Seed Potato Guide
How to use the guide
- Choose a cropping type or search for a variety by name.
- Select one or more cooking uses. A variety must be suitable for every selected use.
Anya
Second EarliesAvailable to pre-order
Anya is a speciality variety. Scottish bred, this potato is a cross between the varieties Desiree and Pink Fir Apple, the modern version of the 'old fashioned' salad potato. It has a…
Caledonian Rose
MaincropAvailable to pre-order
Attractive red skin, oval in shape and pale yellow flesh. Good all-rounder cooking qualities. Fair resistance to blight and scab and good resistance to eelworm.
Charlotte
Second EarliesAvailable to pre-order
Charlotte is now the most popular salad potato in the UK. Tubers of Charlotte are long with a yellow skin and firm yellow waxy flesh that make it a superb salad potato.…
Desiree
MaincropAvailable to pre-order
Desiree produce oval red skinned tubers with pale yellow flesh. Heavy cropper and early bulking. High resistance to drought & good resistance to potato virus Y and powdery scab. Susceptible to potato…
Estima
Second EarliesAvailable to pre-order
Estima seed potatoes are commonly the 'baking potato' of choice sold in most supermarkets, and produce heavy crops of large oval tubers with light yellow skin and flesh.
Foremost
First EarliesAvailable to pre-order
When Foremost was first added to the national variety list in 1954 it was called Suttons Foremost. This variety was a instant hit with gardeners who liked its excellent flavour and resistance…
International Kidney
First EarliesAvailable to pre-order
This supreme early salad variety - has a wonderfully distinct flavour and texture. International Kidney seed potatoes produce high yields of oval, smooth-skinned, yellow-fleshed tubers that are perfect for boiling and using…
Java
MaincropAvailable to pre-order
Java is a red skinned main crop with excellent blight resistance. Bred from Sarpo Mira and Valor, Java will produce a plentiful crop with good eating qualities making it an excellent choice…
Jazzy
Second EarliesAvailable to pre-order
Jazzy potatoes are truly exceptional. With their distinct, smooth pale yellow skins and unique, buttery flavor, they not only stand out in appearance but also deliver an extraordinary culinary experience. Their waxy,…
Kestrel
Second EarliesAvailable to pre-order
A smashing variety for roasting and chipping, as it does not absorb too much oil. The healthy plants are double eelworm-resistant and have good resistance to slugs and blackleg. The long, white…
King Edward
MaincropAvailable to pre-order
King Edward are probably the most famous potato on the market, they are known for their excellent cooking and taste qualities. Once cooked they rarely discolour and offer a broad range of…
Lady Christl
First EarliesAvailable to pre-order
‘Lady Christl’ will produce a bumper crop of medium-sized, disease resistant waxy tubers, ideal for boiling as a new potato and serving in salads.
Marfona
Second EarliesAvailable to pre-order
Marfona is a high yielding variety which produces consistent large crops of waxy baking type potatoes. Tubers are oval in shape with a light yellow skin and cream coloured flesh.
Maris Piper
MaincropAvailable to pre-order
Maris Piper is the choice of the chip shops. It is the cooking and frying qualities of Piper that made this potato stand out from the rest and today it is still…
Nadine
Second EarliesAvailable to pre-order
Nadine was the first successful variety that was bred by Jack Dunnett as an independent breeder. Very shallow eyes with high yields have made this variety a popular showbench winner at all…
Pentland Javelin
First EarliesAvailable to pre-order
Pentland Javelin were bred by a young Jack Dunnett back in 1968. For years they have been considered to be one of the finest first earlies that you can grow. Javelin produces…
Picasso
MaincropAvailable to pre-order
Picasso tubers are round to oval in shape with white smooth skins and pink eyes. This is now a popular variety for allotment growers due to its high disease resistance. With Cara…
Premiere
First EarliesAvailable to pre-order
Premiere potatoes are oval to round in shape with shallow eyes. Introduced in 1979 Premiere is popular due to its great all round disease resistance to blight, common scab, powdery scab, spraing…
Red Duke of York
First EarliesAvailable to pre-order
Red Duke of York are a heritage variety from 1942. The first Red Duke was said to be found in a crop of White Dukes in Holland. Red skinned tubers with shallow…
Rocket
First EarliesAvailable to pre-order
Rocket seed potatoes when first released in 1987 were the quickest bulking of all early potatoes. Rockets ability to grow large crops of uniformed round tubers made it very popular. Considered to…
Setanta
MaincropAvailable to pre-order
Setanta is a great variety for the allotment grower. It has a reasonably smooth red skin with yellow flesh. Tubers are oval in shape and have shallow eyes. Excellent blight resistance and…
Valor
MaincropAvailable to pre-order
Valor seed potatoes show great levels of blight resistance matched with the ability to produce large crops of bold white tubers.