Denali Potatoes are oblong, with tough, buff skin and white flesh. These are floury potatoes with good flavour. The plant gives high yields in a late harvest. They were marketed as being good both for sale direct to consumers, and for processing into potato chips (aka crisps in the UK.) They are no longer in…
Floury Potatoes
Donella Potatoes
Donella Potatoes are medium to large-sized, oval potatoes, with yellow skin and flesh. They are sold as a table potato. They have around 15% starch content. Late harvest. Storage Hints Stores well.
Dunbar Rover Potatoes
Dunbar Rover Potatoes are oblong with buff skin and white flush. These are floury potatoes, with very good taste. History Notes Dunbar Rover Potatoes were developed by Charles Spence of Dunbar, Scotland in 1936.
Dunbar Standard Potatoes
Dunbar Standard Potatoes are oblong, with white skin and off-white flesh. Though sometimes you will see the potato described as “all-purpose”, it’s actually not good for use as a boiling or salad potato. It is best treated as a floury potato. Late harvest. Cooking Tips Can blacken after cooking. History Notes Dunbar Standard Potatoes were…
Edzell Blue Potatoes
Edzell Blue Potatoes are oval, and have purply blue skin that fades on cooking. Inside, they have white flesh. These are floury potatoes with good flavour, and are good mashed. Cooking Tips They won’t hold together well enough to try to serve as a boiled potato. Storage Hints Stores well. History Notes Edzell Blue Potatoes…
Fambo Potatoes
Fambo Potatoes are oval, with yellow, occasionally rough, skin and pale yellow flesh. These are floury potatoes, though they are marketed for direct sale to consumers as an all-purpose potato. They are also marketed for commercial processing into potato chips (aka crisps in the UK.) History Notes Fambo Potatoes were developed by a man named…
Florette Potatoes
Florette Potatoes are oblong, with yellow skin and pale yellow flesh. These are floury potatoes with very good taste. Early harvest. History Notes Florette Potatoes were developed in France in 1989 from a cross between Saskia and Revelino potatoes. Released 1990.
Flourball Potatoes
Flourball are round potatoes, with pinkish skin and white flesh. These are floury potatoes, with good flavour. Storage Hints Stores well. History Notes Flourball Potatoes were developed in 1870 in the UK. First called “Sutton’s Flourball” then in 1895 renamed to just “Flourball.”
Garant Potatoes
Garant are round to oval potatoes, with yellow skin with some netting. Inside, the potatoes have pale yellow flesh. They have a very high starch content, about 20%. They are grown for industrial use for processing into starch. Storage Hints Garant Potatoes store well.
Great Scot Potatoes
Great Scot are round, medium to large-sized potatoes, with pale yellow skin and white flesh. These are floury potatoes. They are not good for commercial processing. Popular in Meghalaya State, India. Storage Hints The potatoes don’t store well. History Notes Great Scot Potatoes were developed in 1909 from a cross between Imperator and Champion potatoes….
Green Mountain Potatoes
Green Mountain Potatoes are oblong, large, uniformly-sized potatoes with blunt ends. Their thin, pale buff skin sometimes has slight netting on it. Inside, they have white flesh. These are floury potatoes, with a high enough starch content that they can also be processed commercially for starch. They are now, though, mostly grown for farmers’ markets…
Heather Potatoes
Heather Potatoes are floury potatoes, good for frying.
Ilam Hardy Potatoes
Ilam Hardy Potatoes are floury potatoes, with yellow skin and white flesh. They are popular in New Zealand.
Innovator Potatoes
Innovator are oblong, large-sized potatoes. They have tan-coloured skin with russetting on it, and light-yellow flesh. These are floury potatoes. History Notes Innovator Potatoes were developed by the BV de ZPC company in The Netherlands from a cross between Shepody potatoes and a potato referred to as “RZ-84-2580.”
Irish Cobbler Potatoes
Irish Cobbler Potatoes are round, with blunt ends and buff skin. Deep eyes in their surfaces can make them hard to peel. Inside, they have white flesh that bruises easily. They are marketed as for direct to consumer sales. The plant delivers high yields in an early harvest. These are floury potatoes. They are popular…
Isle of Bute Potatoes
Isle of Bute Potatoes have light-buff skin. They are floury potatoes.
Iwa Potatoes
Iwa Potatoes are small and oval, with yellow skin and white flesh. They are floury potatoes. Storage Hints Stores well.
Karupoti Potatoes
Karupoti are round to oval potatoes with deep red skin, deep eyes and white flesh. These are floury potatoes. Cooking Tips They are not good as a boiled potato. Language Notes Name means “eye of the cat.” Sources Harris, Niha, “Nga – Riwai Ma-ori — Ma-ori Potatoes”, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, Working Paper,…
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…
Kerr’s Pink Potatoes
Kerr’s Pink are oval, slightly-flattened potatoes with light pink skin and finely-textured white flesh. They are floury and are very good for mashed potato. Storage Hints They don’t store well. History Notes Kerr’s Pink Potatoes were released in 1917 in Ireland.
Kestrel Potatoes
Kestrel Potatoes are oval to oblong, with buff skin with some purple, particularly around the eyes. They have pale yellow flesh. Early harvest. They are floury potatoes, though with enough waxiness that some peple say they use them as an all-purpose potato. History Notes Kestrel Potatoes were developed in 1992 by a Jack Dunnett of…
King Edward Potatoes
King Edwards are long, oval, floury potatoes with pinkish skins and a creamy white flesh. The eyes on the potato are white and red. Above ground, the plant produces purple flowers with white tips. In Australia, they are grown mainly in southern Tasmania. Cooking Tips Good for mashing and baking and making gnocchi. Not good…
Kowiniwini Potatoes
Kowiniwini Potatoes have purplish-red skin, yellow around the eyes. Inside, they have off-white flesh. These are floury potatoes. Cooking Tips Don’t peel them before boiling, or they will fall apart on you. Storage Hints Stores well. History Notes Kowiniwini Potatoes were developed in New Zealand. Sources Harris, Niha, “Nga – Riwai Ma-ori — Ma-ori Potatoes”,…
Kowiniwini Potatoes
Kowiniwini Potatoes have purplish-red skin, yellow around the eyes. Inside, they have off-white flesh. These are floury potatoes. Cooking Tips Don’t peel them before boiling, or they will fall apart on you. Storage Hints Stores well. History Notes Kowiniwini Potatoes were developed in New Zealand. Sources Harris, Niha, “Nga – Riwai Ma-ori — Ma-ori Potatoes”,…