Salad potatoes

[jacquie]

Can someone please tell me where salad potatoes fit in the timetable of 1st and 2nd earlies and maincrops. If I were to plant them all the same day (as I now know I can - this grapevine is a wonderful thing) when in the sequence should I be looking for the salad potatoes to be ready?

And why are they called 'salad potatoes' anyway?

Jacquie

[Sweepster]

Cos they taste nice in salads

Some 'salad' potatoes are 2nd earlies (e.g. Charlotte), some are maincrop (e.g. pink fir)... there are probably some 1st early varieties too, not sure - just remember that 'salad potatoes' refers to what you might DO with the spuds when you harvest them - it isn't a variety in itself. Hope that makes sense?

[Two_Sheds]

Exactly what Sweepster said.

[Alice]

You might find this link useful Jacquie.
Potato Varieties - Potato Council