Looking for outstanding variety of main crop potato

**Nicos** · 13-04-2015, 04:41 PM

I just grow Charlotte these days.
The Sarpos seem to be the most disease resistant.

Have a look at this newbie.....

Buy late maincrop potato potato 'Sarpo Axona'

**Penellype** · 13-04-2015, 05:36 PM

I agree if you are looking for a disease resistant late crop, the sarpo ones are the way to go. I grew Sarpo Axona a couple of years ago for new potatoes at Christmas, but I planted them a little late due to lack of space so they were very small. Good flavour though - better in my opinion than Sarpo Mira.

**Snadger** · 13-04-2015, 05:59 PM

Different soil types and locations favour different cultivars. Even if you find one with excellent flavour and disease resistance it may not do well in your soil or area

. Best to ask what the 'Old hands' round about ypu grow and capitalize on their experience.

**muddled** · 13-04-2015, 06:29 PM

After not growing maincrop fro several years (apart from 'Winston' last year which were dreadful) I am going back to good old Pink fir apple.
They make the absolute best fat, knobbly chips and roasties!

**Bacchus** · 13-04-2015, 06:52 PM

I keep banging the Arron Victorys drum... my favoutite potato.

**Martin H** · 13-04-2015, 07:19 PM

I've been impressed with Ratte the last couple of years. They are a bit like fir apple only not pink and not as knobbly. Lots and lots of small tubers with a great flavour boiled or as a salad potato. It's quite early to ripen for a maincrop, not far off being a second early, so you get a decent yield even if blight strikes early.

My other maincrop is boring old Cara - lovely large general purpose potatoes and a good yield, fingers crossed.

**Potstubsdustbins** · 13-04-2015, 08:00 PM

For me Picasso, I find it does very well in containers, tastes good to, well to my palate.

**Nicos** · 13-04-2015, 08:19 PM

Ha!....plenty of choice then John???

**polc1410** · 13-04-2015, 08:36 PM

Not sure you 100% defined the requirement.

Is it to be disease resitant? What do you want to do with the spud store yes - but chip, boil, roast, mash etc.

Waxy or Flowery.

**john9159** · 13-04-2015, 09:02 PM

Of course yields are not predictable as blight saw me lifting mine earlier than expected last year. The resulting glut of small potatoes was frustrating and many got thrown away by about the end of January.
In a really good year I have a supply which lasts into March or even April.

**snakeshack** · 14-04-2015, 09:22 AM

although tecnically a 2nd early my vote goes to kestrel,a great tasting spud with a large proportion of big potatoes if left in ,great for baking ,roasting ,chips or mash

**Thelma Sanders** · 14-04-2015, 10:50 AM

Best taste and blight resistance don't seem to go hand in hand.

Best taste I think is Anya (Pink Fir Apple, without the knobbles)

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