Adriana Potatoes are oblong, with smooth yellow skin and pale yellow flesh. The plant blossoms with white flowers but hardly ever sets berries. It tends to produce large potatoes. Cooking Tips These are waxy potatoes. Some blackening can occur after cooking, History Notes Adriana Potatoes were developed at the Station de Recherche du Comité Nord…
French Potatoes
Aida Potatoes
Aida are oblong potatoes with yellowish-brown skin, and pale yellow flesh. They are marketed as table potatoes for use by consumers. History Notes Aida Potatoes were developed by Germicopa, France, from a cross between Spunta and Vivaks potatoes.
Alowa Potatoes
Alowa are oblong potatoes with shallow eyes, yellow skin and pale yellow flesh. These are waxy potatoes, promoted for direct to consumer sales. History Notes Alowa Potatoes were developed by Germicopa Company in France. Released 2001.
Altesse Potatoes
Altesse are long, uniformly-shaped potates with yellow skin and flesh, and hardly any eyes. These are waxy potatoes. They don’t bruse easily. History Notes Altesse Potatoes were developed in France from a cross between Belle de Fontenay Potatoes and BF15 potatoes. Released 1999.
Amandine Fingerling Potatoes
Amandine Fingerling are long, almond shaped potatoes with thin, tender, pale-yellow skin that has no markings on it, and shallow eyes. The flesh is pale-yellow, firm, creamy-textured, cream-coloured and sweet. Each plant will produce about 26 potatoes or 3 ¾ pounds (1.7 kg.) Ready to harvest in 50 to 55 days. These are waxy, salad…
Amyla Potatoes
Amyla are oval potatoes with a yellowish skin with brown netting on it, and yellow flesh. They are promoted for processing into starch. History Notes Amyla Potatoes were developed from a cross between Promesse and Elément potatoes made by Germicopa, France. Released 1999.
Anaïs Potatoes
Anaïs are large, oblong potatoes with yellow skin and yellow, waxy flesh. The plant delivers an early harvest. Cooking Tips They are good for fried potatoes in general, and in particular are recommended for making Pommes rissolées from. History Notes Anaïs Potatoes were developed in France from a cross between Monalisa and Lizen potatoes. Released…
Belle de Fontenay Potatoes
Belle de Fontenay are long, medium to large-sized potatoes. They are sometimes slightly bent, almost kidney shaped. They have pale yellowish buff skin and waxy, finely-textured, creamy yellow flesh. They have a good flavour, often referred to as “buttery.” Some think they also taste hazelnuts. The skin is also very tasty. The plant delivers an…
Bf-15 Potatoes
A small, kidney-shaped potato with yellow skin and yellow flesh, developed from the Belle de Fontenay potato. Good for salads and all general waxy-potato uses. Currently (2004) available in the UK and Europe; in North America currently mostly available only to home gardeners. In Europe, largely grown in the Netherlands and France. Substitutes Other small…
Charlotte Potatoes
These are long, oval waxy salad potatoes that are about half again as large as most other salad potatoes. They have a yellow, nutty tasting flesh covered by a light yellow skin. Charlotte Potato plants produce very early crops (they are classed in gardening terms as “second early.) There will be about 24 potatoes per…
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.
Franceline Potatoes
Franceline Potatoes are long, with red skin and yellow flesh. These are waxy potatoes. Cooking Tips Franceline Potatoes are good in soups and stews and salads, and soak up juices nicely. History Notes Franceline Potatoes were developed from a cross between “Nicola” and “Arka” potatoes in France by Station de Recherche du Comité Nord. Released…
French Fingerling Potatoes
French Fingerling Potatoes are 3 inches (7.5 cm) long by 1 ½ inches (4 cm) wide. They have smooth, dark, rosy-red skin. Inside, they have yellow flesh with some pink flushes under the skin. If allowed to remain in the ground until fully mature, the flesh will be red. These are waxy potatoes with good…
Grelot Potatoes
A French term meaning baby potatoes — potatoes that are very small, about the size of small bells, 1 to 2 inches (2 to 5 cm) across. Substitutes New potatoes; small waxy salad potatoes cut up. Storage Hints Stores poorly, like all new potatoes. Language Notes A grelot in French is a small, round bell….
Noisette Potatoes
Noisette Potatoes are short, oblong, uniformly-sized potatoes with yellow skin and pale yellow flesh. These are waxy potatoes, with an earthy taste. Early harvest. Storage Hints Stores well. History Notes Noisette Potatoes were developed in France from a cross between Aminca and Piroschka potatoes. Released 1993.
Soleia Potatoes
Soleia Potatoes are oblong, with quite yellow skin, and yellow flesh. These are floury potatoes. The plant has white blossoms. Storage Hints Stores well. History Notes Soleia Potatoes were developed by Bretagne Plants in France. Released 2001.
Starch Up Potatoes
Starch Up Potatoes are round, with yellow skin and flesh. They are promoted for processing into starch. History Notes Starch Up Potatoes were developed by the Germicopa company in France. Released 2001.
Starlette Potatoes
Starlette Potatoes are oblong, with yellow skin and flesh, and very shallow eyes. They are promoted for direct to consumer fresh sales. These are waxy potatoes, for use as a boiled potato and for salads. Early harvest. History Notes Starlette Potatoes were developed from a cross between two potatoes referred to as “I.N.R.A. 70.33.171” and…
Superstar Potatoes
Superstar Potatoes are oblong, with yellowish-brown skin and pale yellow flesh. These are waxy potatoes, but are promoted as all-purpose for direct to consumer sales. The plant flowers with white blossoms. High yields. Cooking Tips May blacken after cooking. History Notes Superstar Potatoes were developed by Ste Unicopa and Clause companies in France from a…
Sylvia Potatoes
Sylvia Potatoes are oblong, with yellowish-brown skin and pale yellow flesh. The plant has purplish-blue flowers. The potatoes are marketed as being for direct to consumer sale. Language Notes Sylvia Potatoes were developed from a cross between two potatoes referred to as “VK 73.3.40” and “O’Sirène” by Germicopa, in France.