Aran Pilot

Crap. Won't be growing next year.

BP I grew these last year and they were wonderful, and the flavour is fantastic. This year same as you - crap. So put it down to the weather rather than the spud. I will deffo grow it again for the flavour but maybe give em some water once in a while

I still love International Kidney. Hasn't been duff once so far. Bit floury in dry seasons, but you have to dig at the right time. Treat as 1st rather than the 2nd they really are.

(Apparently one of the biggest complaints to seed companies is that the IKs have been floury or have fallen in the pan - but they describe them as 2nds so folk simply leave them too long!)

Also Red Duke of York, fantastic for those who scrub rather than scrape their spuds!

moonbells

Homeguard Great taste, very soft light skins when dug as earlies but a decent keeping skin when left in the ground. Storing really well with no sign of deterioration after about 6 weeks at kitchen temperature! Not very heavy croppers but about a sackload off two 15' rows.

A waxy potato so not good for roasting.

but does make a good candle

Lady Christl: I grew these last year and the year before that ... and will do again !!

T&M "uses: new potato / general purpose ... very early, firm, oval, pale yellow tubers,. Good disease resistance including golden eelworm"

... they also taste superb!

Rocket: my second choice.

T&M "uses - new potato / boil .... very early bulking, and heavy cropping variety... almosst round, white skinned tubers. Good all round disease resistance including golden eelworm"

Kestrels get raves on our plots. I like Desiree cos slugs don't and they keep forever, make good chips, mashers, roasters, boilers blah blah

Got a new un this year (freebie like) Yukon Gold free with Cara

Bearing in mind last year was the first time I've grown taters, I was really pleaed with Rocket. I just did one row, but got plenty of spuds and they were lovely and clean with smooth skin and tasted good. Didn't see any sign of disease or being munched either considering all the awful weather. I'm going to do some again this year.

First time I did spuds I grew Rocket, Kestrel and pink fir apple. All were good apart from PFA as Mr B said they tasted weird. He's just a heathen though

them rockets sound good uns

Mr B must be a heathen not to like PFA's

I grew Rockets first year. They were fast and had good texture but I thought they were a bit bland. If I want bland, I can buy it. Different soils might mean different end result though.

Got to have good flavour!

I did some mash the other night with a mixture of Desiree, Moulin Rouge and Picasso. Lovely it was anorl. All storing really well and I think I'll have more than enough to keep me going til the next crop. Wahay That's despite throwing some blightey uns away

Didn't have the lottie last year till late on, so just did a few spuds in the garden. They were Cara and were great! Tasted just like spuds are meant to. I've ordered Swift, Charlotte & Desiree... as well as those free ones, can't remember what they were though.

We had some for Christmas that I'd planted in buckets at the end of july. Think they were emerald vale, something like that, got them from fothergills. Tasted great as well ... still a few left but not many. Cant wait to get planting again

the Swifts will give you the earliest of spuds Charlottes are new spuds and not sposed to keep but I still have a great bag full

Desirees - my fave and keep forever So you're gonna be living on spuds same as me. Had a load tonight roasted after I'd cooked the chicken. Gorgeous

Sounds good to me