1st EARLY |
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Name |
Maturity |
Shape |
Skin |
Flesh |
General |
| Arran Banner | 70-80 days | Oval round | Pale yellow | White | Excellent for boiling and roasting |
| Cliff Kidney | 80-90 days | Kidney | White | White | Waxy potato, good for boiling, salads, casseroles and soups, with excellent flavour |
| Jersey Bennes | 80-90 days | Oval | White | White | Waxy potato, good for boiling, salads, casseroles, soups, and mashing. Medium crop. |
| Liseta | 70-80 days | Medium | White | Creamy Yellow | Firm cooking waxy potato, good for boiling, salad, casserole, soup and roasting. High yield |
| Maris Anchor | 90-100 days | Oval | White | White | Excellent as an early boiling potato, also suitable for roasting. Keeps well. |
| Rocket | 60-70 days. | Oval | White | White | Great boiling and roasting potato. Good yield |
| Swift | 60-70 days | Round | White | Cream | Waxy. Great boiling and roasting potato. |
| 2nd EARLY / MAIN | |||||
| Allura | 80-90 days | Round | White | White | Firm cooking waxy potato, good for boiling, salads, casseroles, soups and roasting. High yield |
| Heather | 80-90 days | Long Oval | Purple | White | Great boiling and roasting potato |
| Highlander | 80-90 days. | Oval | White | White | Waxy potato. Great for boiling, salads, casseroles and soups. Lovely tasting and high yield |
| Ilam Hardy | 70-80 days. | Oval | White | White | Waxy potato, good for boiling, salads, casseroles and soups. High yielder |
| Karaka | 80-90 days | Medium-Large Oval | White | White | Firm cooking waxy potato, good for boiling, salads, casseroles, soups and roasting. High yield |
| Nadine | 80-90 days | Round | White | White | Waxy. Excellent as an early boiling potato, also suitable for roasting. |
| Osprey | 90-100 days | Oval | White with red eyes | Cream | Good all purpose potato |
| Purple Heart | 80-90 days | Medium Oval | Purple | Purple | Firm cooking waxy potato, good for boiling, salads, casseroles, soups and roasting. High yield. High in antioxidents |
| Purple Passion | 70-80 days | Oval long, shallow | Purple | Cream to very pale yellow | Excellent cooking qualities, great for boiling and chipping. Holds firm on cooking |
| Rudolph | 90-100 days. | Large | Red | White | Floury potato. High yield |
| MAIN CROP | |||||
| Name | Maturity | Shape | Skin | Flesh | General |
| Agria | 90-100 days. | Large Long Oval | Cream | Yellow | Floury potato, suitable for boiling, mashing, baking, wedges, and great for chips. High yield. Excellent storage |
| Desiree | 90-100 days | Round | Pink | Cream | Good for all general cooking, great to microwave |
| Moonlight | 90-100 days. | Large to Very large. Round | White | White | Good all purpose, cooks well as a boiling and chipping potato. High yield. Medium term storage |
| Pink Fir Apple | 110-130 days | Long Knobbly | Pink Blush | Cream | Also know as Fingerling Potato. Has a nutty flavour. Great for boiling. Roasting in Jackets. Salads |
| Red King | 100-120 days | Oval | Red | White | Good all round cooking potato, with excellent flavour |
| Red Rascal | 90-100 days | Oval | Very Red | White | Floury potato that is good for all purpose cooking. Suitable to be grown organically |
| Rua | 100 days | Round | Fine White | White | Good all rounder for roasting and boiling. Keeps well |
| Van Rosa | 90-100 days | Round | Very Red | White | Good all purpose potato great for boiling and roasting |
Maori Potatoes
Name |
Maturity |
Shape |
Skin |
Flesh |
General |
| Huakaroro | 120 days | Oval | Cream | Cream | Buttery taste. Waxy when young, Fluffy when mature. Good boiling and chips. Excellent keeper |
| Karoro | 120 days | Round/Oval | Cream | Cream | Salad potato. Great hangi potato |
| Karuparera | 120 days | Round | Dark Purple | Cream | Good for salad and boiling |
| Kowiniwini | 120 days | Round | Deep purple with white blotches | Cream | Waxy. Boiling. Nutty flavour |
| Moemoe | 120-130 days | Medium Round/Oval | Light Purple and Cream | Cream | Good boiling and baking. Fantastic mashed with butter and parsley. Best eaten directly after harvest |
| Paraketia | Oval | Purple | Cream with purple streaks | Boiling, steaming or hangi | |
| Peru Peru | Oblong | Purple with white splotches | Creamy white | Multipurpose potato. Great for chips | |
| Urenika | Long | Dark purple | purple | Prolific cropper. Great mashed | |
| Uwhi | Large Round | Light pink | Heavy cropper | ||
| Waiporoporo | 110 days | Round/Oval | Multicoloured | White | Great tasting boiling potato |
| Whataroa | Oblong | Light Brown with purple patches | Cream with purple | Oven bake. Chips. Roasting |
