Red Pearl are small potatoes up to 2 inches (5 cm) long, weighing 1 to 2 oz (30 to 60 g) each. They have red skin and white flesh. These are waxy potatoes. Each plant will produce about 20 of the potatoes in an early harvest.
Waxy Potatoes
Red Potatoes
Red Potato is a generic term applied to a family of North American potatoes. They are a waxy potato with thin skins and white flesh. They are good for salads, roasting, steaming and boiling. They don’t need to be peeled for use in salads as the skin is so thin and flavourful. Among the red…
Red Ruby Potatoes
Red Ruby Potatoes are oblong with bright red skin and pale yellow flesh. These are waxy potatoes, with a somewhat sweet taste. They are marketed for direct to consumer sales. Early harvest. Storage Hints Stores well. History Notes Red Ruby Potatoes wered developed by a Dr. Lauer at the University of Minnesota from a cross…
Rokeroke Potatoes
Rokeroke Potatoes have white, waxy flesh. Sources Food Products of Tuhoeland. In: Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, Vol. 35, 1902. Chapter 5. Page 85. Harris, Niha, “Nga – Riwai Ma-ori — Ma-ori Potatoes”, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, Working Paper, August 1999.
Roseabelle Potatoes
Roseabelle Potatoes are long and oval, with red skin and yellow flesh. Early harvest. These are waxy potatoes. Cooking Tips Good for salads.
Rosetta Potatoes
Rosetta are large-sized, oblong potatoes with pale red skin and yellow flesh. These are waxy potatoes. They make a firm cooking table potato. High-yields.
Royal Blue Potatoes
Royal Blue Potatoes are oblong, with purple skin and yellow flesh. Cooking Tips Best for use in salads and as a boiled potato.
Ruby Lou Potatoes
Ruby Lou Potatoes are oval with dark pink skin and white flesh. These are waxy potatoes.
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…
Salad Potatoes
Salad potatoes are potatoes that are good for use in salads, as the term would imply. They will be potatoes with waxy flesh. These potatoes, when cooked, can be chunked or sliced and have the pieces remain intact, especially when mixed in a salad, and not break apart. The potatoes also need to have good…
Samba Potatoes
Samba are oval potatoes with white skin and yellow flesh. These are waxy potatoes. Early harvest. History Notes Samba Potatoes were released in 1989.
Sangre Potatoes
Sangre Potatoes are round to oblong, with dark red skin with some russetting, and white flesh. They are marketed as all-purpose for direct to consumer sales, but they are actually waxy, with flesh that stays firm after cooking. Storage Hints Stores well. History Notes Sangre Potatoes were developed by Colorado State University in the San…
Satina Potatoes
Satina Potatoes are uniformly-sized, oval potatoes with smooth yellow skin and dark yellow flesh. Aimed at consumer use. These are waxy potatoes. Cooking Tips Good for potato dumplings. History Notes Stores well.
Saxon Potatoes
Saxon Potatoes are oval, with light-buff skin and pale yellow flesh. These are waxy potatoes. Though they are marketed as all-purpose for direct to consumer sales, their flesh stays very firm after cooking. The plant delivers heavy yields. Some feel that the potato’s taste and texture are mediocre. History Notes Saxon Potatoes were developed by…
Secura Potatoes
Secura are medium-sized, oval potatoes with smooth yellow skin and yellow flesh. These are waxy potatoes, but they are marketed as all-purpose for direct to consumer sales. High yields. Storage Hints Stores well. Doesn’t bruise easily.
Seneca Potatoes
Seneca Potatoes are oval, with pale yellow skin and white flesh. These are low starch, waxy potatoes. High yields. History Notes Seneca Potatoes were developed at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York from a cross between Hindenburg and Katahdin potatoes. Released 1945.
Shannon Potatoes
Shannon are oval potatoes with red skin and white flesh. These are waxy potatoes, but are marketed as all-purpose for direct to consumer sales. Early harvest. History Notes Shannon Potatoes were developed in 1990.
Sieglinde Potatoes
Sieglinde Potatoes are oblong, slightly flattened potatoes with thin, smooth yellow skin, and yellow flesh. These are waxy potatoes. Cooking Tips Good for boiling and particularly good in salads. History Notes Sieglinde Potatoes are a heritage variety that originated in Germany.
Spunta Potatoes
Spunta Potatoes are long, oblong, potatoes with yellowish-buff skin and pale yellow flesh. They can bruise a bit more easily than other potatoes. These are waxy potatoes. History Notes Spunta Potatoes were developed from a cross between two potatoes referred to as “Beax USDA” and “9656.” Sources Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York Inc….
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…
Stemster Potatoes
Stemster Potatoes are oval, large-sized potatoes with pink skin and yellow flesh. These are waxy potatoes, but are marketed as all-purpose. The plant delivers high yields in an early harvest. History Notes Stemster Potatoes were developed in 1986 by a Jack Dunnett of Caithness Potatoes Ltd, Scotland.
Stroma Potatoes
Stroma Potatoes are oblong, with red skin and yellowish-pink flesh. Some feel that this is a good all-purpose potato, but others feel that it is best used as a boiled potato, because the flesh holds its shape when cooked — which does not always make for success when you are trying to transform a potato…
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…
Suttons Foremost Potatoes
Suttons Foremost Potatoes are oval, with light-buff skin and white, waxy flesh. They are popular with home gardeners. Good flavour. Early harvest. Cooking Tips Best for boiling and salads. History Notes Suttons Foremost Potatoes were developed in 1954.