Potato Day 2026 will be on Saturday 7th February, 2026, 10am-1pm at Bowburn Community Centre, DH6 5AT

We have ordered a range of varieties of seed potato, many of them organic, for sale in quantities from a single tuber upwards. The varieties listed below have been ordered from our supplier but delivery may be subject to availability.

First Early

Casablanca – Good for all uses from boiling and chipping to mash and roasting.

Colleen – High disease and pest resistance, good for baking and chips as well as being an excellent new potato

Pentland Javelin – Good boiled salad potato, with good all-round disease resistance to common scab and blackleg

Red Duke of York – Great flavour when mashed with ample amounts of butter

Second Early

Charlotte – Good as a salad potato, it can be stored up till Christmas and is noted for good resistance against slugs and common scab

Jacky – A new variety with strong late blight resistance. Great for salads and wedges

Nicola – Has a high resistance to common and powdery scab. Great for boiling and wedges

Ratte – A classic French variety, delicious when boiled or steamed

Early Main

Alouette – Great flavour, can be cooked any way you choose and has the benefit of excellent blight resistance.

Orla – Can be used for most cooking methods – from baking and mashing to chips, boiling and roasting. Has high blight and scab resistance

Main

Cara – High levels of resistance to drought, blight, common scab and viruses, good for baking and chips

Heidi Red – Tubers with bright red skin and flesh, good for salads and boiled potatoes

King Edward – excellent taste, good keeping properties, good resistance to common scab, powdery scab.

Sarpo Mira – One of the most blight resistant varieties available, ideal for baking and roasting

Setanta – High resistance to blight and blackleg, good for baking, boiling, roasting, and chips.

Valor – Can grow in all types of conditions, has high resistance to blight and viruses and also high yields, an all-round variety that can be used for boiling, mashing, baking, roasting, and chips