Potatoes - O -  Plant Nursery

Potatoes - Mid Season - Atlantic - Org
Organic Atlantic Mid Season Potatoes

Atlantic Organic Potatoes are medium, uniformly-sized oval tubers with white, lightly netted skin and flesh. They have deep eyes and can get large, so three pound spuds are possible. Resistant to late blight and scab. Dependably high yields from large, vigorous, upright-growing plants. Good for Northern gardeners. Atlantic has an attractive appearance and make very tasty fries. Widely adapted, but not recommended for dry sandy soils. Moderate fertilization, close spacing between plants, and proper timing of overhead irrigation will prevent the production of oversized tubers that might have hollow heart.

Potatoes - Early Season - Cal White - Org
Organic Cal White Early Season Potatoes

Cal White Organic Potato is a long white-fleshed potato with brilliant white skin. It produces heavy yields of large potatoes. In fact, Cal White surprised many people by setting new records for potato yields in California tests. It has few tubers per plant and performs well in hot climates; may form heat sprouts under high soil temperatures. Good resistance to growth cracks, second growth, shatter bruises, hollow heart and heat necrosis. Thispotato is excellent for baking and French-frying. Good storability so store them in a cool, dark, dry, well-ventilated place. Don't refrigerate them--doing so converts some of the potato's starch to sugar. And don't expose them to direct sunlight, which turns them green and makes them bitter. Do not store any that are sprouting, green, that have any soft patches, or damage from harvesting etc.

Potatoes - Early Season - Cherry Red - Org
Organic Cherry Red Early Season Potatoes

Cherry Red Organic Potato has small to medium-sized tubers, bright medium to dark-red skin and attractive white flesh. This one is always a good producer and a heavy setter with a "nest" of potatoes, tightly clustered in one place. The potato plants are medium, semi-erect, have stems that are moderately pigmented, and have straight single wings with nodes moderately swollen. Cherry Red consistently sets 8 to 9 tubers per plant and are rather shallow in the hill. Tuberization occurs early and tubers bulk at a very rapid rate early in the season. Cherry Red has good storability with few problems and minimal sprouting. Don't refrigerate them--doing so converts some of the potato's starch to sugar. And don't expose them to direct sunlight, which turns them green and makes them bitter. They will keep about a one to two weeks at room temperature and for several weeks at 45 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit.

Potatoes - Mid Season - Daisy Gold - Org
Organic Daisy Gold Mid Season Potatoes

Daisy Gold Organic Potato is a large to lunker size; long oval shape with smooth yellow skin, dark yellow flesh and shallow eyes. A high yielding variety, it's flaky and moist; excellent for boiling, baking, mashing, and also makes out-of-this-world hash browns! It's a super all-purpose potato and the plant is a vigorous grower. Resistant to nematodes and virus, the crop ripens midseason. It produces purple to lavender blossoms. Potatoes grown for winter use should be harvested after the vines have died and the crop is mature. They should be stored at a temperature of 40 degrees F and relative humidity of 90 to 95 percent in a cool, dry area.

Potatoes - Mid Season - German Butterball - Org
Organic German Butterball Mid Season Potatoes

The German Butterball Organic Potato is a small to medium oblong tuber with smooth, thick, golden and netted skin with butter-yellow flesh. This potato is a real beauty with outstanding taste and flavor; makes great hash browns, fries, and is good for steaming or baking; stores well. It has resistance to viruses and scab but some susceptibility to rhizoctonia. The texture is a bit grainy, but the taste is beyond your imagination! The German Butterball won first place at a Rodale’s Organic Gardening “Taste Off.” The potato is the second most consumed food in the U.S., trailing only milk products. Potatoes are a nutrient-dense food which means that they are rich in nutrients but low in calories.

Potatoes - Late Season - All Blue - Org Hrlm
Organic Heirloom All Blue Late Season Potatoes

The All Blue Organic Heirloom Potato is medium-sized and an extra-late potato with deep blue skin and flesh. This flesh is purple, streaked with white, and its defining characteristic is a white ring beneath the skin. The plant is a tall, robust plant with prolific, vigorous vines. Clusters of blossoms are blue and have yellow-orange anthers with longitudinal blue-purple stripes The rich mealy taste when mashed is enhanced by the color. Inside it's a blue that turns pale when cooked. To keep the color, do not overcook. This potato is very high in antioxidants, especially the skin. High yields. All Blue's were once grown on trial grounds between other varieties to demarcate the division between varieties . It is popular in Scandinavia, especially in Finland, where it is served mashed with sour cream. Terra Chips uses it to make its famous blue potato chips. Store All Blue potatoes in a cool, dark, dry place.

Potatoes - Mid Season - All Red - Org Hrlm
Organic Heirloom All Red Mid Season Potatoes

All Red Organic Heirloom Potato is a medium to extra-large tuber with smooth, brilliant red skin, medium shallow eyes, and pink swirled flesh that retains its color after cooking. Good for steaming or boiling and makes an attractive and unusual potato salad. All Red has a low starch content that makes this variety a good boiling potato for salads or any dish that requires potatoes to retain their shape. Their red skins and intense pink insides get their color from the same antioxidants found in blueberries. It is considered the best producing red-fleshed, red-skinned variety. All Red's earliness and high yield capacity makes it perfect for an unusual “new” potato, or medium to extra-large full size potatoes. The potato is a cool-season vegetable that ranks with wheat and rice as one of the most important staple crops in the human diet around the world.

Potatoes - Fingerling - Austrian Crescent - Org Hrlm
Organic Heirloom Austrian Crescent Fingerling Potatoes

Austrian Crescent Organic Heirloom Potato is so delicious it sells out fast, so order early! It has smooth, yellow-tan skin and light yellow flesh with medium depth eyes. Austrian Crescent has prolific yields that run as long as 10", some weigh as much as 7 oz. They have excellent salad qualities; firm and waxy, and also delicious simply boiled or steamed. The only downside to this one is it has a bit of a bitter skin, so peel and steam, or serve chilled in salads. The Austrian Crescent is a good potato for boiling or steaming, providing a cream colored flesh that goes well in salads or side dishes. This potato may have a small crescent shape, or also be somewhat straight in appearance. Store unwashed fingerlings at room temperature in a dark, cool, airy location, such as in a basket or open paper bag. Do not store in a sealed plastic bag.

Potatoes - Late Season - Bintje - Org Hrlm
Organic Heirloom Bintje Late Season Potatoes

The Bintje Organic Heirloom Potato is long and oval with pale yellow skin and creamy, yellow smooth flesh. It is a flavorful, all-purpose potato and a true waxy yellow potato that is very versatile to cook with. Bintje has good keeping characteristics and disease resistance. This potato can grow anywhere and provides high yields. Originating in 1911 in Holland, it is a yellow Finnish type. It has thick, green foliage that grows from a single stem. The tubers grow directly under the plant for 2 feet and the yield per plant is 2 to 5 pounds. Today Bintje potatoes are the most widely grown yellow-fleshed potato in the world. Gardeners appreciate Bintje’s productivity and its tolerance to a wide range of soils.

Potatoes - Fingerling - Butterfinger/Peanut - Org Hrlm
Organic Heirloom Butterfinger / Peanut Fingerling Potatoes

The Butterfinger/Peanut Organic Heirloom Potato is crescent shaped with lightly russeted thin skin and nutty-tasting yellow flesh. Very firm when cooked; the pieces hold their shape in potato salads. Also flavorful when lightly steamed or boiled and then sauteed into stir fries. Relatively high starch content for a fingerling. Potatoes are one of the best known all-around bundles of nutrition due to their balanced and available protein content. Store potatoes in a dark, cool and dry place.

Potatoes - Early Season - Caribe - Org Hrlm
Organic Heirloom Caribe Early Season Potatoes

Caribe Organic Heirloom Potatoes are large with lavender skin and white flesh; good boiled, steamed or mashed. The snow white flesh makes beautiful, fluffy mashed potatoes. This very early variety is a must for every garden. Caribe is an excellent new potato and does well as a frying or baking potato too. A superb yielder, Caribé will produce well in a variety of soils, but this potato is not a good keeper. It is resistant to heat, drought, scab and storage rot. Ideal for the home garden and grows almost anywhere. Don't refrigerate them--doing so converts some of the potato's starch to sugar. And don't expose them to direct sunlight, which turns them green and makes them bitter. When storing, make sure the temperature in the area is about 45 to 50 degrees F.

Potatoes - Mid Season - Dark Red Norland - Org Hrlm
Organic Heirloom Dark Red Norland Mid Season Potatoes

The Dark Red Norland Organic Heirloom Potato is a deep red, with almost burgundy skin, shallow eyes, and white flesh. Always good in potato salad, it keeps well, has good disease resistance and moderate scab resistance. Dark Red Norland is easy to grow with consistent yields of beautiful round red tubers from large to small. Steam or boil some of these for those first early meals straight from the garden. It is resistant to scab; fair storage. Purplish-blue flowers bloom on this medium-sized plant. This potato stores well, even though it has a short dormancy. The red skin fades to pink in storage! If you don't have a cellar, a cool basement, spare room, or insulated garage will be good for storage. Do not store potatoes with apples or other fruit.

Potatoes - Late Season - Desiree - Org Hrlm
Organic Heirloom Desiree Late Season Potatoes

The Desiree Organic Heirloon Potato is long and oval with rose colored skin, creamy yellow flesh and easy-to-peel eyes. It has a gourmet quality with a distinct pronounced flavor. Desiree is a good all around potato; excellent in salads. It can also be used to make great roast potatoes and chips, creamy mashed potatoes and wedges. Desiree is also sold as a baking potato. It is disease-resistant but susceptible to leaf blight. This prolific producer is quite popular in Europe. It has a high resistance to drought and good resistance to potato virus. The Desiree potato plant is of a medium height and spread, with a number of pigmented stems. The leaf is blue/green open and pigmented.

Potatoes - Fingerling - French Fingerling - Org Hrlm
Organic Heirloom French Fingerling Potatoes

The French Fingerling Organic Heirloom Potato is of gourmet quality with smooth red skin and yellow flesh. There is usually a little pink/red ring just under the skin. It is a tender potato, and the skin is so delicate that peeling is not necessary or recommended. It is versatile and good for any style of preparation. The French Fingerling produces good-quality, medium to large sized tubers, which are a great addition to any plate. These tubers have become a mainstay on menus at chic restaurants. Their unique flavor is part of the pleasure, and their hold-together texture is enticing, too. Store unwashed fingerlings at room temperature in a dark, cool, airy location, such as in a basket or open paper bag. Do not store in a sealed plastic bag. It is rumored that this fingerling arrived in this country in a horse’s feedbag!

Potatoes - Early Season - Irish Cobbler - Org Hrlm
Organic Heirloom Irish Cobbler Early Season Potatoes

Irish Cobbler Organic Heirloom Potato is a well respected heirloom that has white skin with deep eyes and mealy white flesh. It has a slightly flattened, oblong shape and is a good masher. The major advantages of Irish Cobbler are its earliness, culinary quality, and it is hard to beat as a general purpose potato! It is resistant to mosaic and susceptible to scab. Producing consistent yields, it can be grown anywhere. The plants are medium in size, erect to spreading. Stems are thick to medium and are prominently angled. Don't refrigerate them--doing so converts some of the potato's starch to sugar. And don't expose them to direct sunlight, which turns them green and makes them bitter. Avoid storing potatoes with onions because, when close together, they produce gases that spoil both. Store potatoes in a cool, dark, well ventilated area.

Potatoes - Mid Season - Kennebec - Org Hrlm
Organic Heirloom Kennebec Mid Season Potatoes

The Kennebec Organic Heirloom Potato is large and oblong with smooth pale yellow skin, shallow eyes, and white flesh. Can be used for fries, hash browns and many other uses - even without peeling. It is one of the best keepers. Kennebec is resistant to blight, late blight, mosaic, and net necrosis. Heavy yields on most soils makes this a great potato in the North. This plant sunburns easily. It is becoming a well known restaurant potato. Kennebec is just beginning to get its due and being noticed by better restaurateurs. It is a nice oval potato so it is more attractive on the plate than some other irregularly-shaped ones. It is an easily-grown main crop potato, and the plant has a high and dependable yield of large potatoes. It resists blight and other diseases well, and the potatoes winter very well for a long storage time. It’s important that the air can circulate to as much of the potato as possible.

Potatoes - Mid Season - Kerr's Pink - Org Hrlm
Organic Heirloom Kerr's Pink Mid Season Potatoes

Kerr's Pink Organic Heirloom Potato is an old Irish variety introduced in 1917. The Kerr's Pink are round tubers with pink blushed beige skin, darker pink eyes of medium depth and white flesh. The flowers are white on this medium spreading plant. Kerr's Pink has a texture that the Irish call “floury”; that is, not really mealy like a russet, but drier than most varieties. This is a great salad potato but also used roasted, boiled, and since it’s delicately creamy, lends itself well to mashing. In Ireland, potatoes are never peeled ; but washed and put in water which is then brought to a boil. 2/3 of the water is then poured off and the potatoes are allowed to steam. Superb flavor! When stored properly, potatoes can last for 3-6 months. It is best to store them in a cool, dry, dry area.

Potatoes - Mid Season - Red La Soda - Org Hrlm
Organic Heirloom Red La Soda Mid Season Potatoes

The Red La Soda Organic Heirloom Potato has a smooth, red skin, deep eyes, white flesh and good for boiling baking or salads. It is one of the best storing reds; keeps well into June. Tolerates high temperatures but is susceptible to disease; excellent harvests and high yield potential. Developed for Southern growers, but can be good in the South and North for first-early market potatoes. Red La Soda is a deep red mutant of La Soda, a variety developed by the Louisiana potato breeding program in 1948. La Soda was selected from a cross between Triumph and Katahdin. This potato is primarily grown in the southeastern U.S. It is harvested in the winter months as a fresh market variety. Specific gravity tends to be low, thereby making the tubers well suited for boiling. Red La Soda's red color tends to fade during long-term storage.

Potatoes - Early Season - Red Norland - Org Hrlm
Organic Heirloom Red Norland Early Season Potatoes

The Red Norland Organic Heirloom potatoes are medium to large tubers with smooth, thin, red skin and shallow eyes. Its flesh is white and has great flavor. This potato has good storage with moderate resistance to scab. It provides high yields and was developed at North Dakota State University for northern climates. These compact plants are ideal for small gardens. Red Norlands are one of the earliest maturing potatoes that are a top quality for cooking. It is best to fertilize at planting time and mound the soil over the row as plants emerge to protect tubers from turning green in the sun. Harvest after tops turn yellow. They can be stored at 40-50 degrees F. If temperature is cooler, it turns starch to sugar, and warmer temps may cause them to sprout. Potato is a cool-season vegetable that ranks with wheat and rice as one of the most important staple crops in the human diet around the world.

Potatoes - Mid Season - Red Pontiac - Org Hrlm
Organic Heirloom Red Pontiac Mid Season Potatoes

Red Pontiac Organic Heirloom Potato is the number one red every year! This potato is large and round with thin, dark-red skin, deep eyes and crisp white flesh. Top-notch mashing potato and can be boiled, but not good baked. This all-purpose potato does well even in heavy soils. It is ready early to midseason, is heat tolerant, long-storing, and high-yielding. Note: skin is so thin, allow one to two weeks to cure and firm after the vines die back. The potato is a cool-season vegetable that ranks with wheat and rice as one of the most important staple crops in the human diet around the world. Store potatoes in dark, cool and dry place.

Potatoes - Fingerling - Rose Finn Apple - Org Hrlm
Organic Heirloom Rose Finn Apple Fingerling Potatoes

Rose Finn Apple Organic Potato is one of the best tasting fingerlings. It is medium-sized, well clustered with beautiful rosy-buff skin and deep yellow flesh . This potato is excellent for potato salad or roasted over the coals. Rose Finn Apple potatoes are long-keepers with vigorous vines, so be careful not to overcrowd. Tubers set near the surface, so hill well to avoid greening and frost damage. Maintain fertility and water carefully. This heirloom is a favorite among fingerling fans, and its exquisite flavor and cooking qualities set it apart. Store unwashed fingerlings at room temperature in a dark, cool, airy location, such as in a basket or open paper bag. A sealed plastic bag is not good for potato storage since it will collect too much moisture.

Potatoes - Mid Season - Russet Burbank - Org Hrlm
Organic Heirloom Russet Burbank Mid Season Potatoes

Russet Burbank Organic Heirloom Potato has a russet colored skin, shallow eyes, and white flesh that is characteristic of this long-oval russet. This potato is great when baked, fried or boiled. It is long-storing and scab-resistant but needs a consistent moisture supply. Russet Burbank is the most widely grown potato in the U.S. originating from Luther Burbank's early plant breeding. A late maturing variety, it requires a 140 to 150 day growing season to produce maximum yields and quality. Russet Burbank's plants are vigorous, spreading, and have an indeterminate type of growth. The stems are thick, prominently angled and finely mottled. Its leaflets are long, medium in width and light to medium green in color. The blossoms are few, white and not fertile.

Potatoes - Early Season - Russet Norkotah - Org Hrlm
Organic Heirloom Russet Norkotah Early Season Potatoes

The Russet Norkotah Organic Heirloom potato is smooth, has a red-brown skin with shallow eyes, and its flesh is white. It out-produces other russets in percentage of uniform potatoes. Russet Norkotah is excellent for baking, frying or boiling. Its primary use is for the fresh market, and it is particularly suited for baking. It is widely adapted in North America. This potato is good for a small garden, it provides dependable yields, keeps well, and is scab-resistant. This plant is fast emerging with a medium, slightly upright vine and white flowers; it has a determinate growth habit with a shallow, concentrated root system. This cultivar is not considered a long-term storage potato. It should be marketed by mid-March because tuber dehydration can result in pressure bruises and blackspot development.

Potatoes - Early Season - Viking Purple - Org Hrlm
Organic Heirloom Viking Purple Early Season Potatoes

Viking Purple Organic Heirloom Potato has a very large, smooth, dark purple skin and pure white flesh. Its excellent flavor is great for mashing, and it is quickly gaining the reputation of a great tasting, slightly sweet, general purpose potato. Viking Purple is very early, has good storage and is drought resistant. Average tubers are 3½ - 4" in diameter, but in a good year it can produce even larger tubers. This variety produces what some call “lunkers”, large oversize potatoes, so plant close to control size. This small-to-medium spreading plant has some resistance to leafhoppers. This high-yielding potato was developed at North Dakota State University in 1962. Don't refrigerate them--doing so converts some of the potato's starch to sugar. And don't expose them to direct sunlight, which turns them green and makes them bitter. They should be kept in a cool dry area, away from light; a cellar is ideal.

Potatoes - Early Season - Warba "Pink Eye" - Org Hrlm
Organic Heirloom Warba "Pink Eye" Early Season Potatoes

The Warba "Pink Eye" Organic Heirloom Potato has uniform oval tubers with very smooth golden skin and white flesh. It has a delicious flavor steamed, boiled or fried. Warba "Pink Eye" are great keepers and scab-resistant. Plant extra early and achieve high yields. This potato is excellent for short-season areas. Don't refrigerate them--doing so converts some of the potato's starch to sugar. And don't expose them to direct sunlight, which turns them green and makes them bitter. Potatoes sprout as a result of exposure to light or warm temperatures, so store in a cool, dry, dark area.

Potatoes - Late Season - Yellow Finn - Org Hrlm
Organic Heirloom Yellow Finn Late Season Potatoes

The Yellow Finn Organic Heirloom Potato has an unusual pear shape with deep yellow-tan skin and waxy yellow flesh. It has a butter-like taste that's good boiled, baked, fried or included in soups. When you taste this buttery taste of the Yellow Finn, you will truly understand why in Europe it is considered a gourmet potato. It needs the lush, long season of the maritime Northwest to really perform. With even moisture, it will continue to yield until frost kills. It matures mid to late season depending on how large you want it. One way to insure good yield is to reduce the amount of nitrogen available to the plant. This potato is the number 1 yellow; best-selling late season variety. Being an excellent keeper, store in a dark, cool and dry place.

Potatoes - Mid Season - Island Sunshine - Org
Organic Island Sunshine Mid Season Potatoes

Island Sunshine Organic Potato was developed in the PEI's. It originated from an open pollinated cross between "Irene" and an unknown male parent found by E. & G. Loo in Kensington, Prince Edward Island, in 1984. Its production may surpass Yukon Gold. The tubers do not "ramble" like Yellow Finns. Best described as "all purpose" and most resistant of all to late blight. The Island Sunshine plant is of medium height, spreading; stems weakly pigmented; wings not prominent; and medium to strongly swollen nodes. Island Sunshine is a medium to high yielding variety; good storability; long dormancy period. Store them in a cool, dark, dry, well-ventilated place. Don't refrigerate them--doing so converts some of the potato's starch to sugar. And don't expose them to direct sunlight, which turns them green and makes them bitter.

Potatoes - Late Season - Nooksack - Org
Organic Nooksack Late Season Potatoes

The Nooksack Organic Potato is oblong with russet skin and moist white flesh. It is well suited for frozen French fry production but can also be used in the fresh market. It is very good baked or mashed, stores well, and is disease-resistant. Nooksack was developed for high yields in coastal northwest Washington State. This potato grows well where the days are warm and the nights cool. The foliage is broad-leafed and attractive. It is known for heavy yields of excellent baking potatoes. Being an excellent keeper, store in a dark, cool and dry place.

Potatoes - Mid Season - Purple Majesty - Org
Organic Purple Majesty Mid Season Potatoes

Purple Majesty Organic Potato is an oblong, mid season potato with smooth dark purple skin. It is an almost solid purple inside unlike All Blue. This potato has a very good table quality and makes a great blue potato salad. Purple Majesty was developed last year by Colorado growers using natural cross-breeding techniques that somehow resulted in a superspud containing amazing high amounts of antioxidants, so this potato is actually very good for you! Purple Majesty's oblong tubers also make stunning chips or fries. It is resistant to most viruses, but susceptible to fusarium dry rot. Ideal for early market or summer eating; good for short-term storage only. Storing potatoes at a temperature of 45-50 degrees Fahrenheit, will encourage the longest length of dormancy.

Potatoes - Early Season - Red Gold - Org
Organic Red Gold Early Season Potatoes

The Red Gold Organic Potato is round and has medium-size tubers with pale orange-red skin and yellow semi-moist flesh. The stems are medium green with some reddish pigment speckled on it; slight straight wings. This potato has a wonderful flavor and tastes excellent cooked any way. Resistant to disease and drought but does not do well with over-watering. Red Gold is a medium yielding variety; high number of tubers per plant; medium-small size; short dormancy; medium specific gravity. Don't refrigerate them--doing so converts some of the potato's starch to sugar. And don't expose them to direct sunlight, which turns them green and makes them bitter. Potatoes will last longer in a cool, dark, dry area.

Potatoes - Fingerling - Red Thumb - Org
Organic Red Thumb Fingerling Potatoes

The Red Thumb Organic Potato is somewhat new and rather rare with its one-of-a-kind brilliant-red skin and reddish-pink flesh. Cut a tuber in half and you can really see the thumb outlined in red color. The medium to long tubers have very shallow eyes and come out of the ground clean as a whistle. This fingerling is very uniformly shaped and produces prolific yields, and it isn't as starchy as some potato varieties. It is very well suited to the restaurant trade, and the uniformity of this particular potato makes it a favorite among chefs. Red Thumb potato is good for roasting, frying, or boiled. Store unwashed fingerlings at room temperature in a dark, cool, airy location, such as in a basket or open paper bag. It is recommended that you do not store in a sealed plastic bag.

Potatoes - Fingerling - Russian Banana - Org
Organic Russian Banana Fingerling Potatoes

The Russian Banana Organic Potato was developed in the Baltic region of Northeastern Europe. It is a medium sized, yellow, banana-shaped, waxy-type tuber with a firm texture. It is great baked, boiled and steamed, so this makes Russian Banana an all purpose, excellent potato. Having heavy yields, this potato also has an excellent resistance to disease. This is a mainstay fingerling that is sold to lots of growers who supply the restaurant business. Store unwashed fingerlings at room temperature in a dark, cool, airy location, such as in a basket or open paper bag. Do not store in a sealed plastic bag.

Potatoes - Mid Season - Sangre - Org
Organic Sangre Mid Season Potatoes

Sangre Organic Potato has round to oblong tubers that maintain good red color for a long time in storage. This variety is especially useful for harvesting lots of new, early small potatoes. For Market Gardeners, this is an excellent variety. The remarkable thing about the Sangre is the incredible creamy texture of the flesh. Although it looks like a waxy potato, the Sangre is intermediate between a waxy and a starch potato. It has a medium and spreading vine, is a determinate type, produces lavender flowers, and has a moderate to shallow concentrated root system. Since its emergence is slow, make sure seed is warmed prior to planting. These round to oblong tubers maintain a strong red color for a long time in storage. Potato is a cool-season vegetable that ranks with wheat and rice as one of the most important staple crops in the human diet around the world.

Potatoes - Mid Season - Shepody - Org
Organic Shepody Mid Season Potatoes

Shepody Organic Potatoe consistently throw lunkers. It looks like a baker but with white skin. This potato is widely grown for french fries since it is the right shape and has the right moisture content. It is also good for boiling or baking. To win the prize at the fair, grow this one! It ranks number three in USA potato production. The Shepody is adapted for Canada's short growing season. Thanks to its high yield and relatively early maturing, the Shepody potato has captured a large part of North American french fry production. The Shepody had good storage quality, needs through-the-pile ventilation, and has high specific gravity. Store potatoes in dark, cool and dry place.

Potatoes - Early Season - Yukon Gold - Org
Organic Yukon Gold Early Season Potatoes

Yukon Gold Organic Potato is a smooth, round tuber with yellow skin and flesh, and has a pink coloring around its shallow eyes. The stems are purplish but are more green in the upper portion of the plant. This potato has an excellent flavor when baked, boiled or made into salads or fries; too moist for hash browns. If you like your fried potatoes golden brown, Yukon gold will almost turn that color by themselves! It is a moderate keeper, and drought-tolerant. The Yukon Gold potato is very popular and if you have never tried a yellow fleshed potato, this one is a must. Don't refrigerate them--doing so converts some of the potato's starch to sugar. And don't expose them to direct sunlight, which turns them green and makes them bitter. Store in a cool, dark, dry place. A root cellar, if you have one, is the best storage