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Many Second Earlies are delicious as new
potatoes - lift some a little sooner if your First Earlies have run out.
Anya
Desiree × Pink Fir Apple. A nutty
flavour with a creamy flesh colour and smoother tubers than Pink Fir. Anya has
become a sought after modern classic.
Bonnie
Bold, round/oval uniformly shaped
yellow skinned tubers with pink splashed eyes and cream flesh. A bright skin
finish hence the apt name. Recent tasting assessments have given Bonnie good
reviews, particularly boiled and as a baker. Good disease tolerances and
resistant to golden eelworm.
British Queen
Over 100 years old and highly
prized for its yield, shape, floury texture and delicious flavour. Ireland's
summer favourite. White flowers. Uses: Chips/baker/roast/general purpose.
Catriona
Long oval tubers with attractive
blue eyes and pale yellow flesh of superior flavour. Good yields. A showbench
favourite before Kestrel. Uses: General purpose.
Charlotte
A very popular salad variety
producing pear shaped yellow skinned waxy tubers and creamy yellow flesh of
first class flavour, either hot or cold.
Edzell Blue
Pre 1915. Beautiful blue/purple
skin contrasts with white flesh, very floury and makes tasty floury mash.
Steaming avoids disintegration problems involved in boiling. White flowers.
Uses: Mash/fry/baker.
Kestrel
Second early for July lifting. Smooth skin with purple eyes, and winner of
many prizes at exhibition. Old fashioned flavour. Makes good chips and roast
well because the soft flesh does not absorb much fat. Consistently shows good
resistance to slugs and blackleg.
Lady Balfour
Excellent resistance to the major potato diseases including blight scab and
virus Y, it also has strong resistance to eelworm. The variety also gives very
high yields even in soils with low fertility. This means that in most seasons it
can be grown without the use of chemicals and with little fertiliser making it
easy to grow and ideal for organic culture. The pink-splashed tubers are very
attractive with tasty creamy flesh which is moist and firm meaning Lady Balfour
is best suited to boiling and roasting.
Magic Red
Stunning distinctively red skinned
tubers with shallow red eyes and pure white flesh. Good scab and virus
resistance. Uses: General Purpose
Marfona
Very popular as an early baker.
White skinned with pale yellow moist flesh. White flowers. Uses: Boil/waxy
baker/general purpose.
Maris Peer
This Second Early has firm white flesh, which does does not break up or
discolour on cooking. Expect heavy yields of medium sized tubers, which are good
boiled. If harvested when small, they are particularly good for making potato
salads. It makes a really handsome plant with remarkable scented purple flowers
- the perfect patio potato. Plant from early March for harvest from mid July
depending on variety.
Maxine
Beautiful round tubers with smooth, bright red
skin.- White waxy flesh which
stays firm when cooked. Heavy cropping with large tubers. Consistently rated flavour as ‘excellent’. Plant from early March for
harvest from mid July depending on variety.
Nadine
Lots of uniform-sized tubers, very resistant to eelworm. Exceptionally smooth
skin, with shallow eyes, perfect for showing. The sweet white flesh remains firm
and moist on cooking making it ideal for baking and eating whole.
Romano
Round red skinned with creamy white
flesh and a versatile all rounder in the kitchen. Shows good slug and blight
resistance. Uses: Baker/General purpose.
Royal Kidney
A very waxy salad/boiler. Flavour
good enough to outsell International Kidney on its day. Oval pale yellow skinned
and fleshed tubers. Good yields.
Yukon Gold
Gorgeous golden skins with buttery
yellow flesh of delicious rich flavour. Superb baked, roasted or fried. Its
appearance alone will win you over. From Canada. Uses: Baker/general purpose.
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