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COMMENTS
1st EARLY POTATOES
Swift  Short stems
Rocket
Earliest crops under  fleece.
 Plant  March if  mild.
2nd EARLY POTATOES
Karlena       Best tasting tatie, Floury
Red Duke of York  floury, red skin, white flesh
Edzell Blue
B.skin, floury, white flesh
Plant  March if  mild
MAIN CROP POTATOES
Sante
 E. maincrop
Red Cara
 L. maincrop
Arran Victory
 Blue skin, white flesh
Plant April
SALAD POTATOES
Charlotte
 2nd early
Roseval
Pink skin, yellow flesh
Nicola
 E maincrop
Waxy flesh. Plant April
Long potato DORMANCY
Arran consul
 E. Maincrop
Axona
 L. Maincrop
Plant April  
HERITAGE POTATOES
Shetland black Floury, black ring.  Early, tasty
Highland burgundy red
Floury, red inside
Salad Blue
Blue right through, but bland.
Smaller crops, less disease resistance, especially blight.
 To retain colour, microwave or steam.
JERUSALEM
 ARTICHOKES
Fuseau
Tubers are edible. Relative of sunflower, grows 2 m high.
SHALLOT SETS
Pikant
Red Sun
Golden Gourmet
Lift & Dry when leaves brown
ONION SETS
Red Baron
Sturon

Lift & Dry when leaves brown.
GARLIC CLOVES
Long keeper
Giant White
Plant Sept/Oct Absolutely hardy
ELEPHANT GARLIC
Heads are as large as a Man’s fist. Will store for over a year. Slice or roast. Usually disease free. Related to Leek, mild Garlic flavour. Plant Sept/Oct. Absolutely hardy.
   My  choice  of   potatoes  for  taste,  texture, disease and slug resistance.
To  retain  colour  and taste, only microwave, bake or steam potatoes.

VARIETIES  OF  TUBERS  AND  SETS