potatoes. During development, the potato…
Satapa Potatoes
Satapa Potatoes are round, with smooth, red skin. History Notes Developed at the Minnesota Agricultural Experimental Station in Saint Paul, Minnesota from a cross between Red Warba potatoes and a potato referred to as “20-4.” Released 1949.
Sebago Potatoes
Sebago are oval potatoes with smooth, pale buff-yellow skin and white flesh. They are marketed as all-purpose. They are popular in the southern US, particularly Florida. They are mostly sold direct to consumers, though in the American south some are made into potato chips. History Notes Sebago Potatoes were developed by the United States Department…
Sequoia Potatoes
Sequoia Potatoes have light-buff skin. They are marketed as all-purpose for direct to consumer sales. History Notes Sequoia Potatoes were developed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) at its North Carolina Agricultural Experimental Station in Raleigh, North Carolina from a cross between Green Mountain and Katahdin potatoes. Released 1945.
Seresta Potatoes
Seresta Potatoes are round, with slightly rough yellow skin and pale yellow flesh. The plant blossoms with white flowers. High yields. History Notes Seresta Potatoes were developed from a cross between a potato referred to as “SVP AM 78-3704” and Sonata potatoes.
Shamrock Potatoes
Shamrock Potatoes are round, slightly-flattened potatoes with pink skin, and soft, white flesh. History Notes Shamrock Potatoes were released in 1890.
Shetland Black Potatoes
Shetland Black Potatoes are oval, with dark blue skin, and yellow flesh, which is blue just below the skin. They have good flavour. Very hardy plant. Cooking Tips Shetland Black Potatoes are floury potatoes, but some say they are better for boiling than mashing; others say best baked, others say best steamed in their skins….
Shoshoni Potatoes
Shoshoni Potatoes are round, with light-buff skin. They are marketed as all-purpose for direct to consumer sales Late harvest. Not being grown commercially as of 2006. History Notes Shoshoni Potatoes were developed jointly by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the University of Idaho from a cross between Early Gem potatoes and a…
Shula Potatoes
Shula Potatoes are oval, with light-buff skin, pink around the eyes, and pale yellow flesh. They are marketed as all-purpose for direct to consumer sales. The plant delivers high yields in an early harvest. Popular in the Canary Islands. Cooking Tips When baked, the skin is very tasty. Storage Hints Stores well. History Notes Shula…
Simcoe Potatoes
Simcoe are round, slightly flattened potatoes with smooth light-buff skin with some flaking, and white flesh. They are marketed as an all-purpose potato for home gardeners. History Notes Simcoe Potatoes were developed in 1968 by Agriculture Canada at the Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada in 1968 from a cross between Peconic and…
Sioux Potatoes
Sioux Potatoes are round, with red skin. They were marketed as all-purpose for direct to consumer sales. Possibly extinct. History Notes Sioux Potatoes were developed at the University of Nebraska from a cross between two potatoes referred to as “Nebraska 240.54-1” and “Nebraska 90.49-1X.” During development, the potato was referred to as “Nebraska 20257-1.” Released…
Snowden Potatoes
Snowden are oval, slightly-flattened potatoes with smooth, light-buff skin with some netting, and white flesh. Late harvest. Meant for processing into potato chips (aka crisps in the UK) and as an all-purpose potato for direct to consumer sales. Storage Hints Stores well. History Notes Snowden Potatoes were developed at the University of Wisconsin in Madison,…
Snowdrift Potatoes
Snowdrift Potatoes have smooth skin. Early harvest. History Notes Snowdrift Potatoes were developed at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York from a cross between Earlaine potatoes and a potato referred to as “ATY-4.” Released 1947.
Spartan Pearl Potatoes
Spartan Pearl Potatoes are round, with light-buff skin. They are marketed as all-purpose for direct to consumer sales. Not being grown commercially as of 2006. History Notes Spartan Pearl Potatoes were developed at Michigan State University from a cross between Atlantic and Michibonne potatoes. During development, the potato was referred to as “MS700-83.” Released 1991.
St Johns Potatoes
St Johns Potatoes are round, with light-buff skin. They are marketed as all-purpose for direct to consumer sales. Late harvest. History Notes St Johns Potatoes were developed by the University of Maine potato breeding programme at the University of Maine from a cross between two potatoes referred to as “BR6317-21” and “CC14-3A.” During development, the…
St Louis Potatoes
St Louis Potatoes are a breed of potatoes developed in the 1940s in Minnesota. They are possibly extinct. History Notes St Louis Potatoes were developed by a G.A. Johnson in Hermantown, Minnesota. Released 1943.
Stately Potatoes
Stately Potatoes are round with light-buff skin. They provide low yields, in a late harvest. They were intended as an all-purpose potato for home gardeners. Possibly extinct. History Notes Stately Potatoes were developed at the Alaska Agricultural Experimental Station in Palmer, Alaska from a cross between two potatoes referred to as “Alaska 114” and “X792-94.”…
Steuben Potatoes
Steuben Potatoes are oblong, with light-buff skin. They are marketed as all-purpose for direct to consumer sales and for processing into potato chips (aka crisps in the UK.) Not being grown commercially as of 2006. History Notes Steuben Potatoes were developed at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. One parent was a potato referred to…