A list of potatoes(names) for cooking in different ways.
A perfect salad potato has different qualities to a perfect mashing or baking potato, it is obvious when you think about it. So potatoes can be categorised by the way you cook them.
Potatoes that are good for salads.
A perfect salad potato has different qualities to a perfect mashing or baking potato, it is obvious when you think about it. So potatoes can be categorised by the way you cook them.
Potatoes that are good for salads.
Charlotte.
Potatoes that are good for chips.
Kestrel, Cara, Desiree.
Potatoes that are good for baking.
Kestrel, Cara,
Potatoes that are good for Mash
Kestrel, Swift, Cara, Desiree.
Potatoes that are good for boiling.
Desiree,Swift, Accent, Maris Peer, Charlotte.
A good all round potato that can be used for all cooking purposes is
Bonnie, Red Duke of York, Maris Piper.
It is still a good idea to select your potatoes to suit your soil type and any disease or problem resistance you might need as well as keeping in mind the planting time differences between first earlies, second earlies and main crops. Main crops occupy the area of ground for longer and are also more likely have problems with things like blight as they are in the ground for longer and are harvested later.
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