Ptarmigan Potatoes are oblong, with smooth buff skin, and pale yellow flesh. They are promoted as all-purpose for direct to consumer sales but are actually on the waxier side. History Notes Ptarmigan Potatoes were developed by Agriculture Canada at its Research Station in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, from a cross between two potatoes referred to…
Canadian Potatoes
Red Gold Potatoes
Red Gold Potatoes are round potatoes about 2 inches (5 cm) long. They have pale reddish-orangish skin with some netting, and yellow flesh. These are waxy potatoes, but they were marketed as all-purpose for direct to consumer sales. Not being grown commercially as of 2006. Storage Hints Can’t store for a long time. History Notes…
Rideau Potatoes
Rideau Potatoes are round, with red skin and white flesh. Marketed as all-purpose for direct to consumer sales, but if anything better for mash. Late harvest. History Notes Rideau Potatoes were developed by Agriculture Canada in Ontario, Canada from a cross between Viking potatoes and a potato referred to as “Picha 177-13R.” During development, the…
Rose Gold Potatoes
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…
Sable Potatoes
Sable Potatoes are oblong, with white skin and flesh. These are waxy potatoes, meant for direct to consumer sales. No longer grown commerically as of 2006. History Notes Sable Potatoes were developed by Agriculture Canada in New Brunswick, Canada from a cross between potatoes referred to as “F52094” and “F47024.” During development, the potato was…
Saginaw Gold Potatoes
Saginaw Gold are oval to oblong potatoes with thin, smooth, yellowish skin and light yellow flesh. These are floury potatoes. They are good for potato chips and French Fries after a few months in storage. No longer grown commercially as of 2006. History Notes Saginaw Gold Potatoes were developed at Michigan State University in East…
Shepody Potatoes
Shepody Potatoes have thin, smooth, white skin with some netting, and white flesh with high starch. The plant delivers high yields in an early harvest. They are marketed as all-purpose for direct to consumer sales, though they are seldom sold on this way, and for processing into long French Fries (aka chips in the UK.)…
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…
Temagami Potatoes
Temagami Potatoes are round with dark red skin and white flesh. They are marketed as all-purpose for direct to consumer sales. History Notes Temagami Potatoes were developed by Agriculture Canada from a cross between Rhinered and Rose Gold potatoes. During development, the potato was referred to as “G8160-6R.” Released 1994.
Tobique Potatoes
Tobique Potatoes are oblong, with buff skin with flushes of purple. They are meant for processing into potato chips (aka crisps in the UK.) Early harvest. Not being grown commercially (as of 2006.) History Notes Tobique Potatoes were developed by Agriculture Canada in New Brunswick from a cross between Cariboo potatoes and a potato referred…
Trent Potatoes
Trent are round potatoes with light-buff skin, sometimes with some flaking or netting, and white flesh. They are marketed as all-purpose for direct to consumer sales, for processing into potato chips (aka crisps in the UK) or for processing into French Fries (aka chips in the UK.) Not grown commercially (as of 2006.) Storage Hints…
True Blue Potatoes
True Blue Potatoes have smooth, deep purple skin with some buff spots, and bluish flesh with spots of white and pink. They are marketed as all-purpose for direct to consumer sales. Cooking Tips The bluish flesh colour fades when cooked. History Notes Developed in 1996 by a William Bilozir at the Highwood Springs Farm in…
York Potatoes
York are oblong potatoes. Their smooth, light-buff skin has some netting. They have off-white flesh. History Notes York Potatoes were developed by Agriculture Canada in Guelph, Ontario from a cross between Fredericton potatoes and a potato referred to as “F5569.” Released 1970.
Yukon Gold Potatoes
The Yukon Gold potato is sold as an all-purpose potato with thick yellow skin with pink eyes and yellow flesh. This colour, plus its creamy taste, gives the illusion that it has already been buttered. They are slightly sweeter than many other potatoes as their sugar content is a bit higher. There are other yellow-fleshed…