Potato varieties for Potato Day 2026
Maris Bard (Organic)
First early — plant around late March
A cream skinned and white fleshed oval tuber variety. Produces a medium waxy potato which holds its shape making it good for boiling and chipping, and a delight in salads.
A fast growing and high yielding crop can be expected with a plant of berries and violet flowers.
Good for:
Boiling
Chips
Salad
Charlotte (Organic)
Second early — plant in early to mid-April
Charlotte is best known for its culinary excellence, of course it is French.
Best eaten fresh as a salad it can be stored up till Christmas.
It is noted for good resistance against slugs and common scab leading to good appearance.
Charlotte potatoes have a fresh flavour which tastes great either hot or cold.
They are ideally boiled as part of a salad as they hold their shape well and can even be roasted whole.
Good for:
Boiling
Roasting
Gatsby (Organic)
Early main crop — plant in early April to early May
Gatsby has long oval tubers with white skin and cream flesh. It produces a high yield of tubers and it is an ideal baking variety.
It is a cross between Saxon and Valor. Good all round disease resistance.
Good for:
Baking
Roasting
Sarpo Una (Organic)
Early main crop — plant in mid-April to early May
Multipurpose variety which can produce nice waxy salad potatoes if harvested early or can be left in ground for a heavy crop of baking potatoes. It has good resistance to late blight as well as a range of other diseases
Good for:
Baking
Boiling
All Purpose
Salad
Cara (Organic)
Main crop — plant in mid-April to early May
One of the best hardy growers, the tubers are white and round with shallow pink eyes.
Gardeners love Cara for its high levels of resistance to drought, blight, common scab and viruses.
Good for:
Baking
Chipping
Sunset (Organic)
Main crop — plant in mid-April to early May
New variety in our range as a replacement for our favourite Desiree. Sunset produces long oval tubers with deep red skin and creamy flesh. Great for gardeners as it has really high yields. Perfect for mashing, boiling and roasting.
Good for:
Boiling
Roast
Mash
Golden Wonder (Organic)
Main crop — plant in mid-April to early May
A brown rough skinned tuber bred in Arbroath, Scotland. A heavy cropper with good pest resistance.
This potato has a very high dry matter, which can easily register over 25% which makes it ideal for chipping.
This potato benefits from the best flavour developing a few months after lifting.
Making it ideal for the small grower who wishes to harvest and enjoy the rewards gradually.
Good for:
Chipping
Roasting
Wedges
Nicola (Non-organic)
Second Early — plant in early to mid-April
Variety which produces a high number of well-shaped oval tubers with yellow skin and yellow flesh. It has a high resistance to common and powdery scab. Great for boiling and wedges as well.
Good for:
Boiling
Salad
Wedges
King Edward (Non-organic)
Main Crop — plant in mid-April to early May
King Edward is one of the oldest of the UK potato varieties dating back to its introduction in the UK during 1902. The reason that it still exists today is because of its excellent taste, good keeping properties and above average disease resistance. Good resistance to common scab, powdery scab. Medium dry matter with good cooking quality, flavour and frying colour.
This variety was introduced to the market in 1902 by John Butler in Lincolnshire. It was the same year as the coronation of King Edward VII, hence the name.
Good for:
Baking
Boiling
Chips
Roast
Mash
Wedges
Maris Piper (Non-organic)
Main Crop — plant in mid-April to early May
The Maris Piper has a golden skin and creamy white flesh with a fluffy texture. This makes it a versatile all rounder, great for chips and roast potatoes, but also good for mash and wedges.
Maris Pipers have a high dry matter content which is what gives them their fabulous fluffiness. This makes them perfect for roast potatoes but they need timing when parboiling for the textured surface which creates a wonderful crispy, crunchy outer.
Good for:
All Purpose
Roasting
Wedges
Mash
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