tastiest new potato

[pigletwillie]

Hi critchmond, a guy on our plots grew Ulster sceptre and is very impressed with them indeed. I may have to give them a go.

[milliebecks]

I don't want to throw a spanner in the works with this thread, and I'm by no means an expert, but doesn't the weather have an impact on the taste?
I grew Charlottes (amongst others) last year and they were gorgeous. This year they look good and are bigger, but don't match up in taste. I assumed it was the same theory as wet years = lots of tasteless strawberries/dry years = few but fab.
happy to be convinced otherwise .....

[Jayneylass]

Last year, grew Lady Crystl. Yummy, very clean with a fresh flavour.

This year Foremost; Very creamy flavour and texture, absolutely gorgeous!
Fab yields even though I couldn't plant these until St. Patrick's Day.

Big spuds thanks to all the rain, size of bakers that you can buy in the supermarket! From 4 plants, harvested a good 8lbs of potatoes.

Got British Queen 2nd earlies, so will follow sound advice about steaming. They're ready, but I've got at least 12 further Foremost haulms to dig up yet!

I've also got "weed" potatoes which have been dormant in my soil for years on end, as I only started cultivating my plot January 2006. I knew they were maincrop as weren't anywhere near ready, but dug them up anyway as they were in the way of harvesting the first earlies.

They were amazing tasting and turned out to be King Edwards.

I've read the posts about onions and I sympathise. My garlic was almost ready to harvest before my holiday in mid June. After the deluge, I returned to find serious rust on my garlic. Also, I attempted to pull them and the stems came off in my hand in a very sticky, gooey mess. I thought the lot had rotted, took them home and dried them out on a warm window sill. I'm not totally convinced they'll store, so I'll use them before any others, but they haven't rotted so all is not lost!

[bramble]

I grew Cara in tubs this year and they were outstanding in flavour. Grew some before and the flavour was equally good.I will grow these again. They were a great potato for boiling as they did'nt break up in the water.

[Paulottie]

I've stated to dig the Anyas now, although i've cut the haulms off the rest to stop blight. They are indeed like pink fir apple but marginally less knobly and 2nd earlies rather than mains. The top growth was a bit average but belied a good crop underneath. They have a very firm waxy texture with nutty earthy flavour. Pretty jolly good -if that's your sort of spud.

I disagree about flavour being inferior in a wet year but they certainly will not give a good account of themselves without adaquate food and water.

[Alice]

Hello Milliebecks. I agree with you, but it might not be for all potatoes. Last year my Charlotte were just superb, this year nothing like the same potato. But Cherie (my first time growing them) were wonderfully flavoured and grown through the same weather period as Charlotte. So who knows.

[PAULW]

I grew Cherie, Lady Christl and Foremost all three were gorgeous it would be very difficult to choose just one as the best.

[Alice]

Thanks PaulW. If lady Christle and Foremost were as good as cherie, I'll put them on the list to try next year.

[Tattyanne]

Hi, I am a novice allotmenteer, the best potato that I have come across is Bonnie. It is fab! I think though that it is a second early, although I was harvest ing it quite early. I can thoroughly recomend it!:

[SueA]

Hi Tattyanne & welcome to the vine. I've not tried Bonnie, I'll try & look out for them next year. The ones I've enjoyed so far this year are Winston & Lady Christl & also Anya which tasted lovely but were a bit on the small side.

[JennieAtkinson]

I've been enjoying Orla - first early. Lovely taste, very waxy and a great potatoe for mashing and then making potato cakes. They have also been a good size too.

[momol]

I grew Nicola before, it didn't produce huge crop but the taste is nice and the texture is firm and waxy (very good for curry or any other soup type with long cooking time ) And this year, I grew Bintje, it cook fast and taste good, very suitable for puree or salad.

Momol