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Additional Potato and Sweet Potato Plant Profiles

Gardening Guide: How to Grow Potatoes: Everything About Growing and Enjoying Spuds

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Additional Potato and Sweet Potato Plant Profiles

Get specific details, including the characteristics and best uses of several potato and sweet potato varieties featured in our Potatoes Gardening Guide

By Bill Dugan, Executive Editor

Potato and sweet potato varieties.

Potato and sweet potato varieties.

Early Potatoes (60 to 75 days after planting)

Caribe

Time to Maturity: 60 to 75 days

Uses:                baking, boiling, roasting

Comments:    Oblong tubers with purple skin and white waxy flesh. Resistant to scab and storage rot.

Red Norland

Time to Maturity: 60 to 75 days

Uses:               boiling, roasting, steaming

Comments:    Red skin, white flesh.

Russet Norkotah

Time to Maturity: 60 to 75 days

Uses:               baking, frying, mashing

Comments:    Long tubers with medium russet skin. Medium yield potential. Susceptible to heat and water stress.

Mid-Season Potatoes (70 to 100 days after planting)

All Blue

Time to Maturity: 70 to 90 days

Uses:                baking, boiling, steaming

Comments:    Deep blue/purple skin with purple, moist flesh. Excellent storage. Resistant to scab.

Desiree

Time to Maturity: 70 to 100 days

Uses:               baking, boiling, roasting

Comments:    Pink skin and creamy-yellow flesh.

Huckleberry

Time to Maturity: 70 to 90 days

Uses:                baking, boiling, roasting

Comments:    Oblong with beet-red skin and lighter-red flesh marbled with white. Good storage. Resistant to scab.

Kerr’s Pink

Time to Maturity: 70 to 90 days

Uses:               baking, roasting

Comments:    Resistant to scab; occasional growth cracks.

Peter Wilcox

Time to Maturity: 90 days

Uses:               baking, roasting

Comments:    Purple skin, dark yellow flesh.

Purple Viking

Time to Maturity: 70 to 90 days

Uses:               baking, boiling, roasting, salad

Comments:    Purple skin splashed with pink; moist, firm, white flesh. Stores well.

Red Cloud

Time to Maturity: 70 to 90 days

Uses:               mashing, roasting, soup

Comments:    Rose-red skin, yellow flesh. Scab-resistant. Good storage.

Rose Gold

Time to Maturity: 70 to 90 days

Uses:               baking, boiling, roasting

Comments:    Resistant to scab; occasional growth cracks.

Late Potatoes (100+ days after planting)

Carola

Time to Maturity: 90 to 120 days

Uses:               baking, boiling, roasting

Comments:    Yellow skin and flesh. Resistant to scab; susceptible to decay.

Nicola

Time to Maturity: 90 to 120 days

Uses:               baking, roasting

Comments:    Yellow skin with yellow, waxy flesh. Good storage. Scab-resistant.

Prince Hairy

Time to Maturity: 110 to 135 days

Uses:               baking, boiling, roasting

Comments:    White skin and flesh. Resistant to potato beetles, potato leafhoppers, and flea beetles.

Sweet Potatoes

Carver

Time to Maturity: 100 days

Uses:               roasting, mashing, frying

Comments:    Semi-bush; pinkish-red skin and light orange flesh.

Centennial

Time to Maturity: 90 to 100 days

Uses:               roasting, mashing, frying

Comments:    Most-textured roots with orange skin and flesh.

Georgia Red

Time to Maturity: 105 days

Uses:               roasting, mashing, frying

Comments:    Tan/orange skin, deep orange flesh.

Oklahoma Red

Time to Maturity: 105 days

Uses:               roasting, mashing, frying

Comments:    Red skin, orange flesh.

Oakleaf

Time to Maturity: 105 days

Uses: roasting, mashing, frying

Comments: Semi-bush vines. Pink skin, light orange flesh.

Triumph

Time to Maturity: 120 days

Uses:               roasting, mashing, frying

Comments:    White skin and flesh. Also known as Southern Queen and Poplar Root.

White Jewel

Time to Maturity: 105 days

Uses:               roasting, mashing, frying

Comments:    Cream skin and flesh.

Violetta

Time to Maturity: 90 days

Uses:               roasting, mashing, frying

Comments:    Purple skin, white flesh.

Have you ever grown potatoes or sweet potatoes? Please tell us about your experiences with potatoes.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Curator’s Corner
  • Introduction
  • Feature Articles

  • Growing Zones for Potatoes
  • Types of Potato Plants
  • Growing from Seed Potatoes and Sweet Potato Slips
  • Where to Grow Potatoes
  • Sun and Soil Requirements for Growing Potatoes
  • Growing Potatoes in Containers and Grow Bags
  • Planting and Hilling Potatoes
  • How—and When—to Water Your Potato and Sweet Potato Plants
  • How to Spot, Treat, and Prevent Diseases in Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes
  • Potato Pests and How to Prevail Over Them
  • Weeding Your Potato Garden
  • Harvesting and Storing Your Potatoes
  • Essential Tools and Equipment for Growing and Enjoying Potatoes
  • Potatoes Gardening Guide Close-Up: 10 Potato and Sweet Potato Companion Plants
  • Plant Profiles

  • Russet Burbank Potatoes
  • Yukon Gold Potatoes
  • Kennebec Potatoes
  • Red Pontiac Potatoes
  • Beauregard Sweet Potato
  • Jewel Sweet Potato
  • Additional Potato and Sweet Potato Plant Profiles
  • Recipes

  • Carrot and Sweet Potato Soup
  • Sweet Potato Pecan Crumble
  • Savory Sweet Potato Burger
  • Sweet Potato Biscuits
  • Oven Fries: Regular or Sweet Potato
  • Air Fryer Breakfast Potatoes
  • Mashed Potatoes
  • Slow-Cooked Potatoes and Cabbage
  • Potato Pancakes
  • Rosemary Roasted Potatoes
  • Additional Articles

  • Nutrition Facts about Potatoes & Sweet Potatoes
  • Home Remedies & Health Benefits of Potatoes & Sweet Potatoes
  • Resources about Potatoes
  • Potato Glossary
  • Related Articles

  • How to Grow Potatoes in a Bag
  • 10 Drought-Resistant Vegetables for a Water Conscious Garden
  • 10 Marigold Companion Plants in a Vegetable Garden
  • How to Store Potatoes for the Winter
  • A Winter Planting Guide: How to Grow and Store the Food That Will Carry You Through the Cold Months
  • 3 Deliciously Balanced Meal Ideas Using Roasted Root Vegetables
  • The Best Potatoes for Home Fries and How to Make Them
  • Oven-Roasted Potatoes and Onions with Rosemary
  • Why Hilling Potatoes Leads to Better Yields
  • Supercharging Your Potato Harvest
  • How to Grow Potatoes—Everything About Growing and Enjoying Spuds

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